Tag: Ondo State

12 abducted passengers rescued by Police in Ondo

Aminu Imam
Police rescue in Ondo

Ondo State Police Command has said it has rescued 12 persons abducted by kidnappers in Isua Akoko, headquarters of Akoko South-East local government area of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. According to him, the victims were kidnapped in the early hours of yesterday, after two commercial buses travelling from Benue State to Ibadan were intercepted by armed men. He said, “The Command received a distress report at about 01.30hrs that two commercial Hummer buses conveying passengers from Benue State en-route Ibadan…

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Hardship: Residents in Ondo overpower truck driver; loot foodstuffs branded in Tinubu’s name

Aminu Imam

Residents of Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Monday, engaged in widespread looting of food items and grains conveyed by a truck into the state. According to reports, the truck was overpowered after it developed a mechanical fault at one of the popular junctions known as the cultural centre along the Ondo express road. It was learnt that the fully loaded truck was conveying food items in the cartoons branded in President Bola Tinubu’s name. Several witnesses who confirmed the development said those who attacked the truck and also looted…

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Ondo: League of Imams congratulates Aiyédatiwa, demands religious equity in governance

Aminu Imam

The League of Imams, Akureland, in Ondo State, has urged the political class in the country to reflect on the life and times of chairman, southern governors forum, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu saying firmness in conviction and boldness in the pursuit of justice stood him out among his peers. Praying God to grant both immediate and political families the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss of Akeredolu’s exit, the group said its insistence on the formation and sustenance of Amotekun Corps at a time his fate for a second-term in office…

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‘Tinubu’s intervention in Gov./Deputy’s feud mere window dressing’ – PDP

Aminu Imam

…Sowore insists Akeredolu is incapacitated, must resign The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Ondo, has described the intervention of President Bola Tinubu in the feud between Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as a “mere window dressing”. Recall that on Friday, Tinubu called a meeting of the political actors in Ondo to resolve the political feud between Messrs Akeredolu and Aiyedatiwa. The President had asked the loyalists of the governor and his deputy to bury the hatchet in the interest of peace in the State. In a statement…

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Niger-Delta: Clark demands the removal of Abia, Imo, and Ondo from NDDC

Aminu Imam

Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark, has urged President Tinubu to remove Abia, Imo and Ondo States from the Niger Delta Development Commission, (NDDC). The elder statesman also urged President Tinubu to re-enact a new Bill for the Oil production States, which are: Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Edo and Akwa-Ibom. According to the chieftain, the States were included in the first place in the 2000 NDDC Act for convenience, though a political aberration. He, therefore, made demand for President Bola Tinubu to re-enact a new bill for the NDDC that would reflect the…

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Impeachment: Ondo Assembly serves Deputy Gov. Aiyedatiwa letter, Speaker alleges threat to life

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and Deputy Aiyedatiwa

The Ondo State House of Assembly has served the state Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, letter of allegation signaling his impeachment process. Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, while briefing newsmen on Monday in Akure, said Aiyedatiwa was served today through a substituted service. The Ondo State House of Assembly, on Wednesday during plenary session directed the clerk to write the deputy governor on alleged gross misconducts. According to Oladiji, Since Wednesday Sept. 20, the house had been trying to see how to serve Aiyedatiwa the notice,…

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2023: Tinubu hails Ondo people; lambasts Atiku, calls Obi ‘Mr. Stingy’

Aminu Imam

All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has hailed the people of Ondo State, saying they have always been a champion of people-oriented and progressive government. Addressing the State rally yesterday, at Democracy Park, Akure, the state capital, he urged the people of the State to live up to that billing by voting APC all the way in the upcoming election. He also lambasted Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party counterpart Peter Obi, calling the former Mr. Privatise and the latter Mr. Stingy.…

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Insecurity: “Flush out criminals among you”, Akeredolu tells Ebira people

Aminu Imam

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has urged Ebiras living in the State to flush out criminals among them to ensure mutual co-existence with their neighbours and retain their integrity. The Governor, who spoke at a meeting with the leaders of the Ebira community in the state at the Governor’s office, Alagbaka, Akure, the State capital, at the weekend, urged Ebira people whose tribesmen were reportedly fingered in the massacre of worshippers that took place in St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, to join hands with the government in…

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Owo Church Massacre: Governor Akeredolu confirms arrest of perpetrators

Aminu Imam

Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has confirmed the arrest of the terrorists who carried out the horrendous massacre of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo on June 5, in which about 40 people were killed and several others injured. The governor spoke during a courtesy visit to his office by the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), led by the Chairman of the Council, Prince Leke Adegbite. Akeredolu said the owner of the house where the attackers stayed before carrying out the attack has also been arrested. Recall…

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Scores of kidnapped kids rescued by Police in underground of Ondo church

Aminu Imam

Scores of children were allegedly found in an underground apartment of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo town, Ondo State, on Friday evening. It was gathered that the children were allegedly kidnapped and kept in the underground apartment of the church. A source said the victims were over 50 while the police had rescued them and arrested the pastor and some members of the church. In a viral video, the children were seen in a patrol vehicle of the police who took them to the police station. In…

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