What is worth considering now is whether it has been proved that Charles Obule withdrew his candidature as Deputy Governor according to law now section 187 sub-section 1 & 2 of the Electoral Act. It is clear that the petitioners did not prove before this tribunal that they have complied with all these statutory requirements. Form EC 4(b6) Exhibit P2 was clearly not submitted to the first respondent 120 days or earlier before the election as required by law.

Addressing newsmen in Abeokuta , the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Kayode Samuel specifically accused a section of the media of being allowed itself to be used unprofessionally to do hatchet jobs for politicians opposed to Daniel’s administration.

The Ooni Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade has expressed concern over the activities of the various Yoruba socio-cultural groups in the country, describing their actions as working at cross purposes. In a statement yesterday, the monarch stated that the groups though expected to be apolitical have become partisans with their activities.

AN Ibadan magistrate court yesterday ordered that the former Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Oyo State, Alhaji Lateef Akinsola a.k.a Tokyo and some of his loyalists facing charges of murder and felony be remanded in Agodi prison.

CONTROVERSY over alleged operation of secret accounts by the immediate past administration in Ondo State lingers as the State Commissioner for Information, Ranti Akerele who yesterday appeared before the State House of Assembly to explain the discovery of accounts insisted that it actually existed.