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Iree Chieftaincy Crisis: Osun Govt Battles Bribe-taking, Deception Accusations
Outgoing administration of Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State is now enmeshed in fraud allegations of siphoning millions of naira from contestants to the vacant royal stool of Aree of Iree, only to ‘backstab’ them afterwards.
The government’s conduit, according to The Factual News investigations, is the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Adebayo Adeleke, also known as Banik, who is from the community in Boripe North Local Council Development Area.
Sources in the ancient community recalled that all the 11 aspirants to the vacant stool were asked to pay N500,000 each to the Boripe local council, and N150,000 to the Osun State Government.
They were also reportedly ordered to pay varying amounts of money to cover their three-year tax clearances, respectively.
However, the contestants soon smelt a rat when the state government, having siphoned various sums of money from them, made a volte face by subverting the community’s convention through the appointment of a new female Chief, an Iyalode, to join the Iree kingmakers.
Meanwhile, sources in Iree revealed that it is a taboo for a woman to be a kingmaker as such had never been witnessed in the history of the community.
“What Banik and other people in the Oyetola government are doing is to impose a preferred candidate of the governor as Oba (monarch) of Iree, and they are so desperate that they want the candidate installed before the governor leaves office on November 26”, a community source who craved anonymity owing to the sensitivity of the issue, disclosed to The Factual News.
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Another prominent indigene of the community, Mr. Adebayo Afolabi, a prominent lawyer, while rationalising the scenario, described the hurried move to install a monarch by the Oyetola lame-duck administration as a product of desperation.
“We have six members as kingmakers; three from Oke Ogii, one from Isale Asa, one from Oke Aree and one from Oke Eesa, which is the late Eesa’s. If you want to substitute a Chief for Eesa, such Chief should come from Oke Eesa.
“What is the interest of the government in an Iyalode? Are there no Chiefs in Oke Eesa to be used as substitute for the vacant position of Eesa? Is Oke Eesa not qualified in the selection process of an Aree? Why is the government bent on creating crisis in our community? People should know that we are watching all that is happening.
“Judgement was delivered in June but government waited until October this before they started parading Iree with security agents every Friday, to disrupt the meeting of Aree-In-Council. People who were not born between 1972 and1980 when the crisis of Obaship engulfed Iree or people who were outside the community then should not drag us to such terrible period again for their selfish reason. We don’t pray for what is happening in Ikirun now to rear its ugly heads to Iree.
“Why the hurry to install an Aree now? Politicians will come and go, political offices will come and go but tradition remains and should be held sacrosanct. Everyone is writing his history, whatever history that removes peace from one’s community is an unpatriotic act,” Afolabi appraised.
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Already, however, other sources revealed that the state government, scared stiff that its preferred candidate to the ancient throne would be rejected by the community and could be liable to being stoned, reportedly held a secret selection meeting at the Boripe LCDA secretariat where six handpicked warrant officers, joined by the new Iyalode, were herded to endorse the governor’s candidate.
All the kingmakers in Iree boycotted the exercise, widely booed as a charade, sources further revealed.
The government also reportedly hoped to install its preferred Iree monarch inside the local council secretariat and make him operate from there till the state’s administration expires on November 26, this year.
Governor Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was defeated by Mr. Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic party in the recently held governorship election.
However, while speaking with journalists recently in Osogbo, the state’s commissioner for chieftaincy affairs, Banik, denied his alleged meddlesomeness in Iree chieftaincy brouhaha.
He also extricated his principal, Governor Oyetola, from any involvement in the imposition plot.
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NURTW crisis: Stop causing confusion, Yasin warns Baruwa
NURTW crisis: Stop causing confusion, Yasin warns Baruwa
Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Alhaji Najeem Usman Yasin, has warned Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa, former president of the union, to stop misleading people and causing confusion about the state of affairs of the union.
He stated this while addressing members of the union during an emergency meeting at the national headquarters of the union, Abuja, called to put the records straight about some misinformation flying around.
Baruwa is said to have been going around misleading the people that he is the authentic leader of the union despite a recent National Industrial Court judgement given by Justice OO Oyewunmi that the NIC no longer has jurisdiction over the matter.
Yasin in a statement was quoted to have said, “When he (Baruwa) got Judgement from National Industrial Court, we quickly appealed against it and the court struck out the case for lack of jurisdiction.
“But to our surprise, Baruwa has been going about sending wrong messages to our people that he is the authentic president.
“I want to tell you that as of today, we only have an interim arrangements headed by Alhaji Aliyu Issa Ore and that the only recognised headquarters of the union is the one on Sapele Street, Garki Abuja.”
He urged members to disregard any further propaganda from Baruwa.
“Baruwa should wait for the outcome of the Court of Appeal before making any noise. He destroyed the union and now he wants to use power of incumbency to manipulate everybody and we say no to his manipulation,” he stated.
Acting President of the NURTW, Alhaji Ore, appealed to members not to entertain any information from Baruwa and his people, saying they are only out to cause confusion in the union.
He also advised members not go to any office of the union apart from the one registered and sited on Sapele Street
In his own contribution, the Registrar of the Trade Union, Mr Falonipe Amos, who was part of the meeting, said the Federal Government would be very happy to see the crisis resolved
He said, “We are all members of the same family and the two parties should keep hope alive and work for peace. We are father to all the unions. We are for the interest of the union and hope that at the end of the day, the union will come out stronger.”
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Terrorist kingpin, four others killed in rival groups clash
Terrorist kingpin, four others killed in rival groups clash
A notorious terrorist kingpin, Usman Modi Modi, popularly known as “Kartakwa,” has been killed along with several others in a fierce clash between rival groups in Katsina on Tuesday.
The fight broke out around 2:00 PM, and according to a reliable source, it involved infamous terrorist leaders Abdulkarim Faca Faca of Marina Camp and Usman Modi Modi of Kanta Camp.
Usman Modi Modi and four other people were slain in the altercation.
According to the report, Mankare, Gunki Ummadau, Dogo Jabi Birinya Bayan Dutsin of Kurfi LGA, and Harisu Babba Yauni of Safana LGA were the other four of his lieutenants who were killed in the battle.
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The reliable source claimed that Safana and Kurfi Local Government Areas (LGAs) were being terrorised by Usman Modi Modi and his cronies.
In contrast, similar activities are allegedly the work of the opposing gang, led by Abdulkarim Faca Faca, in the LGAs of Marina, Safana, and Batsari.
The source further revealed that two terrorists, Abdulrahman Jankare Gangare of Tsaskiya Safana LGA and Usaini Yauni of Safana LGA, were seriously injured during the conflict in the state.
He stated that searches are being conducted to find and capture the remaining offenders
Terrorist kingpin, four others killed in rival groups clash
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Father remanded for allegedly defiling teenage daughter in Lagos
Father remanded for allegedly defiling teenage daughter in Lagos
On Tuesday, the Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court remanded Joseph Gamor, 58, for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old daughter.
The sitting judge, Patrick Adekomaiya, declined to take a plea and remanded Gamor to the Awarjigoh Correctional Centre seeking legal advice from the director of public prosecution.
The prosecution counsel, Ayodele Adeosun, informed the court that the suspect defiled the kid in his home on the morning of May 9.
The defendant, a 58-year-old man, lives around Golden GLO bus stop, Imeke, Badagry.
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Adeosun added that the suspect unlawfully penetrated the vagina of his 13-year-old daughter with his manhood.
“He unlawfully touched and removed her clothes and had sexual intercourse with her,” he said.
He added that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 261 and 263 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The judge adjourned the case until July 29 for further hearing.
Father remanded for allegedly defiling teenage daughter in Lagos
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