As the 2023 general election beckons, Accord has declared a member of the House of Representatives representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, Honourable Shina Peller, as its candidate for the Oyo North Senatorial District.
The declaration was made today in Saki immediately after the initial candidate, Prince Michael Ademola Ojo, publicly announced his resolve to willingly withdraw from the race and wholeheartedly handed over the ticket to Honourable Peller.
The event tagged, “Official Affirmation of Accord party’s candidate for Oyo North Senatorial District” witnessed the presence of Oyo State party chairman, Prince Felix Kolade Ojo, State executive members of the party, party chairmen in all the 13 local governments of the district as well as representatives of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
While publicly making his decision known at the event, Prince Ademola Ojo said, “In the overall interest of our people in Oke Ogun and Oyo North Senatorial District at large, I hereby willingly withdraw from the race and wholeheartedly transfer the mandate I have to contest for Oyo North Senatorial District seat on the platform of Accord to my dear brother, Honourable Shina Peller.”
Consequent upon this, the party’s returning officer for the district, Mr. Abdullahi Ayemojuba, declared Honourable Shina Peller as the Accord party’s candidate for the Oyo North Senatorial District in the 2023 general election.
In his remarks, the State Party Chairman, Prince Felix Kolade Ojo, expressed his gratitude to all members for their overwhelming support and cooperation, while he expressed confidence that Accord will produce the next Oyo State governor, all the three senators in the state, as well as House of Representatives and State Assembly members.
The Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin has directed the State Commissioner for Works and Transport and his counterpart in the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters to immediately inspect the Lanlate/Eruwa bridge washed away by flood early Tuesday.
The bridge was damaged following heavy downpour that lasted over five hours.
The Speaker said it was regretful that the only bridge linking Lanlate and Eruwa Community had been washed away hence the urgent need for the State Government to act fast on the situation.
” Nature was at work in my constituency. We are however thankful to God that it happened in the early hours of Tuesday and no life was lost. I have approached the State Commissioners for Works and Transport, Prof Dawud Sangodoyin and that of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Chief Bayo Lawal and directed them to proceed on an inspection tour of the damaged bridge with a view to taking urgent action on it. The damage has no doubt negatively affected the movement of our people in the two towns. “
According to the Speaker, the agony our people will face in the last few days is better imagined.
” This has even affected our students who are writing their NECO and WAEC as it is now virtually impossible to cross the stream.”
He appealed to the people to remain calm.
In the meantime, the Speaker also urged the two Commissioners to visit OkeIpin bridge in New Eruwa which overflew its banks as a result of the Tuesday heavy downpour.
He said the bridge needed to be expanded to enable it accommodate more volume of water especially in this raining season.
The Chairman, Oyo State Pilgrim Welfare Board (Muslim Wing), Prof. Sayed Malik has regretted that not less than 150 intending pilgrims from Oyo State will not perform the 2022 Hajj, over visa denial by Saudi authorities. Oyo State governor approved refund.
He disclosed while addressing newsmen on Monday, in Ibadan.
According to him, the denial of visa to the affected intending pilgrims by the Saudi authority on the 11th hour, was based on recommendation of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON.
He explained that 629 out of 43,000 slots given to Nigeria was allocated to Oyo State to perform 2022 Hajj, despite that over 1,000 Muslims have already registered to perform the hajj.
“To take care of the shortfall, we in Oyo State Pilgrim Welfare Board requested for additional slots from NAHCON.
“And this was granted, as additional 150 slots were given to Oyo State, thereby increasing the State’s slots from 629 to 779.
“Based on its correspondence with NAHCON, Oyo State Pilgrim Welfare Board made preparation for 779 pilgrims.
“But the state’s slot was reduced to 629 few days before the pilgrims were scheduled to go to holy lands.
“The board hereby regret that about 150 intending pilgrims from the state could not perform this year’s hajj,” he said.
The chairman recalled that the holy exercise did not take place for two years as there was no pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina in 2020 and 2021 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
He explained that the resumption of Hajj in 2022 was characterised by a sharp increase in number of intending pilgrims, who wanted to embark on the Holy pilgrimage.
Malik, however, said that Governor ‘Seyi Makinde had approved the payment of full funds to whoever among the affected people, intended to collect back their money.
The last batch of Sixty-three pilgrims from Oyo State arrived Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning via a Boeing 747 jumbo jet.
The pilgrims, who arrived at about 8a.m, spent close to six hours before clearing their hand luggage at the airport.
According to the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, the pilgrims joined other Nigerian pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, for this year’s Hajj, taking the total of pilgrims from the State so far airlifted by Oyo State to 655 in four flights.
Hon Wasiu Olatunbosun added that government functionaries on the flight include the Executive Secretary , Oyo state Primary Health board , Dr Muhideen Olatunji, board members of the Oyo State Pilgrims Welfare Board, Muslim wing, Alh Abdulmajeed Akinwumi and Alh Abdrahman Abubakri.
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has approved the appointment of Nuel Olatunbosun Elehinle and Olafusi Kehinde Akintoroye as members of the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC).
The appointment takes immediate effect.
The new appointees are to replace Mrs. Morenike Witherspoon and Mr Abiola Oladapo, who resigned their appointments as members of OSOPADEC to contest elective positions in their respective state constituencies.
Governor Akeredolu congratulates the new appointees, while charging them to work for the development of the mandate areas and the state at large.
The All Progressive Congress in Ibadan Zone Leader, Alhaji Bashiru Ajibade, persuaded thousands of APC members to defect to the People’s Democratic Party in support of the Ibadan Mogaji, giving Mgaji Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe’s bid for the Senate a significant boost.
The historic event at IMG School in Eleta also marked the departure of important players like Alh Abass Najeemdeen Gbayawu, Alh Bolaji Akinyemi Kosigiri, Engr. Kayode Arowolo (Former APC Chairman, IBSELG), Barrister Rotimi Okeowo, a former APC candidate; Prince Olumuyiwa Akingbade Akinbiyi, Mrs.
Prince Olumuyiwa spoke on behalf of the leaders who had defected.
He noted that they were dissatisfied with the manipulations of Congress and primary election result by a cabal which hijacked the party in the state. He affirmed that they were leaving APC with majority of its members in the local government to support the Senatorial ambition of Mogaji Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe and the re-election bid of Governor Seyi Makinde.
The decampees were received on behalf of Governor Seyi Makinde by Chief Bayo Lawal, the Director-General for Seyi Makinde Gubernatorial campaign, and the Executive Chairman of Ibadan South East LG, Hon Emmanuel Alawode and Hon Kazeem Adeniyi Bibire, SA to the Governor on LG and Chieftaincy matters.
Former Chairman of Ibadan South East LGA, Alh Najeem Gbayawu noted that many of them had never thought of leaving the APC, but had to do so in honour of Mogaji Tegbe who had being their pillar of support in their former party. He thereafter requested a motion for members of the Achievers group to join PDP and the motion was duly moved and unanimously supported by members.
In his response, Mogaji Tegbe thanked the leaders for the huge step which they have taken, in the best interest of the Local Government and the state. He assured the leaders and teeming members that their welfare would remain paramount to him.
The new members were welcome into the PDP by the state PRO of the party, Engr Akeem Ọlatunji and the party Chairman in Ibadan South East, Hon Sulaiman Adesina, as well as the Senatorial Women Leader and Senatorial Youth Leader for Oyo South Senatorial District.
Other dignitaries who accompanied Mógaji Tegbe to the event include Hon Bolanle Agbaje, former member OYHA; Hon Jide Adewale, former Commissioner for Environment, Hon Akeem Ojuoti, member SUBEB; Barr Fatai Akinsanmi, former LG Chairman; Erelu Lateefat Jayeoba, Hon Hafeez Oladejo and Hon Tope Yussuf, former Council Secretaries, Hon Abidemi Lasode and other.
The co-chairmen of the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Campaign Council for the Osun governorship poll, Governors Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos and Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano and the National Secretary of the party, Senator Iyiola Omisore, have expressed confidence that the APC will secure a landslide victory in the July 16 contest.
The trio maintained that the APC governorship candidate and incumbent governor of the State, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola will emerge victorious on the first ballot saying “there is no room for inconclusive this time around.”
They spoke on Monday when the Oyetola re-election campaign trail moved to Odo-Otin Local Government Area of the State.
Speaking at the palace of Olokuku of Okuku, Governor Sanwo-Olu said the entire structure of the APC and its members were aware of the outstanding performance of the Governor hence the commitment to ensure his re-election for a second term.
He added that Governor Oyetola had performed creditably well to deserve another term to consolidate on the good works he had started.
“We have come to support your son, a governor who is a pride among governors. This is a man whom God has blessed with deep wisdom and wealth of experience, no wonder he is doing wonderfully well. We are proud to be associated with him and he is an example to many of us.
“We have come to show you that he is not alone on this journey. By the grace of God, Oyetola will be re-elected come July 16.
“This election is one that is projected to bring progress to Osun, and to Nigeria as a whole. So, we expect Governor Oyetola’s re-election to come with ease and landslide victory.
“The good people of Osun, if you are privileged to have an uncommon leader, give him all the support possible. If fellow governors can testify that he is a shining light, that should give a fair idea of how uncommon he is.
“We will be here next week for the national campaign for him. By the grace of God, Oyetola will win and we are going to vote. This is a decision that will bring development and progress not only to Osun but to entire Nigeria as Osun election will determine next year’s general elections,” SanwoOlu said.
On his part, Governor Ganduje said the leadership and members of the party were resolute to deliver Osun for APC.
“We are here to give maximum support to our brother, your son, Governor Oyetola. From what we have heard and seen, he has performed excellently well in all sectors and God has used him to bring social development to Osun within the three and a half years he has been administering the affairs of the State.
“He has done a lot in education, infrastructure, empowerment, and he has built a good relationship with workers, trade unions, traditional institutions among others. This is the confidence we have that it will be a landslide victory for him in the coming election. There is no way this will be an inconclusive election,” the Kano governor noted.
Also speaking, Senator Iyiola Omisore and the National Women Leader of the APC, Dr. Betta Edu, said the party had put in place necessary mechanisms to ensure free, fair and credible election, saying that victory is assured for the party, in view of the positive feedbacks of its campaigns.
“We have heard from our visiting governors what Governor Oyetola represents and what his re-election presupposes. These words are open challenge to us to do what is right for the sake of Osun and its future,” Omisore added.
In their separate remarks, the Director-General of Oyetola’s re-election Campaign Council, Sen. Ajibola Basiru and the APC State Chairman, Prince Gboyega Famodun, described the July 16 governorship poll as critical to the state’s progress, adding that only a progressive-minded candidate deserves to be elected.
According to them: “Governor Oyetola has proven in the last three and a half years that he is capable of fulfilling the responsibilities of the government to the people. Osun is in safe hands with him.”
While receiving the Governor and members of his re-election campaign council, Olokuku of Okuku, Oba Abioye Oyebode, lauded Oyetola for making traditional rulers in the State proud by fulfilling his promises to their subjects.
He said “We wholeheartedly declare our support for Governor Adegboyega Oyetola. You have made us proud and given us enough reasons to speak about you to our subjects with confidence because you have fulfilled your promises to our people”.
While addressing a crowd of supporters and other residents at the campaign venue, Governor Oyetola, commended Osun citizens for the confidence reposed in him, saying that their votes in 2018 gave him the privilege to prove his good intention for the State.
He called on citizens to discern the times and make decisions that can safeguard the future of the State, adding that he is ready to consolidate on the strong progressive foundation he had laid in the last three and a half years.
One of the suspected killers of Sofiat Okeowo, a lady murdered for money ritual purposes in Abeokuta, Ogun State, in January, has died, ODUDUWA NEWS has learnt.
It would be recalled that following the revelation of the brutal killing of Okeowo by her lover and former boyfriend, four teenagers – Balogun Mustakeem, Majekodunmi Soliudeen, Abdulgafar Lukman, and Waris Oladeinde – were arrested by the police.
They were apprehended for slaughtering and burning the head of the victim, identified as a girlfriend to one of them, for money rituals.
In March, Oladeinde was discharged by an Ogun State magistrate’s court.
The court freed Oladeinde, who had earlier been remanded with others at the Oba correctional centre in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area (LGA).
Chief Magistrate I.O Abudu, stated that Oladeinde was discharged on the legal advice of the state Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
According to Abudu, “no charge was recorded against Oladeinde in the legal advice.”
Our source said one of the three remaining suspects: Mustakeem, Soliudeen, and Lukman, has died at the Abeokuta Correctional Centre in Oba.
The actual cause of death of the teenage suspect cannot be verified as of the time of publishing this report.
SMS sent to Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), seeking comments on the death of one of the suspects went unreplied days after
Nigerians across all ethnic divides have taken to their various social media accounts to celebrate iconic actor battling with old age disease called dementia, Olu Jacobs on ocassion of his 80th birthday.
Legendary Nollywood Actor Olu Jacobs was born in 1942. He has featured in the British TV series and was relatively the founding fathers of Nigerian Film Industry.
He got married to a Nollywood Actress by name Joke Silva.
When asked why his wife still retain her father’s name instead of his, he responded:
“She is her own individual. When I met her, she was an actress known as Joke Silva, so why should marrying me now deny her and her audience her name? She is Miss Joke Silva who is Mrs. Joke Jacobs. It is as simple as that. People now begin to say what they like. They have even written that we are separated and all sort of stuff. When she is working, she is Joke Silva but she is Mrs. Joke Jacobs at home.”
He was rumored to have died in 2021. His wife debunked the rumour and later disclosed the situation of his health as ‘dementia with Lewy bodies’. He won Lifetime Achievement Award at Afriff held in November, 2021.
The Lagos State Ministry of Education has shut the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba.
The school will remain closed, pending an administrative investigation of its operations and procedures as well as the conduct of its officials – in line with schools’ safety standards and guidelines.
The investigation is sequel to the death of a five-year-old pupil, who is suspected to have drowned during a swimming lesson while in the custody of the school. The police are investigating the matter.
A preliminary probe by the Office of Education Quality Assurance of the Ministry has shown that the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba, is yet to conclude its registration and is, therefore, not yet an approved school.
The Ministry is concerned about the safety of the pupils, hence the need for intervention.
The school will remain closed until all the required approval processes are concluded. Parents are advised to note the closure and wait for the conclusion of the administrative investigation.
