Seyi Makinde unveils official campaign website

One of the leading Peoples Democratic party gubernatorial candidate in Oyo state, Engr. Oluseyi Makinde has again redefine campaign strategy of no means with the introduction of a functioning and updated website to bridge the gap between him and people of the state and beyond.

Speaking on behalf of the unveiling of the website which was held at the Omi 

Tunutun campaign headquarter of the organisation, the coordinator of Seyi Makinde Online Campaign Team (SMOCT), Mr. Peter Eledan said the official website, www.seyimakinde4governor.com is a platform that guaranteed true and fair voters review and exclusive information about the broad based support of Engr. Makinde's bid to run for the forthcoming governorship election.

'The site includes some of his progressive programme that his campaign organisation is currently working on in order to improve the life of the hardworking people of Oyo State in the area of Agriculture, education, health, infrastructure, power and security which will encourage national and foreign investors into oyo state'.

Mr. Eledan described the website as the ultimate public awareness campaign website for Eng. Seyi makinde.

The site, www.seyimakinde4governor.com is expected to allow people get instant quality news reports on the candidacy of Makinde and give access for people to meet the him on regular bases. 

Speaking at the event, the man behind the dream, Eng. Oluseyi Makinde explain further that his dream for this state is to achieve the best that will surpass any previous administration.

While addressing an issue dwindling round the town that he is too young to be a governor, he explain that those saying such are ignorant of history." Genaral Yakubu Gowon was a former head of state at age 32 and he is a bachelor then, most Nigerian leaders who established monumental structures and corporations like NTA and the likes did it at their tender age".

"Let it be place on record that I am 46 year old, I graduate from University at age 22, I set up a company at age27 and at age 29 it became functioning. Ever since I have being an employer of labour".

"We want to run an all inclusive government an that is why I will try as much as possible to be answering mots question raised on this website personally".

He explained further that if elected, he will declare his asset before he assume the office and he do the same aftr the office.

"My selfless service brought me into politics, some of the things that is hard for people to achieve at age 60 or 70s, I have achieved it at my 30s, so this is the time I can give back to the people".

The peak of the event was the scholarship he gave out to a member of the dance group that came to entertain the guests after displaying a spectacular dance step.

4year old girl, Precious Ibikunle will enjoy an educational scholarship from her present class till her university level wit immediate effect.

Among the dignitaries at the event includes Mr. Mike Akinfenwa, Hon. Sikiru Sanda, Mrs Biola Salawu Adewale Akinlabi, Dimeji Ladapo, Fosu National President Comrade Alao Olalekan, Otunba Adewuyi Adesina among others.

CITY INFO.COM: Obat's sons At War Over Company's Control

CITY INFO.COM: Obat's sons At War Over Company's Control

The Many Battles of Arik Airline ;Company owes staffers 4 months’ salary

To many air passengers Arik Airline has gradually been falling from standards and has become a carrier to abandon.
In recent times the airline which was regarded as the best in the country's aviation industry has taken a nosedive and has become a nightmare of passengers.
The airline which has a sound record of healthy airplanes had never for once recorded any mishap and boasts of quality services which has now been marred by different complaints by both its local and international passengers.
The airline is said to have recently been confronted with different logistic challenges that has made it uneasy for their passengers to get to their destinations without delay.
A passenger who confided in City Info revealed that on four different occasions he had been delayed more than eight hours while all the airline could offer was a flimsy excuse.
It is said to have become a natural occurrence to see passengers and officials of the airline engage in shouting brawls after many of the passengers would have been delayed for hours with the excuse that the plane is either experiencing faults or could not get fuel.
The airline is said not to only been faced with the challenges of providing adequate services to its passengers, it is claimed that the company is also fighting an internal crisis.
Sources revealed that the airline is still owing its staffers more than 3 months salary which explains why the staffers are mostly pained whenever a passenger insults them.
Many of the pilots and cabin crews were said to have been threatening to dump the airline to find a better company in the same industry.
The Michael Arumemi-Ikhide led organisation is allegedly suffering from a structural organisation challenges as the man who is near retirement has put some of his children in key areas in the company which he designed to make them take full control immediately he retires.
Some of the children who are Directors in the company were said to be the direct opposite of their father's shrewdness, discipline and fairness.
There were tales of confrontation between the children and some officials of the airline who were sacked for not been able to identify and give VIP treatment to the 'Chairman's son'.
The company which recently commenced its Lagos-Dubai flight still remains one of the hopes of air passengers in the country who wish it can adjust and improve on its services.

Echoes of Osun Elections: The Facts, Figures and Factors that worked against Omisore

10th August, 2014.  7:05 am: ' with the total number of  votes of the APC which is 394,413 against that of the PDP's 292,687 I hereby declare Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola the winner of the Osun State governorship elections'.  This pronouncement by the Vice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor Bamitale Omole not only cleared the Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola for a second term, it also plunged political pundits and analysts into action to decipher the figures, facts and factors that denied Senator Iyiola the chances of achieving his ambition of becoming the Governor of Osun State.

S/N	LG	APC	PDP	WINNER
1	AIYEDADE	12,801	11,255	APC
2	AIYEDIRE	7,724	7,813	PDP
3	ATAKUMOSA EAST	9,287	6,294	APC
4	ATAKUMOSA WEST	6,928	5,142	APC
5	BOLUWADURO	4,891	5,035	PDP
6	BORIPE	12,723	9,344	APC
7	EDE NORTH	15,403	10,427	APC
8	EDE SOUTH	11,738	7,462	APC
9	EGBEDORE	10,615	7,022	APC
10	EJIGBO	17,700	12,495	APC
11	IFE CENTRAL	9,680	24,555	PDP
12	IFE EAST	13,821	20,831	PDP
13	IFE NORTH	8,063	9,841	PDP
14	IFE SOUTH	7,324	12,811	PDP
15	IFEDAYO	4,225	3,982	APC
16	IFELODUN	17,447	12,442	APC
17	ILA	10,825	7,916	APC
18	ILESAH EAST	16,106	5,913	APC
19	ILESHA WEST	15,427	5,449	APC
20	IREPODUN	13,314	7,386	APC
21	IREWOLE	18,328	10,330	APC
22	ISOKAN	9,758	10,028	PDP
23	IWO LGA	20,827	15,435	APC
24	OBOKUN	11,696	8,618	APC
25	ODO OTIN	11,950	12,902	PDP
26	OLAOLUWA	7,927	4,963	APC
27	OLORUNDA	26,551	8,483	APC
28	ORIADE	12,523	10,214	APC
29	OROLU	8,558	6,786	APC
30	OSOGBO	39,983	11,513	APC
	TOTAL	394,143	292,687

The Ekiti election

The 'easy' victory of Peter Ayodele Fayose over  the incumbent Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi must have been a litmus test for Governor Aregbesola to prepare himself well against any unforeseen jokers that the PDP must have planned to deploy to achieve the same feat in the election.
The plans to arrest and detain APC stalwarts some hours to the election in Osun State failed woefully as the party hierarchy had already designed a plot and evaded the security personnel who were to carry out the instruction. A fragment of the APC  members (like Lai Mohammed) who were not really on ground for the execution of the election project were picked up and later released.
The plot which is considered one of the modus operandi of the PDP was first tested in Ekiti and became a magic wand which would still be used to achieve feats in future elections which was not to be in the case of  Osun State .



THE PDP FALLOUT

Many observers who see politics as a game of numbers had already predicted a loss for Omisore at the polls judging from the crises in his party that led to the disengagement of the likes of Olagunsoye Oyinlola, Fatai Akinbade, Isiaka Adeleke and a lot of other party stalwarts from PDP.
Omisore was said to have counted so much on his connection at the Federal level that he became arrogant and didn't  realise on time that the votes would come from the nooks and crannies of the State and not from the Federal .
Omisore who counted on the massive deployment of soldiers and police force that were at his beck and call couldn't muster enough strength to convince the electorates on how he was better than their incumbent Governor and lives to regret this.
It was also gathered from a reliable source that the Presidency in whom he invested all his hopes allegedly decided against a 'scientific method' which would have won him a landslide with the excuse of averting crisis in the state.
Another factor that came up from his party infraction is the selection of his running mate, Adejare Bello whom many considered to be a political liability.


The Ife/Modakeke, Ife/Ijesa factor

The political zoning where both the contestants come from the same Federal constituency of Ife/Ijesa is a big factor as the highest number of votes usually come from Ife, Osogbo and Ilesa.
It is opined that all the Ijesa towns and villages would vote for Aregbesola while the Ife communities would vote for Omisore without considering the odds against Omisore with the people of Modakeke.
The Modakeke people who are at all times at war with Ife did the usual when they massively voted against Omisore.
Aside from Omisore being an Ife prince, sources claimed that the role he played during the last Ife/Modakeke communal clashes sealed his fate with the Modakekes. He was alleged to be very instrumental in the recruitment of mercenaries for the Ife people which was seen as a breach of the peace pact signed with the Modakekes by the late Ooni of Ife, Oba Adesoji Aderemi.



Aregbesola factor


The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola himself is not a small fry in the matter of politics. 'Ogbeni' has proved himself worth on many fronts and his laurels and achievements in politics if combined together could sink a ship.
The strategist is considered the winning formula of the APC and he was always used as the face of the party's campaign anywhere they are contesting.
Aregbesola who is an experienced, grassroot politician is highly revered and his words in many places is the law and that is why till today he is regarded as the 'man that wins Lagos' for the APC because of his influence and method that wins Alimoso(the biggest Local Government in Nigeria) for his party.
Aregbesola is also a religious figure who once boasted in an interview that he had never tasted alcohol nor slept with any woman other than his wife, a boast that remains a wish for the PDP candidate, Senator Iyiola Omisore.


The myth

There is a myth surrounding the person of Senator Iyiola Omisore in Osun State. The man must have won a Senatorial seat from prison and must have won for himself a larger image in the country's politics but there is a belief that the gods does not want him to rule the State.
Many people who rely on prophecy termed his inability to realise his ambition of almost 2 decades on the game the gods are playing on him.
Omisore made known his intention to contest in the Alliance for Democracy in 1999 but was tricked into sponsoring Chief Bisi Akande with a promise that he would be given the chance after Akande must have completed his first term in office, which was not to be.
Again fate played another fast one on him when he stepped down for Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola and now when he actually got his party's approval to contest fate dealt him another blow by giving Governor Aregbesola a clear winning of 101,456 votes.



Bola Ige factor

Just like Macbeth, a character in one of William Shakespeare's plays that murdered King Duncan and was haunted throughout his life, Omisore carried the death blame of the late Attorney-General, Chief Bola Ige on his neck.
Long before the elections there was an allegation by the son of the late politician, Muyiwa who is the Osun State Commissioner for Lands, Physical Planning and Urban development who claimed 'you killed my father' in an interview which took the Omisore some weeks to tackle.
The Bola Ige's death still remains one of the biggest factors that stand against the politician wherever he goes and he isn't the only person the blame hunts, it extended to some of his disciples like the Minister for Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan who wept like a baby when he was to be confirmed as Minister and the Senate asked him 'who killed Bola Ige?'

ACCESS BANK ORDERED TO RETURN N600 MILLION 'FRAUDULENTLY' DEDUCTED FROM CUSTOMER'S ACCOUNT

Access Bank Plc, has been ordered by the Enugu Court of Appeal to refund a total sum of six hundred and thirty-six million, three hundred and seventy-nine thousand, two hundred and five naira, fifty six kobo (N636, 379,205.56) to F.G. Onyenwe motor Nig. Ltd, for fraudulently perpetuating excessive and unlawful charges on the customer’s account in the course of transactions with the bank.

The appellate court, according gave the order while dismissing an appeal brought before it by the bank challenging the judgment of a federal high court Enugu which found the bank liable for making false debit entries into the customer’s account.

F.G. Onyenwe motors Nig. Ltd who was a customer of Access bank and the respondent in this appeal, was granted several loan facilities, which according to the appellant (bank) the respondent failed to liquidate as at when due.

The appellant in a bid to recover its loan through assistance of a high court in Enugu negotiated terms of settlement with the respondent and consequently, consent judgment entered in favour of the appellant.

The respondent alleged that in the course of complying with the terms of the judgment, for which he had already remitted over N100m, it was discovered that the appellant perpetuated a lot of irregularities in its account and that it was fraudulently misled into entering into terms of settlement which led to the consent judgment.

Following this discovery, the respondent through his lawyer, Chief Tagbo Ike filed a suit against the bank at the federal high court Enugu seeking among other relief’s, a declaration that the defendant has no lawful basis or legal right to charge excessive commissions and interests on the overdraft facilities granted to the customer (plaintiff).

The plaintiff also asked the court to set aside the terms of settlement and consent judgment entered with the bank, and to reverse all the excessive, wrongful and unlawful debit entries made in the said account amounting to N275, 202,069.38. It prayed for perpetual injunction restraining the bank, its staff, agents or privies from levying execution in respect of the said consent judgment or using any court official to achieve same.

The plaintiff further sought the court order condemning the defendant to pay 100% penalty on the excessive charges debited into his account which stood at N361, 177,136.18.

After hearing from parties and evaluating evidence adduced as well as submission made by their counsel, the federal high court entered judgment in favour of the respondent and granted all the reliefs sought (except relief 6) which was abandoned.

Dissatisfied with the judgment, the appellant filed an appeal at the court of appeal Enugu on the grounds that the lower court lacked jurisdiction to entertain and determine the matter and that the lower court failed to properly evaluate the evidence adduced at the trial by rejecting the contents of exhibit G1-G5 (which was the expert report prepared by the appellant bank expert ) as documentary hearsay and lastly that the judgment was unreasonable, unwarranted and against the weight of the evidence adduced before the trial court.

But affirming the federal high court judgment after reviewing the appeal and submissions by counsel to both parties, the 3-man appeal court unanimously held that the lower court was right in declaring that the appellant perpetuated excessive, wrongful charges on the respondent account and fraudulently misled it into believing that it still owed the bank huge sum of money.

4 days to Osun election, Oyinlola declares for APC

With 4 days to the governorship election, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, a former Governor of Osun State and former National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, on Tuesday decamped and formally joined the All Progressives Congress.
He formally joined the party at a rally held to drum support for the re-election of Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
Oyinlola joined the APC with 10, 000 followers from all the local government areas in Osun State.
Oyinlola who ruled the state between 2003 and 2010 was the National Secretary of the PDP until a court ruled that the congress that produced him as the candidate was irregular.
At the inception of the New PDP, a group of aggrieved PDP members, Oyinlola was one of the members who staged a walkout at the convention. Most members of the group later fused into the APC with people like Senator Bukola Saraki, Admiral Murtala Nyako and others leading the pack.
Incidentally, Oyinlola was sacked from office by an appellate court which ruled in favour of Rauf Aregbesola in November 2010.
The Osun rally which has all the APC Governors and leaders in attendance is a traditional campaign by the party to worm up into the memory of the electorates some days to the election. The PDP rally held also at the State's capital some days ago with the President, Goodluck Jonathan, his Deputy and all other political bigwigs in attendance.

Dollar rains as 'arrangee' supporters welcome GEJ in America

The ugly trend of using deception as a tool in Nigerian politics played itself out yesterday again in America with thousands of Nigerian supporters that are residents in the US were contracted by a pro-Goodluck Jonathan group to show solidarity for the Nigerian President.

The President who stormed Washington DC yesterday for the ongoing US African Leaders Summit was welcomed at Washington DC by a large number of flag-waving, placard bearing Nigerian youths who were paid 200 dollars each to cheer the President.

President Goodluck Jonathan's Public Relations consultant was said to have measured his unpopularity on the international stage therefore calling for such move as a facelift for his dwindling image that has been affected by the numerous exposure by news website, Saharareporters and the infamous Christiana Amanpour's interview.
The youths who were gathered from some parts of the United States close to Washington DC were paid 200 dollars for their mere 30 minutes welcome for the President.
The President's image maker were said to be satisfied by yesterday's success that they were also on the move to arrange a series of 'monitored' interview with the President before the end of the summit.

The Presidency and his crew were said to have conducted a research recently and pin-pointed the areas where the President was lacking, a step that resulted to the recruitment of a foreign PR company which has taken up the challenges of improving on the image of President Godluck Jonathan towards the actualisation of his second term ambition.