The residents and citizens of Ogbomosho had trooped out in the early hours of Monday to protest pervading insecurity in the community.
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According to our correspondent, it was gathered that Ex-Oyo State Military Governor, Gen. Oladayo Popoola Rtd, late ex-Gov Alao Akala’s son, Olamiju, among other notable persons joined other indigenes of Ogbomosho to lend their voices in support of the protest against incessant rate of kidnapping and killings in the town.
Recall, ODUDUWA NEWS had reported how a LAUTECH student, Racheal Opadele and one Hotelier were abducted and later killed by their abductors having collected N5m ransom.
The protesters converged at Taki Roundabout and marched down to Ogbomoso town to express their grievances.
A business woman, Asiata Oladejo, has told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court, in Ibadan, to grant her divorce on grounds that her estranged husband, Abidemi, was undependable and abandoned her to the mercy of armed robbers.
Oladejo made the submission, yesterday, in her counter argument in the divorce suit filed by her husband.
”My Lord, I am yet to recover from the shock I experienced when a gang of thieves raided our house.
”He hid in the toilet, leaving me to pant in front of the armed robbers, who terrorised the entire residents of the house.
“My lord, when the thieves arrived at around 1am. on that night, my husband was nowhere to be found to defend the children and I.
“Unknown to me, he hid in the toilet. He only came out when they had gone. My husband wanted us to continue living in that house,” she said.
She said that she begged him to rent another apartment, but he refused.
She accused him of being a habitual womaniser.
Abidemi, who is a fashion designer, earlier said that his wife was ill-tempered.
”She comes to my shop unannounced to torment me.
”It is true that I hid in the toilet when armed robbers attacked our house. All the attempts made to bring her back home failed, because she said she was unnecessarily scared,” he said.
He prayed the court to grant him custody of the three children because he had been a responsible father.
Delivering judgment, the President of the Court, Mrs S. M. Akintayo, granted the order restraining Oladejo from threatening, harassing and interfering in the private life of Abidemi.
Akintayo granted custody of the three children to Oladejo, adding that she was in the best position to cater for them.
“Both petitioner and respondent shall be responsible for the education and other welfare of the children.
“In addition, Abidemi shall pay a monthly feeding allowance of N20,000 for the children’s upkeep.
“Both of you must maintain peace and order,” Akintayo held.
She, however, noted that there was no marriage to dissolve between the couple, because their union could not be considered as a marriage.
Akintayo added that the marriage was not in accordance with laid down customary laws of Nigeria.
Former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has expressed sadness at the current economic and security situation in Nigeria, insisting that the country is in a deeper mess now, than it was in 2015.
Sanusi who spoke at the Akinjide Adeosun Foundation, AAF’s, Leadership Colloquium and Awards, Chapter 7, themed ‘Are Good Leaders Scarce in Nigeria’? yesterday, said that 2023 will be worse, compared to what we had in 2015.
Sanusi, who was a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, criticised the present administration, saying that in spite of the current mess, the present leadership expects to be rewarded with appreciation after leaving office.
Akinjide Adeosun foundation is a non-profit organisation focussed on charity in the spheres of free, qualitative education and free, qualitative medical outreach. Yesterday’s event was its seventh which also marked the birthday of its founder, Akinjide Adeosun, husband of Olubamiwo Adeosun, the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Oyo State.
Speaking as the Special Guest of Honour, at the physical and virtual event which took place in Lagos, Sanusi said: “The levels of poverty, levels of insecurity, the rate of inflation, the unstable exchange rate, the lack of power should worry anybody.
“This is the only oil-producing country that is grieving at the moment when oil prices have gone up as a result of the Russia/Ukraine war. Our total revenue is not able to service our debt and if anybody does not understand that we are in a complete mess, we are.
“We were in a deep hole in 2015 and between 2015 and now, we have been digging ourselves into a deeper hole. We thought we had a big problem in 2015 but 2015 is nothing, compared to what will happen in 2023.
“We have terrorism, banditry, inflation, unstable exchange rate, and the worst thing is that those in leadership actually think we are going to thank them when they leave office. There is no change. There is no sense of urgency. If you are running a company and your sales revenue cannot pay interest, you know you’re bankrupt.
“When the total revenue of the federal government cannot service debt? These are the kinds of questions we need to ask and the reality is that there are so many Nigerians, who, given the opportunity will do well but they simply cannot contest in that space.”
Sanusi hinged the reason for Nigeria’s challenges on the visionlessness of some leaders. “What is our vision for Nigeria? Do we have a vision of one country? Do we have a vision of one united country, that lives peacefully with itself – diverse, multicultural, multi-religious but one? And these things are not self-contradictory. Where did we get it wrong?
“Leaders after leaders, most of those who have ruled did not have a vision for a united Nigeria. How would you like to be remembered after eight years as a President, governor, minister, eight years as Governor of CBN? How would you like history to remember you? They have not thought about it. The vast majority of those in office have a vision that is limited to the next election. It is to win. And when you’ve won, you’ve reached a destination, not a journey,” he said.
In a veiled reference to the controversy over a Muslim/Muslim ticket, Sanusi said: “We are going into an election, what are we talking about? North and South, Muslim and Christian? Is that really what we are concerned about? Does it matter if you have a government made up of 100% incompetent Muslims or 100% incompetent Christians? Will that government work? Yes we must think of diversity and we must begin to think of fairness in this country and balance, not create any tensions.
“How many people can go to a political party and bring out tens of millions of dollars to pay delegates? Where are you going to get the money and when you get the money, assuming you raise it from people, how are you going to look at the people when you are in office and do the right thing? You’re already finished; you’ve already sold your conscience to get there. Or when a nation is ready to sell itself; when the poor people on the streets are ready to be given N5000, N2000, and cast a vote for N2000 today and give up education, give up healthcare and give up security for the next four years? Then, maybe we understand what Chief Awolowo meant when he said a nation gets the leadership it deserves. We, as Nigerians, need to ask these questions.
“People say to me, ‘why do you keep criticizing people? Why do you keep talking about public policy?’ And I say I was a public officer and I have a record – talk about my own record. I met inflation at 15.6%, left it at 7.8%. I stabilised the exchange rate; I saved the banks. I transformed the payment system. I have my record and because I had the opportunity to serve, I served and I left a record, so, I’ve earned the right to criticise any public officer who is incompetent and I’ll call him out.”
The rumors that the Onjo of Okeho, His Royal Majesty, Oba Rafiu Osuolale Mustapha (Adeitan II), is deceased have been refuted by the family in Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State.
The monarch has reportedly joined his forefathers following a brief illness, according to unverified news flying around the social media space.
However, in a surprising turn of events, a broadcaster named Adebowale Okelola dispelled the rumor by reassuring listeners that the town’s 18th ruler was still alive.
The rumors being spread have been refuted by the family of the Onjo of Okeho, His Royal Majesty, Oba Rafiu Osuolale Mustapha (Adeitan II), in Kajola Local Government area of Oyo State.
“A good number of people out there are just looking for ways to cash out from people’s predicaments. Since last night, I have heard a lot of people spread news about the death of our monarch, Oba Rafiu Osuolale Mustapha, the Onjo of Okeho.
“However, this is to let you know that Oba Rafiu Osuolale is still alive and he is in the palace. Don’t let anyone deceive you. Long may the king live”, he added.
In the meantime, the former customs officer who was enthroned in 2003, has been said to be hale and hearty as of the time of filing this report.
The Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Worker, Oroki Branch, Osogbo, State of Osun, Kazeem Oyewale has been arrested by soldiers.
Oyewale, popularly known as Asiri Eniba, was reportedly arrested alongside some suspected political thugs at Ojurin motor park, Old Garage, Osogbo, around 12:45pm.
Some residents of Osogbo who witnessed the arrest said Oyewale and the thugs were caught with two guns, cutlasses and Indian hemp.
According to the residents, the soldiers fired several warning gunshots into the air when some other thugs wanted to attack them.
It was gathered that Oyewale who put on white native, had attempted to escape before he was caught by the soldiers.
One of the eye witnesses said: “The soldiers came with a hilux and one hummer bus. They went straight to where Asiri and his boys were. The soldiers took strategic position and surrounded the building where Asiri and his boys were.
“Some of them went inside and we were hearing noise. They later matched out Asiri and like five of his boys. Two of the boys were with guns.
“When the soldiers were matching them into bus, some thugs were throwing stones at the soldiers and that forced them to be shooting sporadically. The gunshots were much.”
Operatives of the Ogun Police Command have arrested one of the inmates who escaped from the Kuje Correctional Center in Abuja.
Some terrorists had attacked Kuje prison on July 5, and freed more 600 inmates.
The Police Command in Ogun State said one of the escaped inmates, Yakubu AbdulMumuni had been arrested on Monday.
The Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the 28 year old inmate was recaptured at Ota in Ado Odo-Ota Local Government Area of the state.
According to him, operatives of the command attached to the Ota Divisional Headquarters had received a tip-off that, the convict was sighted somewhere around Ota.
Oyeyemi said following the hint, the DPO Ota division, SP Saleh Dahiru quickly mobilised his men and moved to the area where the convict was apprehended.
Oyeyemi said “He confessed to the Police that he escaped from Kuje Correctional Center on the 5th of July 2022, when the Center was attacked by bandits. He stated further that he was convicted by Kogi state High Court for offence of Conspiracy and culpable Homicide and sent to Kuje Correctional Center.”
He quoted the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole had ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department to facilitate the transfer of the convict to Correctional Center with immediate effect.
A building at Onipanu area of Lagos has reportedly collapsed.
This is barely two weeks a church building under construction collapsed opposite Number 17, Cardoso Street, off Martins Street in Mushin. The incident occured at about 1.07am at Oke Arin street, off Shyllon Ilupeju but details could not be ascertained at press time.
The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr Oluwafemi Oke-Osanyintolu confirmed the development.
“The Alpha Cobra team of Lagos State Emergency at Onipanu enroute Oke Arin street off shyllon Ilupeju.” He said.
Mr. Sunday Adebayo, a teacher who also served as supervisor of the West African Examinantions Council has regained his freedom hours after being kidnapped and taken by masked men to an unidentified location.
52-year-old Adebayo resides in Oyo State’s Iseyin Local Government Area.
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Adebayo reportedly got lost recently while traveling to school in Iseyin.
Confirming his abduction this morning, the Oninayin of Inayin in Iwajowa Local Government, Oba Ayansiji Peter, was quoted as saying that the victim had been released by his captors this morning.
His abductors were said to have initially demanded for N100 million ransom.
“The kidnappers initially demanded for N100 million. They later reduced it to N15 million. As at last night, we were begging them for N2 million but they said no.
“I received a call this morning from one of his family members that he had been released, so I don’t know how much the family eventually paid”, the traditional ruler disclosed.
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to take things easy with the race for the presidency in 2023.
Kwankwaso, a former Defence Minister and two-time governor of Kano State, while speaking during an interview on Arise News Television on Sunday, said Tinubu should rather pay attention to his health, warning that the 2023 campaigns will be rigorous.
“If you see my friend, Bola, tell him to take it easy, take good care of his health… because I love him so much, he is my friend.
“This campaign is very rigorous, it requires a lot of effort and so on and so forth. I hope he will take it easy so that we can continue the struggle to ensure one solid and prosperous Nigeria,” Kwankwaso advised.
