Tag: Akeredolu
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Just in: Akeredolu declares public holiday in Ondo to mark his 2nd inauguration as governor
Ondo State Governor, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has declared tomorrow, Wednesday work free day to celebrate his second term inauguration. In a circular signed by the Ondo State Head of Service, Aderemi Olabode on the subject matter, accounting officers were instructed to note the circular and disseminate same to all staff of their respective Ministries, Departments…
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Again! Bauchi Gov. tackles Akeredolu, says forest dwellers in Ondo don’t need his permission
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, says Nigerians don’t need the permission of any governor to reside in any part of the country. Mohammed and Rotimi Akeredolu, his Ondo State counterpart, have been in the news over the farmers-herders crisis. Akeredolu had given herders who are “occupying Ondo forests illegally” an ultimatum to leave. He also…
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Oyo crisis: Sunday Igboho is a ‘child of circumstance’ – Akeredolu
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State believes that Sunday Adeyemi “Igboho” is a child of circumstance, noting that the situations that led to his interventions in security issues should be examined. “Sunday Igboho is a child of circumstance. We must look at the circumstance that led to each of these interventions,” the Chairman of the…
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Suspected herdsmen strangle relative of Akeredolu’s aide to death on his farm
Armed men suspected to be herdsmen have killed a 48-year-old farmer, Dayo Ibiye, in Ondo State. Ibiye was said to be a cousin of Gani Ajowa, the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The spokesperson for the Ondo State Police Command, Tee-Leo Ikoro, confirmed the incident on Saturday. He said the…
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Governor Akeredolu’s order & allied matters – Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha
About a week ago, in exercise of his rights as Chief Law and Security Officer of Ondo State, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu ordered herdsmen to vacate all ‘government reserves in the state within seven days’. Stating that the order was a reaction to the upsurge of criminal activities linked to some Fulani herdsmen in the state,…
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Ultimatum: Akeredolu has no power to deny herdsmen right to live in Ondo – Northern elders
The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has asked herders in Ondo state not to leave their locations and resist moves to be labelled as criminals. In a statement on Wednesday, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, a spokesman of the forum, asked Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, to rescind the ultimatum given to herders to vacate forest reserves in the…
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Afenifere backs Akeredolu, blasts presidency for faulting ultimatum to herders
The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on Wednesday, lampooned the Presidency for faulting the seven days ultimatum given to Fulani herders to vacate all forest reserves in Ondo State. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin, Afenifere, said though it was not surprised by the Presidency’s intervention in the matter, it will stand…
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Presidency, Akeredolu trade words over order seeking herders to vacate Ondo’s forests
The Presidency on Tuesday cautioned Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on his plans to eject herdsmen from the state government forest reserves. Recall that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu gave a seven days ultimatum to herders to comply with an order seeking that vacate Ondo’s frests and also banned under-aged grazing, night grazing, movement of cattle within…
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Akeredolu bans night grazing, asks herders to vacate Ondo forests in seven days
The Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has given herders seven days ultimatum to vacate the forest reserves in the state. The governor also banned night grazing with immediate effect. The governor, in a statement released on Monday, said the decision was based on the state of insecurity in Ondo state. Akeredolu noted that bad elements…
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Ondo poll: Court dismisses suit challenging Akeredolu’s reelection
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, dismissed another suit challenging the validity of the emergence of Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the July 20 primary election. Delivering a ruling, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed the suit filed by Mrs Olajumoke Anifowose, an APC aspirants in the…