{"id":62158,"date":"2025-03-05T11:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=62158"},"modified":"2025-03-05T11:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T11:21:15","slug":"osun-lg-crisis-adelekes-secret-meeting-sparks-political-firestorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/05\/osun-lg-crisis-adelekes-secret-meeting-sparks-political-firestorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Osun LG Crisis: Adeleke\u2019s Secret Meeting Sparks Political Firestorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A brewing leadership crisis in Osun State took a dramatic turn as Governor Ademola Adeleke held a surprise closed-door meeting with former APC national chairman, Bisi Akande, in Ibadan.<\/p>\n<p>The high-stakes discussion, which lasted two hours, has ignited political tensions, with the opposition APC condemning the move as a desperate attempt to salvage his administration from the turmoil rocking local government councils.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Adeleke, flanked by top state officials, described the visit as part of a broader consultation with key stakeholders to resolve the ongoing legal controversies.<\/p>\n<p>However, the APC has dismissed the effort, accusing the governor of political maneuvering instead of seeking redress through the courts.<\/p>\n<p>With mounting pressure and an upcoming briefing with the Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers, Adeleke\u2019s next move could determine the fate of local governance in the state. Will diplomacy or legal battles prevail?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu\u00a0 A brewing leadership crisis in Osun State took a dramatic turn as Governor Ademola Adeleke held a surprise closed-door meeting with former APC national chairman, Bisi Akande, in Ibadan. The high-stakes discussion, which lasted two hours, has ignited political tensions, with the opposition APC condemning the move as a desperate attempt to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":62159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-62158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62160,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62158\/revisions\/62160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}