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  • Oyo approves Olaoye’s selection as new Soun of Ogbomoso

    Oyo approves Olaoye’s selection as new Soun of Ogbomoso

    The governor of Oyo state, Mr Seyi Makinde, has approved the appointment of Prince Afolabi Olaoye as the new Soun of Ogbomoso land.

    News of the approval came in a statement issued Saturday evening in Ibadan by the state’s Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr Olusegun Olayiwola.

    Olayiwola said the announcement followed the “long-drawn processes specified under the law”.

    The commissioner stated that Gov. Makinde has since congratulated the new traditional ruler of Ogbomoso land on his ascension to the throne.

    “The exalted position has placed Olaoye in the position to facilitate harmony, understanding and tolerance among his subjects.

    “All sons and daughters of the ancient city of Ogbomoso are implored to work with the new king to consolidate on the successes of his forefathers,” he said.

  • Olubadan suspends Egungun festival

    Olubadan suspends Egungun festival

    The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, on Sunday directed the suspension of the ongoing Egungun festival over reported cases of violence, arson and looting of shops.

    A statement issued on Sunday in Ibadan by the Olubadan’s Personal Assistant on Media, Mr Oladele Ogunsola, said the atrocities were perpetrated by some hoodlums hiding under the cover of the Egungun festival in Ibadan.

    Olubadan equally summoned all the leaders of masquerades known as ‘Alaagbaa’ in Ibadan land, to an emergency meeting on Monday afternoon, at the ancient Aliiwo palace, Agodi in Ibadan.

    The traditional ruler expressed sadness over the reported cases of violence accompanying the annual festival, “the video of which has gone viral”.

    He described the development as unfortunate and an affront on his palace, because he had warned against turning the festival into avenue to wreak havoc.

    It would be recalled that Oba Balogun had on Wednesday condemned the violence reported during the festival at Alafara area.

    “As if the warning was just a blabbing, the same thing was reported on Saturday on a scale that made the previous one a child’s play.

    “I warned seriously against what is happening when the festival was to commence and the assurances I got then were that nothing untoward would accompany the festival.

    “But, the reports coming to me have been at variance with those assurances I earlier got from the masquerades’ leaders.

    “No responsible leader would fold his arms when majority of those subjects one superintendents over are in agony and living in perpetual fear just because of the activities of a few misguided elements who find it difficult to be law abiding.

    “This is why the suspension clause has to be invoked and how long it lasts would be determined by the outcome of the meeting of Monday afternoon,” Olubadan said.

    Oba Balogun insisted that the ugly past when the masquerade festival was usually a period of terror when perceived enemies became targets of attack and violence had been buried a long time ago and any attempt to exhume it would be met with stiff sanctions.

    He called on the security agencies to remain up and doing, ensure no culprit is spared, “whoever flouts the suspension order under whatever guise, must be handled like a criminal.

    “I’m for peace and there’s zero tolerance for whatever it is that will not give my people peace of mind,” Olubadan stated.

  • Man rapes wife’s apprentice as victim commits suicide in Oyo

    Man rapes wife’s apprentice as victim commits suicide in Oyo

    Confusion in Eruwa community, Ibarapa East Local Government Area of Oyo State, as welder known as Ajibode, allegedly raped a sixteen-year-old Olayemi Agbeloba, the apprentice of his wife.

    It was learnt that after the incident
    The victim committed suicide

    Ajibode, who is a welder, was reported to have threatened to kill the minor if she revealed what happened to anyone.

    It was learnt that the minor had been learning fashion design from Ajibode’s wife and was said to have been living with her boss to also assist her with domestic chores.

    According to report by vanguard, things took another turn when the minor was sleeping in a room at the couple’s residence when Ajibode entered the room and allegedly raped the minor on June 23, 2023.

    Worried by the development, the deceased, who was said to have been traumatised by Ajibode’s action, reportedly drank a substance suspected to be insecticide and died from the toxic substance.

    Contacted, Agbeloba’s father, Sunday, who had been inconsolable since he got to know of the circumstances that influenced his daughter’s decision to allegedly take her life, said in a bid to get justice for his late daughter, he reported the case at the Eruwa Police Station.

    He, however, lamented that the police, while investigating the case, arrested Ajibode, adding that the suspect had been boasting that justice would not prevail in the matter.

    Sunday said; “Olayemi went to Ajibode’s wife’s house early this year because my wife and I decided that she should learn handiwork. She had been staying with Ajibode and his wife for about six months and suddenly, we were told that she died.”

    “Later, we heard Ajibode had raped my daughter after which she drank an insecticide. This was confirmed by medical workers at the hospital she was taken to for treatment after she drank the insecticide.”

    “At the hospital, we were also told that before my daughter died, she said Ajibode raped her and that was what made her drink the insecticide.”

    “I reported the case at the Eruwa Police Station and he was arrested and released. Since then, Ajibode has been claiming that he knows people and that there is nothing we could do to him.”

    “He raped my daughter and pushed her to commit suicide and he’s still very confident that he would go scot-free.”

    Narrating her ordeal amid tears, mother of the deceased, Folake, demanded for justice over the death of her daughter.

    She added that her late daughter once confided to her that Ajibode usually disturbed her while sleeping at night.

    “I can’t speak now because they have taken my daughter away from me. Is it a crime for someone to go and learn a trade?” she asked.

    Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, said: “A case of homicide was reported at the Eruwa Divisional Police Headquarters. It is also more like a case of defilement.”

     

  • My target is to become Olubadan – Ladoja

    My target is to become Olubadan – Ladoja

    High Chief Rashidi Ladoja, the Otun-Olubadan of Ibadanland, on Wednesday in Ibadan said he was not interested in wearing any other crown except the Olubadan crown.

    Ladoja told newsmen at his residence after the Eid prayers that it has always been his target to become an Olubadan and was not going to wear any other crown

    There had been widespread speculation that the Ibadan high chiefs would be installed as beaded crown-wearing kings from July 7.

    Some high chiefs who were crowned during the administration of the late Abiola Ajimobi had surrendered the crowns after an out-of-court settlement.

    This was to pave way for Oba Lekan Balogun’s ascension to the Olubadan throne.

    However, Ladoja said information at his disposal revealed that the high chiefs were now seeking permission to resume wearing of their surrendered crowns.

    Ladoja, a former governor of Oyo State, said it was illegal for any Ibadan high chief to think he can resume wearing an already-surrendered beaded crown.

    He said there would not have been a new Olubadan of Ibadan by now if the high chiefs had failed to surrender their crowns and withdrew the case in court.

    “I joined the Olubadan line on Oct. 1, 1993. I joined as ‘Jagun Olubadan’ and my target was to become Olubadan. I did not expect that I was going to wear any beaded crown on the way.

    “If I wanted to do that, I would have become the ‘Baale’ of my village and I will be called ‘Baale’. Our role as high chiefs is to advise and support the Olubadan, not to wear crown with him,” Ladoja said.

    The former governor said he as an individual was not interested in any other crown apart from that of Olubadan of Ibadanland, adding “only God chooses kings in Ibadan”.

    Ladoja expressed dismay at the fact that some high chiefs want to short-circuit the system, saying such was alien to the Ibadan tradition.

    He said that it was not fair or right to have high chiefs as kings, adding there was no need to mend what was not broken.

    “I told them the story of Aliiwo. When Aliiwo was coming from Iwo, he passed through Lagun village where he left his followers to stay with other warriors in Ibadan.

    “If he had wanted to become Onilagun of Lagun, he would have done so. But people who started Ibadan said that they want to rule themselves. They want to rule the villages from the town,” the Otun-Olubadan said.

    The former governor added that he would however not go to court on the matter, saying there was no issue in the agitation of the high chiefs.

    Ladoja said that any Ibadan indigene can go to court over such issues since every bonafide Ibadan man is a potential king.

  • Makinde forwards list of 7 commissioner-nominees to Oyo Assembly

    Makinde forwards list of 7 commissioner-nominees to Oyo Assembly

    Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has forwarded a list of seven commissioner-nominees to the House of Assembly for screening and approval.

    The Speaker, Mr. Adebo Ogundoyin, made this known on Wednesday at the plenary while reading the governor’s letter to the assembly.

    The list included: Messrs Seun Asamu and Akinola Ojo, who were Commissioners for Energy and Finance respectively during Makinde’s first tenure.

    Others nominees were: Mrs Fausat Sanni and Prof. Daud Sangodoyin, both former Commissioners for Women Affairs and Public Works and Transport respectively.

    Also on the list were: former Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Prof. Musbau Babatunde and his Agriculture and Rural Development counterpart, Mr Adeniyi Adebisi.

    Mrs Toyin Balogun, who was Makinde’s Women Mobilisation Director in the last general elections, also made the list.

    The nominees are expected to appear before the lawmakers next week for screening.

  • We’re optimistic Tinubu will meet our demands – JOHESU

    We’re optimistic Tinubu will meet our demands – JOHESU

    The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) has expressed optimism that President Bola Tinubu Administration would meet its demand in improving the welfare of its members with the present economic realities.

    One of the executives of JOHESU in Oyo State, Mr. Oladayo Olabampe, gave the assurance in an interview with NAN in Ibadan on Monday.

    Olabampe, who also is the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals, Oyo State, said the amalgamated union of health workers had reached an agreement with the Federal Government over their issue.

    He said that this gave them the benefit of the doubt that the new government would make good on their promises.

    He said that was why it suspended its strike for 21 days, to enable the government work on the agreement, after which the union would review the situation and determine the next line of action.

    “Meanwhile, we are seeing signs that they are serious about their promises. We are seeing progress,” he said.

    He, however, lamented how the Oyo State Government had handled issues relating to their members at the state level.

    “Our demands are different. While we have had a meeting with the Federal Government, it depends on various states because the demands of one state differ from another.

    “For example, Osun has implemented the new hazard allowance, but Oyo State has not.

    “So, each state will look at their peculiarity and their demands, have they been met? That will determine when their strike will end,” Olabampe said.

    He noted that the government of Oyo State did not take the union seriously at first at the Hospital Management Board level

    “And because of that the strike continues. And because of that, the board has called for a negotiation which will be held Tuesday, June 13.

    “After the meeting, we will know if the union will suspend its strike at the state level or if it will continue.”

  • Senate President: Some governors have resolved to support Tinubu’s choice – Makinde

    Senate President: Some governors have resolved to support Tinubu’s choice – Makinde

    Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State says some of his colleagues have resolved to support the choice of President Bola Tinubu for Senate President for the 10th National Assembly, scheduled for Tuesday.

    Makinde stated this on Monday in Ibadan during the post-second term inauguration interdenominational thanksgiving service, organised in his honour by the state chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN).

    The thanksgiving service, organised in conjunction with Fathers of Faith in Oyo State, was held at Oritamefa Baptist Church, Ibadan.

    The governor said that the governors came together and resolved to support Tinubu’s choice ‘who is a Christian from the South-South region of Nigeria’.

    “We are not playing religious politics but what is fair is fair.

    “We stood for Southern presidency; we stood for justice, fairness and we are going to stand for equity as well,” he said.

    Makinde promised to be at the National Assembly with his colleagues on Tuesday to ensure that fairness, justice and equity prevailed in the election of the senate president.

    He expressed appreciation to CAN for its support and for organising the thanksgiving service.

    The governor also commended the people of the state for finding him worthy of serving them for another four years and pledged not to disappoint them.

    He said that his second tenure would give him the opportunity to consolidate on most of the works started during his first tenure, stressing that his administration would put the state on the path to sustainable development.

    Makinde assured the congregation that he would do his best and carry the people of the state along in governance of the state.

     

  • Why I will continue to visit Aso Rock – Oyo gov, Makinde

    Why I will continue to visit Aso Rock – Oyo gov, Makinde

    Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has revealed the real reason he visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Aso Rock in Abuja.

    Makinde who spoke on Friday said he will continue to go to Aso Rock to push for a refund of the money his administration spent on the roads in Oyo.

    The Governor made this disclosure while flagging -off the dualization of Akobo Ojuirin/Odogbo Barracks to Olorunda Abaa junction by N O Idowu Comprehensive College in Ibadan.

    G-5 governors on the platform of PDP were in Aso Rock on Thursday to visit Tinubu.

    Following a backlash, the Oyo State Governor has, however, insisted he will continue to go to Aso Rock to seek a refund of money spent on federal roads in the state from the President.

    Makinde said, “I will continue to go to Aso Rock to push for the refund of the money we spent on the roads. The Chairman of Lagelu, if you continue to come to us, I will continue to go to Aso Rock for a refund.

    “Let me announce that Idi Ape to Olorunda Aba has been named as Governor Nyesom Wike Road. The road that stretches from Idi Ape to Olorunda Aba.

    “The people of Olorunda Aba, you have endured but relief is here. Any property that will go, we will promptly pay the compensation. The road will be completed within 12 months”.

  • Police recover 10 guns, other weapons at Auxiliary’s hideout

    Police recover 10 guns, other weapons at Auxiliary’s hideout

    The Police Command in Oyo State says it has recovered additional weapons at Diamond Hotel, a hideout allegedly being used by the wanted former Chairman of Oyo Park Management Disciplinary Committee, Mukaila Lamidi, aka Auxiliary.

    The command’s spokesperson, SP Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this in a media briefing at the command’s headquarters, Eleyele, in Ibadan on Friday.

    Osifeso said the weapons were recovered upon execution of a search warrant on Wednesday at the hotel owned by Lamidi, who had since been declared wanted by the police.

    Weapons recovered, according to the spokesperson, include 70 rounds of AK-47 ammunition, 400 cutlassses. 400 pieces of live cartridges, 13 pieces of 9-MM ammunition and one pump action rifle.

    Others weapons include nine locally made pistols, nine jack knives, three axes, three swords among others.

    According to Osifeso, further investigation into the matter is ongoing.

    The police had on Tuesday raided the same hotel, arresting 78 members of the Park Management System (PMS) loyal to Auxilliary.

    During the raid, 724 cartridges, guns and other weapons were found in their possession.

    Meanwhile, the command has arrested a 39-year-old suspect, who had been on the watchlist of the command, for sales and distribution of drugs.

    Osifeso said that the man was sighted and arrested during the raid, and had on him 336 wraps of Indian hemp, 450 wraps of skunk and plastic bags containing Colorado.

    According to the spokesperson, the suspect had voluntarily confessed to the crime, identified his distribution network and clients in Lagos, Oyo, Osun and Ogun.

    The suspect, Osifeso said, would be handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) upon completion of investigation.

  • We conducted hitch-free supplementary election – Oyo REC

    We conducted hitch-free supplementary election – Oyo REC

    Dr. Adeniran Tella, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, says the supplementary election conducted in two Federal Constituencies in the state on Saturday was hitch-free.

    Tella made this known while addressing newsmen after monitoring the exercise in the eight polling units spread across the two affected Federal Constituencies in Oluyole and Ibadan North-East/Ibadan South-East Constituencies.

    According to him, the supplementary election has been peaceful and free of any form of violence.

    He said that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used in all the polling units worked perfectly well.

    Tella commended the voters in the concerned polling units for coming out to exercise their franchise.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that voters in the affected polling units were seen on queues while INEC officials were attending to them for accreditation and voting.

    The party agents of the two major contesting political parties- All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were present in all the polling units.

    The presence of security personnel, namely Army, Police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) were noticed.

    A cross-section of the voters at the polling units commended the electoral body for the smooth conduct of the election.

    Commenting, the PDP Vice-Chairman South-West, Taofeek Arapaja, lauded the efforts of INEC for the smooth conduct of the supplementary election.

    Arapaja said reports received from all the polling units showed that the commission adequately prepared for the election with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) working perfectly well.

    Also, Mr Israel Oguntobi, a Chieftain of APC, acknowledged the peaceful atmosphere that characterised conduct of the election in all the polling units where elections were held.

    Oguntobi commended security agencies for ensuring adequate security at the polling units.

    NAN also reports that the supplementary elections were held at two polling units in Oluyole Federal Constituency.

    The polling units were: RA 02/U001, located inside Abbey Technical College, Akala Way, new Garage and RA 07/U001 situated inside IDC School, Olurinde area, both in Ibadan.

    Election for the Ibadan North-East/Ibadan South-East Federal Constituency were held in six polling units namely: RA 07/U011 at Aborisade Compound; RA 09/U 011 at Atipe Junction I and RA 09/U030, Queen of Apostle, Oluyoro III.

    Others were RA 07/U001 at C.A.C. Grammar School, Oniyere; RA 07/U018 at Government Secondary School, Orita Aperin and RA 12/U 032 located at Falana Mobil Station II area.