Sport

We will do our best to make Ogun hub of shooting in Nigeria – Akinbitan

By Web News 960

Shooters in Ogun State have expressed their readiness to surpass the state’s performance at the forthcoming National Youth Games in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.

The Chairman, Ogun State Shooting Association, Mr. Akinola Akinbitan stated this while presenting the State’s Shooting team who emerged third at the recently concluded National Shooting Championship in Delta State, to the Director of Sports, Mrs. Iyabode Rotimi in Abeokuta.

Mr. Akinbitan lauded the team’s performance despite going to the championship without its full squad and losing narrowly to the Department of State Security Service, with three gold and host Delta State who won two gold and two silver.

He announced the plans of the association to make Ogun State the hub of shooting game in Nigeria.

Mr. Akinbitan also lauded the effort of a physically challenged female shooter and Amos Odesanya who retained his number one position in pistol category after winning gold.

Olusegun Folarin

Security

Igboho’s Supporters Storm State Secretariat, Demand Freedom Of Arrested Colleagues

By Web News 626

Yoruba Nation agitators have protested to Agodi Secretariat Ibadan to declare support for Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as Igboho whose house was recently invaded by men of the Department of State Security Service, DSS.

The protesters in their hundreds who were on a peaceful protest were received on behalf of the State Government by the Executive Assistant to Governor Makinde on Security Matters, Mr. Sunday Odukoya.

Speaking with journalists shortly after their departure, Mr Odukoya said the agitators were part of the Oduduwa nation agitators groups who demanded the release of those arrested in Igboho’s house within seven days.

Mr. Odukoya added that they also demanded for justice of the two people that were killed during the DSS’ raid on Igboho’s house.

The Executive Assiatant urged the agitators to maintain peace saying there was no good thing about rascality, hooliganism and asked the agitators to put their demands in writing for necessary actions.

The protesters were seen with various placards requesting the release of those arrested at Igboho’s house.

They were also shouting Sunday Igboho is not a criminal, and should not be treated as such.

The protesters had earlier visited the Palace of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, to seek his interventions in facilitating the release of some of the agitators arrested during the DSS raid on Sunday Adeyemo, Igboho’s residence.

Radio Nigeria reports that the protest caused a gridlock around the Secretariat-UCH-Bodija axis as they arrived during the closing hours of workers.

The entrance gates to the Oyo State Secretariat were locked and manned with heavy presence of security operatives to forestall the breakdown of law and order.

Iyabo Adebisi

Lifestyle

Family Members Protest DSS’s Arrest Of Igboho’s Supporters

By Web News 723

Some supporters of the Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as “Sunday Igboho” have stormed the streets of Ibadan, demanding for the release of all those arrested by Department of State Security Service, DSS, last week.

The angry protesters comprising family members of the arrested loyalists of Sunday Igboho protested to major streets in Ibadan in demand for the release of the arrested persons.

The protesters were at the palace of the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji, and those of other prominent persons in the city.

The protesters who in black attires demanded the release of the arrested persons and described the as illegal.

The family members who later moved to the Lagos/Ibadan expressway blocked the road for some minutes.

They also moved to Challenge and Molete areas and finally moved to Sanyo and Soka Area of Ibadan.

Some people were arrested at the residence of Sunday Igboho last week Thursday who were later paraded Abuja by the DSS.

The DSS later confirmed the arrest of thirteen persons during the midnight raid.

Rasheedah Makinde