Tag: Gov.Rotimi Akeredolu

BREAKING: Ondo Govt picks date for Akeredolu’s burial

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Ondo State Government has announced that the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s burial will take place on February 23 and 24, 2024. Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa disclosed this on Monday after a state cabinet meeting. Akeredolu died at about 2 a.m. on Wednesday, 27, 2023, at a German hospital where he was receiving treatment. He died of leukemia and prostate cancer, two ailments that had made him incapacitated for several months. His remains was brought from Germany to Nigeria on January 6, 2023. Meanwhile, it was gathered that the announcement of the burial…

Reps Minority Caucus mourns passage of Gov Akeredolu,says he was a great Leader

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Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has commiserated with the Ondo state government,family and friends of Gov Rotimi Akeredolu who passed on today after prolonged battle with prostrate cancer.   The Minority leader on behalf of the minority caucus of the House of Representatives, extended deepest condolences on the passing of Gov Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who was Chairman of South-West Governors Forum,till his demise.   “He was a great leader and a quintessential Bar man. His term in office as Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President was characterised by the campaign…

OWO TERROR ATTACK: CDS confirms arrest of 2 additional suspected terrorists

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Barely few hours after the disclosure by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor of the arrest of 4 of the Owo Catholic Church attackers, 2 additional ISWAP terrorists, who were also connected to the attack on the church were apprehended at Omialafara (Omulafa), Ose LGA, Ondo State yesterday, 9 August 2022.   The arrests were made through the collaborative effort by military and DSS personnel. The suspects are Al-Qasim Idris and Abdulhaleem Idris. It is instructive to note that Abdulhaleem, alongside other high profile ISWAP commanders, had…

OWO ATTACK: Gov Akeredolu confirms arrest of attackers ….. warns Ebira in Ondo against venturing into Kidnapping

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Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has confirmed the arrest of the attackers of St Francis Catholic Church, Owo.   The Governor confirmed the arrest shortly after the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor made the announcement in Abuja.   Governor Akeredolu further disclosed that the owner of the house where the attackers stayed before the June 5 attack in Owo has also been arrested   He noted that government did not spare a moment in trailing the terrorists since the horrendous attacks on innocent worshipers at the…

Owo Attack: How gunmen attacked Ondo church, fled – Witnesses

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Christiana Oyewole fought back tears when she began her account of the shooting incident at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, on June 5. The 52-year-old mother of three, a parishioner at the church, said she narrowly escaped death. But her son, David, wasn’t as lucky. He is among the 40 people killed when gunmen stormed the church that Sunday morning, opened fire on the congregation, and also detonated explosives as the worshippers scampered for safety. Police said the gunmen got to the church at about 11.30 a.m. Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi, the…

Islamic Welfare Foundation condermns attack on St. Francis Catholic Church

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The Islamic Welfare Foundation (IWF)in a release signed by its National Coordinator, Dr. Hassan Kalejaiye ,has expressed dismay at the desecration of the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State on Sunday, June 5, 2022. The Foundation described the unfortunate incident as sacrilegious, irreligious, and roguish.   “This bedlam is condemned in its entirety as there can be no justification for such heinous bloodbath among humans, not to mention this kind of barbarity in a place of worship.   “In this vein, IWF expresses its deepest sympathy with the…

OWO ATTACK: Gov Sani Bello decries incessant terrorists attack on innocent Nigerians

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Niger State Governor and Chairman North Central States Governor’s Forum (NCSGF), Abubakar Sani Bello has described as heinous, satanic and heartbreaking the killing of worshippers, on Sunday, at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State.   The Governor, in a statement expressed outrage over the terrorists attack which has reportedly claimed the lives of many innocent worshippers and left several others injured.   While condemning the attack, Governor Sani Bello regretted the increasing, widespread cases of armed banditry, kidnapping, extra-judicial killings and other horrific crimes in the country…

Ortom condoles with Ondo State Govt, condemns massacre of worshippers at Catholic church

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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has condemned in strong terms, the massacre of scores of worshippers at a Catholic Church in Ondo State by men suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.   The Governor in a condolence message to his Ondo state counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN said the unprovoked attack and gruesome murder of innocent worshippers on some members of St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State is condemnable by any right thinking member of the society.   He urged the security operatives to spread their dragnets to all…

Senate President condemns killing of worshippers in Ondo church

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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has condemned the heinous killings of worshippers by terrorists on Sunday at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State.   Lawan described the callous attack on innocent worshippers as shocking and reprehensible.   “My heart goes out to the families of the victims, the Government and entire people of Ondo State.   “This incident should be painstakingly investigated to unravel the criminals behind it with a view to quickly bringing them to justice.   “It is another wake up call on all security…

IGP deploys CP Oyediran Adesoye Oyeyemi to Ondo State ….. As CP Bolaji Amidu Salami proceeds on retirement

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the immediate posting of CP Oyediran Adesoye Oyeyemi to Ondo State Command as the new Commissioner of Police (CP) in- charge of the State. The posting followed the retirement of CP Bolaji Amidu Salami, the erstwhile Commissioner of Police in the State, having meritoriously completed the statutory years of service in the Nigeria Police Force. The new Commissioner of Police, CP Oyediran, who was until this deployment, the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Railway Police Command, was appointed…