Tag: Gboyega Oyetola

<strong>I Shall Reclaim My Mandate, Oyetola Boasts</strong>

20Nov

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

I Shall Reclaim My Mandate, Oyetola Boasts

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has insisted that he would reclaim his mandate at the governorship election petition tribunal. The incumbent governor maintains that he polled the highest votes in the July 16 governorship election. The All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwart stated this on Saturday during the 31st Iragbiji day in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area, LGA, of the state. The Osun State governor expressed hope that he would attend the 32nd celebration as the governor. See Also: Keyamo Responds To Tinubu’s Alleged Involvement In Drug Trafficking He said, “By the special grace of Allah, In Sha Allah, I shall grace this occasion next year, still as the Osun Governor. “I have no doubt in my mind that I shall reclaim my mandate”, NAN quoted h...

20Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Oyetola Wins Osun APC Guber Primary

Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election held on Saturday, February 19, 2022, across the 332 wards of the state. The chairman of the primary election committee and the governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbsulRazaq, announced the result in the early hours of Sunday at the APC Secretariat in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Returning officers for all the 30 local governments and the area council had announce the results as collated from all the wards in their various local government areas. See Also: Oyetola Waged War Against Me Since Becoming Governor – Aregbesola Oyetola polled 222,169 to defeat his closest rival, the former Secretary to the Osun State Government, Moshood Adeot...

Yoruba Monarchs Move to Resolve Tinubu/ Aregbesola Rift

19Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Yoruba Monarchs Move to Resolve Tinubu/ Aregbesola Rift

Some Yoruba leaders, including traditional rulers, yesterday, began a move to resolve the conflict between the National Leader of All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and former governor of Osun State and Minister for Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Tinubu, who was governor of Lagos from 1999 to 2003 and Aregbesola who, served under him as Commissioner for Works before going to Osun State to become governor in 2010, has been at loggerheads over the Osun State governorship election scheduled to hold on July 16 2022.The two APC leaders are currently engaging in a war of words over the re-election bid of Governor Gboyega Oyetola. While Tinubu is supporting Oyetola who is his blood brother, Aregbesola, who is the immediate predecessor of the governor, believes that Oyetola d...

18Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Elections, News, Nigeria

Oyetola Waged War Against Me Since Becoming Governor – Aregbesola

Former Governor of the State of Osun and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Thursday, said his successor, Adegboyega Oyetola, waged war against him after he became governor. Aregbesola spoke in Ikire while addressing a rally held to garner support for his anointed candidate in Saturday’s Osun governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, Moshood Adeoti. Speaking in the Yoruba language, Aregbesola said he pleaded with Oyetola for about two years not to fight him, adding that his successor rejected his advice which made him call his people and told them to salvage the party. He said, “I begged him for two years, I told him that people must not mock us. I told him, that he was heading towards destruction. I served this state with the whole of my heart, I also...

Oyetola Signs Anti-Open Grazing Law, Defaulters Risk One Year Imprisonment

16Sep

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Fulani Herdsmen, News, Nigeria

Oyetola Signs Anti-Open Grazing Law, Defaulters Risk One Year Imprisonment

The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has signed into law the bill prohibiting open grazing in the state. The bill, which was passed by the Osun State House of Assembly on Thursday, August 12, prohibited a minor from grazing and provided for establishment of ranches. The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, while commenting on the key components of the bill after the lawmakers had passed it, said, “A minor is prohibited from grazing, rearing or herding of livestock except under the supervision of an adult. “A minor who contravenes the provision of Section 3 (4) committed an offence, and the guardian or parent of the minor or owner of the livestock as the case may be, shall be vicariously liable on conviction to a fine of N300,000. “Any herdsman or...