Angry constituents beat Ondo federal lawmakers during Osinbajo’s visit.

The Senator representing the Ondo-South Senatorial District, Yele Omogunwa, was on Thursday allegedly assaulted by some residents of Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State during a visit by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to the palace of the monarch of Idepe town, Oba Michael Adetoye.

Similarly, a member of the House of Representatives, representing the Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency, Mr Bamidele Baderinwa, was allegedly beaten by some youths in Idanre on Wednesday during Osinbajo’s visit to the traditional ruler of Idanre town.

It took the intervention of the security details of the Vice-President, who whisked the lawmaker away from the scene, to save the situation. Omogunwa, who is the senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming general elections, was said to be in the vice-president’s entourage when the incident happened.

It was gathered that angry youths carried out the attack. . One of the youths, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, “He (senator) was beaten because he neglected us in the senatorial district; he carried out no constituency projects for the over three years we have elected him.

“He does not have any constituency office in this town; he was not accessible, we couldn’t reach him for over three years; so what does he want here? Election is coming now, so he wants to cajole us again, that will not be possible.” . The vice-president had in the last three days visited the traditional rulers and market women in Akure, Ondo, Okitipupa, Idanre, Ileoluji and the Akoko area of the state.

During Osinbajo’s visit to Ondo, the Osemawe of Ondo, Oba Victor Kiladejo, appealed to the VP to expedite action on the process of upgrading the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo to a university of education and to dualise the Akure-Ondo-Ore road. . In his response, Osinbajo said all the requests of the traditional ruler would be looked into.

Buhari is fit to continue in office - APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rubbished comment by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) that President Muhammadu Buhari was not fit to re-contest the presidency.

Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC National Publicity Secretary, told newsmen on Thursday that the president was as fit as a fiddle. “I will not honour the so-called CUPP with any response because they don’t exist,” he said. 

According to him, the members of the CUPP are looking for space to team up with Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, as he has promised, so that when he gets to power, they will continue where they stopped. 

The APC spokesman maintained that the coming elections would be a disaster for the PDP. He, however, added that all efforts of the PDP to scuttle and blackmail INEC, the institution responsible for the conduct of elections and smear the image of President Muhammadu Buhari, had failed.

“The president is hale and hearty, they started by saying the president will pass on his responsibility to campaign to the leader of the party Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that he was not fit enough to go round the country to talk to the people.

“But we have been doing well, more than their so called healthy presidential candidate, the President is still going round the country, as I am speaking, he is in Kano before a massive crowd never seen before. “He has gone to lands where ordinarily you never expected anybody to come out, he got massive welcome, so we can understand where this is coming from,” he said.

He said the President had insisted that he would visit the 36 states of the federation because he was strong enough. Issa-Onilu added that if this was a miracle to the CUPP, they should understand that when God is involved, things worked differently.

Fake pastor's and others nabbed for stealing ladies pants.

Founder of a Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), “Ibanujemidopin” Parish in Uso, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Prophet Olajide Ogunleye, was arrested for attempts to use pants for rituals. Ogunleye, 53 was paraded at the police command headquarters yesterday in Akure alongside his client, Ojonugwa Adejoh, 25, who stole his sister’s three pants and two belonging to her cousin’s wife, among other suspects. Speaking to The Guardian, Adejoh who is a native of Kogi State and an automobile technician, confessed to the crime, revealing that he went to the prophet to pray for him over his job.

“When I got there, he asked me the kind of job that I do and I told him that I am an expert in Panel beating and he said he wanted to pray for me. He urged me to open my hands and he put something on it; and asked me to swallow it. “He prayed for me and I left the place. But when I got home I didn’t know what I was doing again. I just started looking for my brother’s wife’s panties and when I got the pants, I went back to him.” The suspect said. He added:

“I did not steal the pants for rituals. Few hours after, my brother’s wife raised an alarm that she didn’t see her pants again and I was arrested. When the police arrested me, I was taken to Uso Police Station before they transferred me to Akure. Two pants belongs to my brother’s wife and three belongs to my younger sister,” he said. But the prophet denied the allegations by Adejoh and claimed that he had never met him before, adding that it was a set-up by the suspect’s cousin, Benjamin Chogun whom he denied access to his land.

 “His brother came to meet me begging that I should lease out my land for farming, but I refused because many of them would come here and end up using our lands for Indian hemp plantation.

“I don’t know him and never sent him to bring panties; I am a prophet of God and I always run away from criminal activities. They have set me up because I refused to give them my land,” the prophet said. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Femi Joseph, noted that the command had begun investigations into the crimes, urging the public, especially ladies to be vigilant.

“This is a very dangerous phenomenon now. We are using this opportunity to enjoin our ladies and women that this is a very dangerous phenomenon now.

“We have to guard whatever we are putting on whether underwear or not. Parents should warn their children particularly female to be very careful about where they keep their wears.”

Nigeria shall be great again..

Let us keep trusting God. Nigeria shall be good again. The Lord will restore all the lost glory of Nigeria, and we shall all sing for joy again, Amen.