The matriarch of the Awolowo family, Mrs H.I.D.Awolowo ,yesterday expressed satisfaction at the emergence of Professor Yemi Osinbajo as running mate to the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate,General Muhammadu Buhari.
She prayed for Osinbajo’s success in the election .
The Professor of Law who was on visit to the Ike,Ogun State residence of the Awolowo is married to a grand daughter of Mrs.Awolowo.
She said :”I am very happy this morning to see that Yemi Osibajo is going to higher ground and it is my prayer that he will get there. I urge you all to support his aspiration; God will take you there.”
Osibajo was accompanied to Ikenne by his wife, Dolapo;his younger brother, Akin Osibajo who is a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ogun state; the Iyaloja General of Remoland, Mrs Mercy Owolana; and Senator Olorunimbe Mamora among others.
They were received by Mama Awolowo and her eldest daughter, Mrs Omotola Oyediran.
He stated that he was in Ikenne, his homestead to receive blessings from the nonagenarian for ahead of the Feburary 14 election.
He later moved to a town hall meeting in his honour,with the co-ordinator of the Ikenne Peoples Forum,Chief Adeleke Adesina asking all sons and daughters of the area to throw their support behind Osinbajo.
“This is our project. The very day his name was announced as the running mate to Buhari was the very day we formed the Ikenne Peoples Forum so that we can chart a common front by supporting our son, Professor Osinbajo,” Adesina said.
Osinbajo said at the meeting that the APC would bring about the desired changes in Nigeria’s social-economic affairs if voted into power.
He said the party would follow the good policies and programmes implemented by the late Chief Obafemi Awolowo when he ran the affairs of the old Western region.
“My choice as the vice-presidential candidate of our party is a rare opportunity for Remoland, Ogun state and Nigeria. It is God’s divine. Awolowo came out of Remoland to become the Premier of the defunct Western region and he did excellently well. It is my utmost belief and prayer that we will do more than him,” he said.
The APC’s vice Presidential candidate also visited the Akarigbo and Paramount Ruler of Remoland, Oba Michael Sonariwo and the Awujale and Paramount Ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Kayode Adetona to receive their blessings.
10 feared killed in Jos fresh attack
•30 houses burnt
•Security agencies uncovered IED planted at Maulud ground
Yusufu Aminu Idegu, Jos
A fresh attack by gunmen in Mangu local government of Plateau state has claimed 10 lives.
Thirty residential houses were razed during the attack early yesterday.
Victims of the attack alleged that the invaders spoke Fulfude and claimed to even know some of them.
Audu Daman who managed to escape after his house was set on fire said: “From the nature of the attack, it was clear the attackers are Fulani because they did not hide their identity.They even issued threats before they came. I know some of them”
Three people were beheaded in an earlier clash between Fulani herdsmen and Mwaghavul people on new year day at Kantoma village.
More attacks soon followed.
It was learnt that yesterday’s invaders who were apparently on a revenge mission swooped on Shurun village to unleash terror.
An eye withness said the calibre of arms and ammunitions used by the attackers showed that the mission was “ well co-ordinated to eliminate us. “
The Plateau Police command could not confirm the attack last night.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abu Emmanuel said he was yet to get details of the incident.
Meanwhile, security agencies yesterday confirmed that they uncovered a bomb planted at the venue of the Maulud Nabiy celebration in Jos.
The improvised explosive device was immediately detonated by men of the anti-bomb squad of Plateau State Police command.
The Special Task Force Media Officer, Captain Iweka Ikedichi who confirmed the incident said the IED was planted in the area on Thursday ahead of the festival but was discovered Thursday night..
He therefore enjoined people of the state to be extra-ordinary careful and report any suspected object or movement to the security agencies for prompt action.
