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PDP will unite Nigeria, Makinde declares at Oyo PDP Congress

…says aggrieved members will be accommodated

…Enugu gov, other officials oversee congress, as Ogungbenro emerges chairman

Oyo State Governor and Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Saturday, declared that with the way his party was able to organise itself and unite for the State Congress, it has the capacity to unite Nigeria.
The governor, who stated this at the congress held at the Open Court of the Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba, Ibadan, said if given the opportunity to govern the country in 2023, the PDP will end the divisive tendencies in the country and place it on the path of unity and oneness.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, indicated that the governor equally called on all members of the party to rally round the new state executives to better reposition the party.
At the congress where Hon. Dayo Ogungbenro was elected as State Chairman, with Hon. Wasiu Adeleke returned as State Secretary, among other positions, Governor Makinde maintained that the party remains open to accommodating everyone aggrieved.
He said: “Today is very symbolic. I congratulate the executives that we have just elected today.
“It is historical because this is the first time that we are coming for an elective Congress and the situation is carnival-like. Now, I am sensing the same thing for our National Convention. They should watch out, PDP will unite Nigeria.
“Today, we don’t have much to say. The only thing I will say is that those who said they are aggrieved can see what has happened here today.
“PDP belongs to all of us. They must come back and get integrated into the fold and we will accommodate them.”
Earlier, the Chairman of the Oyo State PDP Congress Committee and Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, commended Makinde for his sterling leadership, which, according to him, has ensured the sustainability of the PDP in the state.
“I salute the sterling leadership of my brother and friend in Oyo State, Governor Makinde, who has engendered the manifestaton of parity in one fellowship and sustainability of PDP in the state.
“I respectfully acknowledge all the executive leaders of the party here. Your contributions and sacrifices are highly appreciated. I also appreciate the support and solidarity of our teeming supporters.
“My team and I are in Oyo State at the behest of the National Working Committee of our party to conduct the party Congress. And I am assuring you of a very transparent, free and fair process,” Ugwuanyi said.
The new Oyo State PDP Chairman, Ogungbenro, in his speech, also lauded Governor Makinde, stating that the new State Working Committee would work hard to make the party the darling of the entire state.

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PHOTOS: Governor Makinde Swears-in 5 Judges

The executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Oluseyi Makinde on Tuesday sworn in 5 Judges, following judges were appointed to the High Court; Olusola Adebisi Adetujoye, Beatrice Folabimpe Segun-Olakojo, Prof. Elijah Taiwo Adewale and Kareem Adeyimika Adedokun. While Olubukola Omolayo Ajadi was appointed to the Customary Court of Appeal

In Governor’s remark, he restated that his administration would not interfere in the affairs of the judiciary, while he wished them well in the discharge of their duties.

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IBADAN PRIME YOUTHS FORUM CONGRATULATES ASHIWAJU SEUN FAKOREDE ON HIS RE-APPOINTMENT

The leadership and entire youths of Ibadan land under the umbrella of Ibadan Prime Youths Forum on Tuesday, congratulate Ashiwaju Seun Fakorede on his re-appointment as the Commissioner for Youth and Sports Oyo State.

    In a statement signed by the National Coordinator of the Forum, Dr. Oluwatunmise Adeagbo, reads in part “We see this re-appointment as a result of his contribution to the Ministry in the last two years of his appointment, and we have no doubt that his return will add more value to the Ministry and impact the youths of the State in general”

    The National Coordinator also express the readiness of the Forum in working with the Office of the Honourable Commissioner for the greater good of the youths in Ibadan and the State at large.

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    PHOTOS: Governor Makinde Swears In 10 Commissioners


    Governor Seyi Makinde has sworn in newly and re-appointed commissioners in the state.

    The ceremony took place on Monday at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan.

    The commissioners include Alhaja Kafilat Olayiwola; Dr Taiwo Ladipo; Mr Olusegun Olayiwola; Prof Musibau Babatunde; Mr Segun Oni; Barr. Abiodun Abdul-Raheem; Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun; Barr. Olasunkanmi Olaleye; Mr Adeniyi Adebisi and Seun Fakorede.

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    Oorelope LG Chairman Empowers Constituents, Donates Vehicle, Motorcycles, Educational Materials

    The chairman of Oorelope Local Government, Hon. Akeem Raheem on Monday donated relief materials to Widow, Police and Schools.

    In a statement released by the chairman in the early hours of Monday, he said the relief materials/empowerment is part of the fulfillment of his electoral promises, and promise to always but the security and welfare of the people first.


    A motor vehicle (Golf Volkswagen) was donated to the Vigilantes and Hunters while Operation Burst vehicle was refurbished to make their movement east to the nook and cranny of the community boundaries in other to curb the activities of the criminals within the area.


    In addition, Five Bajaj Motorcycle also added to the first five previously given to the Vigilantes and local Hunters, while a generating set each was donated to NCDC,POLLICE and AMOTEKUN.

    School Registers , Chalks were also distributed to the Primary schools within the local Government through the LGUBEA.


    In addition to these, cash gift was given to widows in the local Government as to reduce the rate of hardships been faced by them.


    The chairman in his closing remark, promised that such empowerment will continue, as he will continue to prioritize the welfare of his people.

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    Oyo Police Vow To Punish Officers Who Snatched Grandma’s N150,000 in Ibadan

    The police in Oyo State have vowed to probe a robbery allegation levelled against some policemen purportedly attached to the command by a 20-year-old artiste, Emmanuel Jesugbemi.

    Jesugbemi had claimed in a viral social media post that the sum N150,000 given to him by his grandmother to pay her rent was snatched by some policemen attached to the command at Apata area while he was on his way to deposit the money in the bank.

    The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, in a statement on Friday, said: “The attention of the Oyo State police command was on Thursday, October 7, drawn to a one minute, 50 seconds video made by one Emmanuel Jesugbemi, alleging that he was, at gunpoint, robbed of his handset and cash to the tune of N150,000 by rogue police operatives, purportedly attached to the command around Apata area, under Ido LGA in Ibadan.

    “It is worthy to note that the command frowns at this serious misconduct and wishes to intimate members of public that the matter was immediately escalated through an investigative inquiry set up by the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Police Command, CP Ngozi Onadeko, upon its receipt.

    “Preliminary investigations have revealed that the alleged culprit identified by the victim does not serve under Oyo State Command but was rather in the jurisdiction on other yet-to-be specified duties.

    “Furthermore, investigations are in top gear to apprehend all the officers involved in the unpleasant actions of Thursday, October 7, for their various involvements, with the assurances of adequate sanctions meted out on all guilty parties upon recommendations from the Investigation panel.

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    “The command sues for calm while appealing to members of the public that no offender(s) would on any account be indulged to evade deserved Justice regardless of status or affiliations.”

    Jesugbemi had, through an Instagram post that went viral on Wednesday, claimed that the policemen led by one Badru Samson waylaid the motorcyclist conveying him to the bank and ordered him to get down.

    He said the policemen slapped him repeatedly and labelled him a fraudster. Jesugbemi, who recounted the incident in a video clip posted on his Instagram page, @official_babyjez, said the incident happened on Wednesday.

    However, as of Friday morning, the page was no longer online. In the post, Jesugbemi said: “Grandma’s house rent was due, so she went to the Apata area to collect money from somebody to join [add to] what she had for the rent. After collecting the money, she called me to meet her at Apata, where she gave me the N150,000 to deposit into our landlord’s bank account.

    “I boarded a motorcycle and while on my way to deposit the money in the bank, the policemen blocked my motorcyclist with a black car with no number plate and ordered me to get down. I saw four policemen in the car when I got down and one of them slapped and kicked me. He even used his gun to hit my head and called me a Yahoo Boy.

    “The policemen asked for my phone and told me to unlock it; but they did not find anything [incriminating] after they checked it. They wanted to search me, but I stopped them because policemen had searched one of my friends before and in the process, they put hard drugs in his pocket. So, I willingly brought my pockets out and they saw the N150,000.”

    He claimed that the policemen drove him from the Apata area to Iwo Road, where he was dropped off after he had been dispossessed of the money.

    “They asked who owned it and I told them that it was for my grandma and that I was on my way to pay her house rent. The policemen said I was lying. One of them kicked my stomach and forcefully collected it from me.

    “They told me to format my phone and took it; they put me inside the car and drove me from Apata to under the bridge in Iwo Road, where they dropped me off.

    “I had to plead with them to give me my SIM card. They also took the extra N2,000 with me and I had to trek from Iwo Road to our house in Dugbe,” Jesugbemi added.

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    Makinde Approves Appointment Of 5 Judicial Officers, Flags Off New Legal Year

    He maintained that the government is standardizing the selection and recruitment process in the judiciary to sanitize the sector, adding that Oyo State House of Assembly has already approved the appointment of Justice Moshood Abass as the President of the Customary Court of Appeal.

    He explained that judiciary will be getting unprecedented capital budget inflow in the 2022 Budget, as an additional N6 billion capital projects has been included in the budget.

    He said: “It, indeed, gives me great pleasure to be here with you today to kickstart the 2021/2022 Legal Year. The beginning of a new Legal Year, which comes after the usual annual vacation in the judiciary is a refreshing time that affords Your Lordships and all stakeholders in the sector to re-calibrate and pitch for higher heights of service delivery for our people.

    “Let me start by commending the Judiciary in Oyo State for standing firmly with us in the actualization of the judiciary sector version of the Roadmap for Accelerated Development of Oyo State, 2019-2023, our governance template, which encapsulates welfare for serving and retired judicial officers and workers, and a reform agenda that seeks to place the sector in position of excellence in the service of the people of Oyo State.

    “I am therefore pleased to inform this gathering that this administration has approved and started implementing welfare packages for justices both serving and retired, through the revised pension and gratuities scheme meant to take care of all justices.

    “Equally, I am pleased to intimate this gathering that the state has secured the approval for the appointment of five judicial officers, four of whom are for the High Court, while one is for the Customary Court of Appeal. They all came through a meritorious process of examination and interviews supervised by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) of Oyo State.


    “Let me reiterate that this process will not only be sustained, I affirm that it has come to stay as this will ensure that every qualified person of Oyo State origin can aspire to the highest position in the judiciary, while helping to maintain the independence of judiciary.

    “We are standardizing the selection and recruitment process in this arm of the judiciary as part of our reforms aimed at taking out the rot in the sector.”

    He also disclosed that that judiciary sector will be getting unprecedented capital budget inflow in the 2022 budget, adding that an additional N6 billion in capital project funding has been included in the budget.

    He said :”With that, we will be completing the New Court in Ring Road; the Iyaganku Customary Court, other JSC structures and the Olomi Prisons.

    “This administration is not about to drop the ball in its avowed commitment to the welfare of judges and stakeholders in the judiciary sector in general. The government has been buying vehicles for judicial officers of the High Court, it also intends to buy vehicles for the new judges and members of the Judicial Service Commission.”

    The governor stated that the state will continue to initiate reform policies that would enhance e- governance procedures in the state.

    He added: “Just as we are doing that, we are also not losing sight of the need to reform the sector and bequeath to our state a judiciary worthy of the dreams of our forefathers.

    “In that light, we are putting measures in place to accommodate e-filing and enhance online/virtual processes in the Judiciary.

    “I cannot end this address without acknowledging the harmonious relationship between the judiciary and the Government of Oyo State. We have your Lordships to praise for this. We are especially thankful that the judiciary maintained its usual calm even in the face of the challenges that plagued the selection of judges that have now been approved by the National Judicial Council (NJC).”

    In his sermon, the Lord Bishop of Ibadan Diocese, the Most Rev’d Dr. Joseph Akinfenwa, admonished Nigerians to always put hope in God at all times despite the prevailing challenges of economic hardship, security tension and experiences of hopelessness across the country.

    He equally appealed to the Oyo State Government to reaffirm its stance of nobility and justice by returning missionary schools to their original owners.

    On the governor’s entourage were the Deputy Chief of Staff, Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, DG, Due Process, Ms Tara Adefope, Special Adviser on Media, Jide AJANI, Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa,S. A (Legal Matters),Barr. Ifedolapo,Ologburo among others.

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    Team 4+4 debunked sack rumor of Alhaji Olopoeyan’s Son warns Aggrieved PDP members against bitter politics

    The era of political blackout is gone in Oyo State,this statement was made by a political group in Oyo State named team 4+4 founded by Hon. Gbenga Adewusi Ayinde a.k.a Arole when investigating the sack rumour of Adeyemi Abubakar the son of Oyo state PDP chieftain Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan which was levelled against the personality of our working governor Engr. Seyi Makinde and shooting stars sport club’ (3SC).

           The management of the club ‘(3SC ) debunked this sack rumour during the investigation by team 4+4, they made it clear to us that no member of the club was sacked and we were made to understand that the player in question collected his september salary and all other benefits alongside his football team mate.

        The management of the club ‘3SC’, further enlighten this issue by saying that Adeyemi Abubakar did not play a single match in the last NNL but still he was not penalized but given his monthly benefit.

        The management of 3SC lamented over this sack rumour, asked that when has WhatsApp platform or social media platforms becomes a medium to sack players in 3SC.

         Team 4+4 after a worthy and fruitful investigation of the sack rumour found out that it’s the work from the Aggrieved members neither a political game by the opposition who are enemies of good governance, yes enemies of good governance they are’ because the rumour is so cheap that the ever working GSM who is busy restructuring Oyo state will order instant sack of just a 3SC’ player.

        Team 4+4 says governor Seyi Makinde doesn’t play a bitter politics,he cannot because of the differences between him and his leader Alhaji Adebisi Olopoeyan sack his innocent son Adeyemi Abubakar.

        Team 4+4 now uses this medium to warn all rumours carrier to desist from unprofitable job like this as it will take them nowhere.

        Conclusively team 4+4 admonished every citizen of Oyo state to stay positive and focus with the working government in Oyo State as he Engr. Seyi Makinde will always deliver to us as he promised.

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    NIGERIA @ 61; IPYF CHARGES NIGERIAN YOUTHS TO HOLD LEADERS, POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE.

    The Ibadan Prime Youths Forum (IPYF) on Friday admonish the Youths of the country to hold their leaders and politicians responsible and accountable for the deplorable State of things in the Country, IPYF made the call through their National Coordinator, Dr. Oluwatunmise Adeagbo in his Independence day speech.

    “Nigerian youths must start to ask questions from their political leaders and political office holders. Questions pertaining to the state development and their stewardship of duties, also issues around the implementation of their campaign promises”

    “It’s important for Nigerian youths, to as a matter of urgency, during electioneering period engage politicians on how best they intend to achieve their campaign promises, as this will help know those who are ready for governance and whether these potential political office holders really understand what leadership and governance entails”

    The Forum registered its displeasure towards the State of the Country’s Economy and describes it has a result of a failed leadership and governance majorly from the ‘so called’ politician.

    However, the CCII Youth leader appreciate the few politicians that are doing the right things. ‘At this juncture, we applaud some of our leaders that are performing very well. Though, they are few, but some of them knows their onions’

    The IPYF National Coordinator further encourage the youth to work very hard to make Nigeria work. He reiterates that Nigeria has a lot of potentials to rise if worked on.

    “This is our homeland, we should not lose hope on Nigeria. It can work based on our collective effort, we must make our leaders account for how they manage our country and sack them if they seems not to perform. We must work hard to make it work. We can sack the irresponsible and the underperformed politicians by voting them out during elections” Dr Adeagbo proclaims.

    He further charges youth to be courageous in doing this as he encourages youth to celebrate Nigeria with a view of a better future.

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