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Published 23 May 2021
The Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission on Saturday conducted elections into all the 33 local government councils in the state.
The exercise was peaceful in many areas but it witnessed low turnout due to voter apathy and the light shower recorded in some parts of the state.
The election was peaceful in many areas in Ibadan but our correspondent who went round observed that many voters shunned polling units and used the period for some other things.
Youths were seen playing football on the streets in Agbowo and the turnout of voters was not impressive in the area. But it was gathered that turnout was okay in Saki East and Saki West local government areas and few other places in the state.
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Published 22 May 2021
There is voter apathy in the local government elections holding across the 33 councils in Oyo State today.
Our correspondent, who is monitoring the exercise in some areas, observed a low turnout of voters.
The roads are virtually deserted due to the restriction of movement order from 6 am to 3 pm.
But around Agbowo, youths are seen playing football on the roads and many of them are not ready to participate in the exercise.
At Ward 12 Unit 1 in Agbowo area, a voter, Ismail Aderibigbe, told our correspondent that electoral officers arrived on time, and accreditation and voting were done simultaneously without any hitch.
Oyo set to give final judgment on boundary disputes in 23 LGAs Oyo set to give final judgment on boundary disputes in 23 LGAs
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The Oyo state government is prepping to give final judgments on boundary disputes that spread across 23 local government areas of the state.
Chairman Sub-Technical Committee on State Boundary and Communal Land Dispute Resolutions, Mr Alaba Abiodun, stated this during a joint meeting with the affected Local Government Areas in the state held at the Bureau of Physical Planning and Urban Development Conference Room, Secretariat Ibadan, the state capital.
Alaba, who is also the state’s surveyor general, said the state considered it expedient to proffer lasting solution to all lingering intra-local governments and communal land disputes to maintain peaceful coexistence in the state.
INSECURITY: Amotekun, OPC, VGN arrest 11 herders in Oyo
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By Ola Ajayi & Deola Badru
OPERATIVES of Oyo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, members of Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, and the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, yesterday, arrested six suspected kidnappers, who mounted illegal roadblocks in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State.
The Commandant of Amotekun in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd), said the bandits were arrested at Kajola Local Government Area of Oyo State, while on their joint routine patrol in the early hours of yesterday.
Amotekun arrest 11 suspected bandits
The suspects were caught with 183 cows, weapons and a total sum of N268,470.00.
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The Oyo State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, has announced the arrest of 11 suspected bandits in the state.
The commandant of the security corps, Olayinka Olayanju, said in a statement on Thursday that the suspects were arrested in Kajola and Saki areas while mounting roadblocks on major roads.
According to Mr Olayanju, his team was assisted by operatives of the Oodua Peoples Congress and the Vigilante Group of Nigeria.
“Operatives of Oyo State Security Network Agency comprising Amotekun corps collaborating with OPC and VGN apprehended six bandits at Kajola local government area of Oyo state while on their joint routine patrol in the early hours of April 29, 2021, along two separate routes within the council area,” he said.