The Rasaq Salinsile faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State claims that the state government discovered a plot to assassinate Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior.

According to a press release signed by Abiodun Agboola, the Osun APC Publicity Secretary, the alleged plot to assassinate Aregbesola involved an ambush planned for his entourage on Tuesday as they visited the Iwo Federal Constituency.

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Agboola said sources close to the faction revealed that the hatchers of the plan were not happy with the failure to allegedly eliminate Aregbesola during the Osogbo shootout on Monday evening, revealing that the plot was to prevent the Iwo meeting from taking place on Tuesday.
While calling on the security agencies in the state to be proactive in designing foolproof measures to expose those in government who were behind the evil plot, the factional leadership disclosed that it had reliable information that some government officials had a meeting where a mandate to frustrate the Iwo meeting was on the agenda.

At the time of filing this report, state government officials contacted by DAILY POST refused to comment on the allegation, preferring that it is the party that should give an appropriate response about the allegation.

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Attempts to get members of the party to comment on the allegation also proved futile.

Meanwhile, Prince Gboyega Famodun, the Chairman of the Osun APC has called on the Presidency and the Inspector-General of Police to call the Minister of Interior to order.

This as the Osun APC chairman also accused the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) of lending itself an infrastructure of disrupting the peace that Osun has been enjoying.

In a press release he personally signed, Famodun accused the NSCDC of abandoning their legal duties in place of providing cover for individuals with ulterior motives who do not place value on innocent citizens’ blood.

The Osun APC chairman who recalled that Osun has remained peaceful until the countdown to the party primaries maintained that the party, the state government and the citizens of Osun were not interested in any form of violence.

While stressing that the ambition of any individual or group is not worth the blood of any Osun citizen, he warned that it was ungodly, unfair and immoral for anyone to deploy taxpayers’ money against taxpayers.

Meanwhile, the Osun State Police Command had issued a statement Monday night revealing that it recovered 13 G3 and Ak-47 spent shells from the scene of the shootings at Station Road part of Osogbo.

In a statement signed by the Spokesperson of the Command, Yemisi Opalola, the Police said the actions of the Minister of Interior and that of his security escorts were conducted likely to cause a breach of the peace in the state.

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The statement said the report of what transpired at the time of coming public was still sketchy but that the command will make a full report known to the public at the end of investigations.

According to police reports, Master Michael Kashamu, one of the sons of late flamboyant politician, Sen. Buruji Kashamu, Dowen College, and others were indicted in the death of Sylvester Oromoni, a 12-year-old pupil who died under mysterious circumstances in 2021.

Other students, including Kenneth Inyang, Favour Benjamin, Ansel Temile, and Edward Begue, were indicted, according to reports monitored on the report ssidnto be signed by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Fayoade Adegoke, of the Lagos State Police Criminal Investigation Department.
Also indicted were: Dowen College management, three staff members – Valentine Igbokwe Eze, Ahmed Bariyu and Adesanya Olusesan, who were accused of negligence.

“That the prime suspects are one Michael Kashamu ‘m’ 15 years, Kenneth Inyang ‘m’ 15 years, Favour Benjamin ‘m’ 16 years, Ansel Temile ‘m’ 14 years, Edward Begue ‘m’ 16 years, Valentine Igbokwe Eze ‘m’ 45 years, Ahmed Bariyu ‘m’ 52 years and Adesanya Olusesan ‘m’ 42 years.

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“That sometimes in the past, before the death of the deceased, Sylvester Oromoni (jnr) ‘m’, there was an incident whereby Favour Benjamin ‘m’ beat the deceased for disclosing to his sister, Amanda Oromoni ‘f’ how he was forced to describe his sister’s private part.

“The incident was not given attention by the school authority.

“That Torilla Wilson ‘m’ stated that Favour Benjamin ‘m’, Michael Kashamu ‘m’ and Ansel Temile ‘m’ took the deceased to the third floor to prevent students on the second floor from witnessing how the deceased was being bullied and beaten.

“However, there is no concrete evidence to back up the claim.

“In addition, from the records, one of the suspects, Edward, was issued a letter of working suspension by the school authority dated 23/05/2019 for inappropriate behavior, to clean his classroom on May 23, 2021 for eating popcorn while a teacher was in class and eventually spat some on the teacher.

“That equally, another suspect, Kasamu Michael, was issued a letter of suspension by the school authority, dated March 5, 2019 from school for bullying and physically assaulting a fellow student, one Okeke, who has since left the school.”

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The police report further revealed how the suspects and other students constituted themselves into a clique that bullied and intimidated fellow students in the school.

“It is evidently clear that some group of students constituted themselves into a clique that bullies and intimidates fellow students in the school.

“A glaring example is Michael Kashamu ‘m’ and ‘Edward Bague ‘m’, who were earlier reprimanded for bullying other students.

“The three house masters, Valentine Igbokwe Eze ‘m’ 45 years, Ahmed Bariyu ‘m’ 52 years and Adesanya Olusesan ‘m’ 42 years, failed to take decisive action when cases of inappropriate behaviour were reported to them.”

The deceased’s cousin, Perry Oromoni, has taken to social media to alleged that some senior pupils of the college beat him up in his hostel room for refusing to join a cult.

But the school denied the claim, stating that the boy complained of pain in his legs and hip following an injury he sustained while playing football.

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The Lagos State Government shut down the school indefinitely to ensure thorough investigation.

A pan Nigerian group, Conscience Nigeria (CN), has endorsed the proposed National Youth Service Corp Trust Fund, describing it as a “game-changer” in addressing youth unemployment and job creation in the country.

The group made this known in a statement made available to journalists by its Secretary-general, Bamidele Michael over the weekend, saying that the NYSC Trust Fund is laudable and would serve as an avenue for the federal government to address youth unemployment in the country.

It said: “The proposed NYSC Trust Fund is a game-changer. The provisions in the bill are well captured which indeed reflects the present realities in the country with regards generation of jobs and addressing a critical component of the population of the country.”

“The fact that the bill intends to provide startup capital for youths across the country while undergoing the mandatory service year and even after they leave service is well positioned to set the country on the path of sustainable growth and development,” the statement read.

The group further commended the leadership of the NYSC for displaying “great foresight” in proposing to establish a Trust Fund that would address the myriads of challenges facing the youthful population in the country, especially in the area of employment generation.

“The NYSC leadership deserves commendation for the display of foresight in this critical point of our existence. The opportunities in the establishment of the Trust Fund are innumerable. This is brilliant and well-positioned to serve as the medium for the rapid development of entrepreneurship amongst the teeming youthful population in the country. This is indeed a golden opportunity that the country must harness towards socio-economic development,” it noted.

The group also called on well-meaning individuals and groups in the country to rally support for the establishment of the NYSC Trust Fund in the interest of growth and development, owing to the strategic role of the youths in nation building.

“We call on well meaning individuals and groups to rally support for the establishment of the NYSC Trust Fund. This is a national concern positioned to be of immense benefit to the country. It would address unemployment; it would bring out the entrepreneurship potentials of our youths.

“The implication of having a bustling youthful population that is availed unhindered funds for the actualization of their potentials is ours for the taking. Not only shall the country experience rapid growth and development, but the burden placed on the shoulders of parents would also be lifted as youths would be actively engaged in economic ventures that would be beneficial to them and the society at large,” the group pointed out.

It therefore extended its commendation to the House of Representatives for how it had engaged deliberations on the bill on the floor, saying that the lawmakers displayed an “unalloyed commitment” to positively addressing youth unemployment in the country.

“The House of Representatives by their action that ensured the bill scaled through second reading is commendable. The deliberations on the floor of the lower chamber were rich and constructive. It indeed brought out the numerous merits of the bill. This is a display of an unalloyed commitment to national development.

“We encourage the members of the National Assembly not to relent in this commitment by ensuring that the bill gets speedy passage in the interest of the teeming youths in the country,” it urged.

It would be recalled that the proposed NYSC Trust Fund bill seeks to “provide a sustainable source of funding for NYSC, skill acquisition training and provision of startup capital to Corps members, train and retrain the personnel of the NYSC, develop camps, NYSC formations and provide facilities therein”.

Mayowa Akinfolarin, the sponsor of the bill, said the trust fund would help in promoting the spirit of self-reliance and entrepreneurship among Corps members. He said Corps members would be trained on various skills, making them establish self-sustainable businesses after completing their national service.

Akinfolarin said the trust fund would “improve the general welfare of Corps members and enhance their preparedness to effectively discharge their statutory duties of promoting national unity, integration, self reliance and accelerated development of the national economy”.

When passed into law, private organizations will contribute one percent of their net profit to the fund, while 0.2 percent of total revenue accruing to the federation account will be earmarked for the fund.

The bill has since been referred to the relevant committee of the House for further legislative inputs.