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‘I am not an Emperor’ -Gov. Abiodun replies Tinubu

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Jide Ige

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said he is not an emperor by any chance barely 24 hours after a comment by a presidential aspirant and national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu had, on Thursday, while speaking to delegates of the APC in Ogun State, said Abiodun would not have become a governor without him (Tinubu). “Look at this one seated behind me, Dapo, he wouldn’t have become governor without my support,” Tinubu had stated. In a tweet posted to his verified Twitter page, @dabiodunMFR,…

Ogun Gov., Abiodun accused of masterminding blogger’s arrest

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Jide Ige

A legal practitioner and lawyer to the blogger allegedly arrested for a report on the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, Festus Ogun, has insisted that Olamilekan Hammed’s arrest was masterminded by the governor. The Department of State Services has reportedly arrested a blogger, Ahmed Olamilekan, for allegedly publishing a story on Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun. The report was said to be on Abiodun’s alleged criminal records in the United States. Olamilekan’s lawyer, Festus Ogun, said his client had been in detention since Friday after he honoured an invitation by…

‘My alleged US criminal records not enough to disqualify me for 2nd term’ –Ogun State Gov., Abiodun fires back at accusers

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, MFR, says his alleged criminal records in the United States are not enough basis to disqualify him from seeking re-election for a second term as governor of the gateway state. According to a petition, submitted by a member of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Ayodele Oludiran to the National Chairman of the APC, Senator Abdulahi Adamu, on April 12, 2022, Abiodun was arrested and detained in the United States over credit card fraud and forgery in 1986. In the petition, Abiodun was accused…

Ogun to enforce Face Masks in public as Abiodun eases lockdown

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020 Jide Ige

Prince Dapo Abiodun, the governor of Ogun State, has announced the eased of COVID-19 lockdown in the state except on weekends and the mandatory wear of facemasks in public. National Infinity reports that the Governor stated this on Thursday evening while addressing newsmen on the update of COVID-19 held at his Oke-Mosan office. Abiodun said henceforth, there would not be restriction of movement between Mondays and Fridays except on Saturdays and Sundays. He added that the Federal Government’s order on curfew which begins between 8:pm and ends 6:am daily is still…

COVID19: Ogun to close borders at mid-night

March 28, 2020March 28, 2020 Jide Ige

Ogun State Government has announced the closure of its borders with the neighbouring states and the international border with the Republic of Benin. The closure will be effected at 12 Midnight on Sunday, 29th March, 2020. It will be in force for two weeks in the first instance. With this restriction order, movement in and out of the state is thus banned as a further measure to contain the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement issued on Saturday in Abeokuta by Kunle Somorin, Chief Press Secretary, Governor Dapo Abiodun, the state is…

Make Lagos/Ibadan expressway 10 lanes, Ogun State Gov., Dapo Abiodun pleads with FG

February 19, 2020February 19, 2020 Jide Ige

The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has appealed to the Federal Government to extend the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, to at least, a ten-lane road. Abiodun made this call when he received the Senate Committee on Works in his office, in Abeokuta. According to him, the road in question is arguably the busiest in the country. This, coupled with the population explosion, made the expansion of the road from six to ten lanes imperative. He also said it was important for the Federal Government to consider alternatives like the Sagamu to…

We are not pulling out of Amotekun, says Ogun Gov. Abiodun

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Wura Kelani, Crime Reporter

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Sunday, said his absence from the launch of the South West Regional Security outfit; Amotekun was not an attempt by the state to pull out . He said this on the sidelines of the annual thanksgiving by a former governor of the state, Gbenga Daniel, in Sagamu. When asked if his absence from the launch was not an indication that the state had withdrawn from the outfit, Abiodun said, “That is very false, not only false but incorrect. The Amotekun was conceived to…

Ogun cholera outbreak records 5 deaths out of 12 cases

November 29, 2019November 29, 2019 Jide Ige

The death toll as a result of a cholera outbreak in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, has risen to five and it includes a four-month-old baby and 33-year-old pregnant woman. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health in Ogun State, Dr Ayinde Akinsanya disclosed this on Friday, during a press briefing in Abeokuta. Akinsanya said so far, the number of the reported cases has risen to 12 and five persons have died. It was reported that four persons in Abule-Otun in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state have lost…

Appeal Court declares Dapo Abiodun validly elected

August 17, 2019August 17, 2019 Jide Ige

The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on Friday dismissed the appeal by the Labour Party in Ogun State against the election of the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kunle Somorin, stated this in a statement on Friday. Somorin said the Court described the Labour Party’s appeal against the victory of Abiodun as lacking in merit and outrightly frivolous. The statement read, ”Court upheld the submission of Abiodun and All Progressives Congress (APC) counsel, Barrister Wale Abeeb Ajayi, that the Governor was…

Gov. Abiodun leads Ogun elders into meeting with Buhari

July 30, 2019July 30, 2019 Jide Ige

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dr. Dapo Abiodun on Tuesday led elders and leaders of thought from Ogun State into a meeting with President Mohammadu Buhari. The meeting started around 3.04pm at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. Those at the meeting alongside the governor included former state governors, Olusegun Osoba and Gbenga Daniel. Also at the meeting are Segun Awolowo, traditional rulers and members of the National Assembly from the state and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. The meeting was still in progress…

Amosun surrenders 1000 AK47 rifles, 4million bullets acquired before 2019 elections

June 24, 2019June 25, 2019 Jide Ige

A few hours to the end of his reign as Ogun State helsman, embattled Governor Ibikunle Amosun contacted the state’s Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, confessing that he had thousands of arms and millions of ammunition in store at a secret armoury in Government House, and that he had decided to hand them over to the police. Mr Amosun’s anointed candidate for the March 9 governorship election, Adekunle Akinlade of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), had been roundly defeated by Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress and the governor…