Politics
My Successor ‘Scared Away’ Investors From Abeokuta – Amosun

Former Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, has appealed to investors to return to the site proposed for the City Centre in Okelewo Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, revealing how they were allegedly scared away by the present administration.
DAILY POST quotes Amosun as saying that the investors left the site when the present Governor, Dapo Abiodun-led government dragged them to court after he (Amosun) left office in May 2019.
The Ogun Central Senator had in a video recalled how he toiled day and night to lure investors to invest in the city centre.
The former governor said the centre was designed to accommodate a world-class shopping mall, a service centre, an amphitheatre already constructed by his administration, a number of banks among other facilities.
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According to him, the investors, including banks, all acquired lands, expressing disappointment that all, except GTB, have left because they were taken to court by the state government.
Amosun made the revelation yesterday while commissioning the GTB training complex at the said City Centre in Abeokuta.
DAILY POST reports that this will be the first time the former governor will be speaking out about Ogun State, making veiled references to his successor since he left office two years ago.
His words: “When you people told me that this place will be commissioned, I picked up my phone and called all others that, ‘please help me, GTB is opening now, I don’t want this place to be like this.
“All of them have left, and I said, ‘it shouldn’t be like that. That I am not here doesn’t mean you shouldn’t continue.
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“This place you are, you all were taken to court. GTB also was taken to court. And I said, ‘don’t worry, I will sort it out. We sold the land for you. You paid for it. Everybody paid for it. Ogun State enjoyed the money.’
“But some people somehow said they should go to court, and everybody (the investors) just left. Everybody went away.
“I am begging them today that they should watch the television and they will notice that we are opening this place today. So all of you, come back, come and start your job,” Amosun pleaded.
Facing the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Tokunbo Talabi, who represented Gov Abiodun at the occasion, Amosun added, “The new SSG, when you see them working, I am begging them round to say this dream must not die. So, they are coming back now, all that you wanted, you will see it. It will happen. All our ancestors in Ogun State will support us. We are Ogun State. We are the cradle of civilization. We are the first to have access to western education. We are not bragging, that is the truth.”
Speaking about the present administration’s reduction of the width of the Abeokuta-Sagamu highway, which he said was originally designed to be 10 lanes, Amosun stated that, “Everybody will come and do their own. Whatever anybody does, posterity is there to judge you.”
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He spoke further that, “When you’re doing something, don’t think anybody is going to praise you. Just be focused and don’t be deterred by what Mr A or Mr B will say. Those that will not like you, even if you build the tallest building in the world, they will not see it.”
At inception, Amosun said the city centre was expected to be almost the largest in Nigeria.
(DAILY POST)
Politics
PHOTO: Rivers Residents Throng Govt House To Welcome Fubara

Rivers State’s capital is a sea of jubilant supporters on Thursday as Governor Siminalayi Fubara is expected to triumphantly return to office following the end of the state’s six-month emergency rule.
Throngs of residents, politicians, and key stakeholders have converged on the Government House in Port Harcourt, eagerly awaiting the governor’s arrival.
The atmosphere is one of profound relief and celebration, with various groups dressed in their uniforms, standing outside the gates and anticipating the moment their leader will make his appearance.
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The collective joy reflects the widespread satisfaction with the restoration of democratic governance.
Residents who spoke with Nigerian Television Authority expressed their delight, with many voicing hope that the state will now usher in a new era of development and progress.
As the governor prepares to resume his duties, all eyes are on the renewed promise of stability and accelerated development for the people of Rivers State.
“Although the governor has yet to arrive at the Government House, various groups clad in their uniforms are standing outside the gate, anticipating his arrival”, NTA report indicated.
Residents of the state who spoke with NTA News expressed satisfaction over the restoration of democratic rule in the state, expressing hope that the state would now witness more development.
Politics
Rivers: Supporters Disappointed As Fubara Fails To Show Up

Thousands of supporters who had thronged the Government House, Port Harcourt, on Thursday morning to welcome Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, went home disappointed after waiting for hours.
Many of the supporters, who came as early as 6 a.m. from different parts of the state, including rural areas, started leaving the Government House entrance between 12 noon and 1 p.m.
Some of their leaders, including the immediate past local government chairmen loyal to Fubara, were seen making frantic calls as the whereabouts of the governor remained unknown as of 1 p.m.
Among the sacked LG chairmen who led their supporters to the Government House in anticipation of the governor’s return were the former chairman of Obio/Akpor, Chijoke Ihunwo, and his counterpart from Port Harcourt City, Ezebunwo Itche-Mati, among others.
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Meanwhile, none of the supporters of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, were seen at the Government House, including the newly elected LG chairmen.
Some of those seen leaving the Government House gate expressed frustration over the governor’s absence after waiting for several hours.
“We are going because we are hungry. Maybe when the governor comes, we will return,” one of them said.
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The development coincided with the expiration of the six-month emergency rule imposed on the state following the hostilities between the governor and the Assembly, which is largely controlled by loyalists of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike.
President Bola Tinubu in March declared an end to the State of Emergency in Rivers State, following months of political turmoil that paralysed governance and threatened security in the oil-rich state.
The President had appointed Ibas as administrator after dissolving political structures to restore order.
However, Tinubu, on Wednesday, formally declared an end to the State of Emergency in Rivers State, clearing the way for the return of full democratic governance in the state.
Politics
JUST IN: Rivers Assembly Resumes Sitting After Six-month Suspension

The Rivers State House of Assembly has resumed plenary session after a six-month state of emergency imposed on the state by President Bola Tinubu elapsed on Thursday.
President Bola Tinubu had lifted the emergency rule on September 17, with the Governor of the state, Siminalayi Fubara; his deputy, Ngozi Odu, and members of the state assembly asked to resume duties on September 18.
The plenary is being presided by the Speaker of the House, Martins Amaewhule,at the conference hall located within the legislative quarters in Port Harcourt, the state capital.
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The conference hall has served as the lawmakers’ temporary chamber since their official chamber at the assembly complex on Moscow Road was torched and later pulled down by the state government.
The outgone sole administrator of the state, Ibok-Ete Ibas, could not complete the reconstruction of the assembly complex.
On March 18, Tinubu declared emergency rule in the oil-rich state in the wake of a prolonged political crisis arising from the rift between Fubara and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
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