The Lawmaker representing Ogbomoso North, South and Orire Federal Constituency, Hon. Captain Ajao Jacob Adejumo has officially defected to the Social Democratic Party. Ajao’s resignation was contained in a letter addressed to his ward chairman, Aaje/Ogunbado in which a copy was made available to Mouthpiece NGR. He will be joining Hon. Mulikat Akande Adeola who is the party’s senatorial candidate for Oyo North senatorial district. Ajao is expected to clinch the SDP ticket to contest the 2023 general election for Ogbomoso North, South, Orire Federal Constituency. It was gathered that he has set aside N350m to spend on the Constituency…
Author: Editor-in-chief
The crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress Party APC in Oyo State, may not end anytime soon, just as the Lawmaker representing Ogbomoso North, South and Orire Federal Constituency, Hon.Captain Ajao Jacob Adejumo will officially resign his membership of the party today. The resignation of the reps member was contained in a letter addressed to the chairman of the party in which a copy was obtained by Mouthpiece NGR at the early hour today. Recall that this medium had last week Thursday reported that some stakeholders of All Progressives Congress in Ogbomoso zone have unilaterally picked son of late Governor…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) cautions the All Progressives Congress (APC) to perish the thoughts of subverting the electoral process as part of its desperation to elongate its abysmal tenure beyond May 29, 2023. The main opposition party made the accusation on Sunday in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba and made available to journalists. The Party alerts Nigerians of the plot by the APC to use orchestrated insecurity and political uncertainty to derail the electoral process, stall the 2023 general election and create a situation to justify a tenure elongation. There are revelations that…
The Police Command in Ekiti state, on Saturday paraded no fewer than 37 suspects arrested at different locations in the state for offences ranging from alleged armed robbery, cattle rustling, theft and cultism between March and May. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, parading the suspects at the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) headquarters in Ado-Ekiti, said the feat was achieved following the renew onslaught to rid the state of criminal elements. Abutu said that on March 31, at about 16:00 hrs, a gang of armed hoodlums, numbering about nine, accosted one Sani Mamuda, a Fulani herdsman who…
The executives of Oyo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), all elected lawmakers, political appointees and many key party gladiators were conspicuously absent at Oke-Ado, venue of the official 2023 governorship declaration of Chief Bayo Adelabu. The former deputy governor of the Nigeria’s apex Bank held the event at former state secretariat of the party. Dignitaries at the event include former deputy governor of Oyo State, Chief Moses Adeyemo; Prince Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye; Farouk Arisekola-Alao; Alhaji Bashiru Akanbi; Bolaji Tunji; Musiliu Haruna-Ishola; Abass Akande-Obesere; Nollywood actress, Rose Odika; Actor Soji Taiwo, popularly known as Omo Banke, Lekan Osifeso; High…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Adelabu alias Penkelemsi has again postponed his governorship declaration.
As the tussles for gubernatorial ticket in all parties attain crescendos, One of the APC Gubernatorial forerunners BAYO ADELABU PENKELEMESI had on last Sunday conspicuously displayed his ignorance and lack of ethos to be the Governor of the pacesetter state in the coming 2023 General Elections. The ‘Peculiar Mess’ featured on a programme in Fresh FM and instead of selling himself to the public as a second time comer, he disgracefully and unculturedly condemned the relevance of Òkèogun region in the Social Economic growth of Oyo State. Hence, he said all of the road networks embarked on by the Governor…
The former Honorable representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa at the Federal House of Representatives, Honorable Abiodun Olasupo has disclosed that the All Progressive Congress (APC) gubernatorial standbearer, Chief Bayo Adelabu lacked basic knowledge of economics despite being touted as a first class graduate of Economics. Olasupo said the statements made by Adelabu on Fresh FM, an Ibadan radio interview programme on Sunday morning that the Moniya-Iseyin, Iseyin-Oyo and Iseyin-Ogbomoso roads construction were waste of State resources and were not needed reeked of lack of basic knowledge of economics with poor view of human capital development. Adelabu, who featured on the radio interview programme…
The United Kingdom has clarified that it did not designate the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organisation. The clarification comes after it emerged that the UK sought to exclude IPOB members who have committed human rights abuses from its asylum program. A statement signed by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, had stated that “Nigeria welcomes the decision by the United Kingdom to proscribe the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist group.” But the British High Commission in Abuja, in a statement on Friday, said this was not the case. “We are aware of inaccurate reporting circulating…
A conservative estimate by THISDAY has shown that the All Progressives Congress (APC) may rake in over N30 billion from the sale of nomination and expression of interest forms, giving the ruling party enormous firepower to face the 2023 general election. “With a huge war chest expected from sale of forms, the ruling party will have a commanding advantage in the field if the resources are properly deployed,” a political analyst, who preferred anonymity, told THISDAY Wednesday night. The presidential nomination form in APC goes for N100 million; the governorship form is sold for N50 million; Senate, N20 million; House…