Newly Sworn-in Ondo Gov. Aiyedatiwa Makes First Appointments

• The newly sworn-in governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has appointed five aides.

Aiyedatiwa was sworn in on Wednesday evening, December 27, few hours after the death of the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, who died at the age of 67 in Germany, Aso Naija Reports.

The Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Omojuwa Olusegun, in a statement on Wednesday, said Aiyedatiwa appointed a seasoned journalist, Mr Ebenezer Adeniyan, as his Chief Press Secretary and Sunday Abire as Special Assistant on New Media.

Ebenezer Adeniyan was, until his new appointment, Publisher of Trace News magazine.

Others were Abire Sunday, Special Assistant to the Governor on New Media, Smart Omodunbi, Special Assistant on Political Matters, Monturayo Oyedele, Special Assistant on Photography and Temitayo Iperepolu, Special Assistant on Domestic and Government House.

The first set of appointments takes immediate effect.