HAPPY 92ND BIRTHDAY TO OLUBADAN OF IBADANLAND OBA SALIU ADETUNJI ,AJE OGUNGUNNISO I

Oyo state governor,Eng. Seyi Makinde through a  statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Taiwo Adisa, described the Olubadan as a traditional ruler who personifies greatness and honour.

“I celebrate our revered father and monarch, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Saliu Adetunji, Aje Ogungunniso 1, on his 92nd birthday.

“Oba Adetunji has continued to personify greatness, honour and candour, and he has continued to be an exemplary royal father and elder.

“Kabiyesi, as you add another year, may the Almighty God uphold you and imbue you with good health and agility to continue to lead your people,”

Blog with Fury wish you well Kaabiesi.

 

BOY KIDNAPS DAD AT GUNPOINT....COLLECT N1 MILLION RANSOM IN IBADAN !

20 year old boy, Ibrahim Aliyu Babatunde, confessed that he arranged for his father’s abduction at gunpoint.

The Oyo State Police Command on Saturday paraded Aliyu and three other members of his gang  at the command headquarters in Eleyeile, Ibadan.

Other members of the kidnap gang were – Babuga Salihu (20), Aura Sands (20), and Amuda Yusufu (19).

The victim, Alhaji Aliyu Babatunde, was abducted at his Igboora home town and spent three days in the kidnappers’ den before he was released after the family paid N1 million ransom.

The victim’s son, who was leader of the gang, told journalists that he was lured into the criminal act because of his father’s insensitive attitude to welfare of his children.

He said:

“We are many. My father married many wives and he doesn’t care for us. We are left by my father to fend for ourselves. So, I think the only way to get money out of him is to organise for his abduction and force him to part with the money.”


The boy confessed that the group collected N1 million from his father before they released him Babatunde added that he invited his three friends to abduct his father for the purpose of getting money from him.

The state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Odude, briefed journalists on how police smashed the kidnap gang.

He said the boy conspired with other members of the gang and kidnapped his father at Gbogbolowo camp in Igboora at about 6:00 p.m. of May 17.
The police commissioner said:

“The victim was eventually taken to an unknown place where he was kept for some days by his abductors who later demanded ransom as a condition for his release.

“Initial arrest of one of the suspects by combined efforts of the local vigilante group and the police and further discreet investigation carried out by operatives of the Special Squad led to subsequent arrest of the kingpin and other members of the gang at their various hideouts in the state.”

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN SHUT DOWN

Authorities of the University of Ibadan (UI) have closed down the school, following students’ protest.

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, said the closure was as a result of protest by students and to prevent a breakdown of law and order.

Undergraduates were ordered to vacate campus latest by 6pm yesterday.

The institution had fixed the first semester examination for June, but it will now begin on July 17.The vice chancellor said postgraduate students can continue with their lectures.

The protesters blocked the Mokola-UI-Ojoo Highway, causing a gridlock.

This followed students’ resolutions at a congress last weekend that the management be given two days to constitute a students’ welfare board and set up a fact-finding committee to look into the issue of hot-plates in halls of residence.

The students said there would be no examinations if the university failed to issue them ID cards, which were paid for last session and this session at the rate of N650 and N1,300.

The university management said in a statement that efforts are on to ensure identity cards are produced and distributed, starting from the middle of next month.

It issued a circular, informing deans of faculties that students’ registration forms and other valid university instruments would be considered as sufficient for admission into examination halls in the coming examination.

The Nation