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Makinde Launches Special Security Joint Task Force Against Kidnapping, Banditary, Others

The Oyo State Government, on Monday, says it has set up a Special Joint Security Post, set up at Mamu village – a border between Ibadan and Ijebu Ode in Ogun state is to complement efforts of the security operatives in nipping insecurity, especially issues of kidnapping, in the bud.

Gov Seyi Makinde, who made this disclosure while on inspection tour to the border area, declared that the Ibadan-IjebuOde road had been in the news recently for kidnapping of travellers plying the route.

He said the Mamu Joint Security Post was set up to secure the entry and exit points in the state, adding that the Mamu post was a pilot project that would soon be replicated in all the borders with other states.

According to the governor, there is CCTV camera at the post; that is being monitored from the Security Control Room in Ibadan, “So if there is anything going on here security personnel can quickly be alerted and deal with the situation appropriately.

“For us, if we know people coming into the state we can trace them or if any crime is committed within the state and the criminals want to escape from the state’ we can activate the process, whereby they can be apprehended at the exit point here.”

Makinde assured the people of the state of his administration’s committment towards provision of adequate security of lives and property.

He added that his administration, in collaboration with the security agencies in the state, were working round the clock to ensure that residents of the state were secured.

Heads of security agencies in the state; Ngozi Onadeko – Oyo State Police Commissioner and Iskilu Akinsanya – Oyo State Commadant of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps(NSCDC) took part in the inspection tour.

Gov Makinde later handed over nine patrol pickup vans to the Police and NSCDC; five pickup vans for the Police.

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Ramadan: NGO Donates Worshipping Materials to Mosques, Gifts Food Items to Less Privileged in Ibadan

Ramadan is a month where Muslims globally observe fasting, share ideals of the Holy month, pray fervently for God’s mercies as well as showing love to one another, earlier yesterday, the Baby Blue Angels Foundation in its usual bid to ensure that religious places and less privileged are not left out in its philanthropic objective has donated worshipping materials like kettles, prayer mats and wall clocks to some Mosques as well as feeding the less privileged in Ibadan.

Baby Blue Angels is a Foundation established to stretch helpful hands to the less privileged and is geared towards changing the course of humanity.

The Team leader of the Foundation, Ajadi Motunrayo while speaking on behalf of the Founder, Amb. Ramata Agberemi Dabo said, Baby Blue Angels Foundation knows the importance of Ramadan, a month filled with superfluous blessings and it has been their usual norm every month of Ramadan to go round Mosques in Ibadan to identify some of the things they are lacking in order to make prompt provision.

“This is the time we must all come together to share the virtues and ideals of Ramadan as spelt out in the Holy Qur’an, which symbolize perseverance, love and giving arms to the needy. These virtues and ideals cannot be overlooked, reason why we have come out today to gift items like prayer mats, kettles and wall clocks to some Mosques in Ibadan as well as giving food items to the needy in our society”’, said Lara.

Ajadi further stated while speaking to ODUDUWA NEWS correspondent that, the gesture was born out of the desire to use the occasion of ongoing Ramadan to seek the blessings of Almighty Allah on all the people of Oyo State and Nigeria at large particularly at a time like this where the menace of kidnapping and banditry seems to hold sway.

The Mosques where the worshipping materials were distributed to included Moniya Central Mosque, Mercy Land Estate, Apatuku Central Mosque, Olorunda Central Mosque, Lalupon Central Mosque, Eyin Olu, Aroro Yerokun Mosque, Elewedo Central Mosque among others.

The recipients of those items while speaking on behalf their respective Mosques thanked the founder of Baby Blue Angels Foundation, Amb. Ramata Agberemi Dabo for counting worshipping centres worthy of donations and pray that Almighty Allah continue to be their guidance in all endeavours.

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Sunday Igboho alleges plot to arrest him, says home under siege

Earlier today, news report of a plot by Nigerian Army to arrest Chief Sunday Igboho was flying around.

The report of the attack on Chief Sunday Igboho’s house was confirmed to ODUDUWA NEWS today by his Spokesman, Olayomi Koiki.

Mr. Olayomi said the soldiers came to Igboho’s residence around 2am and started shooting sporadically until they were resisted by their men.

Gunshots could be heard intermittently in the background as Mr Koiki spoke. He claimed soldiers were doing the shooting but that could not be independently confirmed by ODUDUWA NEWS

As at the time of making this report known, the Nigerian Army is yet to make official statement known to the public regarding the incident.

“We are more than capable of securing ourselves, we have chased them far from here,” Mr Koiki said in the video. “I am sure you can hear gunshots. That is them shooting from afar, we cannot be intimidated because we are fully prepared and ready for them”, said Koiki.

“By tomorrow morning, I am sure the government would come with false press statements, that it was a set of unknown soldiers, that was the same tactics they used to attack Fela’s mother. They equally used it during #EndSARS.

“They brought us a letter sometimes ago but we rejected them because the letter was what they used to kill Dele Giwa. We have chosen to be peaceful only for them to keep looking for our trouble which we won’t hesitate to give to them.”

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Gov. Fayemi Visits Ikun Diary Farm, To Promote Cattle Ranching in Ekiti

It is no longer news that Ekiti State is leading its peers in modernizing cattle rearing in Southwest and Nigeria at large, this gave birth to a diary farm established to rear cows in a modernized ranching settlement.

Earlier yesterday, Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi toured round the diary farm to assess the level of completed work done in the farm.

This was contained in a statement made known to the public by the governor via his official Twitter handle which reads in part:

“Today, I visited Ikun Dairy Farm to inspect the jersey cows delivered to the farm last week. I am pleased that our dairy project is on course to become a success story from our efforts to transform our agribusiness sector and make Ekiti the destination of choice for investors.

“I also inspected the project status of the State Civic Center in Ado Ekiti which will host entertainment and hospitality facilities, increase internally generated revenue, and provide job opportunities for the people of Ekiti State”.

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Guns Recovered as Police Storm Initiation Ground, Arrest Five Suspected Cultists in Ekiti

A photo released by the police on April 25, 2021, shows the suspected cultists arrested in Ekiti State.

ODUDUWA NEWS has gathered that Ekiti State Police Command has arrested five suspected cultists who claimed to be students of the Ekiti State University (EKSU).

In a statement on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Sunday Abutu, noted that the arrest was made during an initiation ceremony held in a bush behind the school campus.

He explained that the Police Rapid Response Team acted on a tip-off and burst into the initiation venue to stall the exercise.

Those arrested were Adeyeye Adeyemi (29), Adeyemi Tobi (25), Moyosore Onajobi (22), Dickson Godwin (23), and Olowosaye Martins (21).

“The information was received by the Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Ekiti State Command, that some members of the Black Axe (Aiye) secret confraternity were holding an initiation rite inside a bush behind the Ekiti State University (EKSU) Campus, Iworoko-Ekiti,” the statement said.

On sighting the police team, the command’s spokesman said the suspects shot sporadically but later bowed to the superior power of the security operatives, leading to the arrest of five of them while others took to their heels and escaped.

“Upon the receipt of the information, a team of the RRS Operatives, in synergy with the police personnel attached to Iworoko Divisional Police Headquarters swung into action and stormed the bush where the suspected cultists shot sporadically on sighting the police,” the statement added.

Items recovered from the scene included a small-sized locally made pistol, two expended cartridges, a gallon containing liquid drug, weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, and two motorcycles.

In his reaction, the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti, Tunde Mobayo, ordered a thorough investigation of the arrested suspects and asked the security operatives to ensure they apprehend the fleeing suspects.

According to him, the police will not give cult activities a breathing space in the face of other security challenges currently bedevilling the country.

Last week, about eight people were killed and many injured in Ikere Ekiti when two rival cult groups clashed.

Police confirmed the arrest of about 50 suspects in connection with the incident.

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Oyo LG Council Poll: OYSIEC Releases Names of Electoral Officers

The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission (OYSIEC) has released the names of Electoral officers and their various assistants across the three Senatorial district in Oyo State.

According to the release obtained by ODUDUWA NEWS, it was gathered that the release is in furtherance to the preparation for the election schedule to hold May 22nd, 2021.

Recall that the election was planned to hold May 15, 2021 but shifted a week for thorough planning and effective conduct of local government election, to May 22nd, 2021.

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JUST IN: Unknown Gunmen Kidnap Fulani Man in Ibarapa, Demand N5M Ransom

A Fulani man identified as Ibrahim Momodu has been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen in Abola Village, Idere, Ibarapa Central Local Government, Oyo State.

A brother to the victim, Usman Momodu Reported that the gunmen suspected to be bororo herdsmen abducted his brother around 11am on Thursday. He said that some vigilante operatives and Villagers had, on Thurday, apprehended two fulani who are suspected to be Kidnappers in Abola Village, Those fulanis came to buy drinks in Multitudes and Villagers asked them to provide Their identity, they claimed they were herders and Villagers followed them to where they claimed their cows were kept but unfortunately, they didn’t see any traces of their cow. They also discovered that Ibrahim was Kidnapped

Ibrahim was asked to follow them because of interpretation of Language, When they didn’t see their cows for hours, Ibrahim was abducted

The remaining part of suspected kidnappers retaliated back by kidnapping Ibrahim. Through phone Conversation, they were demanding the release of their man before they could release Ibrahim

“One of the kidnappers was speaking fluent Yoruba while others were bororo”

The arrested kidnapper had, in the late hours of Thursday, been transferred to Police Headquarter, Ibadan”

Speaking to the Pressmen This morning, the head of Abola village, Baale Sunday confirmed the authenticity of the incident, he said the case has been Reported to DPO Ibarapa Central Igboora and they are working and tracking the number to get the location of those people

The brother to the victim said when they called him this morning, they are demanding for 5 million Before they can release his brother

He urged the government and the security agencies worthy enough to be mentioned to intervene and find lasting Solution to this Menace because it’s becoming unbearable.

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RAPE: Outrage Trails Nollywood Actor, Baba Ijesha’s Arrest as Police Confirms possession of CCTV footage

Nollywood Veteran, Baba Ijesha Arrested For Alleged 7-Year Rape Of Minor

Outrage have trailed popular Nollywood actor, Olarenwaju James better known as Baba Ijesha’s arrest.

ODUDUWA NEWS had earlier reported that Lagos State Police Command apprehended the comic actor for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old girl since she was 7 years old.

In the light of reactions that followed, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, expressed that there was substantial evidence against the actor as he was caught in the act on Closed Circuit Television (CCTV).

Adejobi in an interview with ThePunch, stated that; “The CCTV caught the suspect in the act”, re-emphasising his previous statement titled, ‘Lagos Police Arrest, Investigate Popular Nollywood Actor For Defilement’.

He stated;

The case of defilement was reported on 19th April, 2021 by one Princess Adekola Adekanya ‘f’ at Sabo Police Station and transferred to the Gender Unit of the State CID, Panti, Yaba Lagos for proper investigation.

Based on preliminary findings, the suspect started sexually assaulting the victim, 14 years, since she was 7 year old. The suspect confessed to the crime and was also captured by a CCTV camera in the house of the complainant.

According to the police spokesman, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered for proper investigation as he promised to do justice in the matter.

Reacting to the development, some Twitter users took to their various handles to express shock and disbelief about the heinous act allegedly carried out by the actor.

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We Will Never Owe Pensioners During My Administration – Makinde

The governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has disclosed that the State government would ensure that pensioners in the State would never be owed their pensions and gratuity.

The governor also vowed that his administration would have offset the N56billion accumulated gratuities the past administration owed pensioners before his tenure of office lapses.

These promises were made at the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP) that was held at Abuja recently, where the governor was honoured by the body as the Pensioners’ Friendly Governor and conferred with an Award of Excellence in Governance.

While appreciating the gesture of NUP, Oyo State governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde, who was represented by his Executive Assistant, Administration and General Services, Reverend Idowu Ogedengbe said the award was an encouragement for the governor to commit more, to the welfare of pensioners in Oyo State.

“When we came into administration in May 2019, we promised the people to serve them with sincerity, probity and accountability, we promised to run a government of inclusiveness and we are very mindful to let the people know the challenges we were facing when we came into office, we had quite a huge liability of arrears, pensioners’ gratuity was amounting to about #56billion and we did not want to give any excuse for non-performance.

“We decided to start off-setting these gratuities and as of today, we have paid out of that amount, N11.7billion, which translates to an average of over N500million naira every month, we desire to do more because it is our firm belief as an administration that you do not muzzle the mouth of the horse that trash the corn, our pensioners deserves the best, they have used their active years to to serve the State, now that they are out of service, we owe them the responsibility to ensure that they live a good life.“Our desire is to ensure we clear all the backlog as soon as it is possible and to ensure that we do not leave any outstanding gratuity to future administration, to date, we ensure that all our pensioners are paid on the 25th of every month, just like every other government worker in Oyo State civil and public service, when we came in, initially, a sum of N100million was committed towards payment of pension monthly, we increased it to N180million in June 2019 and as at January 2021, it has been increased to N235million monthly, we plan to do better.”

The Chairman of the occasion, who is former governor of Kano State and Chairman, Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, while presenting the award, said governor Makinde has shown sincerity in leadership and was worthy of the honour from the pensioners.

The event which was packaged by the national executive council of NIgerian Union of Pensioners had in attendance, the President of Nigerian Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba and his members of executive, States executive members of NUP, invited political office holders, among whom was the Special Adviser to governor Seyi Makinde on Labour Matters, Comrade Titilayo Sodo.

In his comment, The Secretary, Oyo State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners, Comrade Olusegun Abatan said the present administration in Oyo State has done enough to be celebrated as the friend of the pensioners in the State.

He called on his members to give their support to the government of Engr. Seyi Makinde so that the people would continue to benefit from dividends of democracy accruable from the programmes and policies of the State.

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