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TOBI IS GOD FEARING AND PEACE LOVING.
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Tobi Dauda would not have responded to the wrong impression about the election crisis that accompanied the House of Assembly Election of March 2023, if not for the need to put the stories in the social media straight. Please read the true story as follows in form of drama presentation.Â
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On Thursday preceding the House of Assembly Election, Tobi Dauda rejected the directive pa
Otunba Cally Afe that Tobi Dauda should work for the candidate of PDP. Tobi Dauda rejected the directive. The rejection ignited Otunba Cally Afe to threaten Tobi Dauda that he will face a political wrath during the election.Â
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In the early hours of the election day between midnight and 1am, there was a meeting at Otunba Cally Afe’s residence where it was concluded that Election should be distrupted at every poling units that are strongholds of APC, the two units at Surulere was specifically mentioned. It was resolved further that anyone that would restrain them should be delt with.Â
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Abiola Ajulo was beaten up at Eginku (Danger’s unit) at Ogbagi around 9am, he escaped been lynched by the youths of Ogbagi, for trespassing beyond his boundary. The same Abiola Ajulo and his gangs of youths touched many units in OkeIrun (viz: unit 3, where they attacked the party agents and canvassers of APC but no body was bruised because they ran for their dear lives. At Unit 10, where Pius K was beaten up. At Unit 11, where Aiku Salami was attacked in his sitting room at 11am by Jimoh Ojo with 80,000 snatched from him. In all these units, Election processes were infringed on by these gangs of youths from other units who are moving freely with guns and charms, stopping electorates that intended to vote for APC.Â
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About 50 gang of youths moved to Surulere camp with motorcycles armed with charms and dangerous weapons including pump action marching guns some minutes after 12 noon. As the youths alerted from their motorcycles, Abiola Ajulo who was leading the gangs with gun was chanting where is the Tobi, where is the Tobi? Where is the Tobi? Where is the Tobi? The ballot boxes were shot at before the gun was aimed at Tobi but for God’s grace, the gun seized to release bullet.Â
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As Biola was struggling with the pump action gun, the police attached to one of the poling units seized the gun from Biola, the youths in the camp descended on Abiola and beat arrogancy out of him as he was struggling with the police before he was rescued by the same Tobi Dauda that escaped been killed. The gun is in the custody of the police till now and the police had written their reports.
Video coverage and pictures will be sent to back up the true story.
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A team of soldiers and police responded to distressed call from Surulere camp and evacuated the Election materials and officials to the police station at Irun, for safe keeping. The pickup vehicle of Tobi was used to evacuate the materials and INEC officials. On arrival at the police station, the gangs of youths numbering more than 100 arrived at the station, destroyed all the ballot materials, beat up the wife of Tobi Dauda in the presence of the police. Attempts were made to born the vehicle of Tobi Dauda.Â
The voting materials were destroyed at the police station by the gang of youths. The police ended up to detain 3 residents of Surulere camp that rescued the wife of Tobi, no arrest was made from the gang of youths. The 3 residents were however released to the vice Chairman of Akoko Northwest Local Govt the second day.Â
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The soldiers lured Tobi Dauda to follow them to the collation center with the Election materials which were inside the pickup vehicle of Tobi Dauda. In the presence of the soldiers and police at the ward collation center, a mob descended on Tobi matcheted him at the back of his neck, when the matchet could not penetrate he was attacked with planks and sticks.Â
All the mob attacks were carried out in the presence of the police and the soldiers.Â
Tobi Dauda was hospitalised for 2 weeks.
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It was from the hospital bed that Tobi Dauda, Idris Salami and Baale Surulere were invited to the SIB to respond to a petition written by some unknown persons. Tobi Dauda, Idris Salami and Baale Surulere were to be detained if not for a sudden intervention. Tobi Dauda and others spent hours in SIB to take their statements.
Scene 9.Â
It was at this point that Tobi Dauda called for the attention of the state Chapter of APC. The case was then taken to the AIG office at zone 17 Ijapo Estate Akure.
This is the point where the state office of APC and govt got involved in the case. The case was therefore transferred to AIG office at zone 17 Ijapo Estate, Akure. And all the statements already submitted to Irun police station were to be transferred to Akure. This was what lead to the invitation of Otunba Cally Afe to zone 17 Akure.Â
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A meeting of political stakeholders from both PDP & APC from OkeIrun was convened, by the ward Chairman of APC (Alh Ahmed Joki) But funny enough, none of the people that wrote the petition nor any residence of Surulere was invited to the meeting.Â
It was reported that the Political Stakeholders begged the PDP youths to seize fire and allow peace to reign.
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Scene 10.Â
Two days after the meeting, 2 residents from Surulere was attacked by the same gang of PDP youths. One of the mob attacks and molestations was witnessed by the ward Chairman and one Mr Bola Araoyinbo respectively.
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On the 18th of May, all petitioners and those that were petitioned were invited again to zone 17 Ijapo Akure. It was only Otunba Cally Afe that came with his personal lawyer that was in Attendance while all the petitioners were in Attendance.
 The police officers and the SSA to the Gov on security matter attempted to broker peace between the two groups if not for the falure of Otunba Cally Afe to come with Abiola and others that were petitioned. It was the response of Otunba Cally Afe (who claimed that he was a community leader and not a politician) to a question from the police that provoked the police officer to instruct that Biola Ajulo and others be arrested.Â
This lead to the arrest of two of the suspects who were later released the second day by the police, with fresh instruction from the police that the petitioners and the suspects should appear at zone 17 on the 8th of June 2023.Â
Now the questions to ask are the following:
✓ What legal right does Abiola Ajulo and his gangs of youths have to travel from their poling units to Surulere camp, a distance of 7kms?Â
- Â Who owns the gun that was seized from Abiola Ajulo on the election day?Â
- Who instructed and sponsored the mob action lead by Biola Ajulo that infringed on the Election process at Eginku Ogbagi, five units in OkeIrun and scuttled the Election at Surulere camp.Â
- Â Who ordered the Abiola gang to declare any resident of Surulere camp a personal non granta?Â
- Why is it that the conveners of the meeting of the Political Stakeholders did not invite the petitioners to the meeting?
- Â Why is that after a meeting of the Stakeholders, the gang of youths still continue to attack the residents of Surulere and threatened those that voted for APC in OkeIrun during the MHA election?Â
- Â What does the likes of Advocate and the people of Ogbagi want to gain from setting the youths of OkeIrun against their elders, with the social media attacks? Please preach peace.Â
- Â Can’t OkeIrun people be sensitive enough and think of how to enjoy dividends of democracy in the forthcoming LCDA?Â
- Â Why are these people keeping quiet in the midst of this hullabaloo: Dr Aroge that I know in the academics, where are you? Barrister Joki Lazeez, you as lawyer and high ranking police, where are you? Hon Ganny Dauda, you as Political figure in the state, why are you keeping quiet? Comrade Adeyanju, a veteran labour leader and current vice Chairman, where you dey?Â
- Â The time to say the truth is now, blame who to be blamed and beg who to be begged. Then reconcile the two sides after the truth must have been said.
PeoplesmindÂ
