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Ayo Adebanjo, Afenifere leader, says he warned the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, not to put his trust in President Buhari as the latter would never support his 2023 presidency ambition.

Adebanjo said this on Monday in his remarks at the “Greater Nigeria Conference” organised by the Nzuko Nmunna, an Igbo think-tank.

The focus of discussions at the conference was on the need to support a candidate from the South East in the 2023 general elections.

According to Adebanjo, it is the turn of the South-East to produce the next president in the interest of fairness and equity.

He said, “We all know the truth. They don’t want the South-East. It is not because they don’t know what is right. I only like to point to the fact that they are just deceiving you. All you are hearing, that they (the North) are supporting the South-West is an element of deceit to deprive you, to be able to rule you. They don’t like anybody.

“I told Tinubu himself, not in the papers, face-to-face. ‘You believe this man (Buhari) will make you President?’ He said ‘yes’. I said ‘he wants to make you President and yet he asked (Yemi) Osinbajo to contest? He asked (Kayode) Fayemi to contest, he asked Amosun (Ibikunle) to contest?’ All in the West, why? He wants to divide the West first.

“The unfortunate thing is that President Goodluck Jonathan allowed himself to be disgraced by mentioning the fact that ‘I am considering whether to be president or not. For what?

“Now that it is the turn of the South-East, they are propounding a new theory, it must be based on merit and all that. If it is the question of merit, who in the North qualifies to lead Nigeria? If it has been based on merit, the East alone would produce the President.

“I am saying all these because of the talks about ‘go and sell yourself, go and campaign, go and lobby’, it is all rigmarole. They know the truth.

“Although I don’t like all the people that came out from the East, for the fact that they are saying you have no people, I am happy you have demonstrated that you have people. But go and unite.

A house divided against itself will not stand. The North doesn’t want to leave power. While the South is slugging it out, they put their candidate up.

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The Government of Oyo State has directed all public and private primary and secondary schools in Oyo State to resume academic activities on May 5th, 2022.

This was contained in a statement released and signed today by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Alh. Aminat Atere. Attached herewith is the press statement released by the Ministry of Education, Oyo State.

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Monday, April 25, 2022, resumed official duties following the expiration of his 14 days Vacation.

The Governor had embarked on a 14 day vacation on April 1, 2022, as first installment of his 2022 annual leave.

When he was away, Governor Akeredolu handed over power to his deputy, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, in acting capacity.

Arakunrin Akeredolu, whose vacation was married with controversies as some rumoured that he had been hospitalized in Abroad said he is energetic and has prepared himself ahead of resumption.

A 10-year-old pupil of Chrisland Schools, Victoria Island, Lagos State, has appealed to Nigerians for forgiveness. This is coming amid backlashes she faced from angry Nigerians over a tape of herself getting involved in an immoral act with some fellow school mates.

The pupil (name withheld) took to her Likee page to seek forgiveness from her followers on the social media platform.
“Please, I’m sorry. All I ask is forgiveness”, she wrote while sharing a still photograph.

Recall, she and some other pupils of the school were seen in a viral video with a male and female having sex in their hotel room. The incident occurred in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where the pupils had gone to take part in the World Schools Games between March 10 and 13, 2022.

At least, nine men suspected to be kidnappers, have been apprehended in Ogun State, ODUDUWA NEWS reports.

The Ogun State Police Command said the suspects were “members of a notorious kidnap syndicate terrorising residents of Ogun State.”

The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the syndicate used to operate along the Abeokuta-Ayetoro road, where many residents had been kidnapped and made to pay millions in ransom.

According to Oyeyemi, the suspects were arrested Sunday at their hideout in Abule Oba, off Ayetoro Road, Abeokuta.

They were captured by policemen, who Oyeyemi said, were supported by local hunters, operatives of the So-safe Corps, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), the Amotekun Corps and local vigilantes.

Oyeyemi identified the suspects as Hammed Taiwo, Kehinde Jimoh, Ali Morandu, Sanda Aliu, Umar Sanda, Usman Mohammed, Usman Abubakar, Umaru Ahmadu and Umaru Momodu.

Lagos Reporter’s gathered that the suspects’ arrest followed credible intelligence at the disposal of policemen at Sabo/Ilupeju divisional headquarters.

The police had garnered information that two of the suspects, Hammed Taiwo and Kehinde Jimoh, were the kidnappers’ errand boys, operating on motorcycles.

He disclosed that the suspects were sighted somewhere in the Rounder area of Abeokuta North, to where the DPO of Sabo/Ilupeju, SP Mustapha Opawoye, quickly mobilised his men and got them arrested.

During interrogation, Oyeyemi said the duo of Taiwo and Kehinde confessed to being part of the syndicate, “but their own role is to run errands and watch the environment to prevent law enforcement agents from getting to them unawares.”

Their confession, Oyeyemi explained, led to the discovery of the group’s hideout at Abule Oba, “where they always meet after collecting ransom from their victims.”

“Having discovered the hideout, the DPO mobilized his men, So-safe corps, OPC men, local hunters and men of Amotekun corps and subsequently stormed the place where all the nine members of the syndicate were arrested,” Oyeyemi said.

It was learnt that some kidnap victims have identified the suspects as their abductors.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti-kidnapping section of the State CIID, appreciating the security agencies for the success of the intelligence-based operation.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on said that he would be betraying Nigerians if he failed to contest for president.

Osinbajo stated this in Akure, the Ondo State capital when he visited Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to expressed his intension to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

Osinbajo disclosed that he decided to contest for the president because he had learnt a lot and made many contacts both within the country and at international level.

He admitted that he was given responsibilities by President Buhari to run the affairs of the nation as an acting president.

The vice president disclosed that President Buhari only charged him to be fair and just while in charge.

He, therefore, said the nation needed a serious service to get it out of the doldrums.

According the vice president, “It’s an opportunity to be called to public service. This is most valuable thing we can add to our society. It’s a privilege to be called to serve”

ODUDUWA NEWS has gathered that the new Party Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress APC in Lagelu Local Government area of Oyo State was attacked by some hoodlums where several properties belonging to the party were destroyed.

A party Chieftain, Chief Timothy ‘Kunle Sanda, who described the destructive attacks carried out on the new office of the party as a condemnable development, said the attack was a plot by some people to reintroduce violence into the politics of the state ahead of the 2023 general election.

The attack coming few days after the recent visitation by the Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo to Ibadan where he met the national delegates of the party in Oyo State.

The facility, which was recently acquired for use as the new Party office of the APC, is located at Iyana Church area of Iwo Road and it was slated for commissioning later this week. But reports have it that some unidentified armed men visited the place late in the evening of Saturday and carried out attacks which resulted in the vandalization of the building as well as several items they found around.

While speaking on the incident; the APC Zonal Chairman for Ibadan Less City, Chief Kunle Sanda, told our correspondent in a phone conversation that “the violent attacks were the handiwork of some political desperados who felt uncomfortable about the efforts of the opposition party to reclaim power in the state in 2023″.

“From our preliminary investigation, we gathered that the attackers visited the new office twice on Saturday with a mission to destroy everything there. They first came around 9pm with a rickety taxi cab which they drove recklessly with a view to causing panic. It was when they came the second time at around 11pm that they carried out their nefarious attacks on the facility.

“We have taken necessary actions by reporting the development to the appropriate security agencies. However, we would like to state that all those responsible for the cowardly acts would be fished out and made to answer for their crime the damage they did was too enormous to be overlooked.” Chief Sanda said.

Another APC Stakeholder in Lagelu LGA, Hon. Sikiru Adebayo, expressed dismay over the level of destruction carried out on the office by the attackers. He alleged that the same set of people who move around the state capital (Ibadan) to destroy billboards belonging to members of the APC and other opposition parties were responsible for the ugly incident.

His words; “I have no doubt that the militias of the ruling party who work under the supervision of their known chief thug are carried out the dastardly act. They had sounded a note of warning to some artisans who were engaged to fix the structure earlier in the week as they could not hide their dissatisfaction with an opposition party opening an office in that place. Nevertheless, we are not discouraged by their antics and I can assure members of the general public that all attempts to overrun our party before the next general election would be successfully resisted.

Adebayo who is a former Special Assistant (Political) to Late Sen. Abiola Ajimobi in the last administration, then called on the relevant security agencies to begin a clampdown on all political thugs being employed by the PDP “for the sole aim of returning Gov. Makinde to office for the second term in office in 2023″.

The Media expert and former Special Adviser to Senator representing Oyo South Senatorial District, Senator Kola Balogun, Mr. Rotimi Johnson Ojasope has dumped Peoples’ Democratic Party PDP in Oyo State.

This was contained in a statement made available today by himself via his Official Facebook account as read in part:

“I was living in denial and dreaded this moment but it’s a sad reality; I struggle so hard to climb the ladder but only got to the last step before discovering the ladder was leaning on the wrong building.

“Today, I withdraw from the Oyo State PDP and step aside from partisan politics until I am fully persuaded otherwise. I know thousands of you look up to me, particularly the young folks but according to Bishop David Oyedepo; “How long you’ve been on a wrong journey doesn’t guarantee arrival at the right destination”. I apologize for the pains, disappointments and inconvenience this decision might cause many of you; forgive and just pray for me but please don’t pity me. I also apologize for the quarrels, disputes, unpleasantness that happened in the cause of working and loving someone who despises me; I am very sorry for being blinded and deafened by passion and love, howbeit unappreciated, so much that I ignored your warnings and admolitions. I take full responsibility for how it has turned out and pressing the exit button is a self preservation move.

“I will remain my political self but without party affiliation for now.
Thanks for the love and support I have enjoyed from all of you, which you generously expressed irrespective of political and religious affiliations; I hope these won’t wean in the coming days.

“QUOTE: “One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.” —Anonymous

The Lord is the Almighty; he’s my portion in the land of the living”.

The group noted that Christians have had their two terms and that it is the turn of Muslims to produce the Lagos governor in 2023.AMuslim rights advocacy group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has opposed the endorsement of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for a second term.

The group noted that Christians have had their two terms and that it is the turn of Muslims to produce the Lagos governor in 2023.

MURIC’s position was stated in a statement on Monday signed by the director of the organisation, Professor Ishaq Akintola.

The statement reads: “Leaders of the ruling party in Lagos, the All Progressives Congress (APC), last week endorsed the incumbent governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for a second term in office for the 2023 gubernatorial election.

“Unfortunately, this endorsement violated a long-standing albeit unwritten rule on rotational governance between Christians and Muslims in Lagos State.

“It is on record that ex-Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, a Christian, spent four years in office and another Christian, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, was brought in ostensibly to complete the Christians’ two terms which expire by May 2023, when a Muslim, ceteris paribus, is expected to take over the reins of office.

“That is why Muslims in Lagos State regard the recent endorsement given to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to run for the Christians’ third term as unfair, unjust and provocative.
“It may not be known in official circles but Lagos Muslims are grumbling and we have been under pressure for some time now to speak up.

It is a dangerous dimension capable of eliciting protest bulk vote against the ruling party unless the issue is ironed out at a roundtable between leaders of the party, the Lagos State Government (LASG) and Lagos Muslims.

“For the avoidance of doubts, MURIC has no intention of hijacking control of the Muslim community in the state. We always recognise established leadership structures wherever they exist and Lagos Muslims have that structure.

“The Muslim Community of Lagos State which is under the able leadership of Professor Tajudeen Gbadamosi is the appropriate body to meet for the purpose of negotiating with Lagos Muslims. All Islamic organisations in Lagos State are under this body. The onus is therefore on LASG and leaders of the ruling party to reach out to the Muslim Community of Lagos State.

“MURIC rejects exclusivism in matters of governance. Lagos Muslims are taxpayers and key stakeholders in issues affecting the welfare of Lagos citizens. We must therefore be consulted on matters of governance.
“We refuse to be blindfolded on the way to the polling booth.

Neither shall we be satisfied just as voters; we must also be voted for. That is the essence of democracy. It must be participatory. The choice of candidates and leadership must not be lopsided in a democracy. Every segment of society must be consulted.

“We, therefore, fault the process that led to the emergence of the incumbent governor as the flagbearer of the ruling party in the coming gubernatorial election. 2023 belongs to Muslims in Lagos State.

Any deviation from this must be properly negotiated.
“For instance, if the Christians are going to enjoy the luxury of a third term by giving Sanwo-Olu the mandate to run for a second term, an agreement must be reached with Lagos Muslims guaranteeing twelve years of Muslim rule after Governor Sanwo-Olu. Anything short of this is tantamount to an attempt to shortchange Muslims in the state.”

“The narratives have changed. Muslim leaders are no longer satisfied with crumbs from the table. Giving the Imams rams during festivals and sponsoring Muslims on hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah) are deliberate means of enslavement and marginalization. Lagos Muslims are now fully aware of the gimmicks,” it added.