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By Adeola Badru
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Local Content, Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin has said that the ongoing membership revalidation and registration exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the boost required to strengthen the party and prepare it fully for total victory in the general elections of 2023 in Oyo State.
Speaking shortly after he revalidated his membership of the party at PU 002, Ward 5, Idi Ose, Ona Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State, Senator Folarin told journalists that the exercise has been very successful and that he was impressed with the large turnout of both the old members for revalidation and new ones, particularly youths and women who now daily throng the polling units across the 351 wards of Oyo State for registration.
Akinwale Aboluwade
Four personnel of the Oyo State Security Network otherwise called Amotekun Corps are currently battling for their lives at a hospital in the state after being attacked by hoodlums in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Friday.
The personnel and some policemen were reportedly attacked by hoodlums at Odeyale area of Ona Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State before noon. The men were said to have been hacked with axe and other dangerous weapons.
It was gathered that four of the Amotekun personnel are currently at the Intensive Care Unit of the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
Confirming the incident, the Amotekun Commandant in the state, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd.), said in a statement that the personnel moved to the area following a distress call by Odeyale Community Landlord Association.