Politics

INEC Trains Security Personnel for Ekiti Poll

By Web News 170

By Amos Ogunrinde 

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ekiti state has extended its training to security personnel ahead of the June 20 Governorship elections in the State.

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Bunmi Omoseyindemi who declared the training open in Ado Ekiti, said this became necessary to prepare the officers for the election, promising that the commission would continue to form synergy with security agencies to ensure peaceful conduct of the poll.

On his part, the state commissioner of police, Mr Falade Micheal pledged that adequate security would be provided across the state during the election and sought the cooperation of all the stakeholders to make the exercise a violence free one.

In their remarks, the Director of Security, INEC Headquarters Abuja, Mrs Ndidi Okafor and the commissioner of police in charge of the Electoral body in Abuja, Mr Egbe Preye-Raymond urged security personnel to be deployed for Ekiti election to embrace professionalism in the discharge of their duties.

Some of the participants at the training included the Ekiti state police command’s spokesperson, Mr Sunday Abutu described the programme as a welcome development with a promise to put into practice the lessons learnt.

Radio Nigeria gathered that security personnel drawn from the Nigeria Police, Military, Department of State Services, Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Fire Service, Nigerian Immigration Service and Nigerian Customs Service attended the training.

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Environment

Community Mourns as Siblings, Cleric Die in Well

By Web News 724

Osun State Fire Service has confirmed the death of three persons that got trapped in a well.

They died in a well at a construction site located in the Owode Area of Ede, Osun State.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of Osun State Fire Service, Ibrahim Adekunle said the three men were brought out of the well dead, adding that they got trapped due to the presence of ammonia gas in the well.

The deceased, identified as Adebayo Oluwasina, said to be a cleric, aged 46 years, Lateef Adediran, 22 years and Waliu Adediran, aged 31 years, met their death while attempting to recover a fetcher that fell into a well.

A resident of Alaro Onigbin Community in Owode Ede, where the incident occurred, who preferred anonymity, said Waliu and Lateef were bricklayers engaged by Adebayo at his construction site.

He further said at the commencement of the day’s work, a fetcher being used to draw water fell into a well located within the construction site and one of the two bricklayers, went in search of it but got trapped.

“The younger of the two bricklayers were the one fetching water, and the fetcher fell inside the well. The boy entered the well to recover it but did not come out. After some minutes, his elder brother, Waliu, went into the well to rescue him, but he also got trapped inside.

“The owner of the site, Pastor Shina, also went into the well in a bid to rescue the two persons that earlier got trapped, but he also could not come. The incident threw our community into panic and firemen from Osun State Fire Service were called to the scene. They were eventually recovered from the well by the fire service men, but not alive. The incident caused apprehension among the residents,” he said.

He said, “the victims are; Adebayo Oluwasina (pastor), 46yrs, Lateef Adediran 22yrs, Adediran Waliu 31yrs. They are working within the compound of Mr Adebayo( the third victim) when their drawer fell into the well. The first victim went into the well with the hope of recovering the drawer, but he was trapped down due to the presence of ammonia gas in the well.

“His elder brother Adediran Waliyu, in an effort to recover his brother, was equally trapped. The owner of the premises also tried his luck to get them out before he got trapped too. It was at this juncture that they alerted the Fire Service.

The Osun Fire Service Spokesman, Ibrahim Adekunle pointed out that the bodies of the deceased were evacuated by joint efforts.

“We immediately responded and recovered the 3 victims with the coordinated efforts of Men of the State and Federal Services, Police of A’ Division Ede, and the community people. 

Their bodies were taken to an undisclosed hospital by the O’ Ambulance crew where they were confirmed dead and their bodies handed over to their families.”

Culled / Titilayo Kupoliyi

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