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The Oke Ero Local Government Area of Kwara State has dismissed reports that it issued a query letter to one of its staff, describing the claim as false and misleading.

In a statement signed by the Secretary of the Council, Hon. Femi Arekujaye, the local government distanced itself from a document circulating in the public domain, purportedly issued to a staff member, Nurse Rufus Favour Mojisola, on behalf of the Executive Chairman, Hon. James Abiodun Fadipe.

According to the Council, the alleged query letter bore no reference number, date, or official stamp, and contained "vocabulary that could only be linked to an uneducated...