The Ogun State Government formally denies rumors that its cabinet members prostrate or bow before Governor Dapo Abiodun in expressions of subservience, calling such allegations a fabrication and urging the public to rely on credible sources.
The Ogun State Government has formally rejected rumors that members of Governor Dapo Abiodun 's cabinet are expected to bow down and show subservience whenever the governor expresses disapproval.
The denial was issued on Monday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, in response to a post on an online platform that claimed the cabinet practiced a prostration ritual to placate the governor. The statement called the allegation a complete fabrication, labeling the allegations as a deliberate attempt to ridicule the executive and stir unnecessary tension within the state.
The government stressed that no commissioner or executive council member has ever been required to prostrate before Governor Abiodun. The claim that Deputy Governor Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele himself repeatedly bows before the governor was similarly dismissed as absurd. According to the official statement, the only instance of a prostration that took place in the state was a voluntary display by local government chairmen during a confrontation associated with former Ijebu East Local Government Chairman Wale Adedayo's allegations.
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