Why I Visited Aregbesola– Fayose

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has said that he visited Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, on Tuesday, as part of his efforts to foster unity among Yoruba leaders.

The governor, who said that he was not in Osun for any political reason, pointed out that he was not ready to abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

 

Governor Fayose stated that against all speculations from some quarters that he was coming to Osogbo to ask Aregbesola help him beg President Muhammadu Buhari, he was in Osun for the unity of Yoruba race.

He said that the Yoruba race was greater than any political office hence his belief in the development of the race.

The governor averred that the visit of the Ooni of Ife to the 45th coronation of the Alaafin of Oyo was instructive, hence the need for every Yoruba sons and daughters to see to the unity and progress of the race.

He said, “This is my first official visit to any APC state in Nigeria. I am not in Osogbo to ask Aregbesola to help me beg as being speculated in some quarters. We are all Yoruba, politics is like water, it can flow anywhere.

“I was moved by the historic visit of the Ooni of Ife to the Alaafin of Oyo and I am of the opinion that the Yoruba leaders must unite.

“The Yoruba nation must not be rubbished. Our leaders must not be rubbished irrespective of the political they belong to.

“I believe in the Yoruba race, the race comes first before the office of the governor. The race is eternal while that of governor is
momentary. We must watch today to be guided by tomorrow. I am here for the unity of Yoruba as it affect the Oodua, the progenitor” Fayose
emphasised.

While reiterating his ressolve to remain in the PDP, the governor said, “I remain in PDP to play the opposition role.

“In all of this, there must be fairness. There must be equity and the rule of law must be followed. We should remember that power as it was
transient for the PDP, it can also be transient for the party in power now.

“For me, I don’t want to contest which party is dead now or which one is alive. Whether or not PDP is dead, time will tell.

“Opposition is the major ingredient of democracy and without opposition in a democracy, there will be dictatorship. Those promoting dictatorship in a democracy will end up in the stomach of the dictator.”

Responding, Governor Aregbesola described the visit of Governor Fayose to Osun as demonstration of maturity, saying it takes a very matured human being to know that at the end of every public office, he will be left with humanity.

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Scott Disick Visited In Rehab By Kris Jenner & His Kids, Without Kourtney Kardashian

Scott Disick has the support of his children — and even Kris Jenner — as he continues his stay at a rehab center in Malibu, California.

The 32-year-old reality star was photographed at the rehabilitation center on Sunday, when he got a visit from his three children — 5-year-old Mason, 3-year-old Penelope and 10-month-old Reign — as well as 59-year-old Kris. Scott was also photographed giving a few male friends a hug.

Scott was affectionate with his kids, giving baby Reign a kiss on the head, as well as picking up both Penelope and Mason. He also posed for family photos with Kris, who had a big smile on her face, and was still wearing the same pajamas she sported at Kim Kardashian’s camp-themed baby shower earlier in the day. An eyewitness tells ET that the visit lasted two hours, and that Scott “seemed fine, but a bit serious” around Kris.

Noticeably absent from the family visit was Scott’s ex, 36-year-old Kourtney Kardashian. The mother of three has been adamant about not keeping their children away from their father, a source told ET in September, despite the status of their own relationship. “Scott sees the kids whenever he wants to,” the source said. “Despite all of Scott’s addiction problems, he is a great dad and loves those kids with all his heart, and they are obsessed with him.”

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I Was Not Arrested, I Visited EFCC; Omokore Counters Reuters Report

The Chairman of Atlantic Energy, Mr Olajide Omokore, has been explaining his encounter with the EFCC.

He said that he visited the EFCC office in Abuja on his own volition and that he was not arrested or picked up by the commission’s agents.

He explained that during his long conversation, he was not told of any charges related to corruption or money laundering.

Reuters News Agency had reported that Mr Omokore was arrested for charges related to corruption and money laundering.

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Why I Visited Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar- Diezani

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has said that her recent visit to former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar has nothing to do with rumour that she was desperately looking for soft landing over her alleged controversial roles in the government of outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan.

Alison-Madueke who spoke with journalists on Wednesday insisted that she has not committed any crime and is not seeking asylum, even though she stepped on big toes during her tenure.

“I have not sought such assistance because I am not aware that I have been indicted of any crime that I will need a soft landing. Over the last four years, I have been severally and unfortunately accused and labelled in so many malicious and vindictive ways.

“I have explained these things and pushed back robustly on these accusations and I have even gone to court on many of them. Yet they keep being regurgitated. I think it is unfortunate, particularly when we are moving into a transition period and looking forward to an incoming government which is coming to take over where we have ended.

The minister said that she believed that for everything that has a beginning there is an end and that is not a surprise, but said what is the surprise is the sort of malevolence bothering on personal malicious libel to her person during this period of time.

“I do believe that I have done the best for Nigeria in this job and I have attained many firsts in the history of oil and gas especially in the reforms that we have done.

“In this period of time, I have stepped on many big toes, particularly the toes of the cabals that were in the industry when we came in. I have said severally that we will open up the industry to all Nigerians, and we have, but that is not to the pleasure of certain cabals.

“And I have been continuously maligned because of this. We have taken millions and in fact billions of dollars out of the hands of multinationals and their subcontractors and put them in the hands of Nigerians through the Nigerian Content.

“Hundreds of thousands of Nigerians have come into the oil and gas industry because of our reforms.

“Quite frankly, I think as unprecedented as it is, it does not please everybody and that cannot be helped but let us remember the unprecedented reforms that have happened in the oil industry during our time, such as major gas reforms, the Petroleum Industry Bill, which has been completely revised, reformed and put into the hands of members of the National Assembly where it has languished for two years.”

She also spoke on the alleged missing funds from the coffers of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as well as allegations of wasteful spending by her, insisting that some of the allegations were made because of the reforms contained in the PIB.

“In that bill are all the reforms needed to tear NNPC apart, make it a National Oil company, an equity share company through transparency, accountability and responsibility and reduce corruption in the industry.

“We did all these and we put them in place to reduce corruption, so for me to be tagged with various tags of corruption, $10 million jet purchases, who buys jet for $10 million for goodness sake?

“And $20 billion missing money for which PWC had done a report and the $1.48 billion which is not missing, which is actually money transferred by the NNPC to NPDC which is a subsidiary and NPDC has actually started making payments under my directives. I have said during our time that there are gaps in the NNPC and I said that openly.

“But I can also say that at no time in Nigerian history in the oil and gas has the NNPC been as open and audited as it is today. It has been positioned to go forward in the industry. It is true that the revenue profile is not sustainable. But we have done our best and the Nigerian oil and gas sector is today in a better shape than it has ever been in terms of achievements that we have recorded.

“So let me state it clearly for the records that Nigeria is my country and I am not going anywhere. I love my country and I do think that I have done the best for my country and I would also like to point these malicious, malevolence, vindictive libels need to stop.

“We have done enough for this industry, we cannot please everybody. Yes, we have stepped on toes but we did that in the best interest of Nigeria and we have opened up the oil and gas industry to all Nigerians, thousands of Nigerians have benefitted from our reforms in the system.”

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