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At least two persons were killed on Sunday, January 29, when a container fell on a bus at Ojuelegba bridge, Lagos State.
It was gathered that the affected bus was fully loaded with passengers and at least two persons were confirmed dead on the spot.
According to reports, an eyewitness disclosed that the trailer wanted to block the bus from overtaking him when the unfortunate incident happened.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has extended the deadline for the use of the old notes till February 10.
CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced the extension in a statement on Sunday, January 29, 2023.
“Based on the foregoing, we have sought and obtained Mr President’s approval for the following: a 10-day extension of the deadline from January 31, 2023, to February 10, 2023; to allow for collection of more old notes legitimately held by Nigerians and achieve more success in cash swap in our rural communities after which all old notes outside the CBN loses their Legal Tender Status.
Our CBN staff currently on mass mobilization and monitoring together with officials of the EFCC and ICPC will work together to achieve these objectives.
A 7-day grace period, beginning on February 10 to February 17, 2023, in compliance with Sections 20(3) and 22 of the CBN Act, allowing Nigerians to deposit their old notes at the CBN after the February deadline when the old currency would have lost its Legal Tender status,” he said.
ODUDUWA NEWS has gathered that three teenagers who are in the age bracket of of 17, 19 and 20 years old were caught in Abeokuta around 3am yesterday while they were burning a fresh human head (female) in a local pot in an uncompleted building for rituals.
The victim who was identified as Rofiat, a girlfriend of one of the perpetrators was lured into their house, broke her neck and cut her head off with a machete.
It was learnt that they left Rofiat’s lifeless body in their room with blood all over, locked the door and proceeded to an uncompleted building to burn the head.
This tragedy happened at Oke-Aregba in Abeokuta yesterday morning, Saturday, 29th January 2022.
A local vigilante who perceived the smell coming from the uncompleted building trail the smoke and the smell of the burnt human part, when he got to where the smell originated from, he saw the young teenagers were roasting a human head.
This led to the arrest of the three teenagers who later took the vigilante and people of the community to where the lifeless body of the beheaded young girl was kept.
Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, no official statement has been from release from the Ogun Police Command regarding the dastardly incident.
The Lagos State government on Saturday said security agencies will find and prosecute the hoodlums who attacked the convoy of Abdul-Azeez Adediran (Jandor), governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the coming 2023 election in the state.
In a statement by Gbenga Omotoso, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, the government said it was “shocked” by the video of a group of thugs shooting in broad daylight in Surulere.
Three persons were reportedly killed, while others sustained various degree of injuries when supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), and the PDP engaged in violent clash during the Jandor’s political campaign in Surulere area of Lagos State on Friday.
But the Lagos government said the hoodlums are “henchmen of the PDP”.
“Security agencies are investigating the video, which has gone viral on the social media. We believe they will fish out and prosecute the evil actors, who are believed to be henchmen of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“We condemn this savagery that has portrayed our state, the safest in Nigeria, in a bad light. That is not who we are; we are civilized and cultured.
“Following advice from competent sources, including elders and respectable Lagosians, we will henceforth shun any forum that may require us being together with PDP and its agents of violence.
“Consequently, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu regrets to announce that he will not be participating at The Platform Governorship Debate of January 29, 2023.
“The Governor holds Pastor Poju Oyemade and the Covenant Christian Church family in high esteem and cherishes future opportunities to engage the congregation and render accounts of his stewardship to them as integral parts of the Lagos electorate.
“We will never be found in the company of those to whom the lives of innocent Lagosians mean nothing. Mr Sanwo-Olu won’t share a podium with them,” the statement by Omotoso reads.
The human rights activitsts, Najatu Muhammed who resigned from All Progressives Congress APC Campaign Committee has lashed out the presidential candidate of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, calling him mentally derailed person.
Najatu was quoted as saying this while granting an interview in a morning show on AIT.
“Everything about Tinubu is a lie and falsehood and gotten through bribery. He has no honour. Tinubu is an insult to Nigerians. Tinubu allocated questions at Chatham House because he cannot think. I stand by my assertion that Tinubu is mentally deranged.
“Tinubu is senile and mentally deranged. Shettima is a terrorist. Tinubu is unfit to be President and his supporters are after his money. The only manifesto that is somewhat different is that of Labour Party’s @PeterObi.”
The APC govs sidelined Osinbajo because he could not share money. And let me tell you, I know our delegates from Kano. I can tell you that each ballot box , the name of Tinubu was put on it and all you are paid to do is to go and put it in the box.”, said Najatu.
The Central Bank of Nigeria CBN has been urged by leaders of Nigerian Labour Congress to reconsider its decision on the deadline for the change of old currency to new noted as fixed for 31st of January, 2023.
The NLC in a press statement made available to newsmen by Comr. Amechi Asugwuni, the Deputy President of the union as read in part:
“It has been widely reported that the new momentary policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria to terminate the use of old currency note in Nigeria come 31st January 2023, is still a strange news to Nigerians in the rural areas, especially the petty traders and farmers.
“This has made compliance impracticable in those areas and would constitute a serious threat to their living standards.
“The CBN Governor should as a matter of professionalism and sense of responsibility be reminded that there are some LGAs in Nigeria that do not have a single bank in operation and as such making it almost impossible for a farmer to transport to the state capital for banking transactions considering the high cost of transportation, illiteracy, and lack of social exposure in the rural areas.
“Therefore, it has become imperative for CBN to defer the date, to allow for proper review and broad orientation through community leaders via Traditional Rulers to help inform their subjects of the need to slowly make payments with old currency notes and receive the new currency notes for their transactions going forward.
“Change of currency note policy does not invalidate the old currency note in circulation. As we speak most people in some states have no access to the new currency note, talk more of complying to the daily withdrawal limit. You don’t cut off deposit of old currency note the same day commercial banks are advised to stop the issuance of same old notes.
Let the banks withhold issuance of the old currency notes first and then slowly allow the public to return theirs. Laws are not made to punish the masses but to improve their quality of lives”.
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the judgement of the tribunal that sacked Governor Ademola Adeleke
ODUDUWA NEWS had reported that the Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Osogbo on Friday upturned the victory of Governor Ademola Adeleke at the July 16th 2022 governorship polls.
It also declared Adegboyega Oyetola as the winner of the election
Reacting to the verdict, Atiku urged Osun State people to continue to have faith in Governor Adeleke.
He added that Adeleke will emerge victorious at the end.
“On today’s verdict of the Election Petition Tribunal in Osun State, I stand in solidarity with the good people of Osun State who overwhelmingly voted for the Peoples Democratic Party and gave their mandate to His Excellency Governor Ademola Adeleke.
“What has happened at the tribunal today is a phase in the struggle to liberate Osun State, and I am sure that at the conclusion of the whole process, the people shall be victorious.
“I, therefore, call on the people of Osun to continue to have faith in their governor elected into office on the popular ballot.
“This light that has shone on Osun shall never go dim.”
Some members and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osogbo, have protested over the judgment of the tribunal.
The demonstrators marched from Jaleyemi area and converged at Orita Olaiya, under rthe flyover to express their displeasure over the tribunal’s void of Adeleke’s victory.
They carried placards with varying inscriptions such as “Tribunal Panel is not fair in their judgement’, ‘Imole has come to stay’, ‘Osun Citizens reject Oyetola’, ‘This is Injustice to Ademola Adeleke’, ‘In Imole’s mandate we stand’, among others.
It is gathered that tension has been building up in the state since the court’s majority judgment upturned Adeleke’s victory in the July 16 governorship election.
Recall that it had been reported that the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal declared former governor Gboyega Oyetola winner of the poll after deducting over-voting at 744 polling units from the total score of Adeleke in the poll.
The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the judgement of the governorship tribunal as ” a miscarriage of justice”, vowing to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal.
Reacting to the verdict of the Tribunal from his country home, Ede, Governor Adeleke faulted the resolution of the over-voting question in favour of Mr Oyetola, calling it ” an unfair interpretation against the will of majority of voters”
While urging his supporters to remain calm, Governor Adeleke vowed to appeal the judgement at the Court of Appeal, insisting he remains the rightful winner of the July 16 election.
“I call on our people to remain calm. We will appeal the judgement and we are sure justice will be done. Let our people be reassured that we will do everything possible to retain this widely acclaimed mandate”, Governor Adeleke declared.
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