60 Suspected Insurgents Bomb Ekiti Prison, Free Associates

About 60 gunmen atttacked the Federal Prisons Ado Ekiti,  located at Afao Ekiti Road, Ekiti State at about 10.30pm on Sunday, kill at least one prison official and freed their wounded colleagues, who had earlie been remanded there.

However as at the time of this report the number of those freed could not be confirmed.
According to Vanguard

A local leader of the Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, Mr Ade Adeniyi (Apase) was at the prison at the time of the attack. He was, however, said to have remained inside the prison even as other inmates fled. The prison is the only one in Ekiti State.

Fayose Has Sealed My Office ––Ekiti Speaker Cries Out

 The Speaker, Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, said the Governor had ordered the sealing off of his office and taken several other unconstitutional actions against his person and office.

This, the Speaker claimed, followed the action of seven PDP members of Ekiti State House of Assembly who illegally sat to attempt to change the leadership of the House, but only succeeded in approving the reconstitution of the local government caretaker committees and confirmation of the commissioner-nominees sent to the House of Assembly last week by Fayose.

Police Arrests Ekiti APC Leader and Others For Armed Robbery

The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos, on Monday paraded a chief of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Itunnu Odeyemi and eight others, saying they were notorious for the snatching exotic cars in parts of the country.

The arrest of Ajewole, a 28-year-old man from Ilesha, Osun State, had led to the arrest of other members of the gang which included Itunnu Odeyemi, who Ajewole also claimed was his political godfather.

But while speaking with journalists, Odeyemi denied being a member of any robbery gang. He said he provided Ajewole with a locally-made gun, which the police have recovered, to protect him during the period of the recently concluded governorship election in Ekiti State.

Ekiti Governor-elect Ayo Fayose Sill Has A Case To Answer - EFCC

Ayo Fayose may have won the election in Ekiti state but he still has a corruption case to answer, this is according to EFCC Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren.
Speaking with Punch Yesterday, Mr. Uwujaren said Fayose's election has not affected his ongoing trial at the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti, for alleged corruption.

    "The EFCC has not dropped the case against the former Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose. The trial is still going on; it is continuing at the Federal High Court, Ado-Ekiti. In fact further hearing comes up on July 15, 2014.

 

Ekiti Election Updates: PDP Candidate Fayose Leads With Wide Margin

EKITI ELECTION UPDATES: The Good And The Bad

According to reports, Friday night was a terrible experience for some associates of APC and Governor Kayode Fayemi as the soldiers in the state were said to have launched a crack down against his top aides.

T B Joshua Denies Ayo Fayose's Rumour...Says I Don't Know You

Prophet T.B Joshua, Ayo Fayose

Renowned Man of God and Prophet, T.B. Joshua, has debunked rumours flying around that Ayodele Fayose, former Ekiti state governor had received ‘blessings from him ahead of tomorrow’s gubernatorial elections in the state.

Report had surfaced online some months back that Fayose who is the PDP flag bearer in today’s elections had been blessed by T.B. Joshua to win the elections.
Reacting to this report, the man of God took to his official Facebook page to say, his name should not be brought into politics.

SEE PHOTOS: Governor Amaechi Arrested In Comando Style

When PDP held its rally, President Goodluck Jonathan and PDP governors were in Ekiti State nobody stopped any one from entering the state. But now that APC is having its mega rally, there is trouble. Soldiers and other security agents have been deployed to block APC leaders. Even governors are being arrested...

Following are the reactions of some citizens to the news of the arrest of Governor Ameachi of Rivers State.

Photo: Soldiers Now Driving PDP Candidate Fayose Round Ekiti

Yes... your eyes are not deceiving you those are soldiers driving Fayose around.
Are you still wondering why our girls are still in the forest? Well you can stop wondering our soldiers are too busy to engage themselves in such mundane things as looking for missing girls.
The "prestigious" military is now the errand boy of Politicians! What a pity!
Now tell me how the military can be neutral playing driver to Fayose






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Ekiti Decides 2014. - Ayo Fayose Distributes Rice (PHOTOS)

When we read the story of Esau and Jacob in the Bible a lot of us blame Esau for selling his birth right to Jacob for a pot of porridge,  my question is did we learn anything from that Biblical story?
See Ekiti indigenes already queuing to collect rice from Ayo Fayose who is campaigning to be governor of the state .

How can people sell their votes for just RICE, a quarter bag of rice from the look of it.

MOPOL Commander Who Attacked Gov Fayemi Was President Jonathan's ADC In Bayelsa State (PHOTOS)

 It's now clear that the MOPOL Commander who threw professionalism to the wind and attacked the governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, on Sunday is actually connected to President Goodluck Jonathan and he is most likely acting based on "orders from above" in favour of his paymaster's candidate.

Credible sources have confirmed that the MOPOL Commander, Gabriel Seleke, was the former Police ADC to Goodluck Jonathan while he was the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State.

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PHOTOS FROM POLICE ATTACK ON GOVERNOR FAYEMI

A Mobile Police officer from Bayelsa, Gabriel Michael Seleke, led an attack on Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti. Below are live photos from the scene of the unfortunate incident.
If you missed the story read it here

More photos after the cut

Ekiti State Governor, Fayemi, Attacked By Police Officer In Ekiti

 A team of Mobile Police (MOPOL) attacked a street rally on Sunday led by an APC Senator, Babafemi Ojudu, in Ado-Ekiti just a day after President Jonathan campaigned in the state for Fayose. The street rally went on peacefully until the Mobile Police showed up and immediately unleashed a volley of tear-gas canisters into the crowd to scatter the peaceful rally.

As soon as he got the sad report, the governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, drove down to the scene of the attack to ascertain what happened but the rampaging policemen immediately attack him too.

Okada Rider, 26, To Die By Hanging For Kidnapping, Murdering Female NYSC Member (PICTURED)

Late Ugochukwu Athonia Okeke

Yesterday, Theophilus Pius, 26, was sentenced to death by hanging for murdering a female NYSC corps member Anthonia Okeke.
Justice Adegoriola Adeleye of Ekiti State High Court also sentenced Mr. Pius to ten years of imprisonment for kidnapping the late Anthonia.
On December 19, 2008, Mr. Pius, a former commercial motorcyclist, conspired with others to kidnap and later murder Ms. Okeke, a serving National Youth Service Corps member, in Ilawe-Ekiti.

How I Discovered That My Wife’s Boss Is The Father Of Our Child – Husband Tells Court

 57-year-old Isaac Jemibola has petitioned a Customary court sitting in the Ikole area of the state to dissolve his marriage to 48-year-old Olayemi due to adultery on her part.
Isaac Jemibola,  seeking the end of his 25-year-old marriage has revealed how he discovered that he did not father his wife’s fourth child.
 According to Mr. Jemibola, his wife confessed to the illicit affair which took place in 2002 and further told him that the fourth child wasn’t his but was instead fathered by her former boss.
The Tribune reports:

He urged the court in the petition filed on January 21, to grant him custody of the five children from the marriage. The petitioner told the court that he married Olayemi in 1989 according to the native law and custom. According to him, after retiring to bed on January 19, my wife came to me and knelt down.

TRAGEDY: Man Set Ablaze In Ekiti For Killing Woman

It was a case of double tragedy on Sunday evening in Ise-Ekiti area of Ekiti State when a young man simply identified as Austin was set ablaze by angry youths after he had allegedly shot to death his landlord's daughter.

The shooting incident was said to have caused tension in the community as the angry youths apprehended Austin and set him ablaze at a motor park.

Also, it was gathered that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ise Police station was hit on the head by the angry youths for attempting to rescue Austin just before he was lynched.

Austin said to be in his late 30s and a trader reportedly shot the girl in front of her father's house at Iro Oraye area of the town.