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  • Labour Party sacks Peter Obi’s Director-General, Doyin Okupe

    Labour Party sacks Peter Obi’s Director-General, Doyin Okupe

    The Ogun state chapter of the Labour party, (LP) has sacked the Director General of the Peter Obi Presidential Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe from the party over intra party issues.

    Okupe was sacked alongside 10 others for alleged non-financial membership status, high-handedness and financial recklessness.

    This was made known by the Chairman of the party in Ogun State, Michael Ashade, in Abeokute, Ogun State capital on Thursday.

    Ashade noted that Okupe and others fired breached the constitution of the Labour Party.

    Ashade said Okupe has ceased to be a LP member for his “failure to meet the mandatory constitutional requirements to fulfill membership status.”

    According to him, Okupe had failed to pay his membership dues since the last six months he joined the Party, saying he has therefore forfeited his membership of the Labour Party and he is no longer fit to act as the Director General of Obi’s campaign council.

    He stated that the offenses of Okupe amd and the other 10 are against Article 9(3) sub(iii) and Article 9(3)xi of the LP constitution.

    He accused Okupe of mismanaging the funds approved for the LP in Ogun to mobilize members for the rally held last week at Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

    While notifying the LP National Chairman, Barr Julius Abure of their decision, they called on Obi to immediately appoint another DG for the PCC from the North.

    Meanwhile, Doyin Okupe is yet to react to the sacking as all effort to get him to speak on the matter proved abortive.

     

  • Appeal Court reinstates Adebutu, others as Ogun PDP candidates

    Appeal Court reinstates Adebutu, others as Ogun PDP candidates

    The Appeal Court sitting in Ibadan on Monday restored Rep. Oladipupo Adebutu as the validly elected governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun.

    The appellate court also reinstated the three senatorial, nine House of Representatives and 26 House of Assembly candidates of PDP, who all emerged through the party’s primaries.

    All the reinstated candidates had emerged from the party’s primaries conducted by the National Working Committee (NWC) and monitored by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that Justice O.O Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Abeokuta, had on Sept. 27 voided the primaries that produced Adebutu and others.

    NAN reports that Justice Oguntoyinbo, in his judgment, directed the party to conduct fresh primaries within 14 days.

    Dissatisfied with the judgment, the PDP, through its counsel, appealed the verdict and asked the Appellate Court to set aside the lower court’s decision.

    In the same vein, Adebutu also affected by the judgment of the lower court filed an appeal CA/IB/411/411A/2022 against the judgment of Oguntoyinbo.

    Justice Nimpar Yargata of the Appeal Court, in her judgment, said the trial court fell into error by nullifying the primaries, which produced Adebutu, having been conducted by the NWC of the party.

    Yargata said that Taiwo Olabode Idris and others who instituted the case at the lower court were not aspirants of the party and consequently had no locus standi to challenge the outcome of the primaries.

    She said that the court’s decision in APC versus Umar, which the respondents relied heavily upon in their submissions before the court, had been overtaken by the current provision of the Electoral Act, 2022.

    The provision of the Electoral Act, 2022 says only aspirant can query the outcome of primaries elections.

    The judge declared that only the NWC of the party and not the State Working Committee has the power to conduct primaries as spelt out in Section 221 of the 1999 Constitution.

    Yargata pointed out a contradiction in the respondents’ relief of a declaration to pronounce Mr Jimi Lawal as the Governorship candidate.

    The judge said that those who filed the initial suit had no stand in law to so do as the issue of primary was not a human rights matter.

    She said trial court “went on a frolic on its own” by voiding the primaries of Adebutu, describing Adebutu’s appeal as meritorious.

    Yargata resolved all issues in favour of Adebutu and set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court with all orders made therein.

    Three earlier judgments of the same court in the appeals by the PDP and the cross appeals by the respondents in the suit filed at the lower court by Prince Segun Seriki against the PDP

    Justice Folasade Ojo of the Appeal Court had earlier, in a judgment, nullified the parallel primaries conducted by Seriki and others.

    She had described the primaries, which purportedly produced any other governorship candidate other than Adebutu and other candidates, as “an unlawful gathering”.

    Muyiwa Obanewa, one of the Counsel to the appellant, described the various judgments as well considered, saying the coast was now cleared for Adebutu and others to continue their campaign for elections.

  • Woman, teenager arrested for robbing traders with toy gun in Ogun

    Woman, teenager arrested for robbing traders with toy gun in Ogun

    A woman identified as Chioma Okafor, and 19-year-old Nweke Joshua have been arrested by operatives of the Ogun state police command for allegedly robbing traders with toy guns in the state.

    Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest via a statement signed and released by him.

    It stated that the suspects were arrested during a raid at the Adesan Mowe, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.

    According to Oyeyemi, the residents of the community alerted the police and they swung into action.

    Oyeyemi said “Upon receiving the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer, Mowe Division, SP Folake Afeniforo, quickly mobilised the division’s patrol team and men of the So Safe Corps to the scene where the two suspects were arrested.

    “On searching them, it was discovered that they came to rob the shop with toy guns which looked perfectly like original pistols. On interrogation, 19-year-old Nweke Joshua informed the police that it was Chioma Okafor who came with the idea of carrying out the robbery operation in order for them to have some money.”

    Oyeyemi said the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation.

  • Explosion rocks Ogun community; Police reacts, douse tension

    Explosion rocks Ogun community; Police reacts, douse tension

    There was fear and tension in the Ojodu Abiodun, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State on Sunday, following an explosion in the community.

    The residents of the community claimed that they did not know what caused the explosion.

    Some feared that the explosion in the early hours of Sunday could be a bomb blast.

    However, the Ogun State Police Command has doused tension claiming it resulted because some chemicals reacted with compartments in a refuse dump close to the community.

    He said, “the explosion was a result of a chemical reaction that occurred in the compartment of a refuse dump.”

    According to the command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Lanre Bankole, when he was informed about the explosion, quickly directed the Explosive Ordinance Department to the scene to unravel the real cause of the scary sound.

    “The finding of the team was that the explosion was as a result of a chemical reaction that occurred in the compartment of refuse dump, being the refuse dumping ground within the Tarmac along the River Valley Estate,” he stated.

    The police spokesperson maintained that the explosion wasn’t in any way an attack and asked residents not to pannick.

    He added that the attack happened at the midnight when nobody was at the refuse dump site.

    He added that no component of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was found at the scene or anywhere within the area, adding that no life or property was lost as a result of the explosion.

    The police chief urged Ogun residents not to panic, walk and work freely, saying there is no cause for alarm in the said community.

     

  • 34 year-old homosexual rapes little boy to death in Ogun

    34 year-old homosexual rapes little boy to death in Ogun

    An Ogun state based  homosexual simply known as Sikiru Ajibola, allegedly raped a five year -old boy till he gave up the ghost.

    It was gathered that the incident happened Friday at Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area of the state of Ogun state.

    The suspect was arrested by the police after a complaint was lodged at the Ogijo Police Station by the Chairman of the Olorunwa Arogbeja community in Ogijo.

    Arogbeja had reported to the police that a community member told him the suspect had sodomized the victim, adding that the boy died in the process.

    Following the report, police swooped on the address of the suspect and arrested him.

    Quizzed about the incident, the suspect confessed to being a homosexual and added that he had sex with the boy before he gave up.
    The Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, has already confirmed the incident.

    The suspect  confessed further that he dug the ground in the bush to bury the boy in a shallow grave.

    “He has also taken policemen to where the deceased was buried,” Oyeyemi said.

    Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the case be transferred to the State CIID for further investigation and prosecution.

    The risk being jailed for life or sentence to death by hanging.

  • 2023: 54 Ogun monarchs endorse Abiodun for second term

    2023: 54 Ogun monarchs endorse Abiodun for second term

    Traditional rulers numbering about 54  under the umbrella of Egba Traditional Council, have unanimously endorsed the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, for a second term in office.
    Announcing the endorsement on Wednesday, the president of the Council, the Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, noted that Abiodun deserves the endorsement owing to his sterling performance since his emergence in 2019.
    According to Alake,  the Ogun governor has done creditably well and deserves a second term to finish what he has started.
    Oba Gbadebo noted that in the last sixteen years, governors in the state have serving two terms in office, stressing that “Governor Abiodun, “having done so well also deserves a second term”.
    “The governor has done very very well. In the last 16 years, two governors have done second terms, why is our governor who has done so well will not do a second term”? Alake stated.
    While appreciating the governor for completing some abandoned projects in Egbaland and helping to complete the Traditional Council’s Hall in the Alake’s Palace, called on the state government to construct the road leading to the railway station in Abeokuta.
    Also speaking, the Osile of Oke-Ona Egba, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso, said the entire people and traditional rulers in Egbaland are in full support of the governor’s second term bid, while the Olowu of Owu, Oba Saka Matemilola and the Agura of Gbagura, Oba Sobur Bakre, expressed confidence that the governor would perform better if given another opportunity.
    Responding, Abiodun expressed his gratitude to the monarchs for confidence they have in his capacity to move Ogun to greater heights.
    He said that his administration has been fair in the distribution of projects as well as appointment to all parts of the state.
    While enumerating some of the projects executed in the Ogun Central Senatorial District, the governor said plans were on to finalize the concession, operate and transfer of the supposed 250 bed hospital to an international hospital management company that would complete and manage it.
    ” The hospital is a world class health care facility of excellence that will attract health tourism from all over the southwest and Nigeria.
    We are working assiduously on the establishment of the Kajola Dry Port and Wasimi Export and Logistics Hub which will decongest Lagos port, thereby making it more efficient and further create an enabling environment for industries and manufacturers in Ogun.
    “We will soon begin the urban regeneration of Ibara GRA and in Mowe-Ofada. We are completing or have completed all inherited projects that are of economic importance to our people in line with our promises”, the governor noted.
    He described traditional rulers as the link between the Divine Being and the world; custodian of African culture who have assisted in maintaining peace in their various communities.
    “I commend our Royal Fathers from the Egba Traditional Council who have continued to keep the flag flying for the progress and development of Egbaland and by extension, Ogun State. This endorsement of our candidature for another term of four years is another appreciation of our untiring efforts in developing all sectors of our State economy across the three senatorial districts of our state”, he pointed out.
    Abiodun added that the endorsement is another affirmation of the progress the state has recorded in the last three and half years, emphasizing that the success story of his administration could not be documented without the support received from the people of Egbaland.
    While saying that the endorsement would motivate him to do more, he pleaded with the people to play politics without bitterness, as politics is not a do-or-die affair.
  • Man kills wife after a heated argument over ownership of property

    Man kills wife after a heated argument over ownership of property

    A carpenter whose identity has been given as Segun Ebenezer, has allegedly beaten his wife, Omotosho, to death following an argument that ensued over the ownership of a school in the state.

    Findings show that the couple were at home talking when it degenerated to an argument bodering on the ownership of the property.

    The argument later became heated and the carpenter husband got very angry, reached for a padlock and hit his wife on the head.

    Upon realizing that Omotosho had sustained a severe injury , the middle-aged husband rushed her to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, for treatment.

    Unfortunately, Omotosho died while receiving treatment at the hospital.

    The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the incident via a statement on Monday.

    According to Oyeyemi, the husband has been arrested after the deceased’s elder sister lodged a complaint at the Kemta Police Station.

     

    He said “The deceased was rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, by the suspect (Ebenezer) for medical attention, but died while receiving treatment.

    “Unknown to the husband, the deceased had sent a voice note to her family members, informing them that her husband used a padlock to hit her head while beating her, and that if she died, they should be aware that it was her husband that killed her.

    “As soon as the voice note was played to his hearing, the husband took to his heels, having realised that his evil deed had been exposed.

    “Upon the report and the recording evidence, the DPO, Kemta Division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, detailed his detectives to go after the husband. He was subsequently traced to Akinseku village, Abeokuta, where he was hibernating, and was promptly apprehended.”

    Oyeyemi said preliminary investigation revealed that the couple’s incessant quarrel had been on the ownership of the private school the deceased built in the name of herself and the husband.

    He added, “The husband who is a carpenter had wanted to take control of the school but the deceased who was an NCE graduate refused.

    “This has been the reason why the suspect has always been beating the deceased (Omotosho), until the fateful day when he used the iron padlock to hit her on the head, which eventually led to her death.”

    Oyeyemi said the state Commissioner of Police,  Lanre Bankole, directed that the suspect be transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and prosecution.

  • Ogun governor Abiodun commissions Arepo Estate road

    Ogun governor Abiodun commissions Arepo Estate road

    Arepo estate located in Obafemi Owode local government was yesterday thrown into joyous mood  as the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun  commissioned the 2.35km Arepo Estate Road to the admiration of residents of the community.

    An elated Abiodun also  promised to initiate and commission more projects in the Arepo community, adding that he loves the fact that the community people appreciates the government effort in building projects in the state.

    The Arepo road was in bad shape for a number of years with previous governments in the state paying lip service to its renovation.

    However, yesterday hope came the way of motorists, especially through the reduction of vehicle maintenance cost, while easing the burden experienced by road users.

    Abiodun added that  the reconstruction of the road in Obafemi Owode Local Council   after years of neglect is poised to bring about a rebound in social and economic activities in the area.

    Apart from further opening up the area to greater development through creation of access to the hinterland, the facility is to engender a rise and improvement in the living standard of residents and indigenes alike.

    The governor, who said the road was constructed with interlocking stones because of its swampy nature, added that other road furniture such as walkway, street lights and drainage, had been fixed on the road to make it durable and bring out its aesthetics.

    It will also enable easy access to schools, medical facilities, police posts and other essential social vices by residents as well as uplift scenery of the area.

    Commissioning the project, the governor, who described the road project as a remarkable one and his administration’s commitment to the provision of good governance in the state, noted that the completion is a demonstration of his administration’s appreciation for the support given by the people of Arepo Community.

    While addressing Journalist Estate Resident Development Association (JERDA) at a media parley, Abiodun promised to build a modern health center at Arepo within four months, adding that it will also come with an Ambulance.

    Abiodun also promised to finish building the community Civic center to give the Arepo community a facelift.

     

     

  • PDP Crisis: Wike, Makinde, others should exit the party – Adebutu

    PDP Crisis: Wike, Makinde, others should exit the party – Adebutu

    Embattled Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ogun State, Hon. Ladi Adebutu has told  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Rotimi Makinde of Oyo state and other aggrieved PDP governors who want National Chairman Iyiorchia Ayu out of the party to exit instead.

    The aggrived governors have insisted that they will not support the presidential candidate of the party unless Ayu resigns.

    They claimed that , Ayu had promised that he would resign his position if a northerner emerged as the presidential candidate of the PDP.

    After Atiku emerged winner of the PDP primary election held in May, Wike and his supporters have repeatedly asked Ayu to resign, even as efforts to pacify them were rebuffed.

    While addressing non-indigene residents in Ogun at a gathering in Abeokuta, Adebutu stated that those who could not abide by the decision of a party are free to leave or form their own party.

    The Ijebu born politician lambasted the G5 governors for causing rancour within the party.

    Adebutu said: “Unlike those that don’t understand that the party is supreme, that Iyorchia Ayu is our ‘oga,’ they don’t recognize that he has the power to hire and fire, we accept his leadership.

    “By the Supreme Court judgements severally pronounced, those that don’t like your party has a few choices, they can either abide, go and form their own party or get out! We have chosen to abide by and obey Ayu’s dictates.

    “We agree he is our chairman. We agree that Hon. Sikirulahi Ogundele is our leader in Ogun and he is representing Iyorchia Ayu. We agree to submit ourselves to the National Working Committee of the party. Those that don’t abide should go and form their own party.”

    Addressing Igbo, Hausa, Igede, Ijaw, Idoma and others who were out to declare support for Atiku and other PDP candidates, Adebutu maintained that Nigerians remain one big family regardless of tribe or religion.

    “We are one Nigeria because we are one family speaking different languages, but we are happy together. May we continue to live together as one family and be happy.

    “We are happy that we have somebody joining us together, His Excellency, Waziri Atiku Abubakar. It is not in dispute that he is our leader and we shall all work hard to make him the president of Nigeria. He is the unifier. We have a duty to do him proud and do ourselves proud. We must continue to promote his ideologies,” Adebutu said.

    Speaking on the crisis rocking the PDP in Ogun, the former lawmaker told the gathering that: “I want to reassure you that all the shenanigans of these naysayers, of these terrible human beings, have failed in their mission to disrupt our party. Let us stay united, don’t be distracted. They have a purpose to distract us. They have worked for their pay, they have worked for their purpose, they have done their job.”

    He added: “Let us be focused, in the next few weeks we will be free; and when we are free, we will continue our journey.”

    He accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of failing to provide security, good governance and food for the masses.

    “The economy is failing every day, we are hungrier by the day, and they are weaponising poverty. They claim that the foreign exchange is crashing, therefore we have to buy things at more exorbitant prices and because of that, there is inflation. Our people are suffering from hunger, but I tell you, relief has come. Just hang in there for four months, in four months’ time, we shall get salvation, we shall get a renewal,” he said.

  • Yoruba Nation agitators attack army personnel in Ogun state

    Yoruba Nation agitators attack army personnel in Ogun state

    Some Yoruba Nation agitators have reportedly attacked vehicles conveying some personnel of the Nigerian Army.

    It was reported that the incidence happened around Oju-Ore axis of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government, Ogun State, during a procession of Yoruba agitators

    A resident in the area, Mayowa Aina, told newsmen that the army had mobilised to arrest the situation.

    According to Aina she said; “Some Yoruba nation agitators holding a rally around Oju Ore attacked some military men in their vehicle. In the process, they disarmed a soldier and carted away his rifle.”

    The heavy presence of military men later caused panic among the people, with many abandoning their houses.

    Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the incident, said the command is currently investigating the matter.

    Oyeyemi noted that no casualty was recorded in the attack. He said;

    “We are on the matter. We heard it that they (Yoruba Nation agitators) attacked some soldiers at Ota area.

    “So we are working in collaboration with the Nigerian Army to get to the root of that matter. We have not made any arrest, but we are on it. There is no casualty.”