EKITI: Chieftaincy Tussle: Ikole-Ekiti Chiefs Accuse Fayemi’s Deputy Of Unruly Behavior, UnfairnessChief Bisi Egbeyemi, the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State…The Council of Chiefs in Ikole-Ekiti has berated the state’s Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi over his alleged role in the chieftaincy saga that rocked the different factions in the Ikole kingdom, accusing him of being partisan.Speaking on behalf of the council in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, the Olotin, Chief Sayo Okunola, and the Aremo, Tunde Ogunleye described the actions of Egbeyemi as disdainful and unruly.The statement read in part, “The Olotin who is the most ranking Chief of Ikole was abruptly interrupted during his presentation by the Deputy Governor. He invited all the Ikole Chiefs and the Executive Chairman to appear before his panel of enquires with documentary evidences but did not allow the same documents he requested to be tendered”.The council further stated that the Deputy Governor disrespected the chiefs by walking out on them during the meeting.
Strike: Students should ‘take ASUU to court’ – AdamuThe Minister of Education Adamu Adamu has said it is the responsibility of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) to compensate students for the time wasted during the six-month strike, not the Federal Government.Adamu said this on Thursday at the 47th Session of the State House Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.He also said the government will not concede to the union’s demand to pay lecturers their emoluments for the six months of no academic activities.
Dapo Abiodun sent out of Tinubu’s Meeting with ObasanjoThe Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday was sent out of a meeting in former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s home, NigerianEcho has learnt. Abiodun who had accompanied the Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Obasanjo’s home was asked to leave the venue of the meeting. Tinubu was in Abeokuta to meet with Obasanjo. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, former Governors; Gbenga Daniel, Olusegun Osoba and Bisi Akande also accompanied Tinubu to the meeting. Obasanjo who received the team later demanded that some people should leave the room as the meeting was about to begin. A source at the meeting informed NigerianEcho that when others were going out; Abiodun, who is the Chief Security officer of the State, was still on seat when Obasanjo told him to stand up as he was not part of the meeting. A bewildered Abiodun could not say a word but quietly left the room.. Even the guest, Tinubu, could not make a case for him to be at the meeting. However, former Governor Olusegun Osoba was part of the meeting as well as Gbajabiamila and Olubara of Ibara, Oba Omolade who is a close friend of Obasanjo. Governor Abiodun had to wait outside for three hours while the meeting lasted. He was visibly angry and made attempts to leave Obasanjo’s house. He was prevailed upon by his former Chief of Staff, Shuaib Salis, who is the Senatorial candidate of the APC in Ogun Central. He was made to realise that it was against protocol to leave. NigerianEcho reliably gathered that Abiodun was excused from the strategic meeting because he was part of the issues that were discussed. Governor Abiodun has been having issues with various sectors of the society including the Civil Servants and the traditional institution as well as the political class. Ogun State APC had not known peace since 2018. Some people who were denied tickets in the run off to 2019 elections left for another party; Allied People’s Movement, APM. These people who are loyal to the former Governor Amosun later went back to APC but still peace didn’t return. It was reported that the National Working Committee of the party waded in and proposed a sharing formula for the two camps. Governor Abiodun however rebuffed the intervention and insisted that Amosun and his team should be expelled from the party. Speaking on the matter, Tolu Odebiyi, Senator representing Ogun West said Abiodun is a rigid man who sees the party in the state as his property. He mentioned that all appeals for unity by leaders were ignored by the Governor. Tunde Oladunjoye, the State Publicity Secretary of the party however lampooned Odebiyi saying he was not fit to be a representative of the people. He accused Odebiyi of being economical with the truth. He said Abiodun was a man of peace who had brought development to the State. The crisis took a new dimension recently when Amosun told press men that Abiodun should be voted out. Former Governor Olusegun Osoba, at the 50th anniversary of Abeokuta Club, had alleged that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo rigged him out of office in 2003 and that Amosun was in cahoots. Amosun while responding to this allegation said he was not aware of the issue raised by Osoba. Amosun however told the gathering that the current Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, was a product of rigging in 2019. He added that those who perpetrated the act had apologised and he has forgiven them. The Governor is also not having it easy with some Obas in the State. Abiodun’s government had taken seventy five Obas that were installed towards the end of the last administration to Court. His predecessor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, installed 75 Obas towards the end of his administration but Abiodun has been having a protracted issue with them. The Obas approached the Court and won at the High Court. The Government also lost at the Appeal Court when it sought for a stay of execution which was not granted. Abiodun has now sent emissaries to those Obas so that they can support his reelection bid. NigerianEcho learnt that the meeting with the Obas was held at the Palace of Olu Itori, Oba Akamo while former Commissioner of Local and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Jide Ojuko represented the Governor.
BREAKING: Electricity Workers Suspend StrikeThe leadership of NUEE has suspended the ongoing strike by two weeks.A conciliation meeting between the Federal government and the striking electricity workers has ended in Abuja.At the end of the three-hour long meeting, the workers agreed to suspend the industrial action which has thrown the country into a total blackout.The workers express optimism government will listen to the voice of reasoning and priotise their welfare and wellbeing.
Eleese Remains A Chief Under Alamo… Ekiti Government DeclaresSecond left, Elese during a newsconfrence recently in Ado Ekiti.Ekiti State Government has instructed that the Eleese of Ilara Quarters in Ilamo Ekiti, Chief Ezekiel Alayode Olanipekun remains a Chief under the Alamo of Alamo, Oba Alaba Awoseyila.The State Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi made the announcement during a peace meeting in his office in Ado Ekiti, the state capital with the duo and some Chiefs from Ikole Ekiti.The State Deputy Governor whosupervise Chieftaincy matters in the State said government’s resolution became expedient following claims and counter claims on the Chieftaincy title, its holder and domain.He explained that according to the evidence presented to him through the State Bureau of Chieftaincy Affairs, which included the Ekiti State Chieftaincy Declaration Law, official gazette of Ilamo Ekiti, as well as pictures of traditional rites performed on Eleese, Chief Olanipekun, remains in Ilamo Ekiti and second in command to Oba Awoseyila.Otunba Egbeyemi also backed the decision through a copy of an High Court verdict on the issue which ruled that Elese is under Alamo.The Deputy Governor said government would not fold its arms and allow a peaceful community be in chaos urging the Chief to work with the Oba for the overall development of the town.Earlier, Chief Olanipekun had aligned his Chieftaincy title with Ikole Ekiti, the claim which some chiefs from Elekole’s palace came to explainOtunba Egbeyemi however maintained government’s position saying with the facts submitted to the Bureau of Chieftaincy Affairs, the said Chief should maintain the status quo.He also warned against any other person installed as Eleese as government recognizes only Chief Ezekiel Olanipekun as the true holder of the Chieftaincy title.
Court remands prophet for defiling minor in EkitiAn Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, has granted an order to remand a 45-year-old Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso in the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti, for allegedly defiling a thirteen-year-old girl.According to the charge, Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso was reasonably suspected to have committed an offence of rape on a thirteen-year-old girl, at Ajowa Area of Ado Ekiti on 25th July, 2022.In her statement to the Police, the victim said, “the Prophet is my mother’s man-friend, he used to sleep in our house, on that day, my mummy left for night duty but the Prophet slept in our house. At midnight, he woke me and said I had bed wet, I said no, he gave me shea butter and salt to rub my private part, I did as he directed, when I woke on the second day, I saw him beside me and discovered that I have been raped, he warned me not to tell anybody because I will run mad.“He came back on the third day, he said, he wanted to renew what he gave me earlier by having sex with me, I ran out of the house and inform our neighbours, they called my mother and narrated what happened to her, he was arrested and handed over to the Police”, she concluded.Requesting the remand order, the Police Prosecutor, Inspector Bamigbade Olumide said, granting the order will allow Police complete their investigation and forward the duplicate case file to office of Director of Public Prosecutions for legal advice.In his ruling, Magistrate Olu Bamidele said, the defendant is ordered to be remanded at the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti pending issuance of legal advice by the Director of Public Prosecutions.The case has been adjourned till 29th September 2022 for mention.
EWI OF ADO CLEARS AIR OVER MISCONCEPTION ABOUT UDIROKO FESTIVALThe Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe has dispelled the insinuations that the celebration of Udiroko festival is Idolatry.The monarch during a news confrence to herald the 2022 edition of the festival said Udiroko marks the first day in the Ado Ekiti calendar.He explained that the event symbolizes the first meeting held by the ancestors of Ado when they assumed the town after a long journey from Benin where they migrated.The monarch cautioned people against misinformation about the day but called for necessary support to enable it attract international recognition.Oba Adeyemo noted that this year’s udiroko festival would be celebrated in a usual way.The monarch noted that the Festival, which would be celebrated in the Palace on Sunday, 21st August, 2022, had from time immemorial brought unity, love and peace among the citizenry of Ado Ekiti.The traditional ruler said the festival had served as a platform for the indegenes of Ado Ekiti to brainstorm on how to develop the state capital.Speaking on security, Oba Adeyemo assured that maximum security would be provided to ensure hitch free programme.Ewi thereby called on all Ado Ekiti residents to live in peace and harmony among themselves.Meanwhile the monarch has appealed to both the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU to reach a compromise on the current impasse and ensure reopening of schools.
FAYEMI MOURNS IBB’S EX-SPOKESMAN, DUROEkiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has expressed condolences on the death of the former Chief Press Secretary to ex-military Head of State, Ibrahim Babaginda, Chief Duro Onabule who passed on yesterday, aged 83 years.Dr Fayemi, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, described Onabule’s death as exit of a great Nigerian who was passionate about the Nigerian nation as well as the journalism profession.The Governor described the late Onabule as a frontline journalist who made positive contribution to the development of the media industry and a presidential spokesman who brought glamour to the office of Chief Press Secretary.Dr Fayemi said the London School of Journalism-trained veteran was a source of inspiration to many journalists as well as readers of his very insightful columns on public discourse.Commiserating with the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), and the management of the Nigerian Television Authority, (NTA) the Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) stated that Onabule’s death is a great loss to the upcoming generation of journalists who could have learnt a lot from him.“Chief Duro Onabule was a great and patriotic Nigerian who rose to national prominence through his journalistic work as a celebrated Editor of the now rested National Concord and later as CPS to ex- President Ibrahim Babaginda.” Chief Onabule as a journalist and public affairs commentator spoke truth to power through his illuminating writings.“Having trained at the popular London School of Journalism, one could not expect less than the professionalism which Onabule plied his trade in the media industry. His professionalism, diligence and hard work took him to the very top in his field, serving the former military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Babaginda (rtd) as Chief Press Secretary and later Chairman of the Board of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) after many other positions in the media industry.”” On behalf of my wife and the Government and people of Ekiti State, I commiserate with the family of Chief Duro Onabule and the government and people of Ogun State. There is no doubt, we shall miss his amiable personality and insightful analyses. May God grant him eternal rest and comfort his family. “, Fayemi said.
Udiroko: Asiwaju Ndigbo Greets Ewi of Ado Ekitimah and the Yeye Asiwaju of Ndigbo Chief Lolo has congratated the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, Oba Adeyemo Adejugbe for the grace of God that sustained him to witness another new year in the Ado Ekiti calendar known as Udiroko festival scheduled to hold on Saturday.In a statement in Ado Ekiti, High Chigh Uzomah also felicitated the Eyesorun Abosede Adejugbe, the Ewi in Council, Olories and all the various aged groups in the town.He prayed God to continue to preserve the life of the Ewi to witness many more Udiroko in good health and abundanceUzomah extolled the giant strides of Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Adeyomo Adejugbe towards the growth and development of Ado and Ekiti at large.The High Chief described Oba Adejugbe’s reign as advantageous to the good people of the state through capacity building and human-oriented programmes.High Chief Uzomah noted that the Ewi of Ado Ekiti has exemplified leadership traits which has endeared him to the people of Ekiti and beyond.He enjoined the Oba to continue the good works as the traditional custodian of the people noting that he has been able to resolve communal issues for peaceful coexistence.While urging the Oba to continue paving way for peace and development in the state, he also urged the people of the state to continue to rally support for the Oba for more development to thrive.The Asiwaju Ndigb also urged all Igbo sons and daughters to converge at the Ewi’ palace for the celebration and after the celebration, they shall all proceed to his residence for further celebration.UDIROKO
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