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Ondo poll: LP knocks Channels TV limiting gov debate to two parties

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November 3, 2024

Ondo poll: LP knocks Channels TV limiting gov debate to two parties

The Ondo state chapter of the Labour Party (LP) protested Channels Television’s decision to limit the planned debate of governorship candidates to two political parties on Saturday, claiming that the media outlet was ill-advised and did not accurately represent reality in the state.

The party slammed the organisers for limiting the planned live debate to two candidates from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the two leading candidates in the election, saying the debate was designed “with a view to manipulate the choices of the people, ever used to determine participation.”

In a statement by LP, the Director of Publicity Labour Party Campaign Organisation, Prince Olu Johnson Egbodofo, described limiting the planned debate by Channels to the candidates of APC and PDP as an orchestrated perversion of the will of the people of Ondo State in the November 16th governorship election.

Egbodofo explained that the LP as a party had drawn the attention of the organisers to the error while they promised to make amends but nothing was done till date.

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He stated that “the attention of the Labour Party and its candidates in the Ondo State Governorship Election scheduled for the 16th day of November 2024 has been drawn to an advert by Channels Television of its planned live debate on Sunday, 3rd November 2024, for candidates of the ruling APC and PDP, which Channels ill-advisedly described as “the two leading candidates in the election.

“As a media-friendly organisation and personalities, we took immediate steps to contact CHANNELS and its officials, particularly Seun Okinbaloye, who is the anchor of the debate, not to use the station’s authoritative media status to mislead but to accord the people of Ondo State and the station’s global audience the opportunities of a fair assessment of the status of the political parties and quality of the candidates for the election.

“From Friday, October 25th, our gubernatorial candidate, Chief Olusola Nehemiah Ebiseni, contacted several officials of Channels, particularly Seun Okinbaloye, who expressed regrets for the exclusion of the Labour Party and promised to make amends throughout the week, for which reason all legal and public actions against this obviously compromised debate were kept in abeyance.

“For the avoidance of any doubt, Channels and Seun Okinbaloye have organised Governorship candidate’s debate in Ondo State in 2012, 2016 and 2020 for not less than three candidates at any point and at no time was the subjective and unfair terms of “leading candidates” with a view to manipulate the choices of the people, ever used to determine participation.”

He stated further that “For the avoidance of any doubt, the Labour Party is the first political party since 1999 to have been voted two terms and administered Ondo State from 2009 to 2017, in which outstanding Government Chief Olusola Ebiseni and Adedayo Awude were its Governorship and Deputy Governorship candidates in this election.

“Labour Party is the immediate predecessor of the present APC administration in Ondo State and one of the largest parties in Nigeria today, contrary to the deliberate politically injurious advertisement by Channels.

Ondo poll: LP knocks Channels TV limiting gov debate to two parties

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Aare Ogele, Alhaji Abubakar Akanbi, whose residence was also affected, called for government’s aid for the victims, including the Mufti of the community.

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The Octopus (C4i) Strike Force Unit of the Nigeria Police has arrested a General Overseer of a new generation church in Eagle Island, Diobu, Port Harcourt over allegations of homosexuality.

The Guardian gathered that the General Overseer, nicknamed Elijah, was arrested after videos of him engaging in homosexual acts were leaked to the police by a male acquaintance named Patrick.

The acquaintance, who had been the target of the cleric’s advances, reportedly played along and captured nude videos of the pastor as evidence. The police, acting on credible intelligence, traced him to one of his relaxation spots in Port Harcourt, where he was arrested and taken into custody for investigation.

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Sources close to the investigation revealed that he has allegedly confessed to numerous acts of homosexuality involving both male adults and minors within and outside Port Harcourt.

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Police hunt for last suspect in LASU graduate killing

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The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had intensified its search for Teniola Ajisomo, who is the remaining suspect linked to the murder of a 28-year-old graduate of Lagos State University, Adedamola Ogunbode.

The Lagos State Police Command on March 12, exhumed the body of the late Ogunbode from a shallow grave behind the LASU fence in its Ojo campus.

Newstrends reported that the deceased, a Political Science Education graduate, had been missing since January 16.

Among those arrested during police investigations were Sunday Whepetoji, a pastor, who allegedly received N70,000 from the victim’s account; and Sheriff Adebayo, a church member, accused of also receiving N300,000.

Also, Omolara Ajisomo, who allegedly helped her children, Teniola and Olaoluwa Ajisomo, escape to Cotonou, Benin Republic, after each received N300,000 from the victim’s account, was arrested too.

Meanwhile, Olaoluwa was arrested in the Alakuko area of the state before leading the police to the shallow grave.

Reacting to an inquiry by PUNCH Metro on Monday, the command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said Teniola was still on the run.

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He said, “The suspect is still at large and we are trying to get him and we will soon get him. The Shepherd and Sheriff are in Ikoyi correctional centre and Ajisomo who took us to the grave is still with us and is assisting with the investigation.”

Hundeyin also confirmed that Omolara who aided the escape of her children had been released.

“The mother of two of the suspects has been released. She was arrested because her children used her identity to register the SIM. It was the SIM registration that led us to her. But when we discovered that she was not the one using the phone and we arrested the person using the phone, so we let the mother go.”

Hundeyin who addressed newsmen in the course of the probe said the church where some people alleged that the missing boy was killed and buried had been sealed to prevent it from being burned.

“The church was sealed following intelligence reports that some people planned to burn it down out of vengeance, and we do not want that to happen.

“It is still a suspected crime scene, we still need to go over it, and we may need to revisit that scene multiple times for us to gather evidential value.

“The church has been sealed for now to prevent it from being burnt. And we assure the public that updates will be given about the investigation and the progress we have made as soon as we get new updates,” he said.

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