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Updated: Five persons reportedly killed as gunmen attack Sunday Igboho’s residence

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Following the reported attack on the residence of Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, on Thursday morning, hundreds of youths have stormed the Soka residence where five persons were reportedly killed, in solidarity.

The fierce-looking and hostile youths were heard expressing shock and dismay over the attack in clusters.

It was gathered the gunmen who allegedly came in military camouflage arrived the residence around 1am.

The attack, according to reports, lasted about three hours.

The youths, who were initially hostile to journalists at the scene, were later persuaded by another leader, nicknamed Gadaffi to allow media men do their job.

Unconfirmed sources hinted that at least five persons were killed in the attack.

The assailants, alleged to have carried out the attack, came in five army branded hilux vehicles.

Some of the victims, according to unconfirmed sources, include a wife of Sunday Igboho, a Muslim cleric said to be praying when he was shot and a female associate simply identified as Lady Kwere.

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It was gathered an insider might have aided the attack as there were no indication of forceful opening of the entrance gate into the sprawling building or evidence of the attackers scaling the electric fence.

Meanwhile, it was observed that bullets shell littered the premises.

The main building and six other apartments in the compound were ransacked with blood stains on different parts.

A small cat was also seen killed in the compound.

Many windows glass were shattered, furniture damaged with gunshot holes in different parts of the buildings.

The attackers were said to have taken away corpses of the victims and all injured in the attack.

Opinions were divided on whether Sunday Igboho was around during the attack.

While some said he was not in town, others said the Yoruba Nation agitator mystically disappeared from the residence to evade being arrested or killed.

The youths, who wore sombre look inside the compound and different parts of the street stretch, blamed the military for the attack.

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Blood stains were also observed in different parts of the building,  with some persons suspected to have been killed in at least two different bathrooms in the adjourning apartments.

A jean shirt with blood stain was also seen on the floor in the premise beside a pool of blood.

It was suspected some of the victims would have been shot and dragged into one of the apartments.

 

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Ekiti LG chairman swears in advisers, supervisors with cutlass

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Olu Adamolekun, chairman of Ikere-Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State, has sworn in his advisers and supervisors of wards in the LGA with a cutlass.

 

In a video making the rounds on social media on Tuesday, the appointees are seen taking turns wielding a cutlass (a totem believed to be for the god of iron) in one hand and either Quran or Bible in the other.

 

Ògún is a deity in African (Yoruba) traditional religion. It is often regarded as the “god of iron.”

 

The swearing-in ceremony coordinated by Adamolekun took place on May 2 at the chairman’s office’s conference hall.

While administering the oath, Adamolekun of the All Progressives Congress asked the appointees to repeat the following in Yoruba, “From today, I will be loyal and truthful to BAO (Ekiti State governor), and Monisade (deputy governor), APC and its leaders.

 

“I will take instructions from the leaders. If I refuse to do so, Ogun or the Quran should kill me. For this, I will be truthful,.”

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Speaking, the LG boss congratulated the newly sworn-in supervisors and advisers while urging them to see their appointment as a call to service.

 

He further charged them to be guided by the document of the oath of swearing-in and discharge their duties diligently and accordingly.

 

The supervisors were identified as Femi Ayeni representing Are/Aramomi/Ayetoro Ward, Olu Ogundipe (Okeruku Ward), Idowu Ojo Omowumi (Atiba/Aafin Ward), and Ajayi Mathew Oladele (Ogbonjana Ward).

 

Others are Sola Alonge of Odose Ward, Boluwaji Daramola (llapetu/ljao Ward), Toyin Owolabi (Agbado/Oyo Ward), Akojiyan Olamilekan Rasaq (Oke Osun Ward) and Filani Motunrayo (Afao/Kajola Ward) sworn in as advisers.

 

Before this video surfaced, political officeholders usually swear an oath of office using the Quran or Bible while pledging allegiance to the country’s Constitution.

 

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BREAKING: Ladoja withdraws suit against Olubadan-in-Council

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The Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Rasidi Ladoja, on Tuesday, finally withdrew the suit filed against members of Olubadan-in-Council.

 

High Chief Ladoja instituted a suit against the members of the Council over the beaded crown worn before the demise of the late 42nd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun.

 

The coast is now clear for the enthronement of the Olubadan-designate, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland.

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State Police: Your Position unacceptable, Lagos Assembly slams IGP Egbetokun

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The Lagos State House of Assembly has kicked against the position of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, that Nigeria is not ripe for the establishment of state police.

Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa, directed the Clerk of the House, Olalekan Onafeko, to write the Inspector-General and the National Assembly stating that the state lawmakers reject Egbetokun’s position.

 

Recall that the IGP, represented at a recently held one-day dialogue on state policing, themed, ‘Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria,’ opposed the establishment of state police, arguing that it would increase ethnic tension and cause divided loyalty in states of the federation.

 

The IGP also suggested that the Federal Road Safety Corps and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps be merged with the police force.

However, speaking at plenary on Monday, Obasa, who noted that the FRSC and the NSCDC have not been able to solve the problems of accidents on roads and pipeline vandalism respectively, wondered how effective they would be if they are merged with the police force.

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“In Lagos State, we have the Security Trust Fund through which successive administrations starting from that of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu have provided enormous support to the police command in Lagos State. Yet, crime of different dimensions has continued.

“This shows that no matter what Egbetokun has proffered as solution, such won’t solve our problem. The position of the IGP is unacceptable.

 

“We strongly believe that if we have state police, we would be able to solve the issues of crime in our nation or reduce it to the minimum.

“As we have seen in other climes, the United Kingdom has different levels of policing just like the United States of America. So why should ours be different?

 

“The lives of our people are very important and we must do everything possible to make sure we protect lives and property. We want to state categorically that we believe in state police and we want to urge the National Assembly to continue with its intendment to establish state police through the process of constitutional amendment,” Obasa said while praising President Tinubu for his resolve to end insecurity in the country.

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Commending the Speaker for his stand on the issue of state police, the lawmaker representing Badagry Constituency 1, argued that with its current structure, it would be difficult for the Nigeria Police Force to effectively secure the country.

Also declaring his support for state police, another lawmaker, Hon. Sa’ad Olumoh (Ajeromi/Ifelodun 1), said each Nigerian state currently has a local security outfit in the semblance of state police.

 

“Today, which state does not have state police one way or the other? This is a cause that should be supported. For the IG to come out and say state police is not in the interest of Nigeria shows he is not considering the reality of insecurity on Nigerians,” he said.

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