Crime

Corrupt politicians should be tried while in office – Oguntoyinbo

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By Iyabo Adebisi

The Ogun State governorship candidate in the last general elections under the New Nigeria People’s Party NNPP, Olufemi Oguntoyinbo has advocated the arrest and prosecution of politicians found to have embezzled public funds even while in office to tackle corruption in the country. 

He stated this while speaking with journalists shortly after his investiture as a Patron of the Oyo State Correspondent Chapel in Ibadan held  at the  Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ, Oyo State Council, Iyaganku, Ibadan. 

Mr Oguntoyinbo also stressed the need for a bill that would compel  aspiring political office holders to sign undertakings which when breached, would lead to imprisonment to serve as checks on their conduct and activities 

In a lecture entitled “Contesting 2023 General Elections: the former Ogun state NNPP candidate berated INEC over its failure to include the name of his party on the ballot papers, making it difficult for the voters to identify the party.

He said, however, that the party had commenced preparations for the 2027 elections. 

According to him, the Party’s structure were being put  in place in all the wards and local government areas of the state while also ensuring that  leaders and future contestants on the platform of the party were not sellouts. 

Earlier, the Chairman Oyo State Correspondent Chapel, Raji Adebayo appealed  to President  Bola Tinubu to review the implementation policy  of the subsidy removal on petrol and hasten palliative to cushion its effect on the masses.

Mr Adebayo equally enjoined the President to use the proceeds from the subsidy removal for infrastructure development.

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Politics

Makinde Charges Politicians on Nation Building

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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has charged Nigerian politicians to bury their political differences and maintain unity of purpose for the progress of the country.


The governor while receiving the members of the Senate Committee on Army, led by its chairman, Senator Ali Ndume, in his office, stated that Nigerians need to keep talking to one another and put the national interest first at this period.


He maintained there was the need for all politicians, irrespective of their political affiliations, to work together for the progress of the nation that noting that national peace is paramount at this period.


While speaking on the state of security in the country, Governor Makinde maintained that Oyo State would always be accommodating to all ethnic groups, except criminal and disgruntled elements among them.


He equally commended the efforts of the Nigerian military in combating crimes across the geopolitical zones of the county.


He said: “I want to welcome you to Ibadan. Quite frankly, for us, APC, PDP is not the issue. The issue for us is development for our people and we need to work together to see that we have development in our state.


“We know the government, either APC or PDP, will come and go but our state will remain. When we are done, the people coming will take up whatever we are able to achieve.


“Also for our military men, the best we can do is to support them. They are all over the place trying to keep us safe.

What we are saying is, we are in a very challenging period and we have economic issues as well.

The only thing we can do is to rally round and give them support so that when they are in faraway places, they will know that their families left at home are receiving attention.


“Also for us here in Oyo State, we don’t stereotype. We work with the Army and other security agencies.

We are only after criminals. We don’t care whether they are Yorubas or Fulanis or Igbos. Wherever we identify criminals, we go after them.


“I also want to thank you for the work you are doing on behalf of us and be sure that you will always have our cooperation and support from Oyo State.”


Earlier in his remarks, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, lauded Governor Makinde for providing basic and social amenities, such as street lights to military barracks in the state.


Senator Ndume also commended Governor Makinde for the tremendous changes the state has witnessed within a short period of time.


“We are here on an oversight visit and we want to inform you that the Committee has seen what you are doing to complement the effort of the Nigerian Air Force.


“So, we want to commend you for that.

As we moved around to supervise some of the projects they were doing in the barracks, the GOC told us that as part of your effort to light up Ibadan, you included the streets around them in the project.

This is very commendable.
“I also personally want to tell you here that the people of Oyo State are very lucky to have you as a leader at this material time.”

Adebisi Iyabo