Category: Politics

The All Progressive Congress in Ibadan Zone Leader, Alhaji Bashiru Ajibade, persuaded thousands of APC members to defect to the People’s Democratic Party in support of the Ibadan Mogaji, giving Mgaji Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe’s bid for the Senate a significant boost.

The historic event at IMG School in Eleta also marked the departure of important players like Alh Abass Najeemdeen Gbayawu, Alh Bolaji Akinyemi Kosigiri, Engr. Kayode Arowolo (Former APC Chairman, IBSELG), Barrister Rotimi Okeowo, a former APC candidate; Prince Olumuyiwa Akingbade Akinbiyi, Mrs.

Prince Olumuyiwa spoke on behalf of the leaders who had defected.

He noted that they were dissatisfied with the manipulations of Congress and primary election result by a cabal which hijacked the party in the state. He affirmed that they were leaving APC with majority of its members in the local government to support the Senatorial ambition of Mogaji Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe and the re-election bid of Governor Seyi Makinde.

The decampees were received on behalf of Governor Seyi Makinde by Chief Bayo Lawal, the Director-General for Seyi Makinde Gubernatorial campaign, and the Executive Chairman of Ibadan South East LG, Hon Emmanuel Alawode and Hon Kazeem Adeniyi Bibire, SA to the Governor on LG and Chieftaincy matters.

Former Chairman of Ibadan South East LGA, Alh Najeem Gbayawu noted that many of them had never thought of leaving the APC, but had to do so in honour of Mogaji Tegbe who had being their pillar of support in their former party. He thereafter requested a motion for members of the Achievers group to join PDP and the motion was duly moved and unanimously supported by members.

In his response, Mogaji Tegbe thanked the leaders for the huge step which they have taken, in the best interest of the Local Government and the state. He assured the leaders and teeming members that their welfare would remain paramount to him.

The new members were welcome into the PDP by the state PRO of the party, Engr Akeem Ọlatunji and the party Chairman in Ibadan South East, Hon Sulaiman Adesina, as well as the Senatorial Women Leader and Senatorial Youth Leader for Oyo South Senatorial District.

Other dignitaries who accompanied Mógaji Tegbe to the event include Hon Bolanle Agbaje, former member OYHA; Hon Jide Adewale, former Commissioner for Environment, Hon Akeem Ojuoti, member SUBEB; Barr Fatai Akinsanmi, former LG Chairman; Erelu Lateefat Jayeoba, Hon Hafeez Oladejo and Hon Tope Yussuf, former Council Secretaries, Hon Abidemi Lasode and other.

The Management of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State, has mandated each patient to pay N1,000 daily for electricity, ODUDUWA NEWS has learnt.

The hospital in an internal memo circulated on June 21, addressed to the Director/Head, Finance and Accounts Department, UCH said high cost of electricity tariffs and increasing price of diesel were behind the decision to force patients to shoulder the cost of power supply.

The letter, titled ‘Approval For The Recommendation To Add Utility Fee To The Service Fee Charged To Patients In The Hospital’, was signed by Wole Oyeyemi, UCH administrator, on behalf of the chairman, Medical Advisory Committee, and Chief Medical Director.

It read, “Following the recurring power outage in the hospital, high cost of electricity tariff and inflation in the price of diesel which have impeded stable power supply, management has decided to consider measures that can help to facilitate flawless service delivery in the hospital.

“To this end, I write to convey the Management’s approval for the mandatory payment of utility fee of N1,000.00 (one thousand naira only) daily by every patient accessing care in this hospital.

“You are requested to kindly implement the approval with immediate effect.” The statement added

All Progressives Congress (APC) Oke-Ogun caucus in Oyo state on Friday rejected the Chairman of the Party, Chief Isaac Omodewu as the running mate of Senator Teslim Folarin, the party’s candidate for governorship seat in the upcoming general elections.

According to a credible source in Oke-Ogun, it was gathered by ODUDUWA NEWS that the party’s leadership had screened roughly fifteen names that had just been submitted by the Oke-Ogun caucus on Friday.

As of Friday afternoon, the caucus had three credible and respectable Oke-Ogun natives left.

According to the source, it is highly feasible for a lecturer—whose name was not given to our reporter among the nominees, to be chosen as Senator Folarin’s running mate.

One of Alafaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi’s queens, Ayaba, Kafayat, is said to have passed away just two months after the oba’s death.

The mother of Prince Adebayo Adeyemi (D’Gov), head of the Oyo State Local Government Pension Board, is Ayaba Adeyemi Kafayat.

Ayaba Kafayat reportedly exercised as part of her daily regimen on Friday morning before she died in her sleep in the United States.

One of Alafaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi’s queens, Ayaba, Kafayat, is said to have passed away just two months after the oba’s death.

The mother of Prince Adebayo Adeyemi (D’Gov), head of the Oyo State Local Government Pension Board, is Ayaba Adeyemi Kafayat.

Ayaba Kafayat was claimed to have exercised before she passed away.

Amid the rumours of a possible defection from the Peoples Democratic Party over perceived grievances, governor Nyesom Wike goes to France to meet with Bola Tinubu according to a post released by Joe Igbokwe on his Facebook page.

In the post released by Joe Igbokwe, he argued that abuse, calling of names, hate and bigotry are no strategy to win elections. He went as far as saying that the hate and abuse Buhari suffered since 2015 has now been transferred to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.

While it may sound as a shocker to many, to some its, an expected move since Wike has never hidden his desire to see a power shift to the South come 2023. Perhaps, that explains why he has remained silent since the drama that led to Okowa’s emergence as Atiku Abubakar’s running mate.

The recent claim by Joe Igbokwe beats my imagination however, given the fact that Wike is one of the pillars holding the PDP in the South. But, if this latest development is anything to go by, it lays credence to the claims that Wike is consulting widely before deciding whether to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party or not.

You would recall also, that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi paid a visit to Wike some days ago. Shortly after, Wike was visited by Rabiu Kwankwaso alongside Ayodele Fayose, another PDP chieftain who’s reportedly harbouring plans of defection.

Well, the court is set, the game is about to start. If Wike leaves PDP and chose to fight against the party in the forthcoming elections, PDP would have themselves to blame.

The Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has today visited Israel to sign a pact on agribusiness policies and a partnership between Hebrew University of Jerusalem and LAUTECH.

This was contained in a statement released and made available by the Governor via his official Twitter account as read in apart:

“This afternoon, as part of our visit to Israel to meet investors and institutions that have shown interest in Oyo State’s agribusiness policies, we signed an agreement of cooperation with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to develop an agribusiness knowledge economy.

“The partnership includes scholarship offers, knowledge transfer and exchange programs between the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Oyo State owned Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).
We also met with Oyo State students at the university.

“During the course of our stay in Israel, we have visited 2 kibbutzes (farm settlements) – a dairy farm and another farm which produces lettuce and fish, to see agritech deployment in modern agribusinesses”.