Dr. Taiwo Fasoranti is back as Secretary to the Ondo State Government (SSG), months after stepping away from the role to chase a Senate seat that, by some accounts, should have been his in the first place.
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa announced the reappointment through his Chief Press Secretary, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, confirming it took immediate effect. Fasoranti had resigned as SSG on March 30, 2026, to contest the APC senatorial primary for Ondo Central.
Officially, he lost that primary to incumbent Senator Adeniyi Adegbonmire. But his camp tells a different story. Reports and court filings allege he actually won the contest, only to be substituted by the APC’s National Working Committee in Abuja. This claim is now at the centre of a lawsuit filed by Aiyedatiwa loyalists against the party’s national leadership.
That backdrop makes this reappointment less an act of routine mercy and more a deliberate statement. For nearly four months, the SSG position remained effectively unfilled, which some observers interpret to mean that the governor always intended for Fasoranti to return if the senatorial bid fell through.
There is also a name behind the name. Fasoranti is the son of the late Pa Reuben Fasoranti, longtime National Leader of Afenifere, one of the South-west’s most influential socio-political groups. Sidelining him after what his camp calls a stolen mandate risked friction with a politically sensitive family and legacy.
