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  • Babatunde Ajibade: Behold, a silent, goal-getter, quintessential Lawyer from the South West

    Babatunde Ajibade: Behold, a silent, goal-getter, quintessential Lawyer from the South West

    The South West region of Nigeria is home to several successful legal luminaries both living and dead. The region can successfully tackle head-for-head other parts of the country and indeed the African continent in terms of the creme de la creme of the law profession.
    Aside from late heavyweight lawyers such as Adeyemo Alakija, Bode Thomas, Samuel Akintola, Obafemi Awolowo, Fredrick Rotimi Williams, Bola Ige, Gani Fawehinmi and a host of others who have made indelible marks on the sands of time, the judicial system in Nigeria still parades seasoned, quality and unrivaled lawyers who have raised the bar of the profession higher than they met it.

    One of such fine lawyers from the South West doing the nation proud is Dr. Babatunde Ajibade. With a career spanning over 30 years, Ajibade is a perfect description of the ‘let your achievements speak for you’ kind of person. Humble, resilient and unassuming, Ajibade’s career is unarguably one of the few that stands tall amidst several noisy, controversial and corruption stained lawyers in the country.

    Education

    Ajibade graduated from the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ife in 1988 and was admitted to the Nigerian Bar in 1989. He obtained an LLM degree in corporate and commercial law from King’s College London in 1990 and a PhD in private international law from the same university in 1996.

    Sterling Achievements

    In 2007, he became the first member of the 1989 call set to be conferred with the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). He was awarded the International Practice Fellowship of the International Bar Association in Madrid in October 2009 and became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators UK (Nigeria Chapter) in January 2015.

    Interest in NBA Presidency

    Dr. Ajibade’s interest in the foremost leadership position of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) is hinged on his passion and commitment to reposition and realign the association to its pivotal role of promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law and good governance in Nigeria. The unassuming legal luminary while sharing his motive for seeking the NBA presidency with select journalists recently in his Lagos residence said: I became qualified as a lawyer in 1989. I joined this profession with great aspirations for myself and the profession. But over time, I have seen a consistent decline; decline such that lawyers are now treated with utmost disrespect in society. I have seen a situation where our justice sector has become dysfunctional and our clients are beginning to query the utility of using our services because we are incapable of delivering a service, either at all or within a reasonable time. We are incapable of delivering a service that is predictable. We are now in a situation where you tell your client that this is definitely the position, only for you to recant and say the judge decided otherwise, even though the law appeared to be clear. I have consistently maintained over the years that something is fundamentally wrong with our justice system and it must be fixed for the good of our society. Fortunately, I am not a lone voice on this subject matter. I strongly believe that it is no longer productive to grumble on the sidelines, it is now time for us as lawyers to reform our sector and protect our society.

    Driving home the point on why he should be trusted with the mandate, Ajibade told fellow lawyers: We are fighting for the soul of our nation because if you don’t fix the justice sector, you cannot fix anything in Nigeria. So, I am confident and optimistic that lawyers of like minds across the country will find my candidacy appealing and together we can reform our sector.

    Humility and integrity

    Dr. Ajibade is reputed for his integrity and character. He epitomizes humility and believes that there should be mutual respect among lawyers as professional colleagues regardless of rank or seniority. He is a great advocate for professionalism and strict adherence to the Rules of Professional Conduct for the legal profession. It is therefore not surprising that he was appointed Chairman of Panel B of the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Committee for Lagos on 11 July 2017.

    Dr Ajibade SAN’s practice straddles both corporate/commercial practice and litigation. He is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, but he has also chaired the Capital Markets Solicitors’ Association (CMSA). His significant experience in corporate/commercial practice and litigation means that he occupies that peculiar position that enables him to understand the challenges that corporate/commercial lawyers and litigators face in their areas of practice.
    Dr Babatunde Ajibade, SAN is very passionate about the legal profession and is eager to play a major role in finding lasting solutions to the challenges that plague it. The law firm which he leads as Managing Partner (i.e. S. P. A. Ajibade & Co.) has for the past 12 years been organising an annual business luncheon. These events to which the firm commits significant resources every year, present opportunities for lawyers and other stakeholders in the justice delivery system to come together to discuss issues that affect the legal profession.

    Meritorious service to the legal profession

    Dr Babatunde Ajibade, SAN’s career has been characterised by quiet and efficient service to the legal profession. He is a founding member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Section on Business Law (SBL) and played a significant role in setting the SBL on the course on which it is today. Following the dissolution of the leadership of the SBL by the NBA leadership at the National Executive Committee which held in Gombe in November 2010, Dr Ajibade, SAN was a member of the Council “appointed” by the NBA to run the SBL. Working together with other members of the Council and in particular, its Chairman, Mr. Yemi Candide-Johnson SAN, Dr. Ajibade worked tirelessly to ensure that this NBA appointed Council was short lived. It was in recognition of this effort that he was appointed to Chair the nominations committee that conducted elections in which Mr. Gbenga Oyebode, MFR was “elected” Chairman of the SBL in January 2012. He chaired the Committee that planned and executed the hugely successful SBL Conference which was held in Abuja in 2016. Dr Ajibade, SAN was a member of the Governing Council of the SBL between 2014 and 2018.
    Dr Ajibade’s service to the NBA extends well beyond the SBL. He was a member of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NBA between 2016 to 2018. He is also currently a member of the NBA NEC having been so appointed by the President of the NBA, Mr. Paul Usoro, SAN. Between 12 to 15 October 2009, Dr Ajibade, SAN was a member of the NBA Legal Services Trade Mission to the United Kingdom. On 30 November 2012, he was appointed a member of the Liberalisation of Legal Services Working Group by the then President of the NBA, Mr. Okey Wali, SAN. This group was tasked with the responsibility of advising the NBA on the merits and demerits of liberalising access to the Nigerian legal services market by allowing foreign qualified legal practitioners practice law in Nigeria.

    Dr Ajibade’s service to the NBA also extends to the branch level of the NBA. In 2008, he was the lead presenter at the Law Week of the NBA Akure Branch. On 27 October 2011, he was the speaker at the NBA Ibadan Law Week Dinner. He chaired the Committee that planned the 2014 Law Week of the NBA, Lagos Branch. He sponsored the 9th Law Week of the NBA Ikorodu Branch which held on 12 May 2015. He also sponsored the meeting of the NBA NEC that took place in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State between 5 – 7 June 2014.

    Dr Ajibade SAN’s passion for the legal profession led him and other lawyers under the auspices of CRID-Law Net (which is an initiative of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce) to draft an “Administration of Civil Justice Bill” which it is hoped will completely revolutionize administration of civil justice in Nigeria when passed into law. Through the effort of Dr Ajibade, SAN and his colleagues in CRID-LawNet, Ekiti State has enacted the Bill into law and discussions are at an advanced stage with the Lagos, Ogun and Oyo State Ministries of Justice on the possible enactment of the Bill into law.

    Dr Ajibade, SAN is a strong advocate of a united Bar. He is of the strong persuasion that to solve the many challenges facing the profession, we must be united. According to Dr Ajibade, SAN, the dividing lines we draw between corporate/commercial lawyers and advocates, between law officers and the traditional Bar, between in-house counsel and external counsel, between young lawyers and senior lawyers and even the divisions across nationalities and ethnicities hamper rather than aid the course of the legal profession in Nigeria. While different segments of the profession have peculiar challenges, Dr Ajibade, SAN believes that to successfully fight off threats to the rule of law, encroachment into our profession by foreign lawyers and other professions in Nigeria, and a myriad of other problems the legal profession faces, we must take steps to unite the Bar.

  • Amotekun will fail in South-West states except, Lagos, Alao Akala predicts

    Former governor of Oyo, Adedayo Alao-Alaka says Amotekun, a joint security outfit, will fail in south-west except in Lagos.

    South-west governors had launched Amotekun on January 9, as a regional security initiative, but the initiative later became a state effort after meetings with the federal government.

    Speaking on his memoirs titled: “Amazing Grace” which is scheduled for launch in June, as part of activities for his 70th birthday, the ex-governor said the security outfit will fail over leadership challenge.

    He faulted the decision of the governors to appoint retired military officers as director-generals of the corps.

    Alao-Akala, a former assistant commissioner of police, said police officers would have been a better option to occupy the position.

    He said while a soldier is trained to lead wars, a police officer has better knowledge of internal security, which Amotekun is more concerned about.

    “The Amotekun Corp will fail in the South-West states except for Lagos. The outfit is supposed to take care of the security of the people and their property across the zone but it will fail in every state except Lagos because the right people were not appointed to head it,” he said.

    “You cannot expect a soldier to head Amotekun successfully. A police officer is trained specially on internal security management. If fundamentally the foundation is weak whatever you want to put on it would be weak. When you have a soldier there, he is taught how to kill. The governors don’t get it right by appointing ex-military men to head the outfits in the other states.

    “If a retired senior police officer was appointed as the head of the Amotekun outfit in a state, the Commissioner of Police in the state would respect him as his former superior. A retired Army officer would want to be forceful in his approach. Remember that only the police can prosecute criminals, Amotekun cannot, so they need the cooperation of the police.

    “The Amotekun personnel are not armed; they will be successful if they collaborate with the police by calling for support while trying to burst crimes in their respective states and localities.”

    Like south-west, some other regions have established joint security outfits to tackle internal security challenges in the zones.

  • ‘Double wahala’ in South-West over handling of Buhari’s expired palliative rice, Covid-19 pressures

    ‘Double wahala’ in South-West over handling of Buhari’s expired palliative rice, Covid-19 pressures

    Like the immortal lyrics of Afro legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, ‘double wahala for dead body and the owner of dead body’, some South West governors were at the weekend faced with double jeopardy of handling the burden that comes with supposed expired palliative rice sent to the region by President Muhammadu Buhari-led government while still struggling to contain pressures of curtailing spread of deadly Covid-19.

    Recall that TheNewsGuru (TNG) had earlier reported that Oyo State Government would return bags of rice received from the Federal Government, after discovering it is in bad condition.

    In the same vein, Ondo State Government has rejected some of the expired bags of rice from the 1,800 bags sent to the state by the Federal Government, while Osun State government claimed that the FG’s palliative rice is presently undergoing quality control checks in the state.

    Speaking to newsmen, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Osun State Governor, Mr Ismail Omipidan, acknowledged receiving the rice from the FG but added that it was undergoing “quality control” checks.

    Reports reaching TNG is that some of the states in South West governed by All Progressives Congress (APC) have refused to open up on the worrisome state of the FG’s expired palliative rice due to their political affiliation with the Buhari-led government.

    Meanwhile, Lagos and Ogun state have commenced distribution of the rice to their people. In Lagos, one Iyabo Johnson raised an allegation on Twitter that she got an expired rice from the government, but the report has since been refuted by Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu.

    The story in Ondo is similar to that of Oyo:

    Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has ordered the return of some bags of rice sent to the state by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management as they were found to have expired.

    Speaking on the development, the Secretary of the state palliative committee, Mr Alex Kalejaiye, confirmed that some of the bags of rice had expired and were no longer fit for consumption.

    According to him, the bad rice will be separated from the good ones and the good ones will be taken to the laboratory to ascertain if they were fit for human consumption.

    He said, “We discovered that some of the bags have expired and not good for consumption at all, so we are separating them from the ones that are still manageable for consumption. After this, we will still take the ones that appear good to the laboratory to test if they are fit for consumption.”

    It was gathered that when it was discovered that some of the rice had expired, the governor reportedly ordered that they should be rejected.

    Akeredolu, who officially received the palliative items at the Government House ground, Alagbaka from the state coordinating unit of the Youths Empowerment and Social Support Operations, last week, was said to have expressed displeasure over the development.

    Kalejaiye said, “They brought many bags of rice, we just carried out a random check on them to discover the ones that are not good. What we are trying to do is to separate those ones that appeared bad from those ones that appeared good then we will carry out laboratory tests on them to ascertain whether they are safe for consumption before giving them out to our people.

    “Some are expired, it is even written on the bags but some are not expired but it seemed they were not properly stored, and those ones are not properly stored would not be good to be given to our people without carrying out the laboratory test.

    “We will separate the extremely bad ones from the rest and we will carry out the laboratory test on those ones that appear good, to ascertain how safe they are for consumption. But the extremely bad ones, we don’t even need to do a test on them, we will return them.

    “We will meet tomorrow (today) to decide when to return them, you know we can’t do it without the consent of Mr Governor.”

  • Lockdown: Broadcasting organizations in South West may shut down operations-BON

    Lockdown: Broadcasting organizations in South West may shut down operations-BON

    The Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria (BON) has averred that broadcasting organizations in South West may shut down operations as a result the lockdown, which is seriously halting the flow of commercials said to be the blood that runs the stations.

    The Chairman of BON Zone C(Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo State), Festus Kehinde made this known in a statement obtained by TheNewsGuru .

     

    Kehinde noted that the economic downturn and low revenue generation occasioned by the total lockdown as a result of coronavirus pandemic ravaging the world, has created a financial cul-de-sac for broadcast stations in the zone.

     

    “The economic downturn and low revenue generation occasioned by the total lockdown as a result of COVID 19 pandemic ravaging the world has created a financial cul-de-sac for broadcast stations in the southwest which may necessitate a shutdown of operations if urgent actions are not taken’, the statement reads.

    “As a result of the lockdown, the stream of income of broadcast stations have been stifled with most companies who are also experiencing a dire strait, halting the flow of commercials, the blood that runs the stations”, Kehinde emphasised.

    He also stated that the broadcast media in the south west contributes substantially to the nations GDP and the sector is a huge employer of labour, especially youths across genres of professions.

    “At this auspicious period when the nation is battling the COVID 19 pandemic, the strategic importance of the broadcast industry cannot be overemphasized as the potent agent of advocacy across the nooks and crannies of the nation’.

    “A shutdown of broadcast media in the SW will spell doom to the advocacy efforts of government and unleash a large number of youths on the unemployment market. The consequences of such a shutdown of radio and television houses are better imagined than experienced”

    The South West zone of BON however called on Governors and governments of the South West, the leadership of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,( NCDC), members of the Presidential Taskforce Force on coronavirus and the Central Bank Nigeria to put issues of how to sustain the broadcast industry in the front burner and factor the broadcast industry into the stimulus packages being contemplated.

     

     

     

  • JUST IN: [COVID 19] South West worst hit as NCDC announces fresh eight cases, toll jumps to 97

    JUST IN: [COVID 19] South West worst hit as NCDC announces fresh eight cases, toll jumps to 97

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control [NCDC] on Saturday night announced new cases of the novel Coronavirus [COVID-19].

    According to a tweet on its verified Twitter handle; “eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 2 in FCT, 4 in Oyo, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Osun State

    As at 10:40 pm 28th March there are 97 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 1 death.”

  • BREAKING: [COVID-19] South West records seven fresh cases, North Central one, toll jumps to 89

    BREAKING: [COVID-19] South West records seven fresh cases, North Central one, toll jumps to 89

    The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday announced eight fresh cases of the novel coronal virus [COVID-19] in Nigeria.

    According to the NCDC, Lagos records seven cases and 1 in Benue State. As at 04:00 pm 28th March there are 89 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 1 death.

  • Amotekun: Pastor Bakare praises South West governors

    The Serving Overseer, Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said the efforts of the South-West governors over the region’s security outfit, codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’ is commendable.

    Bakare also said the raging debate over Operation Amotekun is a reminder that Nigeria has yet to address its foundation issues.

    In an address titled, “No amount of ringworm medicine can cure leprosy,” which he delivered in his church on Sunday, Bakare said the Operation Amotekun debate showed that the nation could not sweep the foundation issues under the carpet unaddressed or run away from them.

    Rather, the cleric said the way forward for the nation was “to travel downwards to revisit the constitutional foundations.”

    He said, “When one considers the argument for and against Amotekun, one will find a recurring reference to the issues which we, as a nation, have failed to deal with in past decades.

    “The proponents of Amotekun, particularly in the South, justify the move by referencing the Sharia police or Hisbah as a northern version of regional policing. The opponents, on the other hand, particularly from the North, express fears of possible regional political motivations.

    “These are clear indications that the issues we swept under the carpet in past decades are still staring us in the face. We cannot continue to hide under the umbrella of one finger. It is time to address the underlying issues of nationhood and reset Nigeria on the path to predictable progress. No amount of ringworm medicine can cure leprosy.”

    Bakare said while it was good that the South-West governors and the Federal Government had ironed out their differences over Operation Amotekun, the South-West states would do well to give legal backing to Operation Amotekun, by enacting the appropriate laws.

    He said such laws should address “recruitment, screening, training and deployment procedures, as well as seamless tactical operations between the outfit on the one hand, and the conventional federal police commissions in the South-West states on the other hand”.

    He, however, said the nation must capitalise on the Operation Amotekun debate to address its nagging foundation issue.

    Bakare said, “The agreement between the Federal Government and the South-West governors notwithstanding, we must not let this moment pass by without once again telling ourselves some home truths regarding the underlying issues of constitutional federalism that have continued to confront us.

    “We must not lose sight of the main issue in the Operation Amotekun debate, which is that the current mono-level security architecture has proved inadequate to combat the security challenges that confront not just the South-West but every zone in our nation – security challenges such as kidnapping, herdsmen attacks, cattle rustling, terrorism and the porosity of our borders.”

    “We must not forget that, while the debate over the legality or otherwise of regional security efforts like Amotekun were raging during the past week, Nigeria was, once again, plunged into mourning with the murder of a chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Lawan Andimi, by regional terrorists.

    “We must not forget the fact that tens of thousands have lost their lives to criminal elements who have taken advantage of the national security gaps in the respective zones of our federation.

    This is why I believe that, even though the efforts of the South-West governors towards taking responsibility for the security of the zone are commendable, our nation needs a more strategically effective approach to national, regional and local security.”

  • We will give legal strength to Amotekun – South West Speakers

    We will give legal strength to Amotekun – South West Speakers

    The Speakers of Houses of Assembly in the South-West Zone have pledged to provide legislative support for Amotekun, the security initiative conceived by governors in the region.

    The Speakers made the pledge in a communique issued on Friday by the Chairman, Conference of Speakers of South-West States Legislature, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun.

    The communique was issued at the end of a one-day security summit themed, “The imperative of Western Nigerian Security Network (Operation Amotekun): Legislative Support for the Initiative.”

    The summit was attended by the speakers from the six South-West states including Adebo Ogundoyin (Oyo State), Funminiyi Afuye (Ekiti), Bamidele Oleyelogun (Ondo), Taiwo Oluomo (Ogun), Timothy Owoeye (Osun) and Mudashiru Obasa (Lagos).

    The speakers, according to the communique, expressed support for Amotekun, saying it would go a long way in curbing the worrisome security problems facing the region.

    Oleyelogun said, “The establishment of the security outfit in the South West is in tandem with the constitution, which makes the protection of lives and properties a matter of priority for any responsible government.

    “Operation Amotekun is a welcome development, especially in the spirit of existing community policing laws in the South-West states.

    “We have collectively resolved that the issue of security as it is in the region especially, and the country as a whole, can no longer continue to be handled with kids glove.

    “As legislators, we must do our bit to complement the efforts of our governors through legislation that will give legal strength to the security force.”

  • FG vs Amotekun: Where is Bola Tinubu?

    By Remi Oyeyemi

    “Òro se ni wò, ká lè m’eni tó fé ni.” – Yorùbá Aphorism; Translation: “Be afflicted and know those who love you.”

    “Ká rìn gèrè, ká f’esè ko, ká w’eni tí ó se ‘ni pèlé.”– Yorùbá Aphorism; Translation: “You know your true friends in time of trial.”

    Time is a very powerful element in nature. Time derobes and robes. It disarms and arms. It convicts and acquits. Time exculpates and exonerates. Time vindicates and rehabilitates. It corroborates and extenuates. With time, assumptions are confirmed or thrown to the curb as baseless and vacuous. Time is never oblivious. Neither is it ever stagnant. It is ever conscious. It never sleeps.

    In Nature, there are legion of variables. These variables are centripetal to the definitive characteristic of Nature. But there are very few tools of Nature. Among the few tools is Providence which some would understand or characterize as a sort of Divine Intervention. Providence intervenes at auspicious times, to salve, save, salvage or sink, sag or submerge.

    The awesomeness of the ways of Providence is why it is viewed as Divine Intervention by many. It is why it is viewed with amazement by not a few. This is because at the intervention of Providence, all doubts are erased. All prevarications are vacated. All caviling are crammed. All carping are cramped. The rain would be gone, completely. And the people would be able to see very clearly, crystally. Translucently.

    As to the true identity of Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT), with every passing second, every passing minute, hour, days, weeks, months and years, we are finding out who he is and what he is about. With the manifestation of every important event in the trajectory of the Yorùbá Nation, we are finding out what he is about.

    The Yorùbá Nation in every hour of its need had found Bola Ahmed Tinubu wanting. It has found him absent. The Yorùbá Nation is earnestly searching for him in its hour of acridity

    BAT has had several opportunities. He has had several chances of rebirth. He has missed them all and has continued to miss them.

    When the Yorùbá were murdered in Ile-Ife, Bola Tinubu was nowhere to be found to defend the Yorùbá people. He was nowhere to be found in the defence of the people he claims to lead. The rest of Yorùbá sons, who escaped being murdered by the prowling Fulani territorial adventurists were rounded up and taken to Abuja to be tried, Tinubu had no courage to stand up for them. He could not be found.

    When the Fulani went on rampage at Ketu in Lagos, burning and murdering the Yorùbá owners of the land, the self-acclaimed “Asíwájú” could not be found. He could not stand up for the Yorùbá victims of usurpers of the Oòduà land. He was silent deafeningly. He was not willing to offend his Fulani masters to whom he has sold the Yorùbá Race, the Yorùbá Nation. The Yorùbá people who have offered him support when he needed it.

    Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been found wanting when Yorùbá farms were being invaded, when our investments were being destroyed by Fulani herdsmen, when our sons and daughters were being murdered on their farms. Tinubu has repeatedly refused to stand up for Yorùbá sons and daughters, when they were being kidnapped, killed and extorted.

    Not a word on record has he said unequivocally, in support of the Yorùbá sons and daughters across the aisle. He was silent when Chief Olu Falae was kidnapped and his farm invaded. He was silent when Chief Falae’s guard was kidnapped and killed. When the daughter of Afenifere leader was murdered, Tinubu’s way of commiserating was asking, “Where are the cows?”

    Now, Àmòtékùn has become an issue, Bola Ahmed Tinubu Tinubu is nowhere to be found again. The self-acclaimed “Asíwájú” has become an absentee one. At every turn when he is expected to stand up for the Yorùbá people, the Yorùbá Nation, the Yorùbá sons and daughters, Tinubu has always been found wanting.

    Bola Ahmed Tinubu at every turn, at every opportunity, at every chance he gets or he has gotten, he has had no qualms, he has had no problems, throwing under the bus, the Yorùbá Nation to please his Fulani masters. To Tinubu, it does not matter how many Yorùbá sons and daughters are murdered or maimed. It doesn’t matter to him how much of the Oòduà land is appropriated by the Fulani aggressors and neo-colonialists.

    To Bola Ahmed Tinubu, anything, everyone and everything is expendable. It does not matter how much gnashing of teeth is going on the streets of the Yorùbá Nation. It does not matter to him how much tears is being shed by the Yorùbá sons and daughters. It does not matter to him, how much suffering, agony and misery is inflicted on every corner and cranny of Yorùbá Nation, on Oòduà land by his Fulani masters, as long as he is protected and his ambition is on course, he is perfectly alright.

    The question now remains, how many sons and daughters of Oòduà have to lose their lives for Tinubu’s ambition to be realised? How much more blood have to flow for his Fulani masters to be happy to be able to guarantee him the Presidency, if ever they would? How many more have to die needless deaths? How much more land do we have to give up? How many more have to be kidnapped and killed? How much more of have to be maimed and deprived? Obviously, “Tí ikú ilé ò bá pa ni, t’òde ò lè pa ni.”

    Bola Ahmed Tinubu has to understand that it was never enough to get himself the title of “Asíwájú.” (thank God, it was the “Asíwájú of Eko Island” and not the “Asíwájú of the Yorùbá Nation” as many of his paid sentries have always wanted to portray him). Was the purpose of his title to lead whoever follows him to the Golgotha to be slaughtered? Was that the purpose and or the objective?

    The creation, launching and the continued subsistence of Àmòtékùn Project is an act of Providence. It is an act of Providence incubated by Nature to identify the true enemies of the Yorùbá Nation. The role of Nature here is the affirmation of its very first Law – self-preservation. In this trajectory, the ever conscious TIME has vindicated the characterization of Tinubu’s politics as mercantilist and not beneficial to and or in the interest of the Yorùbá Nation.

    Thus if you did not hear anything from Bola Ahmed Tinubu on this matter of Àmòtékùn, you now know why. But never the less, we must still ask this question:- ÀMÒTÉKÙN: Where is Bola Ahmed Tinubu?

    “In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility – I welcome it.
    -John F. Kennedy, January 20, 1960

    *©️Remi Oyeyemi*

  • Kidnappers, bandits operating in Southwest ’ll suffer – IGP

    Kidnappers, bandits operating in Southwest ’ll suffer – IGP

    The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has assured that the prevailing security challenges afflicting southwestern region of the country will soon be conquered.

    Adamu said his men are battle ready to combat headlong the spate of kidnappings, banditry and attendant killings with the institution of Special Forces in the region.

    The Inspector General of Police who spoke in in Ado Ekiti on Thursday during a security Stakeholders’ meeting held in Ado Ekiti capital city, warned those criminals terrorising the region to surrender or meet their waterloo.

    Adamu added that the country’s policing system has been redesigned and rejigged to be community-based, so that all Nigerians can see the issue of security as their responsibilities.

    “Our strategy for policing has changed. The community is now working with us and we are going to ensure that all the communities are represented whether you are traditional rulers or you belong to any socio cultural group.

    “We are going to train people from each community who will have the power of the police and power to arrest. They will be deployed to help the police in fighting crimes. When it comes to recruitment, we will come to your communities”.

    On why the police decided to interact with the stakeholders, Adamu said: “there are isolated cases of robbery, kidnapping and cultism in the southwest of recent and we believe the traditional rulers and the state governors must show commitment and we are ready to do anything to mitigate the security problems.

    “We believe that if we all work together by way of robbing minds and share ideas, our society will be free of crimes”

    The IGP added that the government is seriously concerned about the welfare of the officers, saying ” We have bought patrol vehicles and with the state of the earth technology that can checkmate crimes.

    “We believe no officer should die in the course of fighting crimes. To this end, body armour have been procured to protect us while confronting the evil doers. If you kill one police officer, the government has lost the money spent to train such man”.

    Defending the arrest of 36 Nigerians vandalising businesses belonging to South Africans in reaction to the xenophobic attacks, Adamu explained that the arrest was lawful and justifiable.

    He said Nigeria is a country being governed by laws, adding that the arrest was done to portray Nigerians as law abiding citizens before the global community.

    “The arrest showed that Nigeria is a country that has laws and it shows that we can never behave the way others behaved.

    “No individual is allowed to take law into his hands. The Federal government is dealing with the issue of killings and attacks on Nigerians in South Africa.

    “The fact that Nigerians are being attacked over there shouldn’t be a reason for anybody to attack the businesses of South African nationals.

    “Those who did that are unpatriotic and they are criminals and that was why we arrested some of them and we will prosecute them,” he said.

    The Ekiti State police Commissioner, Asuquo Amba, said the police have been able to reduce crimes in Ekiti due to hardwork displayed by his men.

    He said his command has also maintained robust and smooth collaborations with other sister agencies to maintain security of lives and property.

    The Chairman of the Ekiti State Traditional Rulers and the Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti, Oba Adebanji Alabi, said the commended the IGP and promised that the body will continually support the police to make Ekiti safe.

    “It is herculean task to combat pocket of insecurity in the state but we will continue to support you in the discharge of your constitutional responsibility to guarantee security of lives and property.

    “And the priority should be on the welfare of the police to be able to discharge their onerous responsibilities expected of them because an hungry man is an angry man, ” he added.