The Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Sunday Dare, narrated his ordeals at the council meeting in Ogbomosho when the hoodlums attack the palace of the first class monarch in the afternoon.

The Minister who came to the town on condolences visit to the family of one protester who fell by the bullet of the Police about 48hours ago, said he, the monarch and the council of Cheif were scurried for safety by the Police when he visited the Palace for a meeting.

“This afternoon, I arrived ogbomoso to pay my condolences to the parents of Isaq Jimoh who was felled by a police bullet. I also visited the 12 & 15 year olds at the Bowen Hospital both victims of Police stray bullets. Awaiting surgery. I appealed for calm & asked for justice,” the Minister tweeted upon arriving the town.

“Ogbomoso-Hoodlums, thugs & miscreants distrupt stakeholders meeting in Soun’s palace now-invading, stoning and breaking doors, glasses. Soun, myself and council chiefs were scurried into safety by the police and DSS. Ogbomoso youth are law abiding. But hoodlums have taken over.

“The hoodlums broke into the palace and destroyed chairs, overturned tables, broke windows. These were not Youth or Students. These were miscreants and thugs who saw a window of opportunity in the protest which since abated. Thankfully.Soun, the chiefs, leaders of Parapo are safe .

“A combined team of operation Burst from Ibadan and a unit from Iliorin are now on ground in Ogbomoso to help keep the peace, protect the peaceful and innocent and also stop criminal elements.Soun of Ogbomosho yesterday and today personally appealed to this group to stop violence,” the tweet read.

OduduwaNews has gathered a report on how hilux vehicle of Oluwo was stolen in hotel.

The vehicle, which was said to have the monarch’s name engraved on it, was reportedly taken away from a hotel in Lagos Island on Sunday.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Oluwo, Mr Alli Ibraheem, read: ”This is to notify the public most especially security operatives that a Hilux vehicle belonging to Oluwo was stolen overnight (11/10/2020) at Toilam Royal Hotel and suites, No 49 Igbosere Road L/Island, Lagos State.

“The Hilux is white in colour-the Mirrors, windshield, engine and some other parts of the vehicle are engraved with “Oba Adewale Akanbi.

The Hilux which was parked while we were having engagement in a hotel believing it was in a safe place. The thief we believed had been monitoring our movement throughout our stay in the hotel and did steal the vehicle when it dawned him that there was nobody around the vehicle side again.

“TOYOTA HILUX Chassis number- MFOFX22G6F1431653. If found, please call any of 08068211757, 08037868202.”

…..As Man Hit By Drunk Driver Dies in Ibadan

The Oyo State government has reiterated it’s warming against reckless driving and illegal parking at clubs as well as fun spots during the night as the State’s Road Traffic Management Authority, OYRTMA impounded ten vehicles during the weekend.

The warning came from the executive Chairman of OYRTMA, Mogaji Akin Fagbemi on Sunday. while reacting to an incident that led to loss of a life, which was caused by an individual suspected to be driving under alcohol influence at a popular club at Awolowo way, Bodija in Ibadan.

He disclosed that the middle-aged man who was hit by a drunk night reveller sustained head injury and later died at a hospital close to the scene of the incident.

Mogaji said “it would be recalled that following a directive of the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, the authority issued stern warnings to owners of commercial buildings particularly Club houses during the height of the covid-19 lockdown around March this year following the flagrant disregard to the pandemic prevention protocols as issued by the State Government and as regards the indiscriminate and illegal encroachment of road corridors by customers of the club houses.

“It is pursuant to this warning that the Authority moved to impound erring vehicles around such vicinities particularly as the Authority continues to receive several public petitions and formal complaints from both motorists and residents of the areas where such centers are situated.

“Following a road crash occasioned by the illegal parking of a vehicle whose owner was reported to be patronizing one of the club houses located at Awolowo Road here in Ibadan, OYRTMA in conjunction with the Special Security Joint task Force otherwise known as Operation Burst moved in to impound ten erring vehicles which have been deposited at the our premises pending their legal prosecution for infringing on section 16 of the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority Law 2009.”

He said the victim, who was a resident of the area, was rushed to a nearby hospital after the accident around 1200hrs of Friday night, gave up the ghost because of the road blockade caused by indiscriminate parking of vehicles at the club house.

Dr Fagbemi urged the people to ensure that they do not constitute blockade to the roads whenever they parked their vehicles so as to allow others to pass, especially in cases of emergency situations such as fire outbreaks or the need to rush a sick resident to the hospital.

He called on fun lovers and night crawlers to always seek the service of licensed drivers, as there have been several cases of midnight accidents resulting from drunk-driving by vehicle owners who investigations often revealed were coming from club houses in the midnight, who destroyed properties of other persons as well as those of government, like public utilities and streetlight poles.

“It is to this end that we reiterate that the Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration would not condone the continuity of such destructive behaviors on the roads, we shall henceforth continue to enforce relevant sections of the extant traffic laws of the State against such,” he maintained.

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has announced a dissolution of a subunit of the force, the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS).

Adamu made the announcement on Sunday, days after a public outcry and series of protests calling for a scrapping of the unit over allegations of brutality and human rights violations.