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JUST IN: Oyo PDP Holds Stakeholders’ Meeting, Says Moles In Party ‘Have Left in Soul And Spirit’

ODUDUWA NEWS has gathered that the Oyo State Chapter of Peoples’ Democratic Party PDP has held stakeholders’ meeting among the party stalwarts.

The meeting which was held today at the party Secretariat, Molete had several party loyalists in attendance. In the meeting it was concluded and resolved that the PDP in Oyo State remains one and indivisible.

The resolution of the PDP affirming its indivisibility was contained in a communique released after the meeting and made available to ODUDUWA NEWS as read in part:

“BEING A COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE OYO STATE CHAPTER OF THE PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON FRIDAY 18TH OF JUNE 2021 AFTER A STATE OF THE PARTY MEETING AT THE STATE PDP SECRETARIAT, MOLETE, IBADAN

  1. We unequivocally affirm and identify with the leadership of Engineer Oluseyi Abiodun Makinde as the authentic leader of our party in Oyo State and the South Western Zone.
  2. We also use this medium to announce that our position in Oyo State PDP is in alignment with the position of our amiable governor and leader of our party in the south west, Engineer Seyi Makinde on the areas of security of lives and properties. We enjoin all the relevant security agencies to justify the good disposition of the governor towards them and see to curbing crimes in our State.
  3. We want to implore dissident voices that are fanning the flames of discord in our party to desist from such acts as the entire leadership of the party will henceforth not tolerate indiscipline and public defamation of the image of our party and the government by some sectarian elements in the party.
  4. We want to make it unequivocally clear that our party is not divided and we do not have factions. We are united and the party is becoming stronger daily under the leadership of Alhaji Omokunmi Mustapha and Governor Seyi Makinde
  5. We also wish to state that the winning team, the executives that won elections i.e the present set of PDP Executives are united and we are running the party according to the provisions of the constitution of our party
  6. We say that those calling for the dissolution of the State Party Executives are ill-advised, misinformed, insensitive, forgetful and deliberately malicious. The State Party leadership is fine and we are solidly behind our hardworking governor.

“It is important to remind those who are enemies of success that when these current set of Oyo State PDP Executives came on board, there was no single national/ state house of assembly member neither was the party winning elections. The current set of Executives has led the party to win gubernatorial election, a senatorial seat, four house of representative seats, 26 out of 32 houses of assembly members and also conducted, monitored and oversaw the LG elections where the party won all the 33 Chairmanship Seats and 90% f the Councillorship positions. It is sheer wickedness to call for the dissolution of a winning team

  1. We want to also implore the entire populace of Oyo State to continue to support the governor of Oyo State in his quest to restore our state back to the pacesetting pedestals. The governor has done well in the past two years of his administration despite that the fact that we inherited a state that was badly battered, almost destroyed and our funds and resources seriously injured by the inhumane, wicked, unkind, unfair and the corrupt government of the APC and their failed leaders
  2. We find it rather laughable and preposterous that majority of the so called, self-acclaimed and passive leaders who are defaming, disparaging and embarrassing the hard earned victory of the party today were caught in bed with the opposition parties severally before the last general elections. How do you describe PDP Leaders who publicly campaigned for candidates of other parties and even mobilized their followers to vote for ADP/ADC and APC candidates on the Election Day?
  3. Many of these leaders who did not vote nor supported the candidates of the party at the national assembly and presidential elections forgot that the major negotiating data that birthed the coalition that made the gubernatorial victory easy for us was the results and the achievements of the party at the first elections which many of them worked against the interest of the party
  4. It is highly imperative to note that one of the so called leaders who even signed the poor communique at the failed Jogor centre meeting sued the party up to the Supreme Court. At what point did He actually become a true party man?
  5. We want to inform the good people of Oyo State that many of these misguided leaders have left us in soul and spirit. How else do you explain the characters of PDP Leaders who hosted many figures from the opposition in their houses? We have very well publicised images of the visit of Dr. Fola Akinosun, Sen. Soji Akanbi and others few days/hours before the National Assembly elections and many of them have also hosted the gubernatorial candidate of APC in 2019 election, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, the Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District, Senator Teslim Folarin, and other ambitious opposition figures and we are not unaware of several nocturnal meetings of some these so called leaders with leading top – notch figures from the APC like Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
  6. Their game plan is to frustrate, truncate and destroy the relative peace we currently enjoy in Oyo State PDP and mortgage our hardworking governor for their selfish agenda of handing over Oyo State into the hands of the wicked, inhumane and high handed APC
  7. We want to thank the good people of Oyo State who actually separated the wheat from the chaff in the current situation in Oyo State. We are certain and we want to assure the good people of Oyo State that our governor is working assiduously with every relevant persons, institutions, agencies and stakeholders to ensure that Ibarapa, Oke-Ogun, Ogbomoso, Oyo and Ibadan is more secured and conducive for all.
  8. We want to say it with all confidence that under Governor Seyi Makinde and PDP, a better Oyo State is assured.
  9. Thank you.

Signed:

A. All the State Party Executives except two
B. Members of the National Assembly including Sen Kola Balogun except One
C. 26 Members of the State House of Assembly
D. All the thirty three (33) elected Council Chairmen and Chairpersons
E. Thirty One out thirty three local government party chairmen”.

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Insecurity: Aare Onakakanfo Writes UN, US, Seeks Intervention In Yorubaland

Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams has sent a letter to the global community, seeking their intervention in the ongoing killings and kidnappings in Nigeria.

The letter titled, ‘Urgent Need To Stop Killings By Fulani Herdsmen In Yorubaland’, was addressed to Secretary-General, United Nations; Chairperson of the African Union; Secretary of State, the United States; British Foreign Secretary; European Union Member States, the Economic Community of West African States, amongst others on Wednesday.

The letter partly read, “So, it is because of the psychopathic killings going on in our land that I’m writing this letter to you to please intervene in this murderous quagmire.

“We have a situation in which the Federal Government appears overwhelmed and is fast losing grip of its constitutional mandate to protect the land.

“Obviously, Nigeria is on the precipice, cascading downward in a dangerous and suicidal manner.

“Words of wisdom seem to have taken flight.

“Because we live in a global world, I am drawing your attention that any crisis that happens in Nigeria may have a negative effect on the rest of the world.

“And it may happen soon because all the security establishments are already showing signs of virtual ineffectiveness.”

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52-year-old woman, son arraigned for theft in Osun

People were caught in the web of surprise when a 52-year-old woman, Patience Ayube and her son, Josiah Ayube, on Wednesday brought to the Court Premises by the security operatives for theft case.

The woman along with her son was said to have appeared before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife over the theft of a motorcycle.

Also arraigned alongside the duo were Joseph Oluwaseun and Friday Emmanuel said to have conspired to steal the motorcycle worth N285, 000.

Addressing the court, the police prosecutor, Abdullahi Emmanuel, said the defendants conspired and stole one Honda motorcycle worth N285,000, belonging to one Emmanuel Akpan.

Emmanuel further accused the defendants of conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace when they attacked Akpan.

The offences committed were said to be contrary to sections 249(d), 390(9) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2002.

The defendants pleaded not guilty.

The defence counsel, Mr Olalekan Babatunde, urged the court to admit them to bail in liberal terms.

Ruling on the application, the presiding magistrate, A. Oyebadejo, admitted each of the defendants to bail in the sum of N50,000 or a surety in like sum.

The matter was adjourned till June 30 for hearing.

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Ondo Gov, Akeredolu Approves Promotion Of 3,000 Teachers

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Aketi, SAN has approved the commencement of promotion exercise for over 3000 Teachers in the State Teaching Service.

The State Head of Service, Pastor Adeniran Adeyemo who made this known today while flagging off the year 2021 promotion exercise for the qualified Teachers at the headquarters of the State Teaching Service Commission in Akure commended Governor Akeredolu for magnanimously approving the exercise in demonstration of his avowed commitment to prioritizing the welfare of the state workforce.

The Head of Service charged the officers to cooperate with the management of the Commission by attending the interview as scheduled and avoid falsifying their credentials to enhance smooth running and success of the exercise within the stipulated time.

He noted that with the early approval of the promotion exercise government want to avoid the usual segregation of presentation of letters of promotion to Officers in core Civil Service and those in the Teaching Service Commission.

He enjoined all Workers in the state government service to rededicate themselves to duty to reciprocate the kind gesture of the Akeredolu led administration.

Earlier, in April this year, the Governor approved the promotion exercise for qualified Officers in the State Public Service.

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Iwo Road Mayhem: Makinde Only Interested In Politics Not Governance, Oyo APC Claims

Oyo APC was reacting to the violence that happened at Iwo Road on Wednesday, where the boys of Mukaila Lamidi, popularly known as Auxiliary, Chairman of Park Management System in Oyo State, allegedly attacked some shop owners.

A statement signed on Thursday by Dr AbdulAzeez Olatunde, Publicity Secretary of the APC Caretaker Committee in the state, said the orgy of violence unleashed on the innocent traders and passers-by at Iwo Road is not only condemnable but “in all honesty reminds us all of the trademark of PDP Government of Engr Seyi Makinde since assumption of office on the 29th of May 2019.”

The party reminded the people of the state the governor’s promise when he visited Igangan after suspected Fulani herdsmen unleashed mayhem on the town.

“After the bloody mayhem of Sunday, 6th June 2021, just 10 days ago, Governor Seyi Makinde said that would be the end of security breaches in Oyo State, after which he admitted that his government failed, which unfortunately somesaulted within 10 days.

“However, between the Igangan mayhem of 6th June 2021, and the Iwo Road fatal hitch of 16th Jun 2021, there has been daily occurrences of violence upon violence within Ibadan metropolis, which is further confirming that the Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde, is not prepared for governance; the daily security challenges have exposed his unpreparedness.

“As in the past security breaches, the notorious Park Managers outfit created by Governor Seyi Makinde were seriously fingered in the latest mayhem and it is essential that we remind the Governor, once again, to put politics aside and embrace good governance, at least for once,” Oyo APC said.

The statement said the youth that are daily and systematically suffering from the “lackadaisical attitude of Gov Seyi Makinde to the security of Oyo State are the backbone of the development of any society.”

“Imagine the anger and the despondency of the youth which forced them to carry the victims and casualties to the office of Gov Seyi Makinde,which the figures are not yet to be ascertained.

“Unfortunately, eye witnesses account indicted the ÀMỌ̀TẸ́KÙN security outfit as toothless and ordinary passer-by because its operatives were seen watching helplessly while the orgy of violence and mayhem was ongoing, which perhaps confirms the fear of the populace that the outfit has recruited wrong personnel for an ulterior motive,” it added.

According to Oyo APC, “for any state to attract serious investors, effective security of lives and property is the prerequisite of the magnetic attraction and German floor of any government, as witnessed in the last administration of Sen Abiola Ajimobi, which endeared foreign direct investors to Oyo State then.”

The party advised Makinde to brace up and rejig the security architecture of the state by convening a security summit so that the gains recorded between 2011- and 2019 would not be eroded.

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Iwo Road Incident: Gov. Makinde Visits Scene, Vows To Review PMS, Fish Out Perpetrators

Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has today visited Iwo Road, the scene of the incident that occurred yesterday where it was alleged that some members of Park Managers clashed with Phone Sellers leading to the death of one while several others injured.

Governor Makinde made his visitation to the scene known today via his official social media handle as read in part:

“I visited the scene of the Iwo Road incident this morning. The loss of lives during the mayhem that occurred is unfortunate and should never have happened. I give you my word that we will ensure that everyone involved in the dastardly act is brought to book.

“I have ordered investigations. In the meantime, we will sanitise the area behind Iwo Road where cultists congregate and review the Park Management System. We have also informed the phone sellers to choose representatives who will discuss how we can assist them”.

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Sexual Assault: Nollywood Actor, Baba Ijesha Charged To Court, Remanded in Police Custody

Nollywood actor Olanrewaju James Omiyinka popularly known as Baba Ijesha was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Yaba, Lagos a four-count charge of sexual assault and indecent treatment of a child.

Baba Ijesha, who has been in detention since April, 2021, arrived at the Court in the company of his colleague, Yomi Fabiyi and other supporters, as well as family members.

The judge, however, denied him bail and remanded him in the police custody.

The actor was arrested by the Lagos state police after he was alleged to have sexually molested a minor serrially for seven years, from the age of seven.

He was later granted bail on May 17 — after spending about 25 days in police detention by magistrates in charge of prison decongestion.

But he has remained at the Gender Unit of the State CID, Panti, Yaba Lagos despite the bail on account of not being able to perfect the conditions attached to the bail.

When the matter came up on Wednesday, Kayode Olabiran, his counsel, prayed the court to release his client, citing his deteriorating health.

He said the controversial nature of the case has made it difficult to secure his release despite his bail as intending sureties were scared of the likely consequences.

But in his ruling, Magistrate P. E Nwaka, held that the court could not grant the actor bail because the matter is beyond its jurisdiction.

The judge also explained that the case has already been filed before the high court.

Also speaking, Yetunde Cardoso, the superintendent of police in charge of the case, said the matter is now beyond the police.

“Mr Olanrewaju was actually granted bail during the JUSUN strike and based on the conditions given, he couldn’t meet them and he was properly charged today (Wednesday),” she said.

“Just like the court stated, the case has already been filed before the high court and the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) of Lagos State Ministry of Justice has taken over the matter from the police.

“So presently, we have handed over to the DPP so the case is before them (DPP). It has nothing to do with the police anymore, it’s now left for the DPP to handle it.”

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JUST IN: Gunmen Kidnap Four Chinese Nationals in Ogun State

ODUDUWA NEWS has just gathered that about four people have been kidnapped by some gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Alaagba village in Ogun .

It was gathered that the four people who are all workers of a Chinese company handling the Lagos-Ibadan standard guage railway project were kidnapped yesterday.

As at the time of filing this report, the security operatives have made it known to the public that they are making all necessary efforts to ensure that the kidnapped victims are rescued.

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