The meeting held behind closed doors at the Governor’s Office, Ado-Ekiti.
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Adams spoke on Wednesday in an interview with Reuben Abati, a columnist and host on Arise Television.
Adams, in a statement on Tuesday by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, described the late Momoh as a genuine leader with a mind of his own, adding that the former Minister was one of the leading patriots who offered his wealth of experiences for national progress and development.
Iba Adams said this on Tuesday, adding that the new agreement was a swift response to the growing spate of insecurity across the region.
The above alien challenges have successfully defaced the aesthetics and perforated the peace of Yorubaland. The army of beggars in Southwest today will sober even Senegalese-born author and first published Black African Francophone novelist, Aminata Sow Fall of the Beggars’ Strike fame.
Provocative and ugly stories of Fulani capture of Yoruba land have taken on the form of legend over the years. Given an inch, the Fulani has taken a mile. Given a mile, the Fulani has colonized whole towns and villages and installed local Serikis who act as their totem of authority and power.
It was a new feather in his cap as the Yoruba leader joined the league of other notable professionals and administrators saddled with the responsibility of providing professional management administration skills across the world.
Iba Adams, while reacting to the statement made last week by Obasanjo, said he had earlier refrained to reply, which, according to him, was weighty, but decided to clear the air on the aspersions the ex-president cast on him.
In a letter he signed personally, Iba Adams reiterated the need for Nigerians in the Diaspora to aspire and seek elective positions, saying the victory was truly a fulfilment of a big dream.
Iba Adams made the appeal in a statement on Saturday.
The first class monarch stated this while playing host to the Publisher of Yoruba Tooto newspaper, Kunle Babarinde, inside his palace.
Two prominent figures from the zone, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Henry Dele Ajomale, who spoke with Saturday Sun, disagreed on the propriety or otherwise of the former Lagos State Governor standing for the election.
Paying glowing tributes to the ex-governor, Adams, in a statement on Friday by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, said the late Ajimobi was a man of history, a statesman and complete Yoruba man that made remarkable impact in Oyo State.
Adams, in a statement on Thursday by his Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Aderemi, expressed joy that part of the dreams of the Oodua Peoples Congress under his leadership has been realised with the celebration of June 12 as the authentic democracy day.
By the time the combatants emerged from their trenches, casualties have filled the morgue. Chief HID Awolowo, of blessed memory, was the political maverick and a sure totem of awe, adulation, wisdom, tradition and the old Yorubanised orthodoxy of omoluabi who brokered a peace deal to bring together warring factions.
Yoruba Leader, Emeritus Professor Adebanji Akintoye, has called on the Federal Government and state governments to conduct thorough investigation into the unusual spate of fire incidents in Nigeria and particularly in Yorubaland.
Adesankan made the clarification on Tuesday during a solidarity rally held by YWC and other groups in Ibadan, Oyo State in support of the Amotekun initiative by the South West governors.
The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, on Thursday said closure of the nation’s land border has grave economic implications on people of South-West in particular, and Nigeria as a nation.
Disclosing this on Sunday in a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the group, Yinka Oguntimehin, the National Coordinator, and the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Abiodun Ige Adams, said the journey that started 25 years ago was tortuous and there is reason for celebration.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has revealed that his collaboration with the Oodua Peoples Congress has led to a significant reduction in crime rate in South West Nigeria.