Ogun Assembly Warns Police Against Killing of Innocent Citizens

An appeal has gone to the Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command to caution its men in Sagamu to exercise restrain in the manner in which they pursue “yahoo boys” with vehicle thereby killing innocent people in the process.

The Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Suraju Ishola Adekunbi gave the appeal while responding to a presentation made by the member representing Sagamu I State Constituency, Hon. Adeyinka Mafe who spoke under Personal Explanation.

Adekunbi enjoined the police to always exercise restraint in the manner they trailed suspects to avoid killing of innocent citizens, while calling on the Commissioner of Police in the State to find a lasting solution to the issue.

Earlier, Hon. Mafe disclosed that the unfortunate killing of a resident of Sagamu last week in an error by men of the Nigeria Police while pursuing some suspects known as “Yahoo Boys”, almost created mob attack in the town.

Also at the plenary, the member representing Abeokuta North State Constituency, Hon. Olayiwola Ojodu, made a passionate appeal to the management of the State Ministry of Environment to provide necessary safety equipment to road sweepers in the State to protect them from dangers of hit and run drivers.

Ojodu who spoke under Personal Explanation said that a resident of his constituency was recently knocked down by a car while performing her lawful duties.

Rep Blasts Fayose Over Comment Against Buhari

Fayose/Buhari

A member of the House of Representatives and former Oyo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Bosun Oladele, yesterday, in Lagos took a swipe at Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State over what he described as his persistent unfortunate comments against President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption programme, dismissing the governor as a rabble rouser.



Fayose recently said President Buhari’s probe was targeted at PDP supporters and cautioned him against playing to the gallery as he said, “Nigerians should not be probed on the pages of newspapers. Rather, the anti-graft agencies should do their jobs quietly.”

Oladele, who is representing the Irepodun/Orelope/Olorunsogo Federal Constituency of Oyo State under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, asked the governor to wait for the President as, according to him, Abuja would get to him soonest.

His words: “Fayose is just a meddlesome interloper. He is a rabble rouser. It is only him that sees ghosts where everybody sees lives. He should not start talking about Buhari probing on the pages of the newspapers.

”He should wait for him because, he (Buhari) is coming to him. Fayose will get his own bit of it. I think from all indications of what he has been seeing, he has started developing butterfly in his stomach but he shouldn’t wait for too long, he will start feeling the heat and that is exactly why he is talking when everybody is supposed to keep quiet.”

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