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Opinion: LAUTECH Iseyin Campus and The Latest Dance of Shame by Sponsored Charlatans ~Ismael Taiwo T-COOL

A joke taken too far.

According to Johann Goethe, “Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action”.

The above is a summary of the recent action of the indigenous students of Ogbomosho who out of ignorance planned to take to the streets to forestall the resumption of academic activities in LAUTECH Iseyin Campus. What should perturb sensible minds is that knowledge fused with ignorance have now become a tool of grandstanding in the pursuit of self-delusion.

The purported planned protest as called for by the Federation of Ogbomoso Students’ Union FOGSU could be likened to dance of shame and display of rascality. The basis of the protest according to the student body is that the resumption of academic activities in LAUTECH Iseyin Satelite Campus be suspended because its commencement will hinder economic progress of Ogbomosho. As watery this assertion could be, one will wonder what the students of nowadays learn in their various institutions of learning if such could be a position of an indigenous student body whose objective should transcend beyond parochial view.

To set the record straight, LAUTECH is our collective patrimony and it is being funded with the tax-payers’ money. All Oyo State indigenes have equal stake in the institution and as such nobody should lay claim to the ownership as if it is a family heritage bequeathed to Ogbomosho people.

It is so shameful that the shenanigans are bereft of ideas of how government policies work. If not, they wouldn’t have subjected themselves to public ridicule. To the discerning minds and for the sake of clarity, LAUTECH Establishment Act became law having passed through first, second and third reading at the State Assembly before the final assent by Governor of Oyo State.

The so-called students leaders were not oblivious of the fact that LAUTECH was being run by Oyo State and Osun State in the past before it became independent university in Oyo State. They should be informed that in the time past LAUTECH was in a state of comatose and couldn’t function for several months due to administrative problem between the two states and inability of the past administration in Oyo State to settle some financial obligations.

Those who suddenly gain their voices now were nowhere to be found when all Oyo State indigenes rose in unison to support Governor Makinde to get the full ownership of the institution with the payment of over N2billion winding-up cost from the tax payers money.

Now, that the normalcy has returned, the school is running smooth academic calendar and it has been approved to commence as full fledged university where some Faculties like Law, Education and others would be established, parochial view of some self-centered student leaders has now resurfaced forgetting the sweat of all Oyo State indigenes to restore the lost glory of the ivory tower.

In as much as I believe that everybody has equal right to protest as enshrined under the Fundamental Human Rights of Nigerian Constitution 1999 as Amended. However, we should be wary of certain act capable of destabilizing the peace currently enjoyed in Oyo State due to ignorance of some set of people.

I don’t know if the charlatans understand that LAUTECH Multicampus system has already become a Law and nobody no matter how highly placed can rescind such decision let alone protest by some few disgruntled element aiming at reversing the popular decision made by the State Government.

I do not want to preempt that these people are being sponsored to destabilize the peace and harmony of Oyo State by pitching Ogbomosho against Iseyin.

Oke-Ogun and Ogbomosho have enjoyed peaceful coexistence for a long period of time and no amount of clandestine mission of the few confused self-styled student leaders can bring the long existing relationship to an end.

I therefore implore the people of Oke-Ogun to remain calm and not to be tempted to reacting to provocation by these set of people whose mission albinitio is to cause disharmony in the State.

To the people of Oke-Ogun, let’s remain calm. This too shall pass.

Com. Ismael Taiwo T-COOL
Writes from Ado-Awaye

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How 71-Year-Old Man Died After Smoking ‘Colorado’ In Ibadan

A 71-year-old man popularly known as Baba Jos in the Aba Alamu area of Apata, Ibadan, has reportedly died after smoking a dangerous drug known as Colorado.

Baba Jos, who until his death was a landlord in the community, died last Sunday.

The old man, who was notorious for being addicted to alcohol and tobacco, fell into coma immediately after taking the drug and eventually gave up the ghost three days after.

Sources at the Aba Alamu community informed newsmen that after collecting rents from some of the tenants in the 16-room one-storey building he inherited from his late mother, Baba Jos visited a joint to take alcoholic drinks and cigarettes as usual.

According to reports, the old man reportedly met some boys smoking colorado at the joint, and they invited him to join them.

Baba Jos, who had not tasted the hard drug before agreed and started smoking the stuff, because he was already drunk”, one of the sources explained.

The source further explained that immediately the man smoked the stuff, he started defecating on his body uncontrollably.

Initially, people at the joint were making jest of him, until he suddenly fell into coma and was rushed into his house located close to the joint.

“It was unfortunate that the old man did not come out of the coma until he died last week Sunday”, one of his tenants lamented.

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Ogbomoso Students Vow To Protest Against Resumption Of Academic Activities In LAUTECH Iseyin Campus


The indigenous students of Ogbomosho have perfected plan to mobilize themselves to protest against the kick-off of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology LAUTECH Iseyin slated to begin academic session next month.

The Union in its released made available to ODUDUWA NEWS reproduced below:

FEDERATION OF OGBOMOSO STUDENT UNION {FOGSU} LAUTECH CHAPTER

WE SAY NO TO THE MOVEMENT OF FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES TO ISEYIN CAMPUS

CLARION CALL FOR MOBILIZATION

Combatant greetings to all gallant comrade in the house

Following the resolution of the School management and Oyo State Government concerning the movement of 200L students of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences to Iseyin campus, FOGSU LC frowns to this sabotaging act of destabilizing our growing economy in Ogbomoso.

The decision will result to incondusive, emotional and academic instability of the student, staff and other members who may be a victim of the proposed movement and further destabilize the economy of Ogbomoso land amidst other demerits.

Therefore to show our displeasure about the decision and in which we believe our voices must be heard that we’re not satisfy with the so called plan of the management and call for a re-think and re-sit of both the Oyo State Government and University management.

For this reason, Federation of Ogbomoso Student Union Lautech Chapter therefore call for a mass mobilization from all FOGSU LC union members to join to make a peaceful protest together against the resolution.

DATE: TUESDAY 11/04/2023

CONVERGING POINT: LAUTECH MAIN GATE

TIME: 7:00AM

The slow killing decision will result to nothing but a negative impact on our dear land.

WE SAY NO TO MOVEMENT OF FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES TO ISEYIN CAMPUS!!!

We comradically seek our support and indulgence towards this economy threatening decision.
We promise a peaceful protest.
Thank you.

KI OGBOMOSO LE DARA…AJUMOSE GBOGBO WA NI 💪

Yours in Struggle
Aare Olarinde Muyideen
FOGSU PRESIDENT

Cc;
FOGSU ELECTORAL COMMITTEE (FLEC 2023)

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Suspected ‘Yahoo Boy’ Crushes Four People To Death In Ondo

A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man this morning crushed four people to death in a road crash that occurred at Ijoka Area of Akure, the Ondo State capital.

An eyewitness said the man was driving along the road and suddenly skidded off its lane to crush the victims who were on commercial motorcycles.

Sympathisers who rushed to the scene to rescue the driver found some fetish items inside the vehicle, raising suspicion that the driver was a “yahoo boy.”
The sympathisers who were angered by what they saw in the car, descended on the driver and beat him to a point of comatose.

Shortly after, men of the state police command arrived the scene and took the beaten driver away from the mob.

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Abiodun commiserates with Buhari, Obasanjo, NBA, Ajibola family over world jurist’s death

The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari, the nation’s judiciary and the family of former Justice at the International Court of Justice, The Hague, on the death of the former Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Prince Bola Ajibola, who passed on in the early hours of Sunday.

Describing the death as a big loss to the judiciary, Governor Abiodun said his legacies in the judiciary, philanthropy and the educational development of Nigeria would never be forgotten.

Governor Abiodun, who also commiserated with the Owu Royal Family of the late former Attorney General, his friend, President Olusegun Obasanjo, as well as members of the Baptist Boys’ High School Old Students Association, described the legal icon’s death as saddening, devastating and the end of an era.

This was contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Kunle Somorin, on Sunday in Abeokuta.

The governor said: “The death of this illustrious son of Ogun State, a celebrated jurist and judicial activist, public intellectual and elder statesman, is a severe blow to all of us who knew him

“Words cannot adequately convey my heartfelt sorrow over Papa’s death, for he was a kind and beautiful soul who spread love to all who encountered him.”

The governor recalled that Prince Ajibola, after serving as President of the Nigerian Bar Association, also served as the nation’s Number One Law officer, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, before he answering the call of higher duties at the International Court of Justice, The Hague.

“He was a jewel of the Law Profession and an accomplished judicial officer of prodigious hue. Baba was a go-getter who delivered on any assignment committed to his hands because of his belief that service should always come first.

“Besides, he was a great religious influencer and philanthropist who established the faith-based Crescent University in his hometown, Abeokuta.

“He not only supported but funded some other altruistic projects and promoted research and scholarship through his establishment of an Islamic co-educational institution, Crescent University, in Nigeria in 2005, and he served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN). He was also the High Commissioner of Nigeria to the United Kingdom from 1999 to 2002”, the statement stated.

The governor, however, urged the Olowu of Owu, Oba (Prof) Saka Matemilola, Otileta VII, the Olowu-in-Council, sons and daughters of the Ajibola lineage and the entire Gbadela Royal Dynasty of Owu to be consoled by the fact that the deceased selflessly and fervently served God and humanity during his impactful life on earth.

“On behalf of the government and people of Ogun State, I commiserate with the immediate family of the deceased on this very huge loss. I also commiserate with President Muhammadu Buhari on the loss which signifies the dwindling class of sages in the country. I condole his bossom friend, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo and all alumni of BBHS over the demise of a dependable ally and a loyal schoolmate and the Nigerian Judiciary over the loss of its greatest assets and Benchers. May the Almighty Allah grant the family the fortitude to bear this irreparable loss,” the statement surmised.

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Man who set ex-lover’s apartment ablaze is in our custody – Ogun Police

Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 43-year-old man, Hassan Yusuf, for allegedly setting the apartment of his ex-lover, Busayo Falola, ablaze.

The suspect reportedly burnt down the whole building situated at no 127, old Schorlar Palace Igan road Ago-Iwoye in the Ijebu-North Local Government Area of the state to protest the ex-lover’s refusal to reconcile with him.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested, following a report lodged at Ago Iwoye divisional headquarters by the 62-year-old landlady of the house, Adejoke Salau.

The PPRO said the landlady reported that she heard a noise from one of her buildings within her compound situated at about 1:15 am on Tuesday, and when she came out she discovered that the building was on fire while the tenants in the house were trapped in there.

He explained further “She stated further that it was a quick intervention of neighbours that rescued the three tenants, but the house got burnt completely.

“Upon the report, the DPO Ago Iwoye, CSP Noah Adekanye, led his men to the scene from where the occupants of the house were invited to the station for interrogation in order to know the possible cause of the inferno.

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Pastor Tomi Arayomi, Wife Flee Nigeria After Arrest By DSS

“Out of concern for my young children and my wife’s well being, we made the unfortunate decision to leave Nigeria abruptly,” says Pastor Tomi Arayomi via his Instagram account.

Apostle Arayomi who’s the founder of the RIG Nation and Pioneer Church, United Kingdom (UK), was arrested and detained by the operatives of Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday at a Lagos Airport but was released after few hours.

The preacher who made some prophecies about the just concluded 2023 presidential election said he won’t be making further revelations about their Interrogations because his aide, Emmanuel Ezerika is still with the secrete police.

His statement reads:

Prophetess Tahmar and I would like to express our gratitude for all your prayers and international support during Fridays ordeal with The DSS. We can confirm that on Good Friday 7th April we arrived at Abuja to visit one of our branches when we were picked up by about 6 armed agents who did not identify themselves as DSS or any law enforcement agency.

My wife, myself and my aide Emmanuel Ezerika were forced to surrender our mobile phones and enter the vehicles where we were taken at considerable speed to what we later learned were DSS HQ. The officers, some of who wore balaclavas were not immediately recognisable as DSS.

Our pictures were taken, finger prints and data collected and we were locked inside a room with no real knowledge as to the grounds for our arrest. After a lengthy interrogation, it appears media and social media pressure forced DSS to release my wife and I. My aide still remains under DSS custody and thus far, DSS have been elusive as to his exact whereabouts.

We will not divulge the particulars of the investigation at this point as we are still awaiting the safe release of my aide.

Out of concern for my young children and my wife’s well being, we made the unfortunate decision to leave Nigeria

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Khadi’s Death: We Are Cooperating With Police In Their Investigation, Says Wetland Hotel

Recall, ODUDUWA NEWS had earlier reported how a popular Instagram Vendor known as Khadi died in hotel in Ibadan.

Meanwhile, the hotel management, in her reaction, added that they are fully in cooperation with the Nigeria Police in their investigation to ensure the truth about the cause of her death upholds, and the perpetrator of the evil is brought to book.

The hotel urges the general public to be patient during what they described as a difficult time in an official statement made available to journalists.

The management of Wetland Hotel, wrote:

“To the General Public and our Dear Valued Guests, We regret to inform you that an unfortunate incident occurred at our hotel, Wetland Hotel. One of our guests passed away while staying with us.

“We are fully cooperating with the authorities in their investigation into this matter, and we assure you that we are doing everything we can to assist the police in their efforts to determine the cause of death.

“Please rest assured that the safety and well-being of our guests and staff are our top priority. We have taken all necessary measures to ensure that our facilities and services continue to meet the highest standards of hygiene and safety.

“As the investigation is ongoing, we kindly ask for your patience and understanding during this difficult time. We will continue to provide updates as more information becomes available.

“We extend our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of the deceased, and we offer our support to all those affected by this tragic event.”

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JAMB Fixes New Date For 2023 UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced a new date for the commencement of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME.

The board disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin in Abuja on Sunday.

Mr Benjamin said the UTME which was earlier scheduled to commence on April 29, would now start on April 25, 2023.

He also said the board would hold its rescheduled mock-UTME on April 18, 2023.

“It would be recalled that JAMB had earlier conducted its 2023 Mock-UTME on Thursday, March 30 in 725 centres across the country.

“However, the exercise ran into some technical hitches in some centres, thereby denying some candidates the opportunity to sit for the examination.

“The board’s mock examination was designed for the purpose of testing its preparedness and that of its partners for the UTME as well as give prospective candidates the opportunity to have hands-on experience of the CBT test environment.

“It is, therefore, in order to give those candidates, who were unable to sit for the examination owing to no fault of theirs, the opportunity to take the examination that the mock examination had been rescheduled to hold on Tuesday, April 18,” he said.

He said that candidates who were present and screened for the examination but could not sit for it had been rescheduled to retake the mock examination on April 18.

Mr Benjamin, therefore, said the result of the candidates who successfully took the mock examination on March 30, had been released.

He also said the board had brought forward the conduct of its 2023 UTME which was earlier scheduled to hold from Saturday, April 29, to Tuesday, April 25.

He said the adjustment in the date of the UTME was to accommodate some other major and critical national assignments.

“By so doing, the board hopes that no citizen will be denied the opportunity of exercising their civic responsibilities.

“It should be noted that the board does not have the liberty of shifting forward its examination as other public examinations are billed to commence their exercises in the early part of May 2023.

“Yet another factor is the need to accommodate those institutions with stable academic calendar to resume as scheduled,” he added.

He said the board would continue to partner with relevant agencies of government to ensure that its candidates got the best.

He said the board also solicited the understanding of all as it delivered on its critical mandate.

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REVEALED: How Popular Ibadan Vendor Allegedly Used For Money Ritual In Hotel

ODUDUWA NEWS has gathered that a lady identified as Adeshina Olayinka popularly known as khadi was found dead in a Wetland hotel in akobo Oyo state.

It was learnt that the lady before her death was a popular vendor who used to sell varieties.

According to the report, Khadi as popularly called went to spend a night with a man at Wetland hotel at Akobo on Wednesday night and when the man wanted to check-out on Thursday morning, the receptionist put a call through to Olayinka to confirm her safety and she picked up the call and gave permission that they should allow the man, that she was just resting and no cause for alarm, soon she will log out too.

Later, one of the receptionists who borrowed Olayinka power bank went to the room in order to return it and after knocking the door severally but no one responded, the hotel manager had to come with the extra card to open the door, unfortunately they saw her dead body on the floor.

According to a source who spoke under the condition of anonymity said, the man who took her to hotel might have perfected the timing of the ritual charm to work on her immediately after he left the hotel.

He said, “if the girl had died immediately before the man left, he would have been apprehended immediately and the mystery surrounded her death would have been revealed without any form of delay”.

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