The 8-day prayer session for the late Onimupin of Mupin, Ota, HRH Oba Abudu Yahyah Kelani who joined his ancestors last week Tuesday 25th of October, 2022 is currently holding today.
According to our correspondent, It was gathered that the late traditional ruler, Oba Yahyah Kelani breathed his last breath on Tuesday.
The traditional ritual rite for his burial has since commenced on Tuesday night followed by the Islamic prayer session marking the 8th day of his demise today.
Friends, relatives and the people of Awori had besieged the Palace of the late monarch to pay a last respect and express their condolences.
Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo (Igboho), Yoruba Nation agitator detained in Cotonou, bags doctorate degree in Peace and Security Management/International Relations from Triune Biblical University, USA.
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, October 27, 2022 and Friday, October 28, 2022 secured convictions of thirteen cybercriminals before Justices Olusola Adetujoye and Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan.
Twelve of the convicts were prosecuted before Justice Adetujoye on separate one count charge each, and one before Justice Taiwo.
The convicts are Azeez Usman Olatunji, Tofunmi Segun Oyebade, Yusuf Akorede Toheeb Abiodun, Elegbede Abiodun Timileyin, Odewumi Toheeb Olamilekan, Abiodun Adam Kolawole, Uthman Olajire Olamilekan, Ridwan Oladimeji Oluwatobi, Showemimo Akeem Abiodun, Saliu Ibrahim Akanji, Owie Aisosa Kelvin, Ugwu Simon Ogbonna and Olaoye James.
Upon their arraignments, they all pleaded “guilty” to the charges filed against them by the anti-graft agency
The Alado of Ado Awaye, Oba Ademola Olugbile Folakanmi, Makuledoye 11, and the Chief Custodian of Ado Mountain Heritage, Ado Awaye, has assured maximum security of lives and properties during this year’s Iyake international festival.
Oba Folakanmi made this known in a statement made available to ODUDUWA NEWS.
He said he had met with all residents in Ado-Awaye including the various security groups and other stakeholders in his Palace, Oke-Odo, Ado Awaye, Araromi LCDA, Oyo state.
The festival which has been packaged to mark his 5 years on throne slated to hold from 16–19 November, 2022 at the foot of Ado mountain, Ago Afin, Ado-Awaye, Iseyin Local government,Oyo state.
According to the monach, the ancestors of Ado Awaye people settled on Ado mountain around 1500AD and had since then discovered the suspended lake there.
Alado said that the local oracles divinated that Iyake Suspended Lake took its name from a woman who migrated to the mountain crying for being barren and got her self drown into the lake along with some other children followers. Hence, the appellation of Crying Mother…”iya ti nke” gave birth to the name of the lake till date, IYAKE.
Iyake lake is said to be bottomless, mystical, medicinal with high fertility power such that many barren women who visited the lake during festival like this have been blessed with children. Hence the appellation, IYAKE OLOMOYOYO FESTIVAL. Kabiyesi Alado explained further that the 2022 edition of Iyake Olomoyoyo Festival shall witness a new dimension of festival events including: special cultural performance, festival discourse, mountain climbing competition and multi games, crown anniversary lecture and celebration, key note addresses, and most particularly, Rilwan Oyekola Scorpion Boxing Tournament among others.
The monarch equally identified the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde, the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Barrister Chief Bayo Lawal, Okere of Saki, a former Deputy Governor of Oyo State and a son of the soil, Barrister Chief Iyiola Oladokun among other special dignatories expected at the festival.
Oba Ademola Olugbile Folakanmi finally guaranteed the public of full security at the programme as he confirmed to have summoned several meetings with the leaders of the various foreigners residing in the community including the Fulanis’ , Togoleses’ Egedes’ ,Hausas’ Igbos’, Marcurdis’ among others towards a serious vigilant against any form of insecurity before, during and after the festival. He also affirmed the readiness of security agents including Police Force, Operation Burst ,DSS, Civil Defense, Amotekun, and other local Vigilante groups to combat any unforeseen security threat.
The Monarch concluded his briefing by revealing to the public that there shall be a festival camping on Ado mountain for interested individuals or teams on the night of the grand finale day being Saturday 19/11/22 with Riliwan Boxing Tournament towards showcasing the wonders of the African only suspended lake –IYAKE, and other uncommon wonders on Ado mountain, Ado Awaye, Oyo State. The Royal father therefore used the avenue to invite the general public to this cultural, educative and fun filled festival- IYAKE OLOMOYOYO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL, 2022.
The lawmakers at the Oyo State House of Assembly have unanimously agreed to regulate the activities of commercial motorcyclists in the State.
According to the motion titled: “Urgent Need To Regulate The Activities Of Commerical Motorcyclists To Curtail Security Threats And Other Criminal Actions In The State” as sponsored and read today at the Plenary by Honourable representing Oyo East/West, Hon. K.T. Isiaka.
The honourable while speaking at the Plenary averred that the commercial motorcycle is one of the means of transportation across the globe and that despite its economic advantage and easy access, it poses an inordinate security threats.
He lamented the spate of kidnappings, insurgent attacks and robbery incidents in the country.
He therefore called the attention of the House to the growing trend of nose-mask usage among the Okada riders to shield their identities from the public to perpetrate evil acts.
The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Debo Ogundoyin while commenting on the motion, highlighted some of the actionable plans already put in place by the executive arm to curtail the excesses of some of the Okada riders in the State.
He therefore called for the adoption of the resolutions of the motion and the whole House voted to adopt the motion.
There was mild drama at the Ibadan Central hospital in Oyo state on Monday, October 31 following allegations that some parts of a corpse of a 91-year-old woman who passed away in the hospital were mutilated.
According to reports, the deceased identified as Rachel Oshuntolu was admitted in the hospital over a week ago. She however passed away on Sunday morning, October 30.
Some children of the nonagenarian explained that they left the hospital at around 8pm in the evening of Sunday with the plan of taking the corpse to a morgue this morning. They said they were all surprised when they saw sprinkles of bl00d on the floor of the room where the corpse was kept, while some pounds of flesh on the woman’s forehead and arm had been removed.
Reacting to the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP. Adewale Osifeso said he was yet to be briefed on the issue. However, the divisional police officer of Iyaganku and his team were on ground to prevent the breakdown of law and order.
No fewer than 21 suspects have been paraded in Ibadan, the capital city of Oyo State on Monday following their alleged involvement in one criminal case or the other.
The suspects were paraded by the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP. Adewale Osifeso at the state Command Headquarters, Eleyele Ibadan.
Addressing journalists over the development, SP. Osifeso noted that some members of a notorious syndicate that specialized in hijacking and diversion of vehicles loaded with valuables on highways at various parts of the state on 28th October 2022 at about 0030hrs intercepted one Mitsubishi Canter Bus with registration number SUL 982 KP loaded with Forty ‘’40’’ pieces of Vehicle Engines valued at (N20,000,000) at Fiditi area, Oyo along Ibadan/Oyo expressway.
Osifeso who gave names of the suspected hijackers as Kazeem Korede, aged 37, Ope Dauda, 32; Olanlokun Idowu, 36; Saheed Nafiu, aged 40; Kehinde Sunday 35, also maintained that the notorious men reportedly armed attacked the driver of the vehicle, one Jamiu Abdulahi, dispossessing him of the Mitsubishi Canter Bus with the goods loaded therein and diverted it to an unknown location.
The state PPRO in his address stated further that the incident was reported at the nearest police station and referred to the Command Monitoring Unit, Eleyele Ibadan, stressing that upon receiving the complaint, a team of Police Operatives attached to the Command Monitoring Unit Eleyele Ibadan immediately swung into action and in the process Four (4) members of the criminal syndicate who later identified themselves as KAZEEM KOREDE ‘M’, OPE DAUDA ‘M’, OLANLOKUN IDOWU ‘M’ and SAHEED NAFIU ‘M’ were arrested in their hideout at IYANA OFFA area, Ibadan and the diverted MITSUBISHI Bus with the forty pieces of vehicle engines were recovered.”
One Mazda Bus with registration number KJA 777 XC and one Bajaj Motorcycle according to the state PPRO which they used for the criminal activity were recovered from the suspects.
The suspects according to PPRO have since confessed to the crime and other ones executed at different locations in the State and its adjoining boundaries, noted that investigation continues with assurances of updates.
Exhibits recovered from the suspects are one Mitsubishi Canter vehicle with registration number SUL 982 KP, One Mazda Bus with registration number KJA 777 XC, 40 pieces of vehicle engines, one Bajaj Motorcycle with registration number AGG 092 QN, One Techno Phone, One Torch Light.
While speaking about other suspects paraded at the Command Headquaters, SP. Osifeso maintained that a team of Police Operatives attached to the Monitoring Unit of the State Police Command while on intelligence based anti-crime patrol within the metropolis on 27/10/2022 at about 1030hrs intercepted a criminal gang whose Mode of Operation was to disguise as military officers by wearing military camouflage uniform and other accoutrements to attack and rob unsuspecting members of the public at Ajoda and Egbeda axis of Ibadan.
He noted that as at the time of apprehension, the suspects were adorned in military gears as part of the modalities for their operation.
The Prime suspect, one Adeniji John Bukola ‘m’ at the time of arrest had in his possession a single barrel gun. Upon interrogation, the suspect was unable to give any satisfactory explanations about the Military Uniforms and the Gun recovered from him. However he assisted by providing gainful information which later led to the arrest of two other members of his criminal gang at Asejire area of the state and the two additional suspects identified themselves as Sunday Daniel ‘M’ and Afeez Suliman ‘M’.
Exhibits such as one military short, one Fulani turban, one red beret and one dagger which they used to disguise as Military Officers to carry out their criminal activity were equally recovered.
Investigation has since been escalated to identify, track and apprehend the rest of the criminal gang and as well the source of the accoutrements.
Speaking with journalists, the prime suspect, John Adeniji Bukola confirmed to have bought the Military Uniforms from a friend years back, he also admitted to have bought the gun which he was arrested with.
He said, “I bought the uniforms from a friend of mine who is not currently in Oyo state, and I was arrested on my way to deliver the gun for a friend of mine Afeez Suliman who reside in Ikire Osun state who have paid for it with the reason of using it for hunting games.
One ex-NEPA official Babalola Lukman was paraded alongside his gang namely Yusuf Ismaila, Salawudeen Azeez, Moshood Isha, Afolayan Imran as they were arrested at Aroje area of Ogbomoso town while removing and vandalizing electricity power transformer.
Eight persons employed as domestic workers at singer Davido’s Banana Island residence are being interrogated by the police over the death of his three-year-old son, Ifeanyi David Junior Adeleke.
The toddler was said to have drowned in the family’s swimming pool on Monday night while his parents, David and Chioma were on a trip to Ibadan for a family function.
The Nation gathered that he was rushed to Evercare Hospital in Lekki where he was pronounced death on arrival.
Although the circumstances surrounding Ifeanyi’s presence at the pool section at that time of the day was yet unknown, Nigerians have wondered why his minders never felt his absence as he was said to have been in the pool for a long time before drowning.
Already, public outrage has followed news of the toddler’s death especially because his parents only celebrated his third birthday few days ago.
The ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state has described the press statement by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in he state as fallacy, sheer display of political rascality in the name of politicking and demanded an immediate apology for having the audacity to further insult the people’s collective sensibility.
The party PDP said it was sad and unhealthy for democratic development in a 21st century for a party as Oyo APC that is reputable for the worst corruption in the history of the state duly rejected and sent out of office by the people, to return in the name of politicking without the slightest atom of remorse whatsoever to talk about good governance. “It is nothing short of brazen insult on our collective sense of responsibility.”
A statement by the ruling party in Oyo state, Akeem Olatunji, and made available to newsmen Monday morning (today) indicated that Governor Seyi Makinde has earned the full trust of the voting masses as evidently shown in the love and affection displayed anytime the governor appears in public to interact with the people.
The party maintained that regardless of the endless lies and unabated false propaganda against Governor Makinde and his government, APC must come to term with reality that it must wait till 2027 when Makinde would have completed his second term to try again if luck would perhaps smile on them again stressing that there is no vacancy at the Agodi Government House as far as 2023 election is concerned.
The APC in Oyo state had alleged that, “the Governor’s interview which lasted over an hour was uninspiring and disappointing as usual”, but the ruling PDP this position is too cheap and patronizing for any serious political party that thought it could do better than Governor Makinde with the available resources under the same prevailing circumstances and time frame of less than four years.
“For eight uninterrupted years, APC in Oyo state held draconic sway, failing woefully in all sector including education, economy, education, agriculture and other critical sectors. It is such a shame in a 21st century democracy that the opposition party was yet to by now admit how many innocent lives of students, pensioners, retirees, market women, artisans were either wasted or lost at different intervals due to APC’s sheer ineptitude and insensitivity to the plights of the people.
“In education alone, LAUTECH students were on a record protracted strike for over two years without any slightest sense of remorse or apology from APC even when their Lagos political Godfather was the prochancellor of the school jointly administered by both Oyo and Osun under APC. Similar situation applied in both primary and secondary sectors leaving Oyo state at a pitiable 27th position out 36 in term of ranking in Nigeria yet Makinde paid the unimaginable price and restored the lost glory returning Oyo state to top 12 states with the best secondary school education quality and standard in Nigeria in less than 4 years with LAUTECH now sitting as number one best state owned university in the country.
“How else could the APC in Oyo state further expose its folly and shameless penchant for unrestrained lies and desperation to return to power at all cost by comparing the present government under Governor Seyi Makinde who against their expectation to fail is yet to default a single month on regular payment of workers salaries from the month go! since 2019 up until date despite the pitiable condition the APC led FG has led Nigeria’s economy into? to its administration ridden with sordid experience, calamity, and repeated misfortunes between 2011 and 2023.
“In actual fact, this is like a case of the devil still hoping for a place in paradise because the only group of people in Oyo state today still suffering from acute delusionment and oblivion of current realities in the real sense are the political neophytes and unpopular political elements in Oyo state APC who’s primary focus is to milk all the candidates on the platform of the party from the largesse unremorsefully stolen before the 2023 general elections come to a close”. The ruling PDP said.
The Oyo APC in its usual cacophony of deliberate mischief had also alleged that Gov. Makinde who was actually tutoring the APC elements on the art of good governance, admitted that his administration had failed on security, education, economy amongst others but the ruling PDP said APC was merely trying to play the ostrich saying, “the era of crying more than the bereaved is long gone”, noting that the people of Oyo state have continued to show unprecented and never seen before kind of trust, confidence and love for Governor Makinde than any others in the past.
The ruling party expressed shock at the uniqueness of telling unbridled lies and propagation of sheer falsehood by the APC in the state to deceive uninformed members of the public vowing that no single lie told by the APC would be allowed to slide under the carpet insisting that, “lies and more lies remain the hallmark of APC and will therefore, not allow the opposition party breathe on account of false propaganda as far as 2023 is concerned.
“The fact is that, our response as a party to the endless lies and false propaganda by the APC in Oyo state became imperative and necessitated by our resolve to henceforth, take them on word for word since they’ve shown unremorseful, unattractive, uncivilized, and irresponsible approach to political campaigns even as 2023 beckons, believing that a lie told consistently and repeatedly may be confused to be true, we’re more than ready to drag every breathe out of their nose on that account.
“When you allow pigs drag you to the swam for a duel, you already have those pigs an advantage going into battle in their comfort zone but we as a party resolved and committed to deepening our internal democracy and good governance, we will remain focused on our path and also insist that since delivery of good governance is the basis of all government having failed woefully for eight years at the slightest chance, APC in Oyo state must continue to learn what it lacked from Governor Seyi Makinde.
“APC in Oyo state after a monumental failure after eight years still has the audacity to come to public space to make allegations against an excellently performing Governor Makinde who’s template for delivery of good governance and is being copied and replicated by many APC states including the federal government of Nigeria. This is nothing short of political rascality and reckless statements that are rather unfortunate and sad.
Williams Uchemba has confirmed that Davido’s Ifeanyi has died just few days after celebrating his third birthday. The actor put up a post expressing hurt as other celebrities sent their prayers out to Davido and his family. Uchemba wrote: “Please say a prayer for David, Chioma and the entire family. Nobody deserves this kind of pain.”
Ifeanyi Adeleke, the 3 year old son of Music star, Davido and his fiancee, Chioma Rowland has sadly died. The tragic death occured on Monday, October 31. Ifeanyi died by drowning at his dad’s Banana Island home. He was rushed to Evercare Hospital in Lekki where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
The couple had traveled for a family gathering to Ibadan yesterday and had left Ifeanyi with his minders who can’t explain how he entered the pool without being noticed and drowned.
ODUDUWA NEWS gathered that quite a number of people at Davido’s House when the incident happened have been arrested.
A distraught and inconsolable Davido was removed from Evercare Hospital and taken to his father’s house where he remains as at press time. Quite a number of Davido’s industry friends are at the hospital.
