Key gubernatorial appointments beyond the cabinet — agency heads, security commanders, and judiciary appointments — and how they've performed.
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Office of the Deputy Governor · Ondo (South-West) · Appointed 2017
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Served as Akeredolu's first deputy governor before relations broke down; resigned from the APC and defected to the PDP in June 2020 to contest the governorship against his former boss, prompting the sacking of his aides and a failed impeachment attempt.
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Office of the Deputy Governor · Ondo (South-West) · Appointed 2020
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Selected as Akeredolu's running mate for the 2020 re-election after the Ajayi rupture. Took over gubernatorial powers on 12 December 2023 as Akeredolu's health deteriorated, and was sworn in as substantive Governor of Ondo State following Akeredolu's death on 27 December 2023.
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Ondo State Judiciary · Ondo (South-West) · Appointed 2017
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Appointed as the state's 12th Chief Judge after serving in an acting capacity and being recommended by the National Judicial Council, overseeing a judiciary that handled the administration's election petitions and the state's own anti-corruption law dispute with the EFCC.
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Western Nigeria Security Network (Amotekun) · Ondo (South-West) · Appointed 2020
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Appointed to lead Ondo's Amotekun Corps following the January 2020 regional launch, overseeing day-to-day operations through a tenure that included the aftermath of the June 2022 Owo church massacre.
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Office of the SSG · Ondo (South-West) · Appointed 2021
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Appointed as Ondo State's first female Secretary to the State Government, succeeding a line of SSGs that included Ifedayo Abegunde (2017) and Temitayo Oluwatuyi (from 2020).