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Police spokesperson in the state, SP Yemisi Opalola, gave the assurance in a statement on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Mr Olawale Olokode, in Osogbo.

The command’s Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, in a statement in Osogbo warned against unlawful gathering or assembly that could jeopardise the peace of the state.

Olokode, who spoke on a radio interview programme in Osogbo, said hoodlums and criminal elements are now emboldened and dare security officers, whether or not the officers are in uniform or they carry arms.

The youths, comprising sympathisers, families and friends of the suspects set bonfire at Lameco Area of Osogbo before later taking their protest to the Mandela Freedom Park at New Garage.

The agency’s spokesperson in the state, Agnes Ogungbemi, in a statement said the incident occurred at about 12.45 a.m.

Speaking at the Wocdiff Centre, Osogbo, venue of the Zonal Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party, Fayose acknowledged, “The Governor of Oyo State, Governor Seyi Makinde, my brother, my friend and by the grace of God, our leader.”

The honourees included the General Manager of Osun Community and Social Development Agency, Funmi Aderonke Abokede; Deputy Vice Chancellor of Osun State University, Osogbo, Prof. Janet Olaitan; and Prof. Tinuade Afolabi of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso.

Oyetola, during the inauguration, said the project was in swift response to the need to secure the future population explosion of the state capital.

Waheed (real name held back because the family will be mourning for a long time) woke up that morning hoping the day would be better than the previous one. His wife was ill, and not getting any better. Another round of injections and the nurse who had been their care-giver called Waheed to go get a new drug at the pharmacy.

The Command’s Commissioner, Olawale Olokode, disclosed this on Saturday at the Police Headquarters in Osogbo, the Osun State capita.

Kudirat Ibrahim, the FRSC Sector Commander, said this in a statement issued by the command’s Spokesperson, Agnes Ogungbemi, in Osogbo.

Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State pronounced the 32-year-old, who claimed to be a graduate of civil engineering, guilty of a one-count amended charge of criminal impersonation on January 18, 2021, and handed him 14 months custodial sentence.

This was contained in statement by Wole Oyebamiji, the Secretary to the State Government, on Wednesday in Osogbo.

The Secretary to the Committee, Alhaji Adebayo Jimoh, who disclosed this at news conference in Osogbo, debunked the insinuations that the state government had taken delivery of the consignment.

Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary, NUC, made the announcement at a news conference on the resolution of the lingering ownership crisis of the institution in Abuja on Friday.

The Chief Magistrate, Dr Olusegun Ayilara, ordered that the defendant should be kept at the Ilesa Correctional Centre.

All 69 have been remanded in Ilesa Custodial Centre.

The News Agency of Nigeria correspondent reports that joint security personnel were enforcing the curfew imposed on the state as roads were deserted, vehicular and human movements were also affected and restricted by the curfew.

Alhaji Bayo Jimoh, Secretary to the committee, in a statement in Osogbo, said the looted items were donated to the committee as palliatives to the people by the Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19.

The club’s Team Manager, Vincent Akinbami, said in a statement in Osogbo on Friday that training would resume at the Osogbo Township Stadium pending the decision of the management to use another venue.