A Lagos High Court sitting in Epe has restrained Julius Lawal from presenting or parading himself or acting in the capacity of the head of Ewade Ruling House of Igbooye, Epe.

The court also affirmed Otunba Musa-Adebamowo as head of Ewade Ruling House of Igbooye, Eredo-Epe.

Justice Animahun issued the order of interlocutory injunction yesterday while ruling in a motion on notice brought before him by the claimant/applicant, Otunba Musa-Adebamowo, through his counsel, Hassan Fajimite, Babs Animashaun and Kemi Yusuf.

The court also made an order of interlocutory injunction restraining Lawal, the defendant, his agents, servants, privies “from interfering with, disturbing or preventing the claimant from performance of his duties and functions and exercise of the power and full enjoyment of rights of the claimant as the head of the Ewade Ruling House of Igbooye, pending the final determination of the substantive suit.”

The court ordered parties to maintain status quo, prior to the commencement of hostilities on sale of family properties pending the final determination of the substantive suit.

Justice Animahun held that the law favours the claimant to continue to act as the head of the family pending determination of the substantive suit.

Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji yesterday sworn in a former Director General of the Office of Transformation and Service Delivery (OTSD), Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, as Special Adviser on Infrastructure and Public Utilities.

He said the task was a critical one that required highly committed person to handle.

Performing the ceremony at the Governor’s Office, Oyebanji said he was ready to go to any length in search of people who would help take the state to greater heights, adding that his concern was to implement his development agenda and deliver dividends of democracy to the people.

A political group, Asiwaju Distinguished Ambassador Movement (ADAM), has organised prayers for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima and Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s victory in the 2023 general election.

ADAM’s convener, Folashade Olabanji-Oba, said she had the conviction that on May 29, 2023, Asiwaju Tinubu would be sworn in as president.

Olabanji-Oba, who is also the Vice Chairman of Ikorodu Local Government and National President, Association of Vice Chairmen of Local Governments in Nigeria, said nobody had ever prepared for the position of president as Asiwaju Tinubu had done.

Highlights of the events included prayers and praises by Muslim and Christian clerics for the victory of Asiwaju Tinubu/Shettima and Sanwo-Olu/Hamzat.

Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun has issued an executive order establishing Ogun State Social Investment Programme.

Signing the order in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Prince Abiodun said it would help to alleviate poverty and hunger by ensuring equitable distribution of resources to the vulnerable, the poor and the widows, among others.

He said the order would help to improve socio-economic conditions of the people at the grassroots, adding that it was of particular importance in view of the economic recession in the world.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Lagos West Senatorial District, Dr. Idiat Adebule, has promised to drive the demand for Lagos special status if elected during next year’s general election.

She spoke yesterday in Ikeja GRA when she officially presented an 11-point agenda.

Adebule said Lagos State should not be denied special status, going by its importance to the nation and West Africa.

“I will pursue the actualisation of special status for Lagos State to enhance the socio-economic viability of the people of Lagos,” she said.

Successive progressive administrations in Lagos, she said, “have delivered steady development since our country’s return to democracy in 1999 and this feat has made Lagos State stand tall among other states.”

“This is a product of continuity and stability in governance, as well as consistent leadership provided by our great party, the APC. The people of Lagos are smart, intelligent and highly educated to always make the right decision to guarantee the tradition of progressive political inclination by voting for the APC at all levels. This is a sure path to trail-blazing and sustainable development of our dear state,” she said.

Adebule, a former deputy governor of Lagos, said with her level of educational attainment, a decent record of public service and proposed people-oriented statements of intent, she stood head and shoulder above other candidates seeking to represent the good people of Lagos West Senatorial District.

She said: “My vision is to place Lagos West Senatorial District and indeed Lagos State on a higher pedestal of excellence in governance, to drive prosperity, peace and progress through legislative interventions.

“I will deliver essential and people-oriented legislative interventions that are required to promote sustainable good governance for Nigerians. Likewise, I will promote legislative interventions to strengthen national educational policies, programmes and attainment throughout the value chain, with special emphasis on the functionality of the Nigerian education system, as the pivot for sustainable development.

“I will prioritise the implementation of legislative programmes that will engender economic empowerment and uplift of the people of Lagos West through targeted professional and vocational training as well as new skills acquisition, including infotech training, to harness the enormous talents of our people in order to discourage outward pull of our professionals to other countries.”

The Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Osun State, Mr. Simon Adebayo, has lamented the spate of violence against supporters of political parties in the state, ahead of the 2023 general election.

Adebayo, the Osun Central candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), urged the police to arrest thugs unleashing terror on members of parties and residents.

A statement by Adebayo yesterday condemned the attacks and warned politicians against using non-state actors to harass residents.

He said: “It is becoming worrisome that attacks on political supporters and residents are growing in the last one month. We cannot act as if we are not aware of the actions of criminals, who are hired by desperate politicians interested in do or die politics.

“Most of these thugs are going about with weapons to harass opponents of their pay master. Two weeks ago, Labour Party members were attacked with knives and cutlasses for pasting posters of their House of Assembly candidate. Similarly, supporters of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain were attacked by hoodlums, who injured them and destroyed property in Osogbo.