ONE of the governorship aspirants in the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Dr Tunji Abayomi, has lashed out at the National Leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu for calling on the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Oyegun to resign over the choice of Akeredolu.

My response has not changed. We indicated that since the party has followed that perfidious direction, we are leaders of the people. We have defined territory of aspiration which is Ondo State, we know the desire of our people, they want change, this change is desirable because they want a government whose priority would be the welfare of the people.

Echoes of the Kiriji war between Ibadan and Ekiti Parapos, which ended on September 23, 1886 resonated again, last week, as prominent sons and daughters of Yorubaland including traditional rulers gathered at the International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, to review what led to the war and the lessons the South West geopolitical zone should learn from it.

THERE was a political earth tremor in the camp of Governor Ayodele Fayose during the week and by the time the dust settled, the fate of two of his trusted allies and disciples in the Ekiti State House of Assembly were hanging in the balance.

SOME stakeholders in Delta, Bayelsa and Cross River states rose, yesterday, in support of the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, saying that he was eminently qualified to summon a meeting of Niger Deltans to discuss any issue, as he did, last Saturday, while others still maintained that Amaechi has no such powers.