Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has promised that killers of the late Director of Finance and Administration in the Governor’s Office, Taiwo Oyekanmi, will be caught and brought to justice.

Abiodun also disclosed that his administration would take full responsibility for the welfare and well-being of the family he left behind.

An emotional Governor who stated this during a condolence visit he paid to the late Oyekanmi’s family, described the deceased as diligent, hardworking, honest, and God-fearing.

Responding on behalf of the family of the deceased, his younger brother, Tayo Oyekanmi, thanked the Governor for the visit, and called on him to ensure justice is done over the gruesome killing of their son.

Taiwo Oyekanmi was attacked and murdered on Wednesday, November 29, in Abeokuta while on an official assignment.

As a mark of honour for him, Governor Abiodun ordered that flags in the state should be flown at half-mast for a week.

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that he cannot determine the fate of his Deputy, PHILIP SHAIBU, who declared on Monday, to run for the governorship seat of the state.

He said that supporters of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the state can determine his fate.

Obaseki stated this at the end of a closed-door meeting he, alongside the former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Emmanuel Udom, had with Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, at the State House in Bauchi.

He said they were in Bauchi to discuss issues relating to the PDP Governors’ Forum with Governor Bala Mohammed, who is the Chairman of the Forum, and to congratulate him on his recent victory at the court.

According to Obaseki, their discussion was partly on his relationship with his Deputy, Philip Shuaibu, just as he stressed that he is free to run for governorship.

He equally decried the hardship Nigerians presently face, saying PDP Governors are working to bring succor.

After months of bickering between the executive and legislative arms, the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has presided over a State Executive Council meeting in Akure, the state capital.

The executive meeting occurred after months of political wrangling between the Deputy Governor and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s loyalists.

The crisis was occasioned by the absence of the Governor, who has been out of the state for months due to ill health.

Akeredolu has been under intense pressure from opposition parties to resign or hand over power to his Deputy in line with the 1999 Constitution.

Last Friday, President Bola Tinubu summoned the warring factions to a meeting in Abuja where it was agreed that the Deputy Governor should continue to perform his duties as Deputy Governor.

Speaking on the latest development, the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, said everybody has agreed to work together.