Politics Your Blackmail Won’t Upturn Oyebanji’s Victory…APC Chieftain Knocks Segun OniYour persistent blackmails against the Ekiti governor elect, Biodun Oyebanji and the Independent National Electoral won’t earn you undeserved victory at the Election Petition Tribunal.This is the word of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Hon. Adesola Gold Adedayo to the Social Democratic Party’s governorship candidate, Engr Segun Oni.Adedayo said it sounded spurious, hypocritical and demeaning for the Segun Oni’s legal team to be concocting lies and making incendiary comments against Oyebanji and the All Progressives Congress, claiming that they were allegedly planning to tinker with the election materials at INEC to pervert justice.The Osun -Ekiti born former Senior Legislative Assistant at the National Assembly, condemned such vituperations, saying Oyebanji won the June 18 poll and needed no shady help from INEC to triumph over Oni and SDP on their ruinous voyage at the Tribunal.Segun Oni’s campaign organisation and legal team, through a senior Lawyer, Owoseeni Ajayi, had last week accused Oyebanji, APC and INEC of planning to secretly inspect some materials at the commission to alter some records and put Oni in a disadvantaged position in the prosecution of his case.Disproving the claim by urging Oni to stop acting like “attack dog” in the prosecution of his case, Adedayo, in a statement, on Sunday, posited that no amount of blackmail would sway the judiciary to award unmerited victory to the former governor .The APC stalwart said Oni lost scandalously even in his Ido/Osi local government in the last election, which he said confirmed how acceptable the APC’s candidate, Biodun Oyebanji was to the electorate.Adedayo added that Oyebanji’s winning streak and margin of victory was not only stunning, but enigmatic in the election trajectory in Ekiti, describing these as suffice to inform Oni and his ilk that they were only embarking on a voyage of futility .The Aviation expert said: “Let Segun Oni and SDP handlers, who erroneously shared the views that propaganda can earn them backdoor victory in this judicial battle to study the trajectory of election and draw their inferences .“The June 18 election had the highest margin of victory in the history of Ekiti. Hon Biodun Oyebanji trounced Segun Oni with a total of 105,000 votes. This had never happended in Ekiti since 1999.“Again, Biodun Oyebanji recorded the highest number of spread winning in 15 out of 16 local governments . Let those who are about constituting themselves into troublers of Israel to also check their election records and confirm whether any contestant had ever beaten this enigmatic record.“It was shameful that Segun Oni even lost in his Ido/Osi Council , which confirmed how rejected he was. Even the candidate of the PDP, Bisi Kolawole, who came distant third manifested high level of acceptability, by winning in his base at Efon Local Local Government.“It was lucid and well amplified by the margin and spread of victory that Oyebanji was the choice of the Ekiti electorate and he has no reason to engage INEC in any shady deal to pervert or subvert justice in this matter”.Adedayo counseled Oni and SDP against spewing blackmail and propaganda to sway the Tribunal members, saying election petition is won based on the quantum of evidence provided, which he said Oni lacks in this matter.A good litigant, who is well armed with avalanche of evidence that have probative values won’t be relying on propaganda as Oni and SDP had been doing.“Their recent outbursts indicated that they were only out to cause confusion in the system and discredit the election, and not to upturn Biodun Oyebanji’s victory, because they lack the evidence to substantiate all their claims”, he said. August 21, 2022 CULTUREDeji Of Akure Orders Closure Of Markets, Shops To Observe Annual ‘Aheregbe’ FestivalPublished 4 hours ago on August 21, 2022By treasurenewspaperSHARETWEETA first class Yoruba Traditional Ruler, the Deji of Akure in Ondo State,Oba (Dr.) Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, Odundun II has ordered the immediate closure of all markets and shops in Akure Kingdom to enable the people of his Kingdom observe the popular annual ‘Aheregbe’ Festival for this year 2022.In a statement made available to Treasure Newspaper on Saturday evening and signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Palace of Deji and Paramount Ruler of Akure Kingdom, Prince Adeyeye Michael urged the residents of Akure that all Markets and Shops in Akure will be shut on Monday 22nd August, 2022 for the Annual ‘Aheregbe’ Festival to take place unhindered.According to the Deji Of Akure, he said, “the closure becomes necessary as part of the age longed tradition in observance of the Annual ‘Aheregbe’ Festival”.The Chief Press Secretary to the Palace, Prince Adeyeye Michael used “the opportunity to inform the residents that no trading or opening of shops under any guise will be allowed during the festival”.Adeyeye added that it is imperative to clarify that ONLY Pharmacy shops and Patent Medicine Stores will be allowed to open during the festival.The statement also enjoined residents, Market Women and shop owners to ensure they fully comply with the directive.Prince Adeyeye however concluded in the statement that, the festival will not restrict both human and vehicular movement while the festival last August 21, 2022 England’s Leon Edwards has knocked out Kamaru Usman to claim the UFC welterweight championship title. Pound-for-pound No.1 Usman was looking to make the sixth defence of his title in a rematch against Edwards, seven years after the pair first met in the early stages of their UFC careers. Since outpointing Edwards in that 2015 meeting, Usman had won 13 consecutive fights whilst the Brit was unbeaten in 10 fights…. August 21, 2022 *WNFF/ Taiwo Ogunjobi Memorial U-15 Football Tournament – Unlucky Ekiti Bees fail to sting against Team Oyo.*-By Olamide Awoyinfa The Ekiti State Football Association U-15 boys suffered a 1-0 defeat against Oyo state in the second group stage match at the ongoing WNFF/Taiwo Ogunjobi Memorial U-15 Football competition this afternoon.After a balanced opening minutes into the game, Oyo state capitalized on a sloppy defending by the Ekiti Bees defence to score in the 24th minute and Oyo went into the half-time break with the lead. The Coach Femi Kumuyi tutored boys came back into the second half stronger, creating series of scoring chances but could not put any behind the net for an equalizer.Late in the game Pelumi Afeni and Olatunji Olamilekan missed a couple of begging chances to secure at least one point for the Bees.Ekiti Bees will face Lagos state in an all important last group game tomorrow in which a win will secure the semi final ticket both sides. August 19, 2022 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. August 18, 2022 Previous Page Next Page Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like Loading...
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