The Oluwarotimi Akeredolu government strives on the principle of free speech and tolerates media reports however warped.

But it is pertinent to put the records straight in respect of the subject matter as dissected in an online report by THE NATION newspaper.

Agreeing that interpretations are allowed in reportage, it has yet become a norm in media practice that insinuations and outright make-ups take the centre stage.

This report is totally untrue. For one, linking the sack of the Special Assistant ( described as Senior Special Assistant in the report) to whatever post he had authored on the social media can only be the product of self-help.

The second paragraph of the statement which relieved the said official is unambiguous. For emphasis, it reads thus:

''This directive is with immediate effect; and it underscores the need to instill sanity and nip in the bud, divisive acts and tendencies inimical to the existing cordiality and cohesion in the administration led by the Governor.''

Ojo Oyewamide
Senior Special Assistant to the Governor
(Media and Publicity)

October 7, 2019.

*BELOW IS THE EXCERPT FROM THE NATION NEWSPAPER*

'Why Akeredolu sacked Political Aide' - The Nation Newspaper
Damisi Ojo, Akure

More facts emerged on Monday on why governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State sacked his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Political Matters, Mr Augustine Pelemo attached to the office of the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi

The removal of Pelemo was contained in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo.

The Commissioner said the sack is with immediate effect; saying,” it underscores the need to instil sanity and nip in the bud, divisive acts and tendencies inimical to the existing cordiality and cohesion in the administration led by the governor”.

However, sources hinted that the governor allegedly sacked Pelemo far calling the wife of the deputy governor, Mrs Ajewola Agboola Ajayi, an acting first Lady on his Facebook page while wishing her happy birthday.

Akeredolu and his wife, while travelling out of the country, handed power to the deputy governor to take charge of the affairs of the state through a letter he transmitted to the State House of Assembly.