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KEKE RIDER SHOOT DEAD BY A PASTOR POLICE ESCORT IN DELTA

Delta State Police Command on Monday confirmed the arrest of Apostle Michael Akpor, the founder of Palace of God Bible Church at Uti Street, Effurun in Delta State in connection to the murder.

The cleric was arrested alongside the mobile policemen attached to him for allegedly shooting two persons to death at the Ugbolokpoko Junction in Effurun on Tuesday.

Two tricycle passengers were shot dead while the tricycle rider was injured by a police escort at Ugbolokposo in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State on Tuesday evening.

A witness, however, explained that the tricycle rider was trying to overtake the VIP convoy when the armed escort of policemen opened fire on the occupants.

In the process, two persons were shot dead while the Keke (tricycle) rider sustained gunshot injuries.

It was gathered that one of the deceased, a ticket collector at Ugbolokposu Junction was identified as Apepe and the other was a meat vendor at Effurun Market simply identified as Charlie.

Angry youths and tricycle riders following the incident, in a show of solidarity, stormed the Ebrumede Police Station Tuesday night and threatened to set it on fire.

However, the police during an investigation revealed that the mobile policemen escorting Apostle Michael Akpor were the ones involved in the killing at Ugbolokpoko Junction.

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the development to news men said the investigation was still ongoing.
Source Sahara reporters

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23-year-old man hacks girlfriend to death with machete over iPhone in Delta

A 22-year-old female student of the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, Gift Oloku, has been killed by her boyfriend over iPhone.

The incident happened at Etevie quarters in Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, July 16, 2022.

The suspect identified as Godspower Adegheji, 23, allegedly hacked the deceased to death with a machete.

Spokesperson of the Sate Police Command, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday, said the suspect has been arrested

According to Edafe, the suspect killed the Gift after she mistakenly broke his IPhone while they were fighting.

“This is Godspower Adegheji of Etevie quarters Ozoro, age 23yrs, he killed his girlfriend Gift Oloku ‘f’ aged 22yrs in ozoro using a machete after she mistakenly broke his IPhone 11pro max while they were fighting cos she went out without telling him. He has been arrested.” the spokesperson stated.

According to The Nation, trouble started on Saturday night when the suspect accused the deceased of infidelity after she went out without telling him and a fight broke out between them, leading to her death.

The suspect took the corpse to the State General Hospital on Sunday morning where the victim was confirmed dead.

A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity said: “It happened today (Saturday) at Ozoro. A guy beat his girlfriend to death with machete. People said he was high that he didn’t do it with his clear eyes because he didn’t run away after killing her, instead, he rushed her to a general hospital

“I just confirmed that the girl is a student of the school, but the guy is not. Maybe he has graduated. The guy must have been on drugs last night It was this morning that the guy regained himself. After seeing what he had done, he rushed the girl to the hospital.”

A video footage making the round online showed the lifeless body of the deceased lying on a stretcher while the suspect was being flogged by a mob.

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Osun: I’m Not Aware Of PDP Victory, Oyetola’s Loss – Adamu

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on Sunday disclosed that he was unaware a winner has emerged in the aftermath of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State.

Adamu’s statement is coming in the wake of the party’s candidate, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s loss to the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Ademola Adeleke.

Oyetola had polled 375,027 votes and won in 13 local government areas of the state to come second behind Adeleke in the election.

When asked to make comment after the election, the governor said the leadership of the APC in the state will respond to the result of Saturday’s governorship poll after studying it.

He also called on his supporters to remain calm, and go about their respective businesses without fomenting trouble or resulting to violence.

His loss in Saturday’s poll has, however, come to the APC national chair as a surprise.

Adamu, who appeared on Arise TV programme on Sunday, denied having knowledge of the winner of the Osun governorship election.

He told the presenter, “With due respect, my dear brother, I am just really hearing this from you. I have not formally heard the announcement from INEC, which is the independent commission responsible for election in Nigeria.

“I have not heard from them yet. Once I hear formally from INEC, I can be in a position to answer this particular question.”

When reminded that the results and the breakdown of the ballots from the 30 local government areas were all over the pages of major newspapers across the country, Adamu remained adamant.

“Between me and you, I have not formally heard from INEC and I have not read the papers you are talking about. I do read some papers on my table before I have my breakfast but I haven’t done that today yet,” he said.

When prodded further on whether the party will accept defeat if he finally gets to see the result and breakdown of voting pattern, the APC chair stuck to his gun.

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15 things to know about Osun Gov-elect, Adeleke

1. Ademola Nurudeen Jackson is from the Adeleke family of Ede, in Osun State.
2. He was a Senator that represented the Osun-west senatorial district between 2017 and 2019.
3. Adeleke is a father of five including B-Red and uncle to popular musician, Davido.
4. Adeleke commenced his primary education at Methodist Primary School, Surulere Lagos State then relocated to Old Oyo State and attended Nawarudeen Primary School, Ikire.
5. He progressed to The Seventh Day Adventist Secondary School, Ede also in the then Old Oyo State and later moved to Ede Muslim Grammar School Ede, where he finished his secondary school education before relocating to the United States.
6. He started higher studies at Jacksonville State University, Alabama in the United States where he majored in criminal justice and with minor in political science.
7. After much controversies surrounding his educational qualification, he went back to school and got enrolled at Atlanta Metropolitan State College in the United States where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice in 2021.
8. Adeleke started his political career in 2001 alongside his late brother Senator Isiaka Adeleke who died on April 2017.
9. He was a member of the All Progressives Congress until he decamped to the People’s Democratic Party in April 2017.
10. He contested in the Osun west 2017 by-election after the death of his brother, emerging as the winner under the People’s Democratic Party.
11. Adeleke ran for Osun state governorship election under the PDP against top contenders Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola of APC and Iyiola Omisore of SDP on 22 September 2018.
12. The election was declared inconclusive by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) and a rerun slated on 27 September 2018. The candidate of the APC Oyetola was declared winner after the run-off. Adeleke protested the result describing the election as a “coup”.
13. On 22 March 2019 the tribunal sitting in Abuja declared Adeleke the winner of the election.
14. The Supreme Court later affirmed Gboyega Oyetola as the authentic winner of the 2018 Osun State governorship election on Friday, 5 July 2019.
15. He contested the 2022 Osun state gubernatorial election and won with a total vote of 403, 371 over the incumbent governor, Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola, who got a total vote of 375, 027.

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192 National Assembly members set to dump APC

The Planning and Strategy Committee of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organisation has notified the hierarchy of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the possibility of about 192 National Assembly (NASS) members defecting from the ruling party to opposition parties.

POLITICS NIGERIA reports that this follows the outcome of the party primaries in May and June where some top members failed in their bid to secure their return ticket.

The committee was chaired by a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Babachir Lawal. Members included a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara; serving senators Opeyemi Bamidele, Ishaku Abbo, Grace Bent and Basiru Ajibola; member of the House of Reps, Musa Sarkin-Adar, Komsol Longgap and Olawale Raji; former senators Adesoji Akanbi, Abu Ibrahim and Magnus Abe.

Some others were the Director-General, Tinubu Support Group, Umar Mohammed; Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Silas Agara; former deputy governor of Lagos State (under Tinubu), Femi Pedro; Safaa Adam; Amina Indala; Kashim Imam; Akin Awodeyi-Akinseyiwa; Saadatu Garba; Abubakar Sanusi and M.T Usman.

“There is a need to reach out to the principal officers of the National Assembly and the party leadership at the national, state, zonal and local government levels to mitigate and assuage the aggrieved persons.

“It is worrisome that 22 serving senators and 170 National Assembly members are set to defect from the APC,” the report, sighted by this newspaper, reads in part.

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Ademola Adeleke Defeats Tinubu’s Cousin, Incumbent Governor Oyetola

Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won 17 of the 30 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the Osun State governorship election.

Incumbent Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC), however, won in the remaining 13 LGAs.

This comes as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collates the results of the governorship election conducted on Saturday.

The collation exercise, which commenced in the early hours of Sunday, is ongoing at the INEC office in Osogbo, the state capital.

See the breakdown of the collated results for the 30 LGAs below:

Ife East LG

APC – 19,353

PDP – 18,071

Ife South LG

APC – 12,481

PDP – 9,116

Atakunmosa East LG

APC – 7,449

PDP – 6,992

Irewole LG

APC – 18,198

PDP – 14,216

Egbedore LG

APC – 9,228

PDP – 13,230

Ede North LG

APC – 9,603

PDP – 23,931

Ejigbo LG

APC – 14,355

PDP – 18,065

Isokan LG

APC – 10,833

PDP – 10,777

Ede South LGA

APC – 5,704

PDP – 19,438

Iwo LGA

APC – 17,421

PDP – 16,914

Ola Oluwa LGA

APC – 9,123

PDP – 7,205

Aiyedaade LG

APC – 14,527

PDP – 13,380

Ori Ade LG

APC – 14,189

PDP – 15,947

Irepodun LG

APC – 12,122

PDP – 14,369

Ife Central LG

APC – 17,880

PDP – 13,532

Ifedayo LG

APC – 5,016

PDP – 4,730

Ife North LG

APC – 9,964

PDP – 10,359

Olorunda LG

APC – 18,709

PDP – 21,350

Orolu LG

APC – 9,928

PDP – 10,282

Obokun LG

APC – 9,727

PDP – 13,575

Boripe LG

APC – 21,205

PDP – 7,595

Odo Otin LG

APC – 13,482

PDP – 14,003

Aiyedire LG

APC – 7,868

PDP – 7,402

Ilesha West LG

APC – 10,777

PDP – 13,769

Ifelodun LG

APC – 16,068

PDP – 17,107

Atakunmosa West LG

APC – 6,601

PDP – 7,750

Ila LG

APC – 11,163

PDP – 13,036

Osogbo LG

APC – 22,952

PDP – 30,401

Ilesha East LG

APC – 13,452

PDP – 10,969

Boluwaduro LG

APC – 5,649

PDP – 5,869

OsunDecides2022 #OsunDecides

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APC Warns PDP Not To Set Osun On Fire With Fake Results

The Director General of the Campaign Council of Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s re-election, Senator Ajibola Basiru has described as irresponsible the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that it has won the election, the result of which is being collated.

In a statement issued in Osogbo on Saturday evening, he noted that the claim by the PDP was capable of setting Osun on fire.

He, therefore, warned the PDP to desist from making a frivolous and unsubstantiated claim about an election, which, as we speak, voting is still going on in some areas.

Going by the result so far declared, there was no way PDP could lay claim to any victory. This is more so that in one of the Local Governments where the PDP candidate hails voting is still going on as we speak.

“Therefore, the PDP’s claim is tantamount to standing logic on its head. We appeal to our supporters and sympathisers in Osun and across the country to remain calm in the face of this obvious provocation.

OsunDecides2022 #OsunElection

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Nigerian Police Arrest Suspected Political Thug From Lagos With Charms

The suspect, who reportedly gave his name as Ezekiel, was arrested by the Nigerian police in the Ifofin area of Ilesha in Osun State.

Security operatives deployed to monitor the ongoing governorship election in Osun State have arrested a suspected hoodlum with charms.
The suspect, who reportedly gave his name as Ezekiel, was arrested by the Nigerian police in the Ifofin area of Ilesha in Osun State.

According to reports, the suspect said he resided in Lagos and had to come to Ilesha to work.
Meanwhile, some people in the area have faulted the police, querying when it had become an offence to wear charms.
Across Osun State today, up to 1,955,657 registered voters are expected to exercise their franchise across the 3,763 polling units to elect a new governor for the state in a keen contest.

Soldiers, policemen and members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been sighted in strategic locations around the state capital and border towns.
The election, which will be contested by 15 political parties, is expected to be a straight duel between the incumbent governor, Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Other candidates in the race are the former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Lasun Yusuf of the Labour Party, Goke Omigbodun of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Akin Ogunbiyi of Accord Party.
More voters are expected to participate in the election than the 2018 poll when 767,444 electorates out of the 1,668,524 registered voters exercised their franchise.

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Hell Does Not Exist, There Will Be No Judgement Day – Music Producer, Mr Logic

A popular and controversial music producer, Mr Logic has claimed that there is no hell.

According to the Ghanaian music producer, God doesn’t have time to line people up and ask them how many people they slept with.

He urged people not to listen to what Christians say in an interview on Day Break Hitz show on Hitz FM in Accra.

He said;

“Death in itself is a punishment. There’s no hell anywhere.

“God doesn’t have the time to line up people to ask them how many people they slept with and all that. God doesn’t have time for that. There’s no such thing in the Bible.”

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Court Declines Sacking Oyetola As Osun APC’s Candidate

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by former Secretary to the Osun State Government, Moshood Adeoti, seeking to void the nomination of Governor Gboyega Oyetola as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Saturday’s governorship election.

Adeoti had claimed that Oyetola violated the provision of Article 31 (3) of the APC construction by allegedly not resigning his membership of the Caretaker/Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) 30 days before the party’s primary from which Oyetola emerged as the candidate of the APC.

In a judgment on Thursday, Justice Inyang Ekwo held among others, that the suit was an abuse of court process because it disclosed no cause of action.

Justice Ekwo noted that the subject matter of the suit fall outside the scope of Section 285(14) of the Constitution and Section 87(9) of Electoral Act and therefore the case did not qualify as pre-election matter.

Justice Ekwo held that the suit falls within the internal affairs of the party on which the court could not intervene.