The Oyo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality, Violation of Rights of Citizens and Unlawful Killings has submitted its report. The Chairman of the panel, Retired Justice Badejoko Adeniji presented the final report to Governor Seyi Makinde, more than one year after the EndSARS protests in October, 2020. Governor Makinde in his response thanked members…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, says former governor, Christopher Alao-Akala will be remembered for his contributions to the development of the state. Governor Makinde in a statement, said the deceased took infrastructural development to other zones of the state outside Ibadan, the capital. The Governor said he had ordered flags to fly at half-mast to honour Alao-Akala.
A former governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, has been reported dead in the early hours of Wednesday in Igbomoso. Akala, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was a former governor of the state, between 2007 and 2011. He was also a deputy governor under former governor, Rashidi Ladoja between 2003 and 2006, when…
Former governor Senator Rasheed Ladoja, who is the Osi Olubadan of Ibadan, has endorsed Senator Lekan Balogun as the next in line for the throne of Olubadan. The absence of Senator Ladoja at a meeting where the Olubadan-in-Council endorsed Senator Balogun for the position had sparked concerns about his position on the matter. However, Ladoja disclosed at…
Ten members of the Olubadan-in-Council have endorsed the nomination of Lekan Balogun as the next Olubadan of Ibadan-land. However, former governor of Oyo State, Rashid Ladoja, who is a senior member of the Olubadan-in-Concil, was absent when the endorsement was done. The Osi Balogun of Ibadanland, High Chief Tajudeen Ajibola, spoke on behalf of the kingmakers, confirmed…
All is not well in the search for a new Olubadan of Ibadan-Land in Oyo State. This follows the death of Oba Saliu Adetunji, who died last Sunday at the age of ninety-three. One of the leading candidates for the vacant stool of Olubadan is Lekan Balogun, but he is being challenged. A former Attorney-General of Oyo…