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  • Judge withdraws from suit on Ogun PDP crisis

    Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Lagos has withdrawn from adjudicating on a suit involving two factions of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State.
    He recused himself after the defendants accused him of being biased.
    The suit, numbered FHC/L/CS/1581/2018, was filed by Prince Segun Seriki, Chief Tuke Omotara, Hon. Nosiru Isiaka Giwa, Chief Remix Bakare, Apostle Abiodun Sanyaolu, Chief Kola Soriola and Chief Oyede Elijah through their lawyer Ajibola Oluyede.
    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), PDP and its chairman Prince Uche Secondus, Senator Ibrahim Tsauri, Elder Yemi Akinwonmi, Sikirulai Ogundele, Bode Bankole, Waliu Oladipupo and Tunde Alekuwodo are the defendants.
    The plaintiffs, in their originating summons, prayed for an order replacing Akinwonmi with Seriki as the party’s Deputy National Chairman (South).
    They urged the court to compel PDP national leadership to recognise Chief Adebayo Dayo-led faction as the authentic Executive Committee in Ogun State.
    But, the defendants, in their preliminary objection filed by through their lawyers led by Emeka Etiaba (SAN), urged the court to dismiss the suit for being incompetent and an abuse of court processes.
    Defence counsel asked Justice Aneke to withdraw from the suit for allegedly showing bias.

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    But, Oluyede urged the judge to not to withdraw from the case, saying: “I ask the court to discountenance the application particularly by Etiaba asking my Lord to recuse himself of this matter.”
    Ruling, Justice Aneke recused himself since, according to him, the defendants no longer had confidence in him.
    “The case file shall be remitted to the Chief Judge for reassignment,” the judge added.
    Before the court sat, Ogun State PDP Youth Leader Comrade Segun Okeowo, led a protest, demanding that the judge withdrew from the case.
    In a petition to the Chief Judge, signed by Comrade Waliu Oladipupo, the defendants said they no longer had confidence in Justice Aneke.
    After citing instances of alleged bias against the judge in the course of proceedings, they urged the CJ to re-assign the case to another judge and to transfer it to Ogun State to save the parties the inconveniences of travel risks and costs.
  • Tributes for ex-student leader Segun Okeowo

    Tributes for ex-student leader Segun Okeowo

    It was a gathering of the academic community on Monday night as serving and ex-student union leaders converged at the Reiz Continental Hotel, Abuja, to pay tributes to a former student union leader, Mr. Segun Okeowo, who died last month.

    The late Okeowo is popularly known for leading the “Ali Must Go” students’ protest in 1978.

    The Night of Tributes was organised by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youths and Students Affairs, Jude Imagwe.

    Imagwe said the late Okeowo impacted positively on many lives and should be immortalised.

    He said it was sad that no group gathered to celebrate the late Okeowo since his demise in January, adding this prompted the organisation of the Night of Tributes.

    Imagwe said: “I will do everything possible to ensure that this foremost ex-student leader does not die in vain. His legacies must forever be remembered. He will be immortalised.”

    Urging student union leaders to shun partisan politics and avoid being bought over by politicians, he said: “Students’ leaders should act responsibly. The student union body should return to what it used to be in the past, which was the voice of millions of Nigerian students.”

    Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Sam Amadi, who is also an ex-student union leader, called for better interaction among youths on critical issues on the social media.

    He cautioned youths against unwarranted criticisms, urging them to engage in productive ventures.

    The deceased’s son, Kolade, said his father “will forever be his hero”.

    Representatives of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) were at the event.

     

  • Tributes for ex-student leader Segun Okeowo

    Tributes for ex-student leader Segun Okeowo

    It was a day of tributes on Monday night, as serving and ex-students’ union leaders converged on the Reiz Continental Hotel, Abuja, to eulogise a former students’ union leader, Mr. Segun Okeowo, who died last month.

    Okeowo was famous for leading the “Ali Must Go” students’ protest in 1978.

    The Night of Tributes was organised by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youths and Students Affairs, Jude Imagwe.

    Imagwe said Okeowo impacted positively on many lives and should be immortalised.

    He said it was sad that no group gathered to celebrate him since his demise last month, adding that this prompted the organisation of the Night of Tributes.

    Imagwe said: “I will do everything possible to ensure that this foremost ex-students’ leader did not die in vain. His legacies must forever be remembered. He will be immortalised.”

    Urging students’ union leaders to shun partisan politics and avoid being bought over by politicians, he said: “Students’ leaders should act responsibly. The students’ union body should return to what it used to be in the past, which was the voice of millions of students.”

    Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Sam Amadi, who is also an ex-students’ union leader, called for better interaction among youths on critical issues.

    He cautioned youths against unwarranted criticisms, urging them to engage in productive ventures.

    The deceased’s son, Kolade, said his father “will forever be his hero.”

    Representatives of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) were present at the event.

     

  • ‘Ali Must Go’ students protest leader, Okeowo is dead

    Leader of the ‘Ali Must Go’ protest, Chief Segun Okeowo, is dead.

    Okeowo, an indigene of Sagamu in Ogun State, led the mass students protest against the then Minister of Education, Ahmadu Ali, over anti – students policy of the military government of Olusegun Obasanjo in 1976.

    He was an undergraduate student, University of Lagos, at that time.

    The former Chairman, Ogun State Teaching Service Commission(TESCOM) during Governor Gbenga Daniel’s era, is said died this morning. He has been down for a while.