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I’ve Not Withdrawn from Ogun Guber Race – Otunba Ashiru

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By Eric Elezuo

The Ogun East consensus candidate for the 2019 Ogun State Governorship election and Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru, has reacted to the rumours making the rounds that he has withdrawn from the race to Ogun government house in 2019.

Otunba Ashiru expressed his opinion in a statement signed by his Media Consultant, Mr. Tayo Mabeweje.

The statement noted that the rumours emanated from Ashiru’s absence from at the recently held congress, saying his absence was as a result of ‘circumstances beyond his control’. It also noted that the report was unfounded, callous and nothing but rumour from the pit of hell.

Full text of the press release:

Our attention has been drawn to a report in a section of the media that the APC consensus candidate for Ogun East, Otunba  Bimbo Ashiru has withdrawn from the 2019 gubernatorial race. We hereby debunk such report as unfounded, callous and nothing but rumour from the pit of hell.

The absence of Otunba Ashiru at the recently held party congress was as a result of some circumstances beyond his control and this does not in any way suggest  that he was persuaded not to attend the congress. Otunba Ashiru is a national delegate of the party and will, by the special grace of God, attend the forthcoming national convention of the party.

It is a report aimed at distracting the forward moving train of the Ijebu/Remo Agenda and the growing popularity and acceptance of its consensus candidate, Otunba Bimbo Ashiru who has been garnering overwhelming support since the process started.

In as much as we know those behind the wicked lies and their antecedents, we would therefore not join issues with disillusioned, lazy politicians whose stock-in-trade is peddling rumour and mudslinging. Instead of playing by the rules and accepting the reality of the times, they chose to sit in comfort of their room spinning tissues of lies all in a bid to score cheap political points.

Otunba Bimbo Ashiru has never at anytime discussed with anyone to have been persuaded  to drop the mandate given to him the by the APC leadership from the senatorial district. He remains committed to run in the gubernatorial primaries and, with the support of good people or Ogun State, win the 2019 gubernatorial election on the platform of the party.

To this end, we urged the all the supporters of Otunba  Ashiru to remain steadfast and work assiduously to  the emergence of the people’s choice, as we appeal to antagonists to desist from their ways and tow the right path. Ogun State belongs to all of us and together we shall consolidate the gains of the present Administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun, CON, FCA.and take it to the enviable pedestal of our dreams.

Tayo Mabeweje,

Media Consultant to OBA

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Army Buries 17 Personnel Killed in Okuama Community

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The 17 military personnel killed in Okuama community in Delta on March 14 have been laid to rest.

The corpses of the soldiers, which arrived at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja at about 2:26 pm on Wednesday, were committed to mother death after burial rites were observed.

President Bola Tinubu, Service Chiefs and other dignitaries were in attendance at the burial ceremony.

DAILY POST recalls that the troops of 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, while on a peace mission to Okuoma Community were ambushed and killed by some irate youths.

The incident occurred when the troops responded to a distress call following a communal crisis between Okuoma and Okoloba communities in Delta State.

The personnel comprised one Lieutenant Colonel, two Majors, one Captain and 13 soldiers.

The officers are Commanding Officer 181 Amphibious Battalion, Lt. Col. A.H Ali; Maj S.D Shafa (N/13976); Maj D.E Obi (N/14395) and Capt U Zakari (N/16348).

The soldiers are SSgt Yahaya Saidu (#3NA/36/2974); Cpl Yahaya Danbaba (1ONA/65/7274); Cpl Kabiru Bashir (11NA/66/9853); LCpl Bulus Haruna (16NA/TS/5844); LCpl Sola Opeyemi (17NA/760719); and LCpl Bello Anas (17NA/76/290).

They also include LCpl Hamman Peter (NA/T82653); LCpl Ibrahim Abdullahi (18NA/77/1191); Pte Alhaji Isah (17NA/76/6079); Pte Clement Francis (19NA/78/0911); Pte Abubakar Ali (19NA/78/2162); Pte Ibrahim Adamu (19NA/78/6079) and Pte Adamu Ibrahim (21NA/80/4795).

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Thomas Yormah Emerges As New WAEC Chairman

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By Eric Elezuo

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has a new Chairman, he is Prof. Thomas Brima Rick Yormah, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Fourah Bay College and former Pro ViceChancellor, University of Sierra Leone as the 21st Chairman of Council.

According to a statement signed by Demianus G. Ojijeogu, the Head, Public Affairs, WAEC Headquarters, Accra, Ghana, Yormah was elected during the just concluded 72nd Annual Council Meeting of the body, held in Freetown, Sierra Leone. He succeeds Prof. Ato Essuman from the Republic of Ghana.

The highpoint of the week-long Council meeting was the recognition and honoring of three Ghanaian candidates with the WAEC International Excellence Award for their outstanding performance in the WASSCE for School Candidates, 2023. They were Master Amo-Kodieh Leonard Kofi, (1st Prize), Master Dzandu Selorm, (2nd Prize), and Master Asenso-Gyambibi Daniel (3rd Prize). The three candidates were selected from 2,327,342 who sat the examination in The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

In the same vein, the Augustus Bandele Oyediran Award for the Best Candidate in West Africa, 2023 also went to Master Amo-Kodieh Leonard Kofi. In addition, two candidates from the Republic of Sierra Leone were honoured with the National Distinction, while one candidate received the National Merit Award. They were Miss. Mammah E. A. Raymonda, (1st Prize), Master Bangura Joshua, (2nd Prize), and Master Fillie Sahr Edward (Merit Award).

While the 71st edition of the Council meeting was hosted by Gambia, the next edition, which will be the 73rd in the series, will be hosted by Liberia.

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Kidnapped Edo PDP Chairman Regains Freedom

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The kidnapped chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, has been released.

Dr. Aziegbemi, who was set free by his abductors in the early hours of Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Report has it that he got to his Benin City residence at about 3am to the waiting arms of family and close friends.

“I am back home with my family. I am fine. I am just trying to rest and will talk to you later,” he was quoted as saying.

Dr. Aziegbemi, a former member of the House of Representatives, who represented Esan North-East/Esan South-East federal constituency of Edo State, was kidnapped on Friday, March 15, 2024 when his abductors who rode in two Toyota Corolla cars, trailed him after he left a meeting.

The gunmen overtook Aziegbemi’s sports utility vehicle (SUV) at a speed break as it slowed down along Osaro Street, off Country Home Road, close to his house at about 11pm on Friday night before seizing him.

It is not clear yet if a ransom was paid for his release as the abductors had reportedly demanded a sum of N50 million before setting him free.

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