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The Ondo State Governor maintained that the next president of the country must come from the Southern region.

Akeredolu said the forum would resist any political party that fields a northerner as presidential candidate.

In the majority judgment delivered by Justice Emmanuel Agim, four of the seven-member panel, dismissed the appeal by Eyitayo Jegede and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the grounds that it was incompetent.

This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the governors’ meeting in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State. It was signed by the Governor of Ondo State and Chairman, Southern Governors’ Forum, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN.

In a statement he personally endorsed, Akeredolu described the attack as “horrendous, callous and highly provocative,” adding that all well-meaning Nigerians must also condemn “this latest assault on decency and communal harmony”.

Akeredolu spoke on Thursday in Akure during a courtesy visit by the management of Radio Nigeria Positive FM, Akure.

The Chairman of the nine-man Panel, retired Justice Salisu Sidiq, stated this in his address while submitting the Committee’s reports and recommendations to Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in his office on Wednesday in Akure.

The government described the plan as “apt and timely”.

Anyanwu-Akeredolu gave the cheques during a meeting of the Foundation for Wives of Ondo State Officials at the Government House in Akure.

Peter Hawkins, UNICEF country representative to Nigeria, made this known in Akure during a courtesy visit to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State.

Akeredolu raised the concern on Tuesday in Akure when playing host to Dora Amahian, Zonal Coordinator, Nigeria Immigration Service, Zone F, comprising Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states.

Oluwasegun Ajiboye, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, in a statement on Wednesday in Akure, said the extension was due to the expiration of Ige’s second six months tenure as acting vice chancellor.

The building is to serve as the zone’s operational office and headquarters.

Justice Okon Abang fixed the date after taking arguments from parties in the suit with number: FHC/ABJ/CS/886/2020, filed on August 3 by Dr. Nath Adojutelegan, an APC governorship aspirant in the state election.

Ojogo, in a statement made available to newsmen, said the measures included banning of unauthorised use of vehicles with tinted glass and restriction of activities of commercial motorcyclists to between 6am and 6pm.

In a press statement on Friday in Akure, Donald Ojogo, the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said Akeredolu directed that the arms and ammunition should be returned to the Commandant, South West Security Network, Amotekun, at the Pa Fasoranti’s Gardens, Alagbaka, Akure.

This was contained in a statement issued on Friday in Akure by Donald Ojogo, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation.

The APC secretariat was torched early on Wednesday with the party alleging that the opposition PDP loyalists were behind it and shortly after its denial, some hoodlums in the evening set the PDP secretariat on fire.

Akeredolu, who gave the directive in a statewide broadcast on Tuesday, however, exempted those on essential duties from the curfew.

The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this at a press conference on Monday in Abuja.