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  • Pastor’s wife commits suicide in Ondo

    A Pastor, Adeolu Babatola, is helping Police detectives in Ondo State to unravel the mystery surrounding the death of his wife, Opeyemi Babatola, whose body was discovered, on Monday, hanging in an uncompleted flat in their compound in Akure, the state capital.

    It was gathered from a Police source that the 52-year-old mother of three hanged herself in an uncompleted flat in her residence located in Aule area of Akure metropolis on Friday.

    The husband of the deceased, Pastor Adeolu Babatola, who reportedly discovered the decomposing body on Monday, quickly informed the Police.

    It was learned that the husband told the police detectives that the deceased informed him that she was going for a church programme, until her decomposing corpse was discovered three days later.

    A family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the woman might have killed herself because of one of her children said to be in prison’s custody over a crime, as the hearing of the matter is this week.

    The source said: “She told her child and her husband that she wanted to go to a mountain to pray. So since Friday her husband was thinking she was at the prayer mountain praying for the family because that was not her first time of doing so.

    “On Monday morning, the husband went to the back of the other apartment in the house and discovered that there were many houseflies on the window and decided to open it only to discover the dangling body of his wife and he raised alarm.”

    It was gathered that immediately the news of the incident broke in the area, the Police was invited to the scene, but they could not do anything to untie the woman.

    Hours later, some traditionalists were invited to bring down the corpse.

    The family source added that the husband, Pastor Babatola, is in police custody undergoing interrogation.

    Contacted, the police spokesman, Femi Joseph, confirmed the incident, noting that detectives have commenced investigation.

    Joseph said that “the husband is with us and helping us in our investigation. He narrated his side of the story and we are still investigating his claims.

     

     

  • Police arrest teachers for taking pupils’ blood, fingernails in Ondo

    Ondo State Police Command has arrested two teachers identified as Blessing Omowera and Sola Kalejaye for allegedly using human parts for ritual purpose.

    According to the police, the duo allegedly collected the fingernails and blood of the pupils of Heritage Nursery and Primary School, Ondo town, Ondo State.

    While Omowera works at the nursery and primary school, Kalajaye, is said to be a teacher in a secondary school in the town.

    It was gathered that when one of the pupils got home, she informed her father what the teacher did to her in the school, and the parents reported the matter at the Ondo Area Command, Ondo.

    The victims are both three-year-old.

    The Police Public Relations Officer for the state police command, Mr. Femi Joseph, explained that Omowera called the two pupils and cut their fingernails under the pretence of cleaning them up.

    The PPRO also said as the suspect was cutting the finger nails of the pupils, she intentionally cut the hands of the victims to bring out blood. She then cleaned the bloodstained hand with a cloth.

    Joseph said, “We were informed that after the suspect (Omowera) had cut the hands of the pupils, she cleaned up the blood with a cloth and took both the blood and fingernails away .

    “After she was arrested, she confessed that she was sent by somebody who wanted to use the blood and fingernails for ritual purposes; that was why we arrested the sender (Kalejaye).”

    The police spokesman noted that Omowera had already been charged to court, while Kalejaye was still in custody undergoing interrogation.

    “He (Kalejaye) too will soon be charged to court,” Joseph said.

    The father of one of the pupils, Mr. Ambrose Akinnodi, called on the state government and human rights activists in the country to assist his family in ensuring that justice was done in the matter.

    It was gathered that the two pupils had been withdrawn from the school.

  • Gunmen demands N70m for release of Ondo perm sec

    Gunmen demands N70m for release of Ondo perm sec

    The Permanent Secretary of the Ondo State Hospital Management Board, Dr. Niran Ikuomola, and his driver have been abducted by some armed men on Sunday.

    The due were arrested on Lokoja/Abuja Expressway when the PS was on his way to Abuja for an official assignment.

    Speaking with newsmen in Akure on Monday on the incident, the Secretary of the Nigerian Medical Association in Ondo State, Roland Arohunmolase, said one of the kidnappers called the family on the telephone to inform them that the senior civil servant and his driver were in their custody.

    He said, “Dr. Ikuomola was abducted yesterday (Sunday) with his driver on the Lokoja -Abuja road while on his way to Abuja for an official function.

    “The kidnappers have contacted us this morning (Monday) demanding N70m before he could be released to his family.”

  • Akeredolu appoints caretaker chairmen for 18 local councils in Ondo

    Akeredolu appoints caretaker chairmen for 18 local councils in Ondo

    Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Sunday appointed caretaker chairmen for the 18 local councils, according to Mr Olusegun Ajiboye, his Chief Press Secretary.

    Sixteen of the appointees are men and two women.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that a High Court in Akure on Friday, annulled the election of the former chairmen of the councils on the grounds that the Peoples Redemption Party( PRP) and its logo were excluded from the election.

    The sacked chairmen were elected in April 2016.

    The caretaker chairmen are: Mr Aworetan Fayowole (Ilaje), Prince Odimayo Gbadebo (Irele), Mrs Morenike Alaka (Okitipupa), Prince George Adenikinju (Odigbo), Mr Temidayo Akinsuroju( Ile Oluji/Oke Igbo), and Mr Bekewe Olowu (Ese-Odo).

    Others are: Mr Ebenezer Akinsulie (Ondo West), Mr Rafiu Akinkuolie (Ondo East), Mr Biyi Ayinnuola (Idanre), Mrs Atere Margaret (Akure South), Mr Segun Oluyede (Akure North), Mr Dipo Ajibola (Ifedore), Mr Gani Omoluka (Owo), Mr Agboola Ajike ( Ose) Mr Adeyemi Akinniyi ( Akoko South/East), Mr Augustine Oloruntogbe (Akoko South/West), Mr Rafiu Eniayewu (Akoko North/East), and Arc. Moradeyo Ajayi ( Akoko North/West) .

    Ajiboye explained that the caretaker chairmen will be sworn in by the governor on Monday.

     

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  • Akeredolu’s emergence in Ondo is vote of confidence on APC – Dogara

    Akeredolu’s emergence in Ondo is vote of confidence on APC – Dogara

    Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has congratulated the newly sworn in governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu as the 6th democratically elected governor of the state.

    He described the new governor as “a learned colleague whose dedication, commitment, determination and dogged spirit eventually earned him victory at the polls.”

    In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media & Public Affairs, Mr. Turaki Hassan, Dogara also expressed confidence in Akeredolu’s ability to deliver dividends of democracy to the people of Ondo State, and thanked the people for choosing APC at the polls.

    “Governor Akeredolu is not just a thorough bred professional and respected senior advocate, he has always been genuinely passionate about the plight of the people, and I have good reason to believe that this will translate to fruitful and people oriented leadership.”

    “Choosing APC at the polls is a wise step by the good people of Ondo as well as a vote of confidence on both the party’s ideology and policies, and the APC Federal Government, and I am confident that the governor will progressively justify this trust and support as the days go by”, the Speaker said.

    He finally prayed the Almighty God to grant the Governor the wisdom of Solomon, strength of character and good health to excel in this onerous task.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Akeredolu was elected governor of the state on November 26, 2016 after defeating his closest rivals; Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Olusola Oke of the Alliance for Democracy, AD.

    TheNewsGuru.com also reports that all leading candidates (Akeredolu, Jedege and Oke) in the then November 26 governorship election are all from the legal profession.

  • In photos: Akeredolu sworn in as Ondo State Governor

    Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was on Friday sworn-in as the governor of Ondo State. See photos…

     

  • Affirmation of Sheriff as PDP chairman is not a threat – BoT Chairman

    The Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Walid Jubrin, said Appeal Court’s confirmation of Ali Modu Sheriff as National Chairman would not threaten the party.

    Reacting to the judgment delivered in Port Harcourt on Friday, Jubril told newsmen in Abuja that the judgment would bring the party members together.

    He expressed confidence in the judiciary but said that the party would go to any length to resolve the leadership tussle.
    Jubrin urged PDP members to be calm and not defect to other political parties, saying that the party was consulting with its various organs to ensure that it remained strong.

    Such organs, according to him, include PDP former and serving governors, senators, House of Representatives members, former and serving ministers, chairmen of state chapters, the youths and the women.

    He assured that the party would come out with a statement about the judgment latest on Tuesday.

    “I am sure that very soon everybody will smile. Those who are crying today will laugh.

    “ Those who are disturbed and worried will smile and PDP will one day become one party as we know it.

    “All these is a question of time,’’ Jubrin said.

    The Appeal Court, which sat in Port Harcourt, in the judgment, also nullified the PDP National Convention held in the Rivers capital in 2016 and the National Caretaker Committee of the party constituted at the convention.

    It held that Ali Modu Sheriff was the authentic National Chairman of the party.

    Two out of the three-member Appeal Court, Justice B.G. Sanga and Justice A. Gumel, in the judgment said the Port Harcourt convention was an abuse of court process.

    Delivering the lead judgment, Sanga said that PDP did not follow the provisions of Article 47(3) of its Constitution in the removal of the Sherrif-led National Working Committee.

  • [How it happened] Ondo Speaker, Deputy impeached over alleged fraud

    The Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Princess Jumoke Akindele and her Deputy, Alhaji Fatai Oloutu, were late last night impeached by 20 out of the 26 members of the assembly in what many described as a “palace coup”.

    This was the second time within a year that the Speaker who represented Okitipupa State Constituency and her Deputy who represented Akoko North-East constituency would be facing the wrath of their colleagues as they were impeached by 18 out of the 26 members of the assembly in March 2016.

    The members who sat at the Assembly complex elected Mr Malachi Coker representing Ilaje constituency 1as acting Speaker while Ayo Arowele representing Owo Constituency 11 was elected as the Deputy Speaker.

    This development was coming less than a month to the inauguration of the administration of Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) A member of the Assembly, Otunba Olugbenga Araoyinbo representing Akoko North-West Constituency 11, told Saturday Telegraph, that members of the assembly numbering 20 impeached both the Speaker and her deputy yesterday evening.

    The impeachment exercise, it was learnt, was carried out within the assembly’s premises with the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr. Bode Adeyelu, present during the sitting.

    Among the members who signed the impeachment notice according to sources in the Assembly included all the five members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and 15 out of the 21 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

  • BREAKING: Ondo Assembly Speaker suspended

    The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Jumoke Akindele has been suspended.

    Acting Speaker is Hon. Malachi Coker

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that Akindele was elected in On May 27, 2015 following the sudden death of the former speaker Samuel Adesina.

    Akindele is the first female speaker of the state.

    Details later…

  • AD will provide credible, formidable opposition in Ondo – Oke

    AD will provide credible, formidable opposition in Ondo – Oke

    The Alliance for Democracy (AD) has vowed that it will build a strong, credible and formidable opposition party in Ondo State.

    Chief Olusola Oke, the governorship candidate of the party in the Nov.26, 2016 governorship election in the state, said this on Saturday at a stakeholders forum in Akure.

    Oke described AD as a “ movement of the people’’ committed to positive change in the state.

    According to him, the party will remain strong to ensure victory in subsequent elections.

    “We resolved that we will remain in AD, build a strong party so that we can win the election when the opportunity comes, ” he said.

    He dismissed the rumour of his defection to another party, declaring that AD had propelling factor to win elections.

    Oke commended the Federal Government over the achievements recorded in the fight against insurgency and corruption.

    “We commend the activities of the Federal Government in fighting Boko Harram and corruption.

    “We urge the government to renew its strength and efforts in ensuring total victory,” Oke said.