A relation of the Chief Judge of Ondo state, Justice Olanrewaju Akeredolu, has dragged her to the People’s court for, allegedly, detaining him for three years without trial.
Olupelumi Fagboyegun in a viral video cried out to President Muhammadu Buhari and Nigerians to come to his aid and set him free from an unending trial orchestrated by the Chief Judge.
“The Honourable Chief Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I am calling you to, please, rescue me from the hands of the Ondo State Judiciary that is being run like a family affair that if you don’t know anybody you can not get justice.
“I have been living abroad for the past 30 years. I came on holiday to Nigeria to my father’s house because I share the same father with the Chief Judge of Ondo State , I was arrested at my father’s clave. I was locked up, charged with forceful entry into my father’s house.
“Even if I was convicted of this crime, it only carries one year prison penalty, but I have been in remand for the past three years .
“This case has been going on for the past three years because the Chief Judge is using her power to influence the judicial system, I have been unable to get justice.
“They have changed Judges five times, they have re-arraigned me five times, they have changed their charges five times, and up till today, February 15, 2021, that I am talking to you, the case is still pending. Please come and rescue me.
“The Ondo State Government cannot help me because the Ondo State Government is a family business, Buhari help me from the hands of this woman to go back to my family, I want to go back to my children.
“I am a single parent. This woman is keeping me here for the past three years for coming to my father’s house. Please help me. I want to go back to my family.”
In a reaction through his Twitter handle, Governor Akeredolu said “I have instructed my AG to investigate the allegation.
“We will ensure the investigation is thorough, fair and transparent.”
In a statement, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Sir Charles Titiloye, disclosed that the Department of Public Prosecution has been directed to, immediately, investigate the allegation made against the Chief Judge by his brother.
The Attorney General noted that the investigation into the matter will be thorough, fair and transparent in order to assure the public that Governor Akeredolu’s administration is determined to preserve the integrity of the Courts and the Judiciary and ensure that it remains the last hope of the common man.
The statement, signed by the personal assistant to the Attorney general, Adenike Akinbosade, claimed that AG’s office is yet to be briefed of the case, but has directed the Department of Public Prosecution in the Ministry of Justice to investigate the allegation contained on the online video clips and report back him within 24 hours.
The Nigeria Movie Industry, Nollywood, has again been thrown into mourning following the death of one of its veteran actor, Victor Decker.
The veteran Nollywood actor was said to have died today but it has been gathered that the 72-year-old actor died days ago.
According to reports, Decker’s decomposing body was found on a couch in his apartment by his neighbours.
His neighbours had not seen him for days and decided to knock on his door to check on him. When he did not respond to the many knocks on his door and shouts of his name, they broke open his door and found his decomposing body.
His family members were alerted and his remains have been moved to the mortuary.
The cause of his death is yet unknown.
Late Decker starred in films like “Double Strings”, “If I am President” and “Lotanna”.
He will be sorely missed by families and colleagues in the make believe industry.
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Senate to confirm Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa as substantive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).
This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Special Adviser, Media, to the President, Mr Femi Adesina
In a letter to the President of the Senate, Ahmed I Lawan, the President said he was acting in accordance with Paragraph 2(3) of Part1, CAP E1 of EFCC Act 2004.
Bawa, 40, is a trained EFCC investigator with vast experience in the investigation and prosecution of Advance Fee Fraud cases, official corruption, bank fraud, money laundering, and other economic crimes.
He has undergone several specialized trainings in different parts of the world, and was one of the pioneer EFCC Cadet Officers in 2005.
Bawa holds a B.Sc degree in Economics, and Masters in International Affairs and Diplomacy.
He succeeds CP Ibrahim Magu who was suspended from office by the President in July 2020. On Magu’s suspension, the President had asked Umar Mohammed to oversee the affairs of the Commission.
With the appointment of Bawa, the leadership of Umar also comes to an end.
After speculation that lasted for more than a year, Gbenga Daniel has finally dumped his party, the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP. The two time governor of Ogun state has joined the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The former governor who served as the Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation in the 2019 presidential election, first gave an indication that his body and soul was no longer with the PDP which gave him the opportunity to be governor for eight years, immediately after former Vice President Abubakar lost the election to Muhamadu Buhari in 2019.
The PDP somehow prevailed on him and he stayed back.
Daniel has now stated that he’s no longer comfortable remaining in the PDP, that he wants to take advantage of the ongoing APC membership revalidation process to turn around his political career.
According to information gathered by the magazine, the former governor was prevailed upon by the Governor Dapo Abiodun to join him in the APC. Daniel was among politicians in the state that worked for the victory of the incumbent.
Besides, it was also learnt that some APC stalwarts from the north, particularly governors have been speaking with the former governor to join the APC.
Daniel has now begged whoever may have been offended on his decision to defect to APC to “pardon my short notice in informing you of my route to the APC which as you might have suspected started with my supporting Governor Dapo Abiodun during the last election.I have since experienced an avalanche of encouragement to come on board.
“However in the last 48 hours things took a dizzying speed with the decision of the APC National Chairman request to visit me at Asoludero on Wednesday with about three Governors.
“While planning for the visit Governor Abiodun also decided to visit me later today with another set of Governors later today.
“It therefore means that I have finally been ‘captured’ “I thought I should quickly brief the house before the news go viral, ‘’ the former governor said in a statement on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the magazine learnt that the APC Care Committee led by Governor Buni of Yobe state is poised to poach more politicians from the PDP ahead the 2023 general election.
Four Governors from the Northern part of Nigeria, are due to meet with members of Hausa community in Ibadan, Oyo state capital today, Tuesday, 16th February.
The Governors, arrived Ibadan Monday evening, and immediately met with the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over the violence in Shasha Market, which led to the displacement of the Hausa-Fulani traders at the market.
The Governors are Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Abubakar Bello (Niger) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara).
Government House sources revealed that the governors arrived at 7.03pm and were subsequently led into a closed door meeting with Governor, Makinde.
Governor Makinde was reported to have briefed his colleagues on efforts so far to end the carnage at Shasha market.
It was learnt that the Governors are due to meet with some stakeholders in Tuesday’s crisis at the Shasha market.
Others present at the meeting were the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Mr Fatai Owoseni; Special Assistant to the Governor on Community Relations (Arewa Community), Alhaji Ahmad Murtala; Serikis representing Hausa communities among other stakeholders.
Makinde had earlier played host to Ondo state Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, who doubles as the Chairman, South West Governors Forum, during which they interfaced with warring factions in the crisis.
Let me make a confession from the onset. I am not an entirely un-interested party here.The victim of this unprecedented injustice which, finally, came to an end this glorious Monday of February 15, 2021, His Excellency, Jude Agbaso, is my cousin.
Even as a Journalist, it is difficult to play blind, deaf, and dumb when your family’s reputation and integrity are inexplicably put on the line. However, I will here, as I have always done, be as straight as humanly possible. I will tell the story as it is. But, you will excuse me if I become emotional here and there.
Until that dark day in 2013- March, 28 – Agbaso was the Deputy Governor of Imo State under the administration of former Governor Rochas Okorocha, now a Senator.
I never knew the former DG as a politician. The politician in the family is his elder brother, Chief Martin Agbaso, a man who was going to be former Governor Achike Udenwa’s successor, but whose victory was brazenly upturned, and snatched from him.
Agbaso Jnr., Jude, that is, is a developmental technocrat, an entrepreneur, a young man with great ideas. Not a politician. It is, therefore, right to say that it was his elder brother, Martin, who lured him into a relationship with Okorocha, a relationship which brought pain and regret to everybody in the family.
Okorocha and Agbaso Snr. were in the same party at the time, APGA, still are now in APC. To realise his Governorship ambition, Okorocha had decamped to APGA from the PDP, where he met Agbaso. He and Agbaso, who had the sympathy of not a few Imolites, because of the raw deal given to him, decided to work together to sweep the then incumbent Governor, Ikedi Ohakim, the beneficiary of the short- end of the stick, given to Agbaso Snr in 2007, out of office. The two of them made a pair nobody could ignore.
They struck a deal.
Okorocha was to be the Governor, while Agbaso, with no intention of being a Deputy Governor, put forward his younger brother.
At the time, Imo people had become tired of Ohakim, over what many of them dubbed his arrogance, foul mouthedness, and the patently false story that he beat up a Roman Catholic Priest. He never did.
Given Okorocha’s street appeal and oratorical skill, the sympathy for Agbaso senior, and the damaging, but false story that Ohakim beat up a Rev. Father, Okorocha/Agbaso’s victory was assured.
Rochas Okorocha
I have never really confirmed this from Agbaso Snr, but the story which made rounds was that the agreement was for Okorocha to do a one-term, with Agbaso producing the Deputy, and then, in 2015, Agbaso would be the Governor, with Okorocha producing the deputy, and proceed from there to fulfill his perennial Presidential ambition, or go to the Senate. Well, good deal. But in politics, nothing is absolute, and trust is important, is deficient in most politicians.
Incidentally, Agbaso Snr. trusted Okorocha. He was carried away by the hundreds of indigent children, across the country, under Okorocha’s scholarship, using his Foundation. Agbaso Snr. had reasoned, I was told, that anybody who could give free education to that number of children, would have no guile. In politics? Politicians and power? Big mistake.
Anyway, as expected, they won the election. In the first one year or so, all went well. In addition to being the Deputy Governor, Okorocha also gave the Ministry of Works portfolio to Agbaso to oversee. How nice. But a number of people saw it differently. They felt it was a trap. The Deputy Governor did not mind. He was not interested in the contracts. Too soon, he thought. An impact first. He thought they were a team. The Governor, also, appointed the DG’s beautiful wife, Ihuoma, a Special Assistant, just as he appointed his own wife.
Then, suddenly, Okorocha unleashed the trap on an innocent. It unfolded in the second year. The Governorship seat of 2015 was at stake. Something had to be done to torpedo the alleged succession agreement the Governor reached with his Deputy’s elder brother.
So, out of the blues, an allegation was made against the Deputy Governor. The allegation had no head or tail. To the DG, it was strange. He couldn’t understand it.
The accusation, they said, was that a Construction company called J-Pros, owned by a Lebanese, allegedly, bribed the DG to the tune of N458m, and bottles of Red Label beverage. The DG thought it was a huge joke. But no. Before one knew it, the Imo House of Assembly, under the Speakership of the late Ben Uwajimogu, voted to begin impeachment proceedings.
Not a few people thought that the Governor would ask the House to stop the nonsense because it never happened. In deed, he did.
But it was all for show, a cover-up stunt, people said.
Okorocha made to wash his hands off the charade. “I am begging and appealing to the House to forgive and drop the case against my Deputy”, he said one day. Those who understood the intrigues, the why of the case, shook their heads in disgust. It was a well-paid plan.
The embattled DG went to Court to stop the House of Assembly from continuing with the impeachment. He called it a blackmail. It didn’t work.
All eyes were now turned to the Judiciary headed, then, by the Hon Justice Benjamin Njemanze to throw the case out. It did not happen. Instead, shockingly, the CJ constituted a Panel to look into the allegations. The Imo Judiciary, at the time, did not have the courage of the Ondo state Chief Judge, who refused to set up an impeachment Panel against Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi, or that of the late Chief Judge of Kogi State, who threw out that of the then Deputy Governor.
It was so disappointing. This was a well-woven basket.
Pressure was mounted on Agbaso to “honourably resign in order to avoid being impeached.” But, he asked: “Resign for what?”, He got support from family and friends. Stay and get impeached, he was told. Resignation means acceptance of guilt. It’s another trap.
Like play, like play, he was impeached by a kangaroo Panel, and a shamelessly compromised House.
He was not allowed to even confront his “accuser”. There was no evidence. He never saw any kobo. Never knew anything about the money.
After the impeachment, the family got hold of experts to trace the money. It was traced to Dubai and Lebanon. “Na dem-dem.” Agbaso had nothing to do with it. He neither saw, touched, nor smelt the money.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, were called in. They investigated Agbaso, and found him innocent. The report is a public document. He went to Court, thereafter, but in our dear country, the wheel of justice is slower than a tortise.
So, for eight years, Agbaso looked for justice. For eight years, he suffered indignity. For eight years, he bore the shame of an impeached Deputy Governor. For eight years, he was denied of his entitlements. He suffered pain and humiliation. He spent millions of Naira, in legal fees, in a bid to prove his innocence.
His beautiful wife passed as the “battle” raged. She prayed for the truth to shine so her husband’s name could be cleared. She prayed for her husband’s integrity to be restored. She did not live for that to be realised.
On the day of her funeral, Okorocha actually had the courage to attend the service at the Mt Carmel Catholic Church, Emekuku. Not a few people were upset. Sensing the anger and tension, the Church leadership played smart. They did not make any provision for him to speak. At such funerals, Governors usually speak.
Yet, not a few people expected Okorocha to, thereafter, make arrangements, and remove the burden of impeachment, wickedly tied to the neck of his innocent former Deputy, and restore his honour.
The politics of who succeeds him in 2019 was more important to him. He had long planned that his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, would succeed him. So, every other person was dispensable.
No wonder he also treated, despicably, two other Deputies, afterAgbaso, one of them, his former man-friday bosom friend, and ally, Prince Eze Madumere. Before Madumere, he had also descended on his former Chief of Staff, and later, Secretary to the State Government, Sir Jude Ejiogu, all because of his ambition to keep the Governorship seat within the family.
But back to H.E. Jude Agbaso. All the evils done to him were on Monday, February 15, 2021, wiped out by Hon. Justice S.I. Opara of the Imo State High Court.
Agbaso, aside from other victories in other Courts, and the EFCC, had gone to the Imo High Court, asking that his impeachment be upturned, and declared null and void. It was the only way to go.
The Judgement of February 15 was a consequence of an out-of – court settlement he reached with the Imo State Government, headed by Senator Hope Uzodinma.
Governor Uzodinma saw the foolishness in the State Government continuing with the case. He saw the injustice done to Agbaso. He knew it was man’s inhumanity to man. He knew continuing with the case would cost the State, at least, N800m when Agbaso eventually gets a judgement.
He opted to do what any responsible Government would do in the circumstances -reach out to Agbaso.
An agreement was reached. Terms of Settlement were drawn and signed. It was the Terms of Settlement that Justice Opara endorsed.
It was a give-and-take situation. Agbaso forfeited a lot of his benefits, the legal fees, and much more.
But, this long legal tussle was not about money. It was about righting the wrong. It was about giving him back his name, his life.
His integrity and honour have, by this judgement, been restored. The tears have been wiped off his eyes. He can now work with more swagger than ever. His entitlements, as a former Deputy Governor, have been restored. Wherever his late wife is now, she must be relieved and happy and smiling. And so are his over 90-year-old mother, his siblings, relations, and all those who have had to endure these eight years of untold injustice and trauma.
The chorus at the Agbasos after the judgement was: “The Lord liveth!” Apt.
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa has announced the Chairman of the reconstituted Committees of the House.
At a sitting where the amendment to two bills were also passed, the Speaker urged the new Chairmen to act in ways to make the House truly seen as carrying out its oversight functions in the best interests of the people.
Below is the list of the Committees and their Chairmen:
*Sanai Agunbiade – Business Rules and Standing Order
*Mojisola Meranda – Ethics, Protocols and Privileges
*Sarajudeen Tijani – House Services
*Saka Solaja – Public Accounts (State)
*Mojeed Fatai – Public Account (Local)
*Kehinde Joseph – Agriculture
*Gbolahan Yishawu – Economic Planning and Budget
*Okanlawon Sanni – Education (Ministry)
*Ajani Owolabi – Tertiary Institutions
*Olanrewaju Afinni – Science and Technology
*Rotimi Abiru – Environment
*Desmond Elliot – Ministry/Parastatals
*Yinka Ogundimu – Establishment, Training and Pension
*Folajimi Mohammed – Energy and Mineral Resources
*Wahab Jimoh – Waterfront Infrastructure
*Nureni Akinsanya – Physical Planning and Urban Development
*Adewale Temitope –Transportation
*Bisi Yusuff – Commerce, Industry and Cooperative
*Mojisola Ali-Macaulay – Women Affairs, Poverty Alleviation and Job Creation
*Tobun Abiodun – Works and Infrastructure
*Jude Idimogu – Wealth Creation and Employment
*Rotimi Olowo – Finance
*Hakeem Sokunle – Health
*Ibrahim Layode – Home Affairs
*Olatunji Oluwa – Torusim, Arts and Culture
*Moshood Oshun – Youth and Social Development
*Akande Judiciary, Lasiec and Public Petitions
*Adedamola Kasunmu – Lands
*Rasheed Makinde – Housing
*Setonji David – Information and Strategy
*Femi Saheed – Central Business District
*Raheem Kazeem – Special Duties and *Inter-Governmental Relations
*Olayiwola Olawale – Local Government and Community Relations
*Sylvester Ogunkelu – Oversea Investments and SDG.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State House of Assembly also confirmed the nominees of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for some commissions.
For the Health Service Commission, the House confirmed Dr. Onayiga Atinuke as chairman while the members are: Mrs. Kemi Ogunyemi, Dr. Mobolaji Olukoya, and Dr. Olumuyiwa Solanke.
For the Procurement Agency Board, the House confirmed Foluso Olayinka Onabowale, Mr. Folorunso Hakeem Mustafa, and Mr. Olusola Lanre as members.
For the Ibile Oil and Gas Corporation Governing Board, the House confirmed Goke Adeniyi, Omolara Abike Alakija, as members while for the Judicial Service Commission, the lawmakers confirmed Mr. Supo Ati-John, Mrs. Bamidele Akinyemi, Mr. Seyinde Kareem and Mahmud Daudu as members.
For weeks now, there have been widespread unrest in the country. Rogue Fulani Herdsmen’s heinous activities, Occupy Lekki Toll Gate Protest, the Yoruba/Hausa crisis in Shasha, Oyo State and other national issues.
But the National Leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who happens to be a strong force in the nation’s nascent democracy have been mute.
In this regard, Political Activist, Timi Frank, has called on Tinubu to speak up in defence of the Yoruba race now under fierce attacks by herdsmen, bandits and kidnappers.
Frank, the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC, berated President Muhammadu Buhari and Tinubu over their silence following the recent crisis in Oyo State as well as across the Southwest and other regions of Nigeria.
In a statement in Abuja, Monday, February 15th 2021, Frank decried the spate of insecurity in the country, especially in the South West, saying that Buhari and Tinubu should be held responsible for the crises.
Bola Tinubu
He urged the APC leader to break his silence and speak up against the attacks in his region, saying his continued silence does not portray him as a leader who has the interest of his people at heart.
He said: “The crisis in the South-West should be solely blamed on Tinubu who foisted Buhari on Nigerians and especially on the Southwest.
“How can Tinubu continue to keep mute over the attacks in Oyo state and other Southwest states?
“Tinubu is a leader of the Yorubas in Southwest. Asiwaju cannot be silent over matters involving threats to life, peace and security of his people.
“His continued silence has become too loud, especially owing to the fact that he was the major influence and the reason the Yorubas voted massively for Buhari in 2015.
“Tinubu’s silence shows he is only protecting his business interests in the South-West as well as protecting his political ambition.
“He does not want to shatter his relationship with Buhari which in turn, by his calculation, would attract the President’s nod for him to have a shot at the presidency come 2023.
“But as a leader of the region, Tinubu should speak against the attacks against his people and not be driven by his selfish 2023 presidential ambition.”
The Bayelsa-born activist added: “Nigeria is more divided under Buhari than it has ever been before. Buhari’s government has polarised the country across religious and ethnic lines.
“This government is so clueless and incompetent that it recognises and shows a soft hand on terrorist groups like Boko Haram, killer herdsmen and bandits, but sadly mete out cruelty on innocent and patriotic Nigerians.
“Look at the number of security personnel it sent to wickedly dehumanise and arrest peaceful #EndsSARS protesters at the Lekki Tollgate in Lagos.
“Yet, the Buhari government can’t send a similar proportion of law enforcement agencies after killer herdsmen.
“Instead, the President is emboldening the terrorist groups with his direct and indirect support, even against the South-West region and the likes of Tinubu have kept silent while their people suffer.”
Frank, however, urged all Nigerians and especially the leaders in the South-West to “unite and fight this common enemy.”
He urged other regions to also join in the fight, warning that if the trend is allowed to fester, that sooner or later, the crisis of insecurity may grow out of proportion in every region of the country.
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mike Ozekhome, has criticised the arrest, of Protesters of the #OccupyLekkiTollGate at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos State. They included comedian, Debo Adebayo, popularly known as Mr Macaroni. About 40 of them, they were arraigned before a Mobile Court, and charged with, among other things, a breach of the peace and public disorder. They were granted bail same day, Saturday.
Of the arrest, Ozekhome said that it is disheartening that the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and the Federal Government will arrest Protesters staging a peaceful protest.
He stressed that even during the military dispensation, people were allowed to protest peacefully.
According to him, “It is patently illegal and totally unconstitutional to to detain Debo Macaroni . At least the Nigerian constitution has not been abrogated by this dictatorial government of impunity. Sections 40 and 41 of the constitution give Debo and others the right to peaceful assembly and association and the right to freedom of movement.
“Even under military dictatorship, as one of the founding fathers of the Civil Liberties Organization, CLO, (the first indigenous human rights organisation in Nigeria founded on October 15, 1987), I was allowed to demonstrate and protest on the streets by successive military juntas.
“Debo and the other protesters have done no wrong to protest. It has not been shown that it was violent . Is the Federal government truly saying Nigerians should no longer protest? Then, the Federal Government should dissolve the people and select or elect another one of its choice.”
Oyo state government is to arrange a meeting with leaders of Yoruba and Hausa at Shasha community, in continuation of fostering peaceful coexistence among the ethnic.
The decision was reached at the end of a meeting in Ibadan between Governors Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state and Seyi Makinde.
The two Governors, after the meeting, also visited the troubled shasa community, where they appealed for calm and peaceful coexistence between the Hausa community and their Yoruba hosts.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Oyo state Governor, Mr Taiwo Adisa, said Governor Makinde, spoke at Shasa market and the Palace of the Baale Shasa, urging the residents of the community and Oyo State, particularly the Yoruba and Hausa to stop taking laws into their hands.
The Governor promised to give palliatives to those whose wares were affected during the crisis, adding that the two factions have to eshew violence and allow peace to reign.
“Please, I want you to listen to me clearly. You cannot resort to self-help to solve the issue on ground. All of you who are here are doing business with one another in one way or the other.
“The last time I came here, about six weeks ago, some shops belonging to Hausa and Yoruba people got burnt.
“So, you have been living together peacefully and all I am pleading to you is, no matter what is making anyone angry, we will solve it with patience.
“I was reluctant to declare curfew here because I feel the economic wellbeing of everyone here is important, and because this is where you get what you use to feed yourselves.
“I will engage with your leaders. One thing is, if you allow those who don’t have anything to lose here to blow this matter out of proportion, no one will be able to say where the crisis will end. By the grace of God, I pray we don’t lose any more lives.
“We must not lose any life needlessly anymore. What the government will do to ensure that those whose houses, shops were burnt, we will rebuilt immediately.
“But please, I beg of you, let us stop fighting with ourselves. I can assure you that we will deal with the situation.
“We must continue to maintain the peace here. Those who are hoodlums here will be dealt with but those who are law-abiding will be compensated for what they have lost.”
Similarly, Governor Akeredolu of Ondo State, said that he was in Oyo State on behalf of the South West Governors.
He said that every aggrieved party must stop fighting and allow peace to reign.
“Concerning the issue on ground, we have come to beg you. We have been living together for a very long time and this is not the time to start fighting ourselves. So, let us consider that. There are some things that could be making us angry but don’t let us look at that because things cannot be like this forever.
“I have come here on behalf of my colleagues in Ekiti, Lagos, Osun and Ogun. All of them have sent messages. Ogun has its own crisis, it is battling with, so does Lagos. But as the chairman, I decided to come around to appeal to us.
“Though we are here in our fatherland, our own sons and daughters are in another person’s fatherland. So, let us think about this and continue to live in peace with one another. We don’t need to fight ourselves.
“We have security agencies that you can call their attention to any issue that could cause crisis. Let us not take law into our hands. I have a brother in Abuja and others living in Hausaland.
“Also, let us cooperate with the governor here. If there are things we have done wrong, forgive us.”
