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Waheed Ogunjobi Emerges ECHSOSA’s Publicity Secretary

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Waheed Ogunjobi has emerged the National Publicity Secretary of the Egba Comprehensive High School Old Students’ Association (ECHSOSA).

Ogunjobi, the Chairman of the 1996 Dream Set of the school defeated, Olayiwola Wasiu Ojo in the poll after his main challenger, Dr Lukmon Adebayo of the 1995 set had earlier stepped down in the spirit of sportsmanship

Waheed Ogunjobi is also the Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations , Ogun State Chapter, a Senior Editor with the Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation.

The immediate past President of the Old Students’ Association, Mr Femi Popoola and the Secretay, Dr. Nurudeen Sanyaolu as well as Mr. Lekan Ewuoso, the welfare officer were re-elected unopposed during the 2024 Annual General Meeting of the Association, the event which was televised live to accommodate participation and voting by members of the Association in the diaspora.

Also, Mr. Akeem Ekundayo was elected as the Vice Chairman, Idowu Opaleye became the National Treasurer, while Funmi Sokunbi was elected the Social Secretary with John Adekunle becoming the Assistant General Secretary.

The Chairman of the school’s Board of Trustee, Chief Taiwo Sobande performed the swearing-in ceremony for the newly elected executives.

The newly elected President, Mr Olufemi Popoola in his acceptance speech assured that the new executives in collaboration with the BOT,CEO and set/groups executives, home and abroad, will pursue renewed approach and directions in moving the association forward.

According to him ,precisely attention shall be on more members’ participation,more synergy with sets/individuals to improve on the existing facilities,their maintenance and construction of new ones.

Popoola said :” We shall be more inclusive and participatory,especially in identifying with members in the diaspora. Deliberate attention shall be given to students capacity building, improvement of their academic performance and involvement in extra curricular activities to stem incidents of unruly behaviour and social vices”.

The ECHOSA National President stated further that the new dispensation shall be transparent,accountable, receptive to suggestions and advice at all time.

Meanwhile, the re-elected President of the ECHSOSA, Mr Olufemi Popoola has assured that the new executives in collaboration with the BOT, CEO and set/groups executives at home and In the diaspora will be transparent as well as pursue renewed approach and directions in moving the association forward.

He also said he will lead a participatory and inclusive administration that will help to uplift the glory of the Alma Mater by galvanising development from all fronts.

Mr Popoola gave these assurances on Saturday in his acceptance speech shortly after being sworn- in together with other members of the executives to steer the ship of the Association for the next three years

The event was the 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Association held at the school premises, Asero Abeokuta.

According to Popoola , precisely attention shall be on more members’ participation,more synergy with sets/individuals to improve on the existing facilities,their maintenance and construction of new ones.

He said :” We shall be more inclusive and participatory,especially in identifying with members in the diaspora. Deliberate attention shall be given to students capacity building, improvement of their academic performance and involvement in extra curricular activities to stem incidents of unruly behaviour and social vices”.

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Ogun Police Launches Manhunt for APC Councillor Killers

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Police say they have launched a manhunt for the killers of an APC councillorship candidate, in the Ogun state November 16 local government poll.
The candidate, Adeyemi Adeleke was shot dead on Saturday afternoon at Jide Jones axis of Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta, the state capital.
His assassins shot him at a close range and smashed his head to ensure he was dead before fleeing the scene.
Spokesperson of the state police command, Omolola Odutola said policemen have been deployed to track down the assasins.
Odutola in a telephone conversation said the killers are suspected cultists and were armed with a pump action rifle and a pistol in an unmarked Toyota corrola sport car.
She said police immediately visited the scene after the incident, took photographs, while the family of the late candidate requested to take his body away without a post mortem examination.
The police image maker said police investigations of the incident was underway to arrest the fleeing killers of the candidate.

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Group Raises Awareness on Gender Violence

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The centre for community development, family and health initiative has alerted of the rising reported cases of sexual and gender based violence in Ogun state.
The centre chief executive director, Fidelis Olumide Igbodipe issued the alert in Ijebu Ode during the training organized by the centre for media practitioners on sexual and gender based violence over the weekend.
He explained that the training aimed at raising awareness, promote dialogue and advocacy for policy change to tackle sexual and geder based violence (SGBV) in the state.
Igbodipe said the focus of the training was how the media could assist in continuous advocacy, communtiy mobilization and engagement on the issue.
He called for a change in the perception about sexual and reproductive health rights of the people and zero tolerance for SGBV.

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NDLEA Arrests Drug Kingpin in Abeokuta

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A suspected drug kingpin, Ajiboye Damilare has been arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.
The suspect, according to the anti-narcotic agency, has been on its wanted list for over a year.
He was arrested on Wednesday, last week, in a bank in the city.
Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday said the suspect had been evading arrest since NDLEA operatives raided his warehouse, at Akala Street, Mushin in Lagos on September 4, 2023.
According to Babafemi, a total of one thousand and 101 kilogram of Ghana loud was recovered from the warehouse.
Since then, Babafemi said the directorate of assets and financial investigation of NDLEA which had been tracking him, linked him with 20 bank accounts and blocked them.

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