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  • COVID-19: Ogun Govt sends strong warning to public, civil servants

    COVID-19: Ogun Govt sends strong warning to public, civil servants

    The Ogun State Government has sent a strong warning to both public and civil servants in the State.

    This was contained in a circular signed and released by Dahunsi Ogunleye, the Permanent Secretary for Head of Service.

    The Head of Service reiterated that henceforth, all Public/Civil Servants in the State must use face masks particularly during official hours and adhere to the COVID-19 safety protocols.

    This, according to the circular, became necessary in order to curtail the spread and transmission of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the state.

    The circular reads: “The State Government has observed with some apprehension the increase in the rate of infections of COVID-19 in the State.

    “It is obvious that the second wave of this Pandemic could hit the State harder than ever imagined or anticipated; and this is because people are no longer observing the necessary precautionary measures such as the use of face masks, social distancing, hand washing and/or use of sanitizers.

    “Consequently, the State Task Force on COVID-19 has decided to impose full penalty on individuals, including Public Servants who run foul of the law on the use of face masks.

    “To this end, any Public Civil Servant in the State that is caught without the use of face mask will be arrested and sentenced to Community Service for hours or days.

    “This directive takes effect from Monday, 22nd February, 2021.

    “The Head of Service has reiterated that henceforth, all Public/Civil Servants in the State must use face masks particularly during official hours and adhere to the COVID-19 safety protocols.

    “This has become necessary in order to curtail the spread and transmission of the Virus.

    “All Permanent Secretaries and other Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAS) are enjoined to encourage their staff to adhere strictly to this directive”.

  • Defection: 5 governors receive Gbenga Daniel into APC

    Defection: 5 governors receive Gbenga Daniel into APC

    Former Governor of Ogun, Gbenga Daniel on Tuesday officially defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), barely two years after quitting the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    Daniel, Director-General, Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Organisation in the last presidential election, had in March, 2019 officially resigned from the PDP, saying he was pulling out from partisan politics.

    The former governor had since not joined any political party officially, but had openly endorsed Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, then governorship candidate of the All Progressives Candidate (APC) during the 2019 gubernatorial election in the state.

    He was received into APC at his Asoludero residence, Sagamu, by Gov. Abiodun, Ondo State Governor- Rotimi Akeredolu, Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi), Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje and Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello.

    Bello, who is Chairman of APC Registration and Revalidation Committee, presented broom, a symbol of APC, to Daniel to formally welcome him into the party.

    He disclosed that the National Chairman of APC Caretaker Committee, Mai Mala Buni, and Bagudu, would be formally presenting Daniel to President Muhammadu Buhari.

    In his remarks, Bagudu, Chairman of APC Governors, described Daniel as a political colossus with outstanding political ideology.

    He said APC had grown bigger and better with his defection, adding that the party was happy to receive him.

    Akeredolu described Daniel’s defection as homecoming and urged leaders of APC in the state to come together to build and make the party stronger.

    Responding, Daniel said the decision to join APC was well considered and thought out.

    He explained that Nigeria needed leaders to come together and speak with one voice in order to tackle challenges.

    “In Ogun, no better time because we have a working governor and needs support of all,” Daniel said.

    In his remarks, Gov. Abiodun described Daniel’s defection as historic, saying that he supported his governorship election.

    “Daniel will add a lot of value to our party. We are a party, not a social club, before joining us today, his advanced party has joined us, we expected more people to join us before the end of the registration and revalidation exercise,” he said.

  • Ogun State denies seeking Sunday Igboho’s help on insecurity

    Ogun State denies seeking Sunday Igboho’s help on insecurity

    Ogun State Government has denied inviting Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho to help find a solution to security challenges.

    Sunday Igboho stopped briefly in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Monday on his way to Yewa-North Local Government of the state where soldiers allegedly connived with herders to assault farmers who did not allow cattle grazing on their farms.

    While in Abeokuta, the activist told his supporters, “I observe there is an injustice from the herdsmen because they know the powers that be in the Federal Government. They behave like the Yoruba are nobody . They kill, they kidnap our people, they rape our women. Any Fulani herdsman who engages in kidnapping will be flushed out.”

    He added that he would continue his activism in all of the south-west until he flushes out “killers herdsmen”

    However, the chief press secretary to the governor Kunle Somorin in a statement on Monday quoted the commissioner for information and strategy Abdulwaheed Odusile as denying news report credited to Remmy Hazzan, the special adviser on public communication to Governor Dapo Abiodun, adding that the report quoted the virtual interview out of context.

    “In the interview, Hazzan had said that the state government would continue to work with all the stakeholders to ensure security of lives and property.

    “Sadly, this statement was twisted to mean that the State had invited Mr Adeyemo (Sunday Igboho) to help curb insecurity. This is regrettable and totally misleading,” the statement read.

    It further said: “At all times, the government will ensure that all security agencies and indeed all stakeholders operate within the ambit of the law and will neither welcome nor endorse any initiative that amounts to self-help or is outside the contemplation of the constitution.”

  • BREAKING: Sunday Igboho arrives Ogun State to dislodge Fulani herdsmen (Photos)

    BREAKING: Sunday Igboho arrives Ogun State to dislodge Fulani herdsmen (Photos)

    Oduduwa Republic agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, reportedly arrived in Abeokuta, Ogun State, to flush out bad eggs among the Fulani herders in the state.

    Igboho stormed Ogun community, Oja Odan, on Monday with his group, promising to put an end to every form of kidnapping and killing by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the state.

    Igboho recently appeared in the news after an ultimatum he issued to herders in the northern Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State to leave within seven days, accusing the Fulani leadership of being behind the growing instability in the state.

    The Yoruba activist few days ago promised to visit Ogun after soldiers allegedly escorted herdsmen to graze in some villages in the Yewa North Local Government Area of the state and brutalised some residents in defence of the herders.

     

    It was learnt that one of the residents, identified simply as Mulero, was beaten mercilessly, leaving him with serious injuries, for insisting that the herdsmen would not be allowed to graze.

    When asked if the state government was ready for the ‘visit’ by Igboho on Saturday, Remmy Hazzan, Special Adviser on Public Communications to Governor Dapo said any stakeholders who would help the security architecture of the state was welcome.

  • Police arrest 3 suspected robbers in Osun

    Police arrest 3 suspected robbers in Osun

    The Police Command in Osun says it has arrested three suspected robbers who hijacked two articulated vehicles and robbed the occupants along Osu-Ile Ife expressway in Osun.

    This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday in Osogbo by the Commissioner of Police in Osun, Mr Olawale Olokode.

    Olokode said that the suspects were arrested on Thursday at about 4.a.m by a patrol team of the Joint Task Force and police who were alerted to the operation of the suspects within the axis.

    “On Jan. 14, at about 4a.m, a suspected gang, fully armed with guns and other dangerous weapons, invaded Osu/Ile-Ife Expressway.

    “They attacked innocent motorists plying the road and hijacked two different trucks at gun point.

    “One Iveco Truck marked DTM 113 AX, loaded with toiletries and one DAF 75 truck marked JJJ 445 XT loaded with some empty sacks of cocoa beans were stolen.

    “Occupants of the trucks were also robbed of their handsets and the sum of N30, 000.

    “The JTF and police patrol team within the axis were quickly alerted and immediately swung into action and arrested one Moses Kefi, 38, Odeyemi Oluwafemi, 42 and Isah Lawal 28 as suspects.

    “The two trucks were recovered with the loads intact while the two handsets of the victims in their possession were recovered, ” Olokode said.

    He further said that the suspects would be charged to court after the conclusion of investigations.

  • 13-year-old girl narrates how father defiled her

    13-year-old girl narrates how father defiled her

    The Ogun Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man who allegedly had carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old daughter.

    The spokesperson for the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made the disclosure in a statement in Abeokuta on Tuesday.

    Oyeyemi said that the suspect was arrested at Obantoko area of Abeokuta.

    The spokesperson said that the arrest followed a complaint by the alleged victim at the Obantoko Divisional Police Headquarters on Thursday.

    “The victim had reported at Obantoko Divisional Police Headquarters on Dec. 30, 2020, that her father came to the shop, where she worked as a tailoring apprentice, to seek permission for her to fetch water for him at home.

    “She said that she left the shop to fetch water as requested by her father.

    “She added that while she was at it, her father grabbed her and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.

    “On the strength of the report, the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Sunday Opebiyi, quickly detailed detectives to the man’s house at Obantoko where he was promptly arrested,” the spokesperson said.

    Oyeyemi said that the suspect initially denied the allegation but when confronted by the alleged victim, he became speechless.

    The spokesperson said that the alleged victim had been taken to a hospital for medical attention.

    “Meanwhile, the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has ordered immediate transfer of the case to the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigations and prosecution,” Oyeyemi added.

  • Herbalist murder hotelier after collecting N250k for money ritual

    Herbalist murder hotelier after collecting N250k for money ritual

    The Ogun State Police Command on Thursday arrested a 20-year-old herbalist, Misipode Dosu, for allegedly killing a hotelier, Jimoh Bello.

    In a statement on Thursday, the command’s spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the herbalist was arrested after several months of thorough investigations into the case.

    The deceased, who was said to be the owner of J.B hotel in the Owode-Yewa area of the state, was found dead in the boot of his car on May 29 by men of the Idiroko divisional headquarters.

    According to the police, Dosu, during interrogation revealed that the deceased had come to him for money ritual and paid N250,000 out of the N300,000 price he gave him to carry out the exercise.

    The herbalist, however, said after some time, the deceased started disturbing him that he had not seen any result of the money ritual he paid for.

    He added that since he was not able to deliver, he had to kill the hotelier by giving him some concoction to cover his tracks.

    Dosu was said to have after that put the deceased into the boot of his car and drove the vehicle to a place where the corpse was recovered.

    The statement added that the state Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, had already directed that the suspect be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction as soon as the investigation is concluded.

    “The police team embarked on an intelligence-based investigation which led them to the arrest of the herbalist, Misipode Dosu, who happened to be the last person seen with the deceased,” the statement read.

    “On interrogation, the suspect confessed that the deceased contracted him for a money-making ritual of which he billed him the sum of N300,000 out of which the deceased had paid him N250,000. But after some time, the dead started pressuring him that he had not seen any positive outcome of the ritual.

    “Out of fear that the deceased might report him to the police for obtaining money from him under false pretence, he invited him to come for the final stage of the ritual at Idiroko.”

    The police said that was where the murder took place.

  • Five arrested for robbing church, kidnapping member during night vigil in Ogun

    Five arrested for robbing church, kidnapping member during night vigil in Ogun

    A six – member robbery gang has invaded the Christ Apostolic Church at Gudugbe Alagbon area of Wasimi in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, beating worshippers to stupor before dispossessing them of their valuables.

    The robbers, who struck during the vigil of the church, also abducted Mrs. Mojisola Atolagbe, a worshipper before escaping into the forest under the cover of darkness.

    The Police Public Relations Officer for the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed this incident on Sunday, said the incident happened around 1:3Oam on Friday.

    He whoever said five suspects have been arrested in connection with the pre-dawn attack.

    Abimbola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police(DSP), told The Nation the abducted woman has also been rescued safely.

    He named the suspects as Abubakar Ibrahim,38, Sulaiman Yusuf, 32, Ismail Yusuf 20, Umar Aliu, 26 and Yinusa Musa.

    He said they were arrested after Obisesan Seye, the Shepherd – In – Charge of the church, put a distress call to the Police that his church was under attack by six men armed with dangerous weapons.

    The spokesman explained that policemen attached to the Ewekoro Division stormed the scene, thoroughly combed the forest the robbers had ran into, smoked out five members of the gang and arrested them while the sixth suspect is being hunted.

    According to Abimbola, the victims of the attack have identified the five suspects as their attackers.

    He listed cutlass, two cudgels and assorted charms as items recovered from them, explaining they would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation as directed by the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun.

  • No COVID-19 palliatives warehouse was looted in Ogun – Abiodun

    No COVID-19 palliatives warehouse was looted in Ogun – Abiodun

    COVID-19The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Monday, raised the alarm that there was a conspiracy against him and other governors to paint them in a bad light.

    Abiodun said there was a burning desire to tarnish Nigerian governors image over the handling of the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) palliatives donated to state governments.

    A number of CACOVID palliatives warehouses have been looted in Lagos, Osun, Kwara, Plateau and other states in the last one week by the hoodlums.

    The development led to the allegations that some governors kept the palliatives away from the people

    But while addressing journalists at Oke-mosan, Abeokuta, Abiodun said a number of reports flying around over the palliatives were meant to paint the governors in bad light.

    The governor said while Ogun took delivery of the CACOVID palliatives in September, a number of states had yet to get theirs.

    He said although the #EndSARS protest initially stopped the distribution of CACOVID palliative in the state, not less than 18 out of 20 local governments in the state had benefited from the food items.

    He said, “So, the story that someone was stockpiling CACOVID palliatives is a misrepresentation of the truth. Nothing would have pleased us (governors) more than distributing those palliatives as and when due.

    “When the supplies were done, we began to distribute in a manner that CACOVID recommended. By the time this #EndSARS protest started, we have done 50 per cent of the distribution.

    “None of our warehouses (in Ogun State) was looted by anybody. We have successfully distributed about 18 or 19 LGAs as of today.

    “These days, things are twisted. There is fake news everywhere.

    “There seems to be a burning desire to paint and misrepresent government in a hurry.”

     

  • Lagos-Ogun mass transit trains resume soon – NRC

    Lagos-Ogun mass transit trains resume soon – NRC

    The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Thursday said that the Lagos-Ogun Mass Transit Train Services (MTTS) would resume very soon.

    The Lagos Railway District Manager, Mr Jerry Oche, made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

    “We are looking at resuming MTTS very soon.

    “We are putting finishing touches to the coaches and tracks. Essential staff have also been advised to resume,” Oche said.

    According to him, there is, however, no fixed date yet for resumption of the train service, which is well patronised by commuters.

    Oche said that the corporation was working round the clock to see how it could adhere strictly to COVID-19 preventive protocols and maintain social distancing in the coaches when the operations resumed.

    He said that coaches of the mass transit trains service were being worked upon to accommodate the possibility for social distancing.

    Recall that the NRC announced the suspension of the Lagos-Ogun MTTS on March 25, as a measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state and the country.

    Though the MTTS has yet to resume, the corporation has been operating freight services from Apapa Port to Alagomeji terminals in Yaba as well as to Ijoko terminal in Ogun.

    Meanwhile, the corporation has said that it would commence skeletal operations on the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage Rail line from the middle of September, with 16 trips daily.