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Training: Junior police officers not happy with IGP FRANCIS SUBERU
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unior police officers from the Lagos State police command ordered to proceed on a six-week training preparatory to their promotion from constable to corporal, have expressed displeasure over the selected venue for the training. National Mirror gathered that the InspectorGeneral of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar, yesterday ordered that the officers should immediately move to Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, for the training which will commence on Monday, February 25, 2013. The officers were miffed that the order came without any provision for the officers; even as they said past officers who
underwent such trainings were usually told to proceed to the police college nearest to their commands. One of them said: “How do they want us to get to Maiduguri now?. The training is starting on Monday and the order just came. No adequate provisions. No accommodation in place, yet they want us to report as ordered. “In our case, we should have been told to move to the Police College at Ikeja, Lagos. That is the nearest to us, but they rather want to punish us by saying we should go to Borno State. When contacted for comment, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Lagos State Command, Ngozi Braide, was not reachable as several calls to her cell phone were not answered.
Ekiti dissolves, reconstitutes LG councils ABIODUN NEJO ADO EKITI
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kiti State government yesterday dissolved and reconstituted the caretaker committees of the 16 local government areas of the state. The dissolution of the councils’ caretaker committees followed the expiration of their tenure. They had been in office since February last year. Their dissolution followed a letter written by Governor Kayode Fayemi to the state House of Assembly. Fayemi had in the letter to the assembly notified the lawmakers on the need to reconstitute the committees so that there would be no vacuum at the councils. The House consequently gave the governor the approval to reconstitute the councils. The new committee chairmen, who would be inaugurated today, are Hon. Tope Olanipekun (Ado Ekiti); Mr. Ropo Famubode (Ekiti West); Hon. Tajudeen Awe (Irepodun/ Ifelodun); Dr Adio Folayan (Efon); Hon. Bode Agbeleye (Ijero); Mr. Michael Adesoji Bamidele (Ikere) and Mr. Fasoyin Oluwadare (Ise/ Orun). Others are Hon. Febisola Adewale (Emure); Hon.
Ademola Atobaje (Ekiti East); Mr. Femi Awe (Gbonyin); Mr. Alatise Yemi (Ekiti South West); Mr. Adeleke Michael Adeyeye (Moba) and Chief Dele Olatuyi (Ikole). The remaining are Prince Bamgboye Adegoroye (Ilejemeje); Mr. Kehinde Ogunlade (Ido/Osi) and Hon. Akindele Ogungbuyi (Oye). The lawmakers described the emergence of caretaker committees at the councils as a child of necessity. According to them, the ongoing litigation on the composition of the State Independent Electoral Commission, SIEC, was responsible for the advent of nonelected council chairmen at the local government areas.
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Oil subsidy: EFCC gets order to forfeit marketer’s assets KENNY ODUNUKA
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n Ikeja High Court yesterday granted an order allowing the interim forfeiture of assets belonging to an oil marketer, Mr. Oluwaseun Ogunbambo. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, obtained the order from the court presided over by Justice Adeniyi Onigbanjo, through an ex-parte application. Though, the anti-graft agency did not specify the worth of all the assets it sought the permission of the court to freeze, it alleged that Ogunbambo was being prosecuted for fraud amounting to N4.5 billion. The affected assets, mostly bank accounts in a bank in the United Kingdom and five Nigerian banks, also included a landed property at 2, Olamijuyin Avenue,
Parkview Estate, Ikoyi Lagos. The UK bank account bearing the name of his England-based company, Seatac Petroleum Ltd; was said to be having £1million standing to its credit. Five of the bank accounts were bearing the names of his companies, Fargo Petroleum Gas Ltd; Arnage Oil & Gas Ltd and Seatac. Also, the account of one company, Nassaman Oil Service Ltd, belonging to Mamman, the son of the former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ahmadu Ali, was among the assets frozen as it was linked with a fraud by Ogunbambo. EFCC’s counsel, Mr. Francis Usani, moving the application for forfeiture yesterday said; “The property and bank accounts set out in the schedule hereto, property of the persons currently standing trial for con-
spiracy to obtain money by false pretence, obtaining the sums of over N4.5 billion by false pretence, forgery and uttering of a documents in charge numbers ID/116C/2012, ID/133C/2012 and
ID/122C/2012, all pending in this judicial division (Ikeja), be in the interim forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria pending the determination of all the pending proceedings against him.”
NACCIMA lauds Ajimobi for transforming Ibadan
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he National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, has commended the Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, for what it called the transformation of Ibadan into a modern state capital, which will facilitate the industrial growth of the state. NACCIMA President, Mr. Ademola Ajayi, gave the commendation when he led other members of the association on a cour-
tesy call to the governor in his office in Ibadan, on Thursday. “Our observation is that this state is moving very fast on the path of transformation. We also noticed that Oyo State, and particularly, Ibadan, the state capital, is getting cleaner and neater. We also want to congratulate you on the inauguration of the SecretariatBodija Bridge which will further ease the movement of the people of the state and improve on their living standard.
L-R: Member, Wemabod Board of Directors and former Secretary to Ogun State Government, Deacon Poju Adeyemi; Chairman, Board of Directors, Wemabod Estates Limited, Dr. Bayo Adewusi; Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun and Managing Director, Mr Olumide Ologun, during a courtesy visit on the governor in Abeokuta, yesterday.
Osun acquires helicopter for aerial surveillance, emergencies
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s part of its determination to make Osun inhospitable for criminals, the state government has acquired a new helicopter to beef up its Swift Anti-Robbery Squad, SAS, in the aspect of aerial surveillance. The helicopter, a French Five-Plus-One passenger Eurocopter AS-355N, is a 2006 model with twin engines. A statement by the Di-
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Governor, Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, said the latest security acquisition, under a lease agreement with OAS Helicopters, Lagos compliments the state’s investments on adequate protection of lives and property of the citizenry. Last August, the state government launched the SAS outfit with five Armoured Personnel Carriers, APC, and 25 patrol vans. It has since
acquired another set of 100 patrol vans to ensure that all the nooks and crannies of the state are well covered. The helicopter is also to provide emergency services for the Osun Emergency Management Agency and the O-Ambulance in cases of medical emergencies and other forms of evacuations. At the launch of the SAS last year, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, prom-
ised that the government was working hard to ensure aerial surveillance which would make it impossible for criminals to escape from the state the moment any crime is committed. The governor said once the state is wellsecured from the activities of bandits, the state would become attractive to investors, thereby catalysing the rapid growth of the economy.