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  • IBB seeks peace as he returns from medical vacation

    A Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida has returned from a three months medical vacation from Switzerland.

    Babangida who returned on Saturday night was received at the Minna International Airport by former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, his son  Muhammad Babangida and other family members along with his friends and Staff.

    In a statement by the media office of General Ibrahim Babangida said the former military President arrived fully invigorated.

    According to the statement, General Babangida appreciated Nigerians for their prayers urging them to always be advocates of peace in the country.

    “I commend all Nigerians for their orderliness and peaceful conducts during elections. I urge all Nigerians to always be the vanguards of peace for the development of the country through democratic processes”.

     

  • 2019: ESOSC Baba Aladura sues for peace

    The Prelate and Baba Aladura of the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim (ESOCS) Worldwide His Most Eminence Dr. David Bob-Manuel has called for peace before, during and after the 2019 general elections.

    He urged President Muhammadu Buhari to activate all security apparatuses for the peaceful conduct of the exercise.

    He spoke with reporters last week ahead of the annual general conference of the church.

    “I call on the Federal Government, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), all political parties and politicians to ensure free and fair elections devoid of violence,” the Prelate said.

    On the recent killings of soldiers by the terrorist group Boko Haram in Metele, Borno State, Baba Aladura Bob-Manuel urged the Federal Government to probe the incident, especially claims the soldiers were denied necessary weapons.

    He reiterated desire to reposition the Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim in line with the legacy and heritage handed down by the founding fathers of the church.

    He vowed to ensure the legacy was not eroded by contemporary, global events.

    The 2018 conference has its theme as “Positioned for righteous exploits,”, which Bob-Manuel said was intended to realign members of the church, particularly its youths, towards holy and righteous living in their life endeavors.

  • Ashafa sues for peace in Lagos East

    •Senator urges aspirant to tow party line

    The senator representing Lagos East, Gbenga Ashafa, has urged a senatorial aspirant for his seat in the National Assembly and member of the state House of Assembly, Bayo Osinowo, to abide by the decision of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on the senatorial ticket.

    In a statement yesterday, Ashafa said: “In light of the wide spread reports of violence at the Kosofe axis of Lagos East Senatorial District during the primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the House of Representatives and affirmation process for the senators in Lagos State being returned unopposed, Senator Gbenga Ashafa has called on Honourable Bayo Osinowo (aka Pepper) to sheathe his sword and call the thugs purportedly working for him to order.

    “Following the official communication by the National Working Committee of the APC that only Senators Oluremi Tinubu, Gbenga Ashafa and Solomon Olamilekan have been cleared to contest the senatorial elections unopposed, it would have been expected of Osinowo to respect the position of the party by supporting the candidate recognised by the party. This was the case with Kayode Opeifa, who also aspired for the Lagos West Senatorial ticket but has since withdrawn from the race, following the decision of the party to return the incumbent senators unopposed.”

     

     

  • Oyo deputy governor sues for peace

    Oyo deputy governor sues for peace

    OYO State Deputy Governor Michael Adeyemo has appealed to one of the aggrieved Ondo State All Progressives Congress (APC)governorship aspirants, Chief Olusola Oke and others to embrace peace.

    He urged them to work together for the victory of the party in the November 26 governorship election.

    Adeyemo spoke yesterday while addressing reporters in Ibadan.

    His words: “I heard in the national dailies today that Oke complained that the delegates’ list was manipulated. But the person that came second, Dr. Segun Abraham agreed that the election was free, fair and credible.

    “Human beings complain sometimes when they are not the one that was choosing. He should just accept his faith and allow God’s wish to hold. That is the person God has ordained to win. Rotimi Akeredolu contested in 2012 and lost. But he accepted his faith and re-contested again.

    “Akeredolu is a man of the people and I am hopeful that he is going to win the governorship election. Akeredolu is a viable candidate, if not his people would not have voted for him in a free, fair and credible election that was held over the weekend among 22 aspirants.

    “We are all one family and only one candidate is expected to emerge from the primary,” he said.

    Adeyemo urged other aspirants and APC members to work together for the party’s victory in the governorship election.

     

     

  • APC sues for peace as Aregbesola kicks off campaign tomorrow

    Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola will kick off his re-election campaign tomorrow in Ile-Ife.

    His Campaign Committee in Ife Zone urged the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore, to embrace peace.

    It said it got information that the PDP was planning to disrupt the campaign through violence and urged the opposition to have a rethink.

    At a press conference yesterday in Ife, the committee’s Chairman, Mr. Folorunso Bamisayemi, said the Aregbesola administration had done a lot for the people of Ife Zone, adding: “In Ife Municipal, Aregbesola’s administration constructed 15 roads, which are about 30 kilometres long. In Ife South, it constructed 12 roads; nine in Ifetedo and three in Garage Olode. It built 14 roads in Ife North, which consists of Ipetumodu, Yakoyo, Edun-Abon and others.

    “Also, Aregbesola built world class schools for the people of this zone. He improved our environment significantly. Through Agba Osun, he provided social security for the elderly, which no government before him ever did. The PDP had nothing to show for its seven-and-a half years in power. The party left public schools in shambles.”

    Bamisayemi said rather than engage in violence, the APC would base its campaign on issues and the achievements of Aregbesola, “which no administration in Osun has matched”.

    He said they had it on good authority that Omisore plans to unleash terror on the Ife APC chieftains tonight.

    Bamisayemi said the matter had been reported to the police and expressed hope that the police would maintain law and order during the campaign.

    The Media Director of Omisore’s Campaign Group, Prince Diran Odeyemi, debunked the allegation, saying: “The series of unfounded allegations against the PDP and Omisore are mere noises from the APC, which has nothing tangible to base its campaign on.

    “Omisore yesterday, Omisore today, Omisore tomorrow, why? Do all these not negate the APC’s earlier promise to go and sleep, should Omisore become the PDP’s candidate? All these noise and unsubstantiated allegations are signs of a drowning party looking for what to clinch on for survival.

    “This is the time to talk about programmes and manifesto, not Omisore did this and that. If there is evidence of plan to cause mayhem anywhere, they should inform the police and other security agencies, rather than running to the press.”

    Also at the weekend, the APC debunked Omisore’s allegations that the state government diverted the Contributory Pension Deductions of workers in state-owned tertiary institutions and was insensitive to the four-month strike by lecturers in the schools.

    In a statement by its spokesman, Mr. Kunle Oyatomi, APC said: “Everything Omisore has said about the strike is false. He told similar lies about Osun’s ‘debt’, until the PDP-led Federal Government confirmed that Omisore is not a witness of truth. As he lied about debt, so he is lying about lecturers’ pension.

    “The plan by the PDP and Omisore to use some elements amongst the lecturers and students to cause violence in the state has failed woefully, so the APC will not bother to engage in any discussion about Omisore’s lies.”

    Odeyemi said: “It is only an illiterate governor that would allow the closure of the state’s four tertiary institutions for about four months without attending to their agitations.”