Angry youths in Oyo have broken into the State Secretariat in Ibadan to protest the lingering fuel and currency scarcity that has crippled businesses and the economy nationwide.
It was gathered that an armed police officer attached to the governor’s office was injured by the angry protesters.
The crowd was said to have forced other security operatives on the ground to take cover.
The protesters were said to have stormed the secretariat with sticks, wood, and other dangerous weapons while forcing the two main gates open.
The youths had earlier in the morning stormed the streets to express dissatisfaction over the scarcity.
Armed with placards bearing different inscriptions, they protesters blocked the ever busy Iwo road, lamenting the current situation in the country.
They decried the stress Nigerians were passing through in getting the newly redesigned naira notes.
The ongoing protest has caused gridlock along the axis with many commuters and motorists being stranded.
A spokesperson for the Oyo governor was unreachable for comment at the time of filing this report .
The situation is coming few weeks to the presidential election and a few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari met with governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress party over the fuel and naira scarcity.
Properties worth millions of Naira have been destroyed as fire gutted the Araromi spare parts market in Ibadan, Oyo State. The fire broke out in the early hours of Saturday, January 14.
About 45 shops were affected by the fire incident at the spare parts market, which is one of the major markets in Ibadan.
The fire started at about 2:00am and the state fire service succeeded in quenching it around 5 a.m. General Manager of the Oyo State Fire Service, Rev. Canon Yemi Akinyinka, blamed the fire on refuse burning.
He said:
“Our men are at Araromi Market Agodi Gate since 2:30 a.m. where they are putting off the fire caused by indiscriminate refuse burning.
“The fire was suppressed at 5:00 a.m. Cooling down operation is ongoing to suppress re-ignition. On my way for on the spot assessment.
“I cannot say specifically the number of shops now, you know it is an emergency. It started in the night. About 45 shops.”
Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old suspect, Tosin Kolade, who r@ped and murdered a 17-year-old girl, Ifeoluwa Apanpa, inside a church at Olodo area of Ibadan, the state capital.
The teenage girl was said to be on her way to church for service when the suspect under a false pretence sought her assistance in his own church that was close by.
The suspect who was paraded before the newsmen at the State Police Headquarter, Eleyele, Ibadan on Tuesday, September 20, said his mother is a member of the sanitation department in the Church, hence his access to the key of the church.
“On 17th September, 2022, I went back home from work around 1pm because we didn’t have work that day.
We were just sleeping at the shop. I told my boss that I wanted to go and ease myself, and he said I shouldn’t stay long,” he said.
“When I got home, i took the key of our church because my mum is the cleaner of the church and went to church. I packed all the chairs in the church together; I already knew the time Ifeoluwa will pass through our church to her own church.
She eventually came and I asked her to assist me to carry some of the chairs I packed. “I brought out the knife in my pocket and told her not to shout.
I wanted to scare her to collect her phone but she dragged the knife with me and the knife fell to the floor. She also fell down and hit her head on the floor while trying to escape.
She couldn’t stand up because she was weak, I r@ped her and took her phone. I requested for her password but she gave me the wrong password.
When I discovered, I strangulated her,” the suspect explained. Briefing newsmen on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, spokesperson of the command, Adewale Osifeso said operatives attached to Iyana-Offa Divisional Police Headquarters were intimated about the sudden disappearance of the teenager who had left for church at about 2pm and was yet to return home.
“On Friday, 17/09/2022 at about 2030hrs, the Command through operatives attached to Iyana-Offa Divisional Police Headquarters were intimated about the sudden disappearance of a (17) seventeen-year-old female who according to the report left for church at about 1600hrs and was yet to return home,” the PPRO stated.
“A search party was immediately organised to search all possible angles to the disappearance, while this was ongoing as a call was placed to the Parents of the deceased by an unknown caller stating clearly the deceased had been abducted.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that the lifeless body of the deceased who was later found beside a Bible School at Olodo Area, with bloody genitalia, coupled with signs of struggling might have been manhandled before her eventual untimely death.
“In addition to the above, the Command has in its custody through diligent technological driven intelligence and investigation one Kolade Tosin ‘m’ 20yrs who has voluntarily confessed to committing the sinister action.
“Investigation continues as the case is closely monitored by the State Criminal Investigation Department with the assurances of immediate updates as soon as we have them at the disposal.”
Men of the Oyo Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps have arrested two suspects allegedly found in possession of human skulls in Oyo town.
The two suspects, Ganiyu Maruf, an indigene of Laguna family in Oyo town, and Alfa Basiru Bashit of Abu Compound, Oyo; were almost lynched by residents of Ori-awo Yidi.
Upon interrogation, Maruf, a bricklayer said one Dauda ‘Baba Ato’, a carpenter had supplied them with the skulls. He claimed the man had initially refused him because he had earlier been arrested by SARS but later asked him to pay the sum of N50,000 for the skulls.
Maruf said not long after Dauda supplied them the skulls, he was arrested again by operatives of SARS, but was later released weeks later after confessing his crimes.
According to his confession, he had escaped to the village but returned about two months later when he heard Baba Ato had been released.
However, Baba Ato reportedly died the night of his release.
The suspect recounted how that they hid the skulls around the area while he kept watch over it for it not to be stolen about five days ago.
Unknown to him, residents of Ori-Awo area where he resides, had been watching him patrolling the spot where he buried the skulls.
The alerted residents reportedly attacked Maruf and his accomplice while they were on their way to Yida.
On his part, Bashit confessed contributing N15,000 to the money to get the skulls from Baba Ato, who is related to Maruf’s family.
When asked who was going to perform the money rituals for them, Maruf said he has the knowledge of rituals from his maternal grandfather and was going to try doing it for himself first.
A five-storey hotel still under construction has collapsed in Ibadan, Oyo state’s capital.
The building located at Awosika area of Ibadan, and within Ibadan North Local Government Area and close to the Oyo State Government secretariat, collapsed in the early hours of Thursday September 8.
Rescue teams, consisting men from the State Fire Service, Federal Road Safety Commission, and other security agencies, have been deployed to the scene and they are searching for workers who are trapped under the rubble.
An Oyo-based fan of Brymo has cried out over the singer’s alleged neglect of his fans in Ibadan despite having a large fanbase in the state.
The young man identified as Engr Adeboye wrote an open letter to the Ara crooner via his Twitter account and appealed to him to consider organising a show in Ibadan.
He asked Brymo if his fans in the region have offended him in anyway as he is yet to understand why he has not hosted a show.
Adeboye further said that Lagos is not the only state that should feel the former Chocolate City artiste’s footprint.
He wrote; ”Dear @BrymOlawale I’m writing this to you and I hope u put it into consideration, Did we offend u in Ibadan, why haven’t u host a show in ibadan?
Ur fan base in Ibadan is so strong like heavens gate and I think we deserve to watch you perform live, it’s shouldn’t be Lagos always?”
Dear @BrymOlawale I'm writing this to you and I hope u put it into consideration, Did we offend u in Ibadan, why haven't u host a show in ibadan? Ur fan base in Ibadan is so strong like heavens gate nd I think we deserve to watch you perform live, it's shouldn't be Lagos always😓
Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde on Saturday, stormed the venue of the June 12 protest in Ibadan, the state capital.
Nigerians across the country are holding demonstrations against insecurity, poverty and attacks on their fundamental human rights.
The protesters are marching in Lagos, Abuja, Oyo, Osun and other pockets of towns and cities to mark 28 years’ anniversary of the annulment of the June 12, 1993, presidential election.
Makinde arrived the protest ground with little security to address residents of the state.
The governor who wore a brown attire drove himself to the venue amid cheers and loud praises.
Five Killed, Houses Burnt As Hoodlums Clash With Amotekun In Ibadan.
On Thursday night, over 200 houses were razed while hoodlums killed a young man in the area.
Five youths who were keeping vigil in the Labiran area of Ibadan were shot dead during a clash between the operatives of the Oyo State Security network, codenamed Amotekun, and hoodlums on Friday evening, SaharaReporters has gathered.
Labiran has been troubled by some hoodlums in the last few days, necessitating youths to keep vigil to avert robbery.
On Thursday night, over 200 houses were razed while hoodlums killed a young man in the area.
One of the youths in the area, who simply identified himself as Wale, said following the burning and looting of properties in the area, elders in the community invited youth to stay awake to avert a recurrence.
“It is true; they killed four of our friends. Their families have taken them for burial this morning. Our fathers invited us to keep vigil. When we heard that those miscreants were coming, one of our brothers invited the operatives of Amotekun to help us.
“On arrival, they started shooting sporadically while hoodlums were also shooting. As a result, Monsuru, Ridwan and two other people were killed.
“They have taken their corpses for burial. Those hoodlums later came back to our area around 5 am. As we speak, they are burning houses again. Smoke is everywhere. Many have fled our area now. We need help,” he said.
One of the houses of Sunday Igboho in Soka area of Ibadan has been burnt by unknown people. This happened following the fulani herdsmen saga in Oyo town
Recall that Sunday Igboho disclosed that angry youths were involved in the burning of the house of the fulani herdsmen leader, ” Seriki” in Oyo town.
The Oyo state government, on Monday, said necessary machinery has been put in motion to promote civil servants who were denied promotions during the reigns of the immediate past administration in the state.
The government also disclosed that efforts have been intensified to employ more legal practitioners into the service of the Oyo state government in a bid to reduce the backlog of court cases in the state.
The chairman, Oyo state civil service commission, Mr. Kamarudeen Aderibigbe, disclosed these in a chat with newsmen during a stakeholders’ meeting held in Ibadan.
Engr Seyi Makinde ( Oyo state governor)
According to him, the executive governor of the state, Engineer Seyi Makinde has ordered the commission to look into the plights of the civil servants and correct the abnormalities introduced into the civil service commission by the immediate past government.
Also speaking, a principal officer in the administration of governor Seyi Makinde who doubles as the governor’s director-general of protocol, Mr. Adegboyega Badejo, maintained that governor Makinde acknowledged teachers as partners in progress in nation-building, noting that the reward for teachers in Oyo state will not be limited to their monthly salaries.
He, however, called on other governors in the Southwest region to emulate the leadership style of governor Seyi Makinde to contribute meaningfully well to the livelihood of their citizens as well as the leaders of tomorrow.
Protesters on Friday stormed the Magboro area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to continue their demonstration against the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigeria Police Force.
The protesters were seen carrying placards with different inscriptions as they blocked the expressway, causing gridlock.
The gridlock caused by #EndSARS protest on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
God-fatherism in politics has been existing way back before I was born. If you think god-fatherism never existed in Oyo state, that is very wrong. Late Adedibu during his lifetime used to be a powerful godfather in Oyo state and a saviour to his numerous thugs.
The sitting governor in Oyo state at that time (2003) , Senator Rashidi Ladoja seemed to be a figure head to many while Adedibu was indirectly trying to control the state. There were times in broad day light when Adedibu’s thugs took over the metropolis shooting and causing chaos. What about rumours of how those thugs forcefully acquired land from people who worked hard to own it?
Senator Rashidi Ladoja
Adedibu’s influence was not restricted to only Oyo state. It reached other south western states in Nigeria. There was an interview he had and he was referring to the then governor of osun state, he said and I quote ;
“Sebí omo dada ni gomina osun. Ti mo ba ti lo ki, o ma n ko nkan kabiti si eyin buutu Mi. Isu ko ni o da si ibe , owó ni.”
Meaning that, the then governor of osun state was a good son and anytime he visited him, he used to load his booth with money and not with yam.
After school closing hours, even school children were not safe. Fortunately, my siblings and I didn’t have to go home ourselves after closing time. My heart raced each time I sighted a thug on bike, riding carelessly past the vehicle in which I was. Late Adedibu suceeded in impeaching Ladoja with the support of his cohorts on January 2006. Precisely after 11 months, on December 2006, Ladoja won the case in court and got his mandate back as governor of the state.
However when Governor Obaseki of Edo state and Adams Oshiomole ( a typical godfather ) started having issues before the 2020 Edo state elections, I thought of the old days of god-fatherism in Oyo state.
Oyo politics is dynamic! After Ladoja completed his tenure , the free spending Christopher Alao Akala was elected as governor. Then, the season film started. I wasn’t old enough to understand politicians’ gimmicks before then, hence my personal observation started. You see, anytime a wrong leader is voted into power , the civil servants suffer first , then others follow. Thank God for where Oyo state stands today, it is a big revolution. I’m not done yet, I’m still going doing the memory lane.
Chief Christopher Adebayo Alao Akala
Akala took over as governor like a careless spender in disguise as a free giver. People around him enjoyed but what about those working for the state? He made a statement then and I quote;
“I can’t break into the bank in order to pay worker’s salaries”.
My thoughts are, “what happened to maximizing opportunities in the state and generating more revenue inorder to keep up with the state’s expenses? ” . Oyo people got tired of Akala and as the 2011 elections approached, campaign was intensified by candidates contesting to be the next governor…this includes Akala. Well it happened, Akala lost and Senator Abiola Ajimobi won the gubernatorial election. However, as the late legendary afrobeat singer, Fela kuti said in his words, “suffer suffer”. The “suffer suffer” season began!
Late Senator Abiola Ajimobi
Late Senator Abiola Ajimobi was sworn in as governor and well, his first achivement was the 13 months salary he decided to pay workers on December. However, the claimed 13 months salary was relatively a stipend, not a full salary. The narrow flyover constructed at Mokola was another achievement for him, amongst other things he did. Mind you, I can say not for clout but fact that the flyover was not well constructed because it is very hard to sight an on coming vehicle.This describes how narrow the flyover is.
After series of road constructions and other achievements, the war between the state government and workers started. Ajimobi started owing workers salaries , as much as 7months. Amidst the debts, he sacked so many workers unjustly and notwithstanding, kept on troubling them by observing very frequent screenings. Many workers lost their lives via road accident, as he mandated them to make their certificates available during the numerous screenings.
Of course , workers had to obtain their certificates from various institutions across the country. Some workers lost their lives in road accidents, others lost their lives due to depression and underlying health issues they could no longer afford to treat , as a result of lacking stable income. Ajimobi kept on sacking and suspending workers , yet didn’t replace them with new intakes. As if that wasn’t enough , he demolished buildings without compensating the people involved. Yet, he didn’t set up new infrastructures in places he demolished.
During the time Ajimobi was serving as governor, he made a statement in the church during a service for the late Oba Odulana Odugade( the former Olubadan of Ibadan) and I quote ;
“I cannot use money meant to develop the state to pay worker’s salaries”.
Oyo has seen bad days and if the people are rejoicing today because Engr. Seyi Makinde is in power, go back to the memory lane. Unfortunately for Oyo people, Ajimobi governed the state for 8 years , it was about the survival of the fittest. Even entrepreneurs felt the heat, money wasn’t circulating but there was enough funds to support campaign for 2019 elections. Ajimobi contested for the senate but lost. His gubernatorial candidate ,“Adelabu”, also lost the election. Rain fell on that day , it was a glorious day for Oyo People as Seyi Makinde won the gubernatorial election.
His Excellency, Engr. Seyi Makinde (Oyo state governor today).
Ajimobi could have been a godfather if his gubernatorial candidate had won the election. Oyo politics seems to be moving and for the first time in a long while, the people finally have a voice. Hey, Oyo revolution is God’s plan.
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