The Controller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, Sylvester Nwakuche, has approved the appointment of Chief Superintendent of Corrections, Jane Osuji, as the new Public Relations Officer of the Service. Her appointment takes immediate effect. She succeeds Deputy Controller of Corrections Umar Abubakar, who formally bowed out of service on November 19, 2025. CSC Osuji, an indigene of Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations and Advertising from Lagos State University and a Master’s in Public Administration from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso. Her appointment marks a historic moment for the Service, as she becomes the first woman to occupy the position of Service Public Relations Officer. Enlisted into the then Nigerian Prisons Service in 2009 as an Assistant Superintendent of Prisons II, Osuji has completed all mandatory courses for her cadre and undertaken several specialised trainings. Among them is the Internal Security and Low-Intensity Conflict Operations Course at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji. Her career trajectory includes notable roles such as Assistant Public Relations Officer in the Lagos State Command, Public Relations Officer of the FCT Command, and Assistant National Public Relations Officer at the Service Headquarters, where she served under four Controllers General. Osuji also distinguished herself as Press Secretary to three Ministers of Interior between 2015 and 2023, contributing significantly to public communication efforts within the ministry. Until her elevation, she served in the Public Relations Unit at the NCoS Headquarters in Abuja. CSC Jane Osuji is married and blessed with children.

Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the state government of fuelling tension in Igbajo following the death of the embattled Owa of Igbajoland, Oba Philip Adegboyega Famodun, who passed away on Friday.

In a statement issued on Monday by the party’s spokesman, Kola Olabisi, the APC alleged that the state government was complicit in creating unrest during the period set aside for the embattled monarch’s seven-day traditional burial rites.

The party chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, said, “It is disheartening that the Governor Adeleke-led government could not hide its pathological hatred for the deceased Oba Famodun even in death.”

The APC criticised the government’s declaration of a 24-hour curfew in Igbajo, describing the timing as disruptive to the ongoing rites that commenced on Sunday.

Lawal added, “We want to state unequivocally that the Adeleke government should be held accountable for any crisis that may erupt in Igbajo over the conduct of the ongoing traditional rites.”

The opposition referenced past communal clashes in the state, alleging that administrative lapses had previously contributed to tensions in affected communities.

The APC also noted that although Oba Famodun was crowned in November 2022, his installation was nullified by an executive action later reversed by the High Court of Osun State on 31 January 2025.

The statement said, “The High Court reinstated Oba Famodun as the Owa of Igbajo, making him at the time of his death the last Owa who should not be denied his traditional burial rites.”

The party urged the Inspector-General of Police to intervene and called for an immediate reversal of the curfew in the interest of peace.

Responding, the Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, accused the APC of attempting to shift blame for its alleged neglect of the late monarch during his ill-health.

In a counter-statement signed by its chairman, Sunday Bisi, the PDP said, “The APC should explain why it abandoned the late Gboyega Famodun in his hours of needs instead of blaming the state government.”

The PDP argued that the curfew was imposed based on security reports indicating an imminent breakdown of law and order in Igbajo.

Bisi stated, “The governor has a duty to ensure the maintenance of law and order through appropriate workings of the security council.”

The party claimed that security agencies had reported attempts by alleged APC supporters to disrupt peace in the town, prompting the decision to impose restrictions.

It also questioned the role the APC had to play in organising the burial rites of the deceased monarch and described its criticisms as an attempt to mask internal failures.

The PDP urged the Inspector-General of Police and the public to disregard what it described as misleading claims from the opposition, insisting that Governor Adeleke acted strictly within constitutional boundaries.

DAILY POST had reported that in the aftermath of the announcement of the demise of Famodun, Governor Ademola Adeleke on Monday imposed a 24 hour curfew in igbajo town.

The imposition of the curfew, a statement issued by Kolapo Alimi, the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment came following a reported breakdown of law and order that lasted from Sunday night into the early hours of Monday.

According to the statement, the intelligence received from the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Samuel Ojo, indicated that tensions escalated among residents after the recent death of Oba Famodun, the embattled Owa of Igbajo land who reportedly died in Abuja on Friday.