By nseobong okon-ekong
Chuks Okocha considers the prospect for a mega political party that can upstage the popularity of the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party
The notion of a mega political party has gained momentum since the former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha called on a certain governor in the South-south to join him to form a new political party.
The erstwhile governor has fallen§ out of favour with his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and since then, he has not failed to call for a third alternative that would become the next ruling party by 2023.
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• Gani Adams vows to protect S’West
Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana (SAN), says the order by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, that herdsmen should leave forest reserves within seven days is legal.
In a statement on Sunday, Falana said the order was in tandem with Section 42 (1) (e) and (g) of the Forestry Law of Ondo State which provided that whoever in any forest reserve, except with the authority in writing of the prescribed officer, digs, cuts, turns or cultivates the soil or makes a farm or plantation; pastures cattle or permits cattle to trespass or trespasses in any part of forest reserves in which trespass shall be prohibited by an order of the governor.
Tension, as Ondo gov’s 7-day ultimatum to herders expires
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…Police, Oyo govt delegation visit Ibarapa to broker peace between Fulani, Igangan residents
…Police vow to arrest culprits in violence, arson
…Arrest 3 suspected herdsmen in Ogun
…Why Ibarapa residents rejected Fulani herders Sunday Igboho
…Why I’ve been silent Gani Adams
…Agbekoya, OPC back Akeredolu, Sunday Igboho; warn Presidency, Northern leaders
…FG portraying itself as ‘defender of Fulani herders’, says Falana
…Help Akeredolu, other govs flush out criminal herders, M-Belt Forum tells FG
…Rescind quit notice, compensate Fulani, AYCF tells Akeredolu
…Aggrieved parties must bury the hatchet ACF
By Dayo Johnson, Regional Editor, South-West, Dapo Akinrefon, Ola Ajayi, Chris Ochayi, Ibrahim Hassan, & James Ogunnaike
Rescind quit notice, compensate Fulani, AYCF tells Akeredolu
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By Ibrahim HassanWuyo
National President of Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Alhaji Shettima Yerima has admonished the governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu, to rescind the quit order he earlier gave the Fulani residing in his state and compensate those who fell victim of the attack on Fulani communities in the southwest state.
Yerima said in Kaduna on Sunday that the quit notice order by the Governor of Ondo State Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN and subsequent attack and destruction of property in Oyo were not only worrisome but disturbing.
“Let it be known that the constitution of Nigeria guarantees every Nigerian to live in any part of this country and free to engage in any legitimate business of his or her choice, the Governor of Ondo State being a learned person is expected to know better.
SIMONKOLAWOLE! BY SIMON KOLAWOLE
Recent events in south-western Nigeria, as I would offer to think, are not ordinary. First, Chief Sunday Adeyemo (also called Sunday Igboho), a private citizen described as “youth leader”, stormed the Fulani community in Igangan, Oyo state, and gave them seven days to vacate the land, failing which he would expel them. The “grassroots mobiliser” confronted the Seriki Fulani, Alhaji Saliu Kadri, accusing his kinsmen of killing Yoruba people. After issuing his ultimatum, Igboho said: “It’s not like I just commanded the Fulani to leave our land or that I suddenly said something arbitrarily. For like two weeks now, these Fulani people in Ibarapa have been killing our people.”