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8 — Vanguard, TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2021
:Vanguard News
How Sen Uroghide backed my
joining PDP, re-election
—Obaseki
By Ozioruva Aliu
BENIN
CITY—
GOVERNOR Godwin
Obaseki of Edo State
revealed how the Senator
representing Edo South
senatorial district and
Chairman, Senate
Committee on Public
Accounts, Matthew
Uroghide, dropped his
governorship ambition and
went ahead to support his
re-election as governor of
the state, in September
2020.
Obaseki spoke at an
event to mark the 66th
birthday ceremony of
Uroghide, where he said
the celebrant’s
perseverance gave him
electoral victory in 2015,
after 23 years of trying to
make headway in politics.
Obaseki said: “For me, he
is more than a brother. I am
in the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, and the
governor of Edo State today
largely because of his
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Adogun Atele family vows to
resist imposition of monarch
By Onozure Dania
LAGOS—HEAD and
principal members of
Adogun Atele family, in
Ado-Odo, Otta Local
Government Area of Ogun
State, consisting of its four
ruling houses, yesterday,
vowed to resist plans to
impose a traditional ruler on
the community to achieve
a hidden agenda.
Specifically, the family
accused the Ogun State
Commissioner for Local
Government and
Chieftaincy Affairs and the
Olota of Otta, Oba Kabiru
Obalanlege, of scheming to
impose a non-indigene on
the stool of Onitele of Itele
Awori, Otta.
The family, in a letter,
yesterday, written to the
Chairman, House
Committee on Local
Government and Chieftaincy
Affairs, Ogun State House of
Assembly, accused ministry
officials of planning to sell the
Onitele stool to one Ademola
Asorota, whom they said was a
stranger to the Itele family.
The letter, by Chief Taoreed
efforts and persuasion.
“When I was going
through challenges in the
other political party, the
senator, and the senator
representing Edo Central
senatorial district, Senator
Clifford Ordia, approached
me and said to me, ‘my
brother, don't worry, when
you are ready, we have a
platform for you. Just let us
know when you are ready.
We will bring you in'.
“Senator Urhoghide said
to me, because of you, I am
not going to contest. People
have been approaching me
to contest. I want you to
come and take this ticket
and, once you take this
ticket, I will work for you.”
He described the
celebrant as strategic in
leading his re-election campaign
in Edo South, adding: “That
campaign was historic because
we were in every ward, and that
singular effort changed the
politics of Edo and Nigeria.
“For the first time in our history,
every local government in Edo
South came together and voted
as one."
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Dada, Pa Nurudeen Akapo, Mr.
Sunday Owotolu and Alhaji
Monsuru Yusuf, on behalf of all
the ruling houses, urged the
Ogun State House of Assembly
to intervene and prevent
avoidably bloodshed in Itele.
The family also called on the
Ogun State government to
respect the judgment of the
Supreme Court delivered on
December 16, 2011, in suit
number SC:200/2003 between
Alhaji Gafar Arowolo and Chief
Sunday Olowookere & Others,
where the apex court held that
Adogun was the founder and first
settler of Itele and the only family
consisting of four ruling houses
that were eligible to the stool of
Onitele of Itele Awori.
The family alleged that there
was an ongoing fraudulent plan
to sell the vacant stool of Onitele
of Itele-Awori to one Asorota, who
is not part of their family and not
related to them in any way.
The family stated that it rejected
the sum of N50 million allegedly
offered them to relinquish their
ancestral throne, stating:
“Asorota, who is from Iseyin in
Oyo State, has been parading
himself as a member of Adogun
Atele.”
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HIJRAH 1443 LECTURE:—From left: Aragbiji of Iragbiji, Oba Abdulrasheed Olabomi; Deputy Chief of Staff to
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, Abdullahi Binuyo; President, Osun Muslim Community, Alh. Mustafa
Olawuyi; Chief Imam, Osogbo, Sheikh Musa Animashaun, and Justice Moshood Adeigbe (retd),
during the public lecture to celebrate Hijrah 1443.
Security operatives have failed
Nigerians —Osun monarch
....As don blames FG over insecurity
By Shina Abubakar
O SOGBO—THE
Aragbiji of Iragbiji in
Osun State, Oba
Abdulrasheed Olabomi,
yesterday, said the
country’s conventional
security outfit has failed to
protect lives and property
of the citizenry, saying
more Nigerians are dying
through the guns of
security operatives.
He said the country’s
security architecture has
done well in harassing
residents across the
country, while jettisoning its
basic responsibility of
protecting them.
Aragbiji spoke at the 1443
We can achieve Ibadan State without Yoruba
nation —CCII
By Adeola Badru
IBADAN—THE Central
Council of Ibadan
Indigenes, CCII,
yesterday, insisted that the
clamour for Ibadan State is
still achievable without
Yoruba nation agitation.
The newly elected
President-General of the
council, Prince Oluyemisi
Adeaga, who spoke to
Vanguard, said he and the
immediate-past President-
General, Chief Yemi
Soladoye, were at the
National Assembly to
present a paper at the
public hearing, towards
amending the constitution,
adding that they presented
papers on the case for the
creation of Ibadan State.
Adeaga said: “In the
course of doing that, we
made suggestions on why
it has been difficult for the
creation of the state and
lauded all the senators from
Oyo State at the National
Assembly for their
contributions, because they
created the chances for us
to present our case before
the lawmakers.
“With God, nothing is
impossible and I want to say
Hijrah celebration,
organised by the Osun
State government in
partnership with the state's
Muslim Community, in
Osogbo.
He said: “It is unfortunate
that armed robbers can
operate in Iree freely for
two hours and escape,
especially when the town is
surrounded by six
Divisional Police
headquarters. Meanwhile,
ordinarily, police presence
is heavy in the area
collecting money from
motorists. They kill
innocent residents if they
refuse to give them money.
More people now die from
police guns because of
that we have in the
National Assembly now
active representation by
those who are representing
us.
“Oodua nation is the wish
of the people of Yorubaland
and we are part of the
people. However, we are
leaders of people who have
money, while robbers
operate freely and escape
in our towns.
“The Police, DSS, Army
and even the Nigeria
Security and Civil Defense
Corps have failed to
safeguard Nigerians from
insecurity. It is time for
traditional rulers and
community leaders to form
their security or vigilante
groups to secure their lives
and property, if the police,
as seen in the Iree case, are
also afraid of the criminal
gangs.”
In his paper titled:
‘Insecurity Level in
Nigeria, Tilting Towards
Anarchy: Islamic Solutions’,
the Vice-Chancellor,
the independence to
determine what they want
to do and how they want to
do it.
“If it becomes a collective
thing, a good leader will
support the followers on
what they want to do. That’s
exactly what a good leader
should do.
“And I say that if the
circumstance that is
Fountain University,
Professor Hamid Sanni said
insincerity of the Federal
Government is fuelling
insecurity in Nigeria.
Professor Sanni said:
“Insincerity of the Federal
Government is fuelling
insecurity in the country.
The Federal Government is
not treating Nigerians that
show concern with the
spate of insecurity the same
way.
“Government at all levels
must discuss with
stakeholders in Nigeria on
ways to resolve rising
insecurity in the country to
curb the present state of
anarchy the country finds
itself. Government has
failed to provide security,
which is its primary
responsibility, hence, must
redress the trend.”
breeding this thought
doesn’t change, perhaps, if
the people want to go, we
will go along with them
because we do things along
with the people.
“But I want to say that
without Oodua Nation,
Ibadan will still have its status.
So, if it is created, we will go as
Ibadan State, and if not we will
remain Ibadan State.”
Osun Amotekun recruits 93 women, 360
personnel
By Shina Abubakar
O Western
SOGBO—THE
Nigeria
Security Network,
codenamed Amotekun, in
Osun State, yesterday,
recruited 360 personnel
into the corps.
Speaking with newsmen
in Osogbo, Amotekun
Governing Board’s
Chairman, Brig. Gen.
Isah Aderigbigbe (retd),
said the number was
drawn from 1,647 persons
that attended the
interview.
While disclosing that the
recruits in the first phase
would resume training on
Sunday, August 15, at Wole
Soyinka High, Ejigbo, he
said 93 women were
recruited into the corps
across the state.
Aderigbigbe said: “We
printed about 2000 forms
out of which 1,647 people
reported for an interview
and they were screened. We
took 360 of them. We pick
at least three females in
each of Osun 30 local
government areas and one
area office.
“If some of those that
were shortlisted failed to
resume to camp between 8
am and 6 pm, we have a
reserve list that we can call
upon within 24 hours.
“Our camping will start
on August 15, 2021, at Wole
Soyinka High School
Ejigbo. The candidates are
expected to report to the
camp on that day between
8 am and 6 pm; any
candidate that fails to meet
up within the period will
forfeit his chance. Our
passing out will be 4th of
September after three
weeks in camp. The recruit
must come to camp with
medical fitness report from
a government hospital and
other materials like white
vests, blue shorts and
cutlery.
“The numbers of those
that we recruit in all the
local government areas of
the state are almost equal
except for some flashpoints
where we expect threats;
we increase numbers in
those areas.
“We are recruiting in
three phases; this is just the
first phase.”