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Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar-led Northern Traditional Council, has warned that rising poverty, hunger and insecurity in the country will force people to revolt against President Bola Tinubu’s government very soon, Peoples Gazette is reporting.

“It is getting to a level that traditional leaders could no longer pacify the people from revolting against government and political leaders that are supposed to find solutions to their lingering socio-economic plight,” Mr Sa’ad said.

“We have reached that level, people are very agitated, people are hungry, they are angry, but they still believe there are people who can talk to them, they believe in some of their Governors, some other traditional rulers and some of their religious leaders, fortunately some of us double as traditional and religious leaders.”

Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have advised the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu to graciously throw in the towel if it cannot mobilise Nigerians as well as all organs and tiers of government for sustainable solutions to the various problems plaguing the nation.

The governors, under the aegis of the PDP Governors’ Forum, PDP-GF, specifically noted that the hardship and suffering being faced by Nigerians have no tribal, religious or party colouration, stressing that “a hungry man is an angry man”.

The PDP-GF gave the advice in a statement at the weekend by its Director-General, Hon CID Maduabum in Abuja.

The PDP Governors expressly pointed out that the buck ultimately stops at the President’s table as the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria, the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation, the Chief Salesman and leader of Nigeria.

The PDP-GF, nonetheless, assured that as stakeholders in governance, it would continue to work collaboratively with the President in finding lasting solutions to “a very difficult situation created or exacerbated by the APC since 2015”.

The PDP Governors frowned at the Minister of Information, APC Governors’ Forum and other officials of the APC-led Federal Government who criticised the the PDP-GF for their suggestions, advice and patriotic intervention on the way forward for the country in a communique issued at the end of their recent meeting in Abuja.

The PDP Governors reminded the APC-led government of the pertinent need to be guided by the fact that it (the APC) sought power to solve the problems of Nigeria not to compound them or shift blame, or grandstand or use propaganda to obfuscate or confuse issues.

The PDP-GF, in its statement at the weekend, categorically declared, “It must be noted that even though Nigeria is a Federation, there is indeed only one economy.

“Hardship and suffering being faced by Nigerians have no tribal, religious or party colouration. A hungry man is an angry man.
“While all tiers of government have a role to play, the APC led Federal Government has a disproportionate role to play in mobilising Nigerians and all organs and tiers of government for sustainable solutions.
“If it can not do so or is unable to do so, it should graciously throw in the towel.

“Attempts by the Honourable Minister of Information, APC Governors’ Forum and other officials of the Federal Government who criticised the PDP Governors’ Forum for their patriotic intervention should be guided by the fact that the APC sought power to solve the problems of Nigeria not to compound them or shift blame, or grandstand or use propaganda to obfuscate or confuse issues.’

“PDP governed States are comparatively the best in Nigeria in terms of developmental policies, programmes, and projects that benefit their States positively, regular payment of salaries, pensions, gratuities, and minimum wage to their workforce.

“State governments that are delinquent on these issues are not of PDP extraction. It is false to say so.
“Even the food crises are exacerbated by insecurity and high exchange rate issues, among others, which are largely federal subjects.

“The PDP Governors as stakeholders in governance would continue to work collaboratively with Mr. President to find lasting solutions to a very difficult situation created or exacerbated by the APC since 2015. We believe in co-operative Federalism.

“The buck ultimately stops at Mr. Presidents table as the Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria, the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation, the Chief Salesman and leader of Nigeria.

“We are not in doubt that he is trying his best. We only hope and pray that his best is good enough to take Nigeria out of the woods in the shortest possible time”, the PDP Governors emphatically said.

The Ogun Divisional Police Headquarters has paraded seven suspected ritualists in connection with the murder of a 35 years old woman, Sulaimon Adijat, in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Thursday.

CP Abiodun Mustapha Alamutu paraded the suspects identified as Moses Abidemi,Oluwa Samuel Monday,Prophet Peter Oluwalolese, Akinwunmi Ifatosin, Prophet Jamiu Yusuf, Sheriff Agbai and Osojieahen Ali before’ journalists.

He said they were arrested based on technical intelligence of the Anti kidnapping unit of the command to unravel the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of Adijat.

The Ogun police boss narrated how the seven suspects made up of herbalists prophets and their clients conspired to kill Adijat for money ritual expected to yield N200 million for their clients.

According to him, the victim was lured into the hands of the ritualists for the sum of N300,000.00.

CP Alamutu said, “Intelligence techniques revealed that Sulaimon Adijat was invited by her boyfriend, Adebayo Olawale Azeez on the 9th of January, 2024 to a hotel located at Atan Ota,Ogun State,later the DPO of Onipanu Divisional headquarters received a report of missing person.

“Consequently, a tactical team specifically the Anti Kidnapping Unit of the Command was drafted to unravel the mystery behind her disappearance and as such, the team embarked on a technical based investigation, which led to the arrest of the seven (7) suspects who participated actively in the abduction and eventual murder of the missing Sulaimon Adijat.

“Further investigation revealed that sometimes in 19th of November 2023, Sheriff Agbai and Osojieahen Alioneitouria contacted Oluwo Samuel Monday(A.k.a Oluwo Mandela to perform money ritual known as ‘Oshole’ that can produce Two Hundred Million naira within seven days;

“While Oluwo Samuel Monday charged the duo of Sheriff and Osojieahen Alioneitouria the sum of Eight Hundred thousand naira (#800,000) an

That the name Ogundoyin is a household name in Eruwa, the entire Ibarapaland and Oyo State is no doubt an incontrovertible fact. A trip down memory lane revealed that the family name was popularized by the great philanthropist, business mogul and community leader, Chief Adeseun Ayisa Ogundoyin of blessed memory.

As fate would have it, one of the children of the late Ogundoyin, Adebo Ogundoyin, the second of the four children of late Chief Mrs. Justina Iyabo Ogundoyin who plunged into active politics in 2017 has recorded great achievements and has carved a niche for himself as a child of destiny and a young politician to reckon with. This young man who lost his dear father at the age of four is fast becoming a man of many firsts.

Born 37years ago today, precisely February 17, 1987 in Eruwa, Adebo Ogundoyin is a result driven and goal oriented youngman.

His first ever political posters appeared on the streets of Eruwa and Lanlate in Ibarapa East Local Government area of Oyo State in 2018 when at the age of 31, Young Adebo declared his intention to contest in a by-election conducted by the regime of the late Sen. Abiola Ajimobi following the death of the Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Michael Adeyemo. Fortune smiled on him as he won the keenly contested by-election, and this set the pace for the many firsts of the Eruwa born lawmaker.

This victory made him the first member of Ogundoyin’s family to have contested and won an election. His emergence also made him the youngest lawmaker ever to have won an election into Oyo State House of Assembly.

As a graduate of Agronomy from the prestigious Babcock University, Inisan Remo, Ogun State, Adebo quickly rolled up his sleeves and used the remaining few months to the end of the 8th Oyo State House of Assembly under the late Gov. Abiola Ajimobi to garner and master the nitty-gritty of legislative activities and oversight functions.

In 2019, armed with his first time experience, Adebo again got the overwhelming votes of the people of Ibarapa East State Constituency. This gave him the mandate to represent them for the second consecutive time. This time around his political party, PDP secured a landslide victory winning 26 seats, leaving only 5 seats for the APC and just one seat for the ADP.

As a focused, highly consistent and persistent parliamentarian, Adebo made another outstanding first on June 10, 2019 when he emerged unanimously as the Speaker of the 9th Oyo State House of Assembly at the enviable age of 32. With this, he set an unprecedented new record by becoming the youngest Speaker in Oyo State and in Nigeria as a whole.

Adebo Ogundoyin as the Speaker of the 9th Oyo State House of Assembly gave the legislative assignment his all and at the expiration of the four years tenure of the lawmakers, the Assembly made groundbreaking achievements which led to another first for the young parliamentarian. The 9th Assembly under him beat all previous records of achievements of past Assemblies in Oyo State having passed a total of 97 Bills, 150 Motions, 400 Resolutions and over 90 Committee Reports.

In furtherance of his ambition to continue to serve his constituents, Adebo Ogundoyin for the third consecutive times won the March 18, 2023 Ibarapa East State Constituency election. With this uncommon victory, the Eruwa born lawmaker accomplished what has never been achieved before in his constituency and Oyo State at large as he became the first lawmaker in the annals of Oyo State legislature to have won three elections consecutively. He consequently became the highest ranking member of the 10th Oyo State House of Assembly – (third time member).

On account of his high ranking status coupled with his vast experience in legislative activities and the excellent feats recorded by the 9th Oyo State House of Assembly under his watch, both returning and new members of the 10th Oyo State House of Assembly unanimously and unhesitantly re-elected him the Speaker for the second consecutive time. With this, he added yet another first by becoming the first Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly to have been elected for two consecutive terms – uninterrupted.

Propelled by his innate ambition to serve at another higher level and as a big dreamer, Adebo Ogundoyin expressed interest in leading the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, and on the 16th of September, 2023 at heart of Abuja Adebo, Ogundoyin pulled another big surprise when he was elected the Conference Chairman at the age of 36years. This time around he broke three records. First, Adebo emerged the first member of the opposition party in Nigeria to be elected the Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria. Secondly, at 36years he became the youngest occupant of that position in the history of the Conference and above all, no Oyo State lawmaker had occupied that position in the history of the pacesetter State, hence Adebo Ogundoyin broke the jinx. What a feat!

It is worth mentioning that, since becoming the Chairman, Adebo Ogundoyin has been pursuing his visions for the Conference of Speakers leveraging on his experience, connections and network. He is already fostering unity and collaboration between the Conference, the States and Federal Government, engendering a stronger working relationship and promoting cross fertilization of ideas amongst State legislators as well as working out modalities to improve legislative processes at State levels.

There is no doubt that with his unrelenting versatility, hardwork, exceptional conscientiousness, uncommon doggedness as well as his potentials in breaking new grounds, building relationships and establishing connections which continue to manifest in everything he does, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin is brilliantly poised to add more firsts to the growing list of his achievements as new responsibilities, challenges and political exploits beckon.

Behold one of the youngest go-getters of our time – Adebo Ogundoyin, a pioneer of many firsts.

Happy 37th birthday to a superb young man, an exceptional legislator and an amazing personality with a touch of class. May God inspire you to greater accomplishments and achievements in your future endeavours. Amen

Many Happy Returns of the Day to Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, Speaker Oyo State House of Assembly and Chairman, Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria.

Oyetunji Oyekunle
Media Aide to Rt. Hon Adebo Ogundoyin writes from Ibadan.

The Chairman of the Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, Ishaq Abdulraheem, has decried the astronomical increase in the prices of baking ingredients.

In an interview with Arise TV, Ishaq said a bag of flour that was hitherto sold for less than N9000 is now being sold for N45, 000. He also mentioned that a 50kg bag of sugar is now being sold for N80, 000.

In his words

‘’The need for us to down tools by the 27th of this month is simply because of inflation, things are getting out of control. The prices of our commodities are getting higher and higher everyday. Infact, if you go to the market today, tomorrow when you go to the market, it is a different story. Today, a bag of flour that we were buying less than N9, 000 is getting to N45, 000, a 50kg bag of sugar that was for N19, 500 is ow being sold at N80, 000. Margarine used to be N12, 000 or N13, 000, today it is N25, 000.

The preservative we use used to be N30, 000, today it is N55000 to N60000 depending on the brand. So we downing tools is becoming necessary because the millers are not helping hus, government is not helping us, we are stranded”

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, has sought the permission of governors in the South-West to go after the killers of three Yoruba monarchs.

Adams, in an open letter to the Governor of Ekiti State, Abiodun Oyebanji, on Tuesday, said he had the capacity to deal with those he called the enemies of Yoruba land, saying, however, that he needed the permission of the governors.

ODUDUWA NEWS recalled that suspected kidnappers recently killed two Ekiti monarchs – the Onimojo of Imojo, Oba Olatunde Olusola; and the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin, while the Alara of Ara Ekiti, Oba Adebayo Fatoba, narrowly escaped.

A few days later, the Olukoro of Koro in Kwara State, Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, was shot dead at night by assailants, who invaded his palace.

In his message, Adams raised the alarm that the Yoruba race was in danger, saying “the more than 60 million Yorubas living in the South-West, South-South, and North-Central of Nigeria are troubled.”

He recalled how the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Israel Adeusi, in Ondo State was killed by suspected herdsmen in 2020, just after he left the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s office.

Adams said in the history of Yoruba never had three Obas been killed in the space of four days.

Kidnappers of five pupils of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, and four staff members have demanded N100 million ransom for the release of the nine victims who were taken away on Monday.

The principal of the secondary section of the school, Boje Olanireti, confirmed the ransom demand, in an interview with Punch on Tuesday.

The abduction epidemic has continued to defy the efforts of the security agencies as cases of kidnappings were being recorded in various parts of the country daily.

The abduction of the schoolchildren and four staff members occurred when the gunmen waylaid the school bus conveying 25 pupils home after school hours in the Emure community in Ekiti State.

Shedding light on how the incident occurred, Olanireti explained that the abduction happened about a five-minute drive from the school.

She said, “Immediately the school closed at 3 pm, and by the time we gathered all the children, it was already 3:30 pm. It was that time that they moved.

So, the incident happened between 3:30 pm and 4 pm. The school is in a suburb of Emure village, so they were going back home in Eporo. The incident occurred just about a five-minute drive from the school to Eporo.

“When the gunmen attacked, the people around heard the gunshots, and they came to Emure with motorcycles to inform the people in the school about what happened. We immediately reported to the police station at Emure.

“The students were over 25 on the bus when the incident happened. When the gunmen attacked them, they shot the tyre of the vehicle and asked the children to come out of the bus. They asked all of them to lie down. They picked five students and four staff members. They, after that, asked others to go.”

Olanireti added, “The five students comprise two from the secondary (school) and three from primary school while the four staff comprise two teachers, one driver and one bus assistant.

“When the parents heard about the incident, they came from Eporo, and they have been making frantic efforts by reaching out to some security outfits, including the police and Amotekun.’’

“The security operatives have also been talking to the proprietor of the primary school, and he has been giving them information. By the time they opened communication, they first called the husband of one of the teachers and demanded N10 million for each kidnapped victim. But when they later called the headmaster, they demanded N100m for all of them.” the principal said.

A family source at Eporo Ekiti, who preferred anonymity, confirmed on Tuesday that the kidnappers had contacted the family of one of the children demanding N100 million on the victims.

The source said, “They called the family of one of the school children, and they are requesting N10 million per victim. What we gathered is that there are nine persons kidnapped – five schoolchildren, two teachers, one bus assistant, and a driver.

“The parents are at Eporo. The bus was taking them home after closing. It was in the process that the kidnappers struck. None of the families of the abductees can afford the ransom.’’