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Earlier last week, OduduwaNews reported that the National Association of Nigerian Students NANS, Southwest zone threatened to embark on protest if Federal Government fails to reverse the recently hiked fuel price and electricity tarrif within one week.

In the meantime, the Ogun State Police Command has reacted to NANS planned protest which is slated to commence tommorrow throughout the Southwest region by threaten to deal decisively with any student involved in what it termed as planned violent protest by the South-West zone of NANS.

The students had given the Federal Government a five-day ultimatum, which expires on Sunday (today), to reverse the hike in the prices of fuel and electricity tariffs, while threatening to protest in some parts of the South-West states, including Ogun State.

But the police in Ogun said they had received intelligence that some disgruntled elements were bent on disturbing the public peace in some parts of the state, starting next week Monday.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Saturday, warned the protesters against the planned action.

Oyeyemi said, “A group of individuals, who claim to be NANS executives, South-West Zone D, led by one Kappo Samuel Olawale, in a letter addressed to the command, has given the Federal Government a five- day ultimatum to reverse the recent hike in fuel prices and electricity tariffs.

“It threatens to unleash mayhem in Ogun state after the expiration of the ultimatum on Sunday, September 13, 2020.

“The students plan to block all major highways, including the Lagos-Ibadan and Lagos-Benin Expressways, recruit miscreants, street urchins, hoodlums, expelled, suspended and perpetual students overrunning their courses at tertiary institutions in Ogun State and other states from the South-West.”

According to him, the protesters intend to “swell their ranks” and ensure their desired objective of “spreading violence in the state, beginning from Monday, September 14, is achieved.”

The PPRO added, “The decision by any group of students to embark on a protest over the recent increase in fuel prices and electricity tariffs is unwarranted and therefore unacceptable to the Ogun State Police Command, as it was only on September 8, that is, less than a week ago, that NANS executives carried out a protest in Abeokuta over the same issues.

“Consequently, the deliberate and selfishly designed violence-oriented protest planned for Monday, September 14, 2020, is not approved by the Ogun State Police Command and will be resisted vehemently.

“No group will be allowed to perpetually hold the entire good people of Ogun State in perpetual fear of violence and harm to their persons and property. Olawale and his group are hereby advised, in their own interest, to drop their plan to block any highway in the state, and thereby cause confusion, disturbances and public apprehension. The law is not on their side on this.”

The police spokesman also advised members of the public to go about their lawful business without fear or molestation by any person.

The PPRO said, “The police, in conjunction with other security agencies, are resolute and have the capacity to deal with such elements in the most decisive manner.”

He urged parents and guardians to call their children and wards to order, saying “a word is enough for the wise.”

The President of Soludero Hunters, Oyo State Chapter, Nureni Ajijolaanobi has berated the ongoing recruitment of Amotekun Corps over what he termed as deliberate attempt to sideline his members. The National President revealed that Oyo State Government has jettisoned its earlier plan to incorporate some members of his association among the recruits for the Oyo State Security Network known as Amotekun.

Ajijolaanobi, while speaking with PUNCH on Friday, explained that Soludero Hunters were ready to join the corps.

He said the group had been working to defend Oyo State and the entire South – West even before Amotekun was established . He said the hunters would not stop their work even if they were sidelined.

Ajijolaanobi said the efforts of the group were parts of what led to a drastic reduction of crimes in the Akinyele Local Government Area of the state .

He said , “I heard the news on the radio and television and read it in newspapers that they have started recruiting for Amotekun. But I am surprised that they said some applicants registered claim to be our members . I can tell you that none of our members has registered.

“ If they bring forms to us, we will be part of it but if they don ’t want us , it is okay by us . We enter forests to catch criminals and everybody knows this . The Commissioner of Police gave us money once because he saw our impact.

“ The President of Yoruba World Congress , Prof Banji Akintoye , gave us one SUV and two motorcycles for patrol . We are not doing this to make money but we want to rid our land of criminals . ”

The Oyo State Government has issued a 7-day ultimatum to Traders who sell by the road-side across the State to vacate or face wrath of the law.

Speaking with Aanuoluwapo Omorinde on BOTTOMLINE- a political programme on IBR 92.5fm today, the State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Barrister Idowu Oyeleke said the government can no longer condone the uncivilized act of street trading.
“We want our actions to be corrective and not necessarily punitive but it is getting to a point where we have to allow the law to run its full course”. But of course, warning will precede punishment”.

” What we do is to design a frame work which works. It is difficult to identify individual person trading on the street and you start giving them notice but I have invited most of the market Leaders to my Office and it is this Market Leaders that we served to go and talk to those who believe that the only thing to do is to trade on the street. For instance, go to Sango and Iwo Road, how do serve each person selling on the road a notice per head?” But we have called their leadership so, they will not blame the government when it swings into action”.

He lamented the attack some of these Traders launch on Enforcement Officers whenever they are out to carry out the instructions of the Governor with a promise to deal with perpetrators of the unbecoming act.
“On he Street trading issue, you realize that the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Oluseyi Makinde some few months back set-up Environment Task Force and not only that, we also have Environmental Task Force Tribunal and the objective of this Task Force is to go round and ensure that people are discouraged from trading on the street and of course they have been working. About four days ago, my people were somewhere in Iwo Road to go and chase people away from the road but what do you find, the people attacked them. A policeman was wounded, his uniform was torn, the Environmental Officers were beaten, we have to take them to the hospital. On waste management, Oyeleke said before the end of the year all houses in the State will be given a Waste bin.

Oyo State Government has put up a good solid Waste Management architecture now and what that entails is that a PSP that is Private Service Provider Waste Contractor has been engaged infact, they have been distributed a route across the State and the implication is that they will be going from House to House. We are going to distribute Waste Bin to all houses. The enumeration has been conducted. We are starting from Ibadan. All houses will have a Waste bin and not only our Houses, even our markets and religious centres”
When asked who will foot the bill, the Commissioner said the government will determine how the money for the bin will be collected but that definitely, the people will pay.

Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old secondary school teacher who goes by the name Mathew Adebayo for allegedly defiling a 15-year-old student in Senior Secondary School 3 in Sango, Ogun State.

The suspect was arrested on Friday 11th September in Sango by officials of the Nigeria Police Force, Sango Division, after the school proprietress filed an official report to the police.

Teacher Adebayo has been charged for allegedly forcing his way into having unlawful carnal knowledge of the 15-year-old student until the victim couldn’t bear it anymore and cried for help.

The student who was writing her SSCE examination alleged that Adebayo has been forcefully sleeping with her since the school resumed in preparation for the WAEC examination.

The proprietress of the school also said that the suspect intimidated the girl by telling her that she would not pass her SSCE exams if she doesn’t let him to be having sex with her.

According to the proprietress, the teacher would call the girl out of her dormitory at night and take her to a classroom, where he would abuse her sexually.

When the girl couldn’t bear it any longer, she reported the proprietress who then reported to the police.

The DPO of the Nigeria Police Force, Sango Division, CSP Godwin Idehai, sent his detectives to the scene where Adebayo was arrested.

The teacher has confessed to committing the crime, while the victim has been taken to the hospital for medical checkup and attention.

The arrest was confirmed by the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola.

Ekiti State Government is set to commence recruitment of qualified applicants for the Federal Government sponsored Special Public Works programme next Monday.

Speaking in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, Chairman of the State Committee on SPW Programme and Chief of Staff to the Governor, Hon. Biodun Omoleye, said the recruitment process which would be handled by the state government and the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) would take place between Monday 7th September and Wednesday 9th September, 2020 at the 16 local government councils in the state.

Omoleye disclosed that the recruitment exercise has no provision for online registration or registration by proxy; adding that interested applicants are to visit their local governments of origin with their local government attestation letters at 8am each day.

He however stated that those who had earlier participated in the pilot exercise need not apply as it would amount to double entries thereby disallowing fresh applicants opportunities to benefit from the programme.

Omoleye said successful candidates would be engaged in public works such as clearing of drains, sweeping, cutting of hedges and roads verges, traffic control, environmental sanitation and beautification.

Today, social media was awashed with series of controversies trailing the statement credited to Mike Bamiloye, the founder of Mount Zion Faith Ministries International.

Mike Bamiloye says people who dress seductively to church are “hired assassins.”

This statement was contained in his recent post on his social media page, the clergyman decried the trend where people dress “to kill” in churches, suggesting that such practice not only promote immorality but constitute distraction to other worshippers.

“You dress seductively to church. You decided to dress ‘to kill’. You dance suggestively to worship songs. You purposely dance ‘To slay’. And truthfully are you not a ‘hired assassin’ in the church?,” he wrote.

Bamiloye has made the headlines on numerous occasions for his comments on societal issues often interpreted from a religious perspective.

In March, he had claimed that Africa’s initial low record of the coronavirus was due to fasting and prayers.

He had also claimed that husband snatchers will be on the losing side if the lockdown introduced to combat spread of COVID-19 continues.

In another of such, Bamiloye said Nollywood movies bound people in the bondage of sin, immorality and violence.

“Gospel movies perform deliverance from the powers of darkness. Nollywood movies entertain and entangle with webs of human philosophies and ungodly principles,” he had said.