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Despite the pronouncement of Inspector General of Police on the disbandment of SARS yesterday, OduduwaNews has just gathered that some youths continue their protest as they block the Lekki toll gate, Lagos State.
You will recall that the IGP announced the dissolution of the SARS Unit yesterday in a nationwide broadcast.
It might as well be a public holiday for people on the Island as serious traffic has built up as at the time we are making this report.
OduduwaNews has just gathered that Ondo nurse, Taiwo Adeleke, working with the University of Medical Sciences in Ondo State who threatened to commit suicide on Sunday has been found.
Taiwo Adeleke, who was declared missing on Sunday evening after threatening to commit suicide, has been found.
It was learnt that Adeleke, who works at the Emergency and Accident Unit of the government-owned hospital, was tracked down and rescued in the early hours of Monday.
One of his friends told newsmen that, “We have found him (Adeleke) and he has been rushed to the hospital for treatment.”
Taiwo Adeleke had earlier sent notification via his WhatsApp about his attempt to commit suicide having been suffering from depression.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appealed to the #EndSARS protesters to trust and believe the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari on the disbandment of SARS.
The governor made the appeal after his arrival from Ondo State where he was Chairman of the All Progressives Congress governorship campaign team.
The governor also appealed to the #EndSARS protesters to be peaceful.
He described the dissolution of SARS by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, as a victory for Nigerian youths.
He said the protests showed that people have the right to express their views, adding that “the government meant business about the disbandment of SARS. We should not doubt the government’s sincerity.
“The beauty of democracy is that people have the right to protest, to air their views, to speak out when things are not going right and I have identified with them.
”This is real democracy being played out. They have the right as our youths, as our citizens to correct and say we do not want this.
”Let me commend all of our youths that have come out in Lagos. I have been monitoring on a daily basis and it has been very peaceful. That is what we want, you can actually make your point in a peaceful and orderly manner.”
Also, the Minister of Police Affairs in a tweet said the Buhari-led government was committed to disbanding SARS.
He tweeted, “I urge Nigerians to see the disbandment of SARS, as government’s commitment to deepening relationship between Nigerians and the police, for better service delivery. Let’s continue to work together to secure our communities.”
OduduwaNews has just gathered that the management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has postponed the first semester examination for 2019/2020 academic session scheduled to commence Today, Monday 12th of October, 2020 for One (1) week.
The postponement decision which was made known in signed by the School Registrar, Mrs. Modupe Fawale and confirmed to newsmen by the institution Public Relations Officer, Alh. Soladoye Adewole came after Students of the institution laid barricades on all the school entrances protesting against the accessibility of faulty student portals and inability to complete their registration.
Mrs. Fawale maintained that the great citadel of learning made this move “to enable students who were unable to meet registration and payment of tuition deadline to do so.”
According to the Press Release, The examination will however commence on Monday, 19th October, 2020 with the HND II students in the Faculty of Business and Communication Studies and their counterparts in the Faculty of Environmental Studies following the order earlier scheduled.
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Hon. Sunday Dare, narrated his ordeals at the council meeting in Ogbomosho when the hoodlums attack the palace of the first class monarch in the afternoon.
The Minister who came to the town on condolences visit to the family of one protester who fell by the bullet of the Police about 48hours ago, said he, the monarch and the council of Cheif were scurried for safety by the Police when he visited the Palace for a meeting.
“This afternoon, I arrived ogbomoso to pay my condolences to the parents of Isaq Jimoh who was felled by a police bullet. I also visited the 12 & 15 year olds at the Bowen Hospital both victims of Police stray bullets. Awaiting surgery. I appealed for calm & asked for justice,” the Minister tweeted upon arriving the town.
“Ogbomoso-Hoodlums, thugs & miscreants distrupt stakeholders meeting in Soun’s palace now-invading, stoning and breaking doors, glasses. Soun, myself and council chiefs were scurried into safety by the police and DSS. Ogbomoso youth are law abiding. But hoodlums have taken over.
“The hoodlums broke into the palace and destroyed chairs, overturned tables, broke windows. These were not Youth or Students. These were miscreants and thugs who saw a window of opportunity in the protest which since abated. Thankfully.Soun, the chiefs, leaders of Parapo are safe .
“A combined team of operation Burst from Ibadan and a unit from Iliorin are now on ground in Ogbomoso to help keep the peace, protect the peaceful and innocent and also stop criminal elements.Soun of Ogbomosho yesterday and today personally appealed to this group to stop violence,” the tweet read.
OduduwaNews has gathered a report on how hilux vehicle of Oluwo was stolen in hotel.
The vehicle, which was said to have the monarch’s name engraved on it, was reportedly taken away from a hotel in Lagos Island on Sunday.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Oluwo, Mr Alli Ibraheem, read: ”This is to notify the public most especially security operatives that a Hilux vehicle belonging to Oluwo was stolen overnight (11/10/2020) at Toilam Royal Hotel and suites, No 49 Igbosere Road L/Island, Lagos State.
“The Hilux is white in colour-the Mirrors, windshield, engine and some other parts of the vehicle are engraved with “Oba Adewale Akanbi.
The Hilux which was parked while we were having engagement in a hotel believing it was in a safe place. The thief we believed had been monitoring our movement throughout our stay in the hotel and did steal the vehicle when it dawned him that there was nobody around the vehicle side again.
“TOYOTA HILUX Chassis number- MFOFX22G6F1431653. If found, please call any of 08068211757, 08037868202.”
Six persons have died and five others severely injured after a building collapsed in the Obalende area of Lagos State on Sunday
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), confirmed this in a statement on Sunday.
Ten others equally sustained minor injuries during the incident, the agency added.
According to the agency, the building located at No. 60 Odo Street, Obalende, Eti-Osa, was under construction when it collapsed partially and explained that the fatalities include one woman and five men.
“The emergency response plan has been activated and all responders are en route the scene,” DG/CEO LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, said.
He also urged residents to remain calm and keep away from the area.
Violence continued to erupt in Ogbomosho city, Oyo State on Sunday as the #EndSARS protest continued after the killing of Jimoh Isiaka.
You would recall that the #EndSARS protest, held on Saturday in Ogbomoso, had turned bloody, leaving Jimoh dead and several others injured.
There were sporadic gunshots into the air as protesters and residents scampered for safety
An eyewitness told Vanguard that Owode Police Station was set on fire on Sunday.
No casualty was reported as at the time of filing this report.
…..As Man Hit By Drunk Driver Dies in Ibadan
The Oyo State government has reiterated it’s warming against reckless driving and illegal parking at clubs as well as fun spots during the night as the State’s Road Traffic Management Authority, OYRTMA impounded ten vehicles during the weekend.
The warning came from the executive Chairman of OYRTMA, Mogaji Akin Fagbemi on Sunday. while reacting to an incident that led to loss of a life, which was caused by an individual suspected to be driving under alcohol influence at a popular club at Awolowo way, Bodija in Ibadan.
He disclosed that the middle-aged man who was hit by a drunk night reveller sustained head injury and later died at a hospital close to the scene of the incident.
Mogaji said “it would be recalled that following a directive of the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, the authority issued stern warnings to owners of commercial buildings particularly Club houses during the height of the covid-19 lockdown around March this year following the flagrant disregard to the pandemic prevention protocols as issued by the State Government and as regards the indiscriminate and illegal encroachment of road corridors by customers of the club houses.
“It is pursuant to this warning that the Authority moved to impound erring vehicles around such vicinities particularly as the Authority continues to receive several public petitions and formal complaints from both motorists and residents of the areas where such centers are situated.
“Following a road crash occasioned by the illegal parking of a vehicle whose owner was reported to be patronizing one of the club houses located at Awolowo Road here in Ibadan, OYRTMA in conjunction with the Special Security Joint task Force otherwise known as Operation Burst moved in to impound ten erring vehicles which have been deposited at the our premises pending their legal prosecution for infringing on section 16 of the Oyo State Road Traffic Management Authority Law 2009.”
He said the victim, who was a resident of the area, was rushed to a nearby hospital after the accident around 1200hrs of Friday night, gave up the ghost because of the road blockade caused by indiscriminate parking of vehicles at the club house.
Dr Fagbemi urged the people to ensure that they do not constitute blockade to the roads whenever they parked their vehicles so as to allow others to pass, especially in cases of emergency situations such as fire outbreaks or the need to rush a sick resident to the hospital.
He called on fun lovers and night crawlers to always seek the service of licensed drivers, as there have been several cases of midnight accidents resulting from drunk-driving by vehicle owners who investigations often revealed were coming from club houses in the midnight, who destroyed properties of other persons as well as those of government, like public utilities and streetlight poles.
“It is to this end that we reiterate that the Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration would not condone the continuity of such destructive behaviors on the roads, we shall henceforth continue to enforce relevant sections of the extant traffic laws of the State against such,” he maintained.
The incumbent governor, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, swept to victory winning 15 of the 18 local governments, while Jegede won three.
Governor Akeredu of the All Progressives Congress got 292,830 votes, while Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party and Agboola of the Zenith Labour Party came second and third in the election with 195,791 and 69,127 votes, respectively.
Based on the votes secured, the Chief Returning Officer for the election, Professor Idowu Olayinka, returned Akeredolu as the governor-elect on Sunday at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Akure, which doubles as the final collation centre.
“Having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest number of votes, I hereby declare Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu of the APC as the winner, and he is hereby returned elected,” Professor Olayinka declared said.
It is the second time the governor is defeating the PDP candidate. In 2016, Akeredolu, with Ajayi as his running mate, defeated to win his first term as governor. Ajayi fell out with Akeredolu and chose to go against his boss this time around.
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