OSUN DEFENDER brings you the tending stories in Osun State, South West Nigeria, today. Developments in the state on Wednesday covered politics, crime and governance related issues.
Our reporter, Kazeem Badmus reports that the following items shaped the discourse today on both local, mainstream and social media.
1: Ilesa Killings: Adeleke Directs Security Agencies to Launch Special Operations
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, on Wednesday, directed security agencies to launch special operations to arrest and prosecute cultists engaging in rivalry war across Ijeshaland.
OSUN DDEFENDER had reported that there were series of cult clashes between rival gangs with scores killed.
Reacting to the recent spate of violence and attack, Adeleke in a statement by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, described the development as “shocking and reprehensible”, calling on the police service and other security agencies to act decisively to stop the cult clashes.
He lamented the loss of lives of innocent residents, directing that the special operations should include intelligence gathering to arrest masterminds of the attacks, warning that “all perpetrators will face harsh reality of the law.
2. OAU Increases Tuition Fees
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Wednesday, announced adjustments to the fees that students of the institution will be required to pay for the upcoming academic session.
In a communique released by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, the decision was taken by the Senate at its emergency meeting held yesterday, Tuesday, September 12, 2023.
Olarewaju said, “Those in the Faculties of Arts, Law and Humanities, the ‘freshers’ will pay N151,200 while returning students of the same faculties will pay N89,200.”
3. NGO Sensitises Osun Residents On Danger Of Harmful Gold Mining
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Eco Defenders Network on Wednesday, sensitive residents of Ilesa, Osun State, on the danger of harmful gold mining in their communities.
Speaking during the sensitization programme held at Ilesa, the Coordinator of the Organisation, Shehu Akowe, said engaging in harmful mining has an adverse effect both in short and long-term exposure on residents of the mining areas, calling on the residents not to seed their lands to miners without proper agreement.
Akowe who noted that activities of the miners have contaminated the Osun River which has a direct link to other rivers in the country said the chemical use in extracting gold makes the water unsafe for usage.
