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Why Senator Olamilekan Yayi Should Come out clean on his state of Origin and Defend the Padding Allegations

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He who comes to equity must come with clean hands By Alagbawi Eda The road to Oke-Mosan, the seat of power in Ogun State, has never been an easy one. It is a road paved with intrigues, pedigree, history and deep scrutiny. Ogun State, being the Gateway State, prides itself as the home of intellectuals, political juggernauts and moral beacons. From Chief Obafemi Awolowo to Chief M.K.O. Abiola, from Baba Olusegun Obasanjo to Chief Olabisi Onabanjo, Ogun has produced leaders whose roots are traceable, whose integrity is tested and whose origin is never in doubt. Today, as the countdown to the 2027 governorship election begins, the political space in Ogun is awash with permutations. But one name has continued to dominate discourse - Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, fondly called Yayi, the Senator representing Ogun West and former Senator representing Lagos West. Yayi is undoubtedly a political heavyweight. His philanthropy is loud, his war chest is intimidating and his ambitio...
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Rejoinder: Yayi Camp Must Explain Who Failed Ogun - If Ogun Needs “rescue And Rebuilding,” What Happened Under Dapo Abiodun?

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By Atinuke Otedola  The latest outburst from the camp of Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, has raised a far more serious political question than the writers apparently intended. In their attempt to ridicule Hon. Abayomi Hunye and defend their preferred candidate, they declared that Senator Yayi won the APC primary because Ogun people “trust his capacity to rescue and rebuild Ogun State.” That single sentence deserves more scrutiny than the entire press statement. Rescue Ogun from what? Rebuild what? And, most importantly, who are they saying allowed Ogun to get to the point where it now allegedly requires rescue and rebuilding? This is where the Yayi camp has walked directly into a political contradiction of its own making. For years, the political establishment around Governor Dapo Abiodun has presented the administration's record as evidence of progress in Ogun State. Yayi's political camp has also operated within that same APC political ...
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THE SUSPENSION OF ESELU: A TIME BOMB TICKING IN YEWALAND

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By Alagbawi Eda When the letter came from Oke-Mosan on October 20, 2026, many people in Iselu Kingdom thought it was a joke. How can you suspend a king? How can you order a man who was crowned by his ancestors, whose beaded crown carries the spirit of Iselu, to vacate his palace like a tenant owing rent? But it was not a joke. The Ogun State Government, through the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Ganiyu Hamzat, announced the suspension of the Eselu of Iselu Kingdom, Oba Akintunde Akinyemi, with immediate effect. His offence: alleged partisan political activities. His punishment before trial: vacate the palace, drop the crown, remove the ileke, stop holding irukere, stop parading as Oba. In short, cease to be a king until government finishes its investigation. If this is not a time bomb, what is it? A LAW USED SELECTIVELY The government quoted Section 52(1) of the Ogun State Obas and Chiefs Law, 2021. That law does give the Executive Council p...
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ODUNARO’S ZERO VOTE DRAMA: POLITICAL PRESSURE OR A PARALLEL COURTROOM IN YAYI’S CAMP?

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Kayode Odunaro, media adviser to Senator Solomon Adeola (Yayi), has once again opened his mouth and poured out pure political hallucination. On radio, he boldly claimed that after “the court verdict,” Abayomi Hunye scored zero votes across all 236 wards of Ogun State.  Zero. Across every single ward. A man who actually participated in the primary. That is not politics. That is mathematical nonsense. It is an insult to every APC member who stood in the sun and voted. You cannot score zero in a contest you took part in unless the result was cooked in a secret room and rubber-stamped by people who already decided the outcome. And if Hunye truly had zero support, why is Yayi’s camp spending fortune hopping from one radio station to another trying to bury a man they claim nobody voted for? Panic does not dress itself in confidence. But the real scandal is not even the zero-vote fiction. It is the court claim. There is no court verdict. None. The suit – Abayomi Semako Hunye v...
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ODUNARO’S “ZERO VOTE” FABRICATION IS A DESPERATE HALLUCINATION OF A SINKING POLITICAL HEGEMONY: AN UNHOLY ATTEMPT TO PREEMPT THE JUDICIARY AND INFLUENCE THE COURTS!

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The attention of the Abayomi Hunye Campaign Organisation has been drawn to the sensational, misleading, and utterly laughable commentary by Mr. Kayode Odunaro, the Media Adviser to Senator Solomon Adeola (Yayi), during his recent radio appearance. It is truly tragic, yet entirely expected, that Odunaro and his factional handlers continue to resort to cheap falsehoods, political intimidation, and statistical absurdities to cover up what was arguably the most flawed and anti-democratic primary process in the history of the Ogun State All Progressives Congress (APC). 1. The "Zero Vote" Fallacy: A Direct Insult to Ogun APC Members To claim that Hon. Abayomi Hunye, a grassroot titan, dedicated party loyalist, and prominent son of Yewaland, scored "zero votes" across all 236 wards of Ogun State is a mathematical impossibility and an insult to the intelligence of thousands of APC faithful who stood courageously in the sun to vote for genuine, home-grown leaders...
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Law Firm Writes AIG over #16 Million Honda Car Detained @Zone 2

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"Alleged Disappearance of Seller"   A law firm, GH Agoro & Co, has petitioned the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Headquarters, Lagos, over the continued seizure of a 2019 Honda car valued at N16 million and the alleged disappearance of the seller after he was granted bail. In a letter dated August 13, 2026, which was signed by a lawyer in the chamber, Ade Osinaike, Esq and addressed to the AIG, the law firm said that the vehicle, a white, yet-to-be-registered Honda, was released to police officers at Zone 2 on February 17, 2026, following a petition by an individual who claimed that he had handed the car to a dealer to sell but was neither paid nor given the vehicle back. The lawyers, acting on behalf of their client, Mr Sheriff Omotara, a car dealer, disputed the circumstances surrounding the seizure, saying that their client had purchased the vehicle for a customer, Mr Sodiq Alao Aremu. According to the petition, Omotara paid N16 m...
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How Yayi Allegedly Forced Suspension of Ogun Monarch, Threatens Alake, Akarigbo with Dethronement if Elected

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  - Controversy Trails Alleged Threats Against Traditional Rulers Who Refuse to Support Yayi A fresh controversy has emerged over allegations that Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly known as Yayi, influenced the suspension of the Eselu of Iselu and allegedly threatened other prominent traditional rulers, including the Alake of Egbaland and the Akarigbo of Remoland, with dethronement if elected. According to the allegations, any traditional ruler who refuses to support his political ambition could face removal from the throne. These claims raise serious questions about the relationship between political ambition, traditional institutions, and the independence of royal authorities in Ogun State. Traditional rulers occupy important cultural and community leadership positions. While their conduct is subject to applicable laws and regulations governing their offices, they should not be subjected to political intimidation or retaliation for their lawful choices. The circumstanc...
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OGUN 2027: THE HIGH COST OF A WRONG TURN — YAYI’S CONTROVERSIES AND THE STATE’S FUTURE

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By A.R. Olanrewaju  The storm is no longer gathering over Ogun State’s All Progressives Congress; it has broken. The APC, a party that has caused millions of Nigerians pain and suffering, is now tearing itself apart from within, with open revolt, whispers of defections, and raw anger threatening to destroy the party before the 2027 elections. Is this good news for the masses? Your answer is as good as mine! At the center of this escalating chaos sits one name: Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola, popularly called Yayi. For many APC party faithful, elevating him to the governorship is not just a gamble, it is a catastrophic mistake the people of Ogun cannot afford. It started with the tickets. Across the East, Central, and West, popular candidates were shoved aside while unpopular ones were forced down the throats of the grassroots. In Ogun East, serving Remo Federal Constituency lawmaker Elegbeji was denied a return ticket, So were several state House of Assembly members ...
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Yayi and the Nemesis of 2027 (2)

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_...How Yayi’s ambition could close the chapter on genuine Ogun West agitation_ Let it be said that when it was Yewa’s turn to produce the Governor of Ogun State, a stranger emerged to claim the crown. Now, another crown, the traditional throne of their monarch, may soon be worn by someone whose claim to the heritage is already generating questions. Is this the continuation of a troubling pattern in which the aspirations of a people are repeatedly appropriated by others? An older friend once told me that it was a taboo, perhaps even a curse, for a Yewa person to become Governor of Ogun State unless a stranger was presented as one of their own. Looking at recent political developments, one is tempted to ask whether that supposed curse remains unbroken, or whether some of the very people entrusted with advancing the Yewa cause have become its greatest obstacle. In the build-up to the 2015 governorship election, Olumide Osunsina, a prominent property developer and owner of Meg...
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The Fallacy of the Border Messiah: Why Ogun Needs Spatial Sovereignty, Not Lagosian Paternalism

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 By Hon. Kehinde Sogunle Director-General, Ladi Adebutu Campaign Organisation (LCO), former Commissioner for Finance, Ogun State A recent intervention published in The Daily Crucible, titled “Ogun Works, Lagos Eats and Yayi’s ITESIWAJU Requite,” has attempted to reframe the complex political economy of our border corridors as a novel justification for an imported political messiah. That piece, circulated within the echo chambers of Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola (Yayi), presents the historical fiscal tension between Ogun and Lagos as an unexamined discovery that can only be resolved by transposing an outsourced administrative model across our borders. This analysis serves as both a strategic correction and an informational response to that narrative, stripping away the revisionism to confront the documented realities of sub-national governance, regional spatial planning, and fiscal sovereignty. The proposition that Ogun State was an inert border wilderness until a se...
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