Oyinlola’s lawyer set ablaze, dies
By Our reporter
Saturday, December 26, 2009


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A key member of the legal team of Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola, in the election petition case over the 2007 election, is dead. He died on Thursday after being set ablaze by unknown assassins.

Mr. Jonathan Adebisi Ogundere, who was the oldest lawyer in the team, was abducted from his country home in Oyan, Odo Otin Local Government Area by some people, who drove him to a village called Igbotele and set him ablaze.

The assailants were said to have asked him to give them some documents, before setting him ablaze. They left him burning in the bush, where he was discovered and taken to the state hospital, Osogbo. He died around 3pm on Thursday.

The late Ogundere was called to the Bar in 1970 and was in charge of the secretariat of the legal team of the Osun State governor, in the on-going election litigation.

The Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the police and other law enforcement agencies to get to the root of the matter. In a statement by the state chairman, Alhaji Ademola Rasaq, the PDP charged the police to do a thorough job on the dastardly act, which he said smacked of dangerous politics. While commiserating with the family, the PDP vowed that it would do everything within the law to get justice in the matter.

I think yorubas should emulate Anambra politics and understand that politics is not a do or die affair. Despite all the political heavy weights that are involved in Anambra politics and Igbo politics in general, one hardly hear all these assasination and other horrible stories.

Abia kwanu?

ezeagu:

Abia kwanu?

Abia state politics is a child's play when compared to what we see in the South west. . . . .

metal-gong:

I think yorubas should emulate Anambra politics and understand that politics is not a do or die affair. Despite all the political heavy weights that are involved in Anambra politics and Igbo politics in general, one hardly hear all these assasination and other horrible stories.

just go ahead and let everyone that you were only joking with your comment, they should emulate anambra politics?haba!I reserve my comment.

metal-gong:

I think yorubas should emulate Anambra politics and understand that politics is not a do or die affair. Despite all the political heavy weights that are involved in Anambra politics and Igbo politics in general, one hardly hear all these assasination and other horrible stories.

just go ahead and tell everyone that you were only joking with your comment, they should emulate anambra politics?haba!I reserve my comment.

yorke:

just go ahead and tell everyone that you were only joking with your comment, they should emulate anambra politics?haba!I reserve my comment.

Then prove me wrong hommie . . . .

metal-gong:

I think yorubas should emulate Anambra politics and understand that politics is not a do or die affair. Despite all the political heavy weights that are involved in Anambra politics and Igbo politics in general, one hardly hear all these assasination and other horrible stories.

You must be kidding.
What happened to Ngige when he fell apart with Chris Uba?
What happened to Soludo's father recently?
What will happened when the campaign commenced fully after the festive period is still unknown not to talk of the D-day.

Moreover, in what way does your topic relate to your story?
Is Osun the only state that comprises of the Yorubas?

metal-gong:

Then prove me wrong hommie  . . . .

Anambra politics has been syn with violence, from 1999 -2009 go for the records, haba have you forgotten so soon, In the eastern nigeria anambra politics contained the worst elements of violence.Is not this anambra during nzige tenure govt house was set ablaze?I have one question  for you, you stay in anambra?or u don't know that the abduction of soludo's father was political motivated?

yorke:

Anambra politics has been syn with violence, from 1999 -2009 go for the records, haba have you forgotten so soon, In the eastern nigeria anambra politics contained the worst elements of violence.Is not this anambra during nzige tenure govt house was set ablaze?I have one question  for you, you stay in anambra?or u don't know that the abduction of soludo's father was political motivated?

U r yet to tell us an incident of political killling in all the crisis you alluded to above.

I can mention at least a dozen yoruba political murders off the top of my head.

Bola Ige, F. Williams etc.

yorke:

Anambra politics has been syn with violence, from 1999 -2009 go for the records, haba have you forgotten so soon, In the eastern nigeria anambra politics contained the worst elements of violence.Is not this anambra during nzige tenure govt house was set ablaze?I have one question  for you, you stay in anambra?or u don't know that the abduction of soludo's father was political motivated?

Some outsiders and diasporeans dont really understand Anambra politics~~~ Let me help you guys a little bit

~~~~ The removal of Ngige was authorised by a federal high court based in Abuja, presided by Justice Wilson Egbo-Egbo. . . . It was based on this legal order that the assistant inspector general of police (AIG) in charge of Zone 8 Umuahia directed his police officers to remove Ngige from office since he doesnt want to obey the court order. . . . . . . And thats the reason why nobody was ever charged to court.

~~~~~ As for the kidnapping of Pa Soludo, the release and subsequent arrest of the kidappers had shown that it is not politically motivated. Moreover, the victim was not killed or injured  as we always witness in the southwest.

Again, the Southwest should emulate Anambra politics because we dont believe in political motivated killings.

                          Below is another list of South West high profile political assasinations.

-------2003, Dr. Ayo Daramola, a PDP gubernatorial aspirant in Ekiti State, and a consultant on Social Protection and HIV/AIDS to the World Bank Country Office in Abuja was murdered in his bedroom at his hometown, Ijan-Ekiti. A nutritionist who recently joined the race, his death is linked to the intra-party crisis, which has thrown up political enemies after the death of the third term agenda in the state. He was stabbed, shot and hacked to death.

 ------   Engineer Funso Williams, PDP gubernatorial aspirant in Lagos State and chairman, Board of Directors of Nigeria Maritime Authority (NMA) was murdered on July 27, 2006. Police are still investigating this assassination. Forensic experts were invited from London to assist them. The police arrested PDP gubernatorial aspirants in the state and some members of the NMA board. They were held for about three weeks. 

-------- On July 16, 2005 unknown gunmen killed Alhaji Lateef (alias Lati Osogbo) a close associate of the strongman of Ibadan politics, Alhaji Lamidi Adebibu, in Ibadan. 
     
--------- Alhaji Sulaimon Olajokun, a Lagos-based businessman and one of the 'financiers' of the group, Oranmiyan was murdered on his way to Lagos from Ile-Ife Osun State, in a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) on May 15, 2005. He was a chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). 
       
---------  On December 23, 2001, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige, was killed inside his bedroom at Ibadan, Oyo State. The police declared one Olugbenga Adebayo, ( a.k.a. Fryo) wanted in connection with the murder. The trial of suspects took many twists and turns; several judges resigned from the case, and Ige's wife died after one of the futile hearings to trace the killers. The Oyo government withdrew the case from the court in 2004. 
       
---------- Mrs. Emily Omope (a.k.a . Thatcher), an AD member, died on March 3, 2003 at the UCH Ibadan after an acid attack in December last year by unknown persons. 
       
 --------- Unknown assailants in Lagos killed Dele Arojo a PDP gubernatorial aspirant on November 25, 2002. 
       
 --------- On December 19, 2001, Mr. Odunayo Olagbaju, a member of the Osun State House of Assembly, was killed in front of the Moore police station, Ile-Ife, Osun State. 

 --------- Ahmed Sardauna, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State also fell to the assassin’s bullet in 2003

Haba, this is serious . . . .

Nigerian clashes kill at least 9

By Estelle Shirbon

ABUJA (Reuters) - Fighting linked to next year's elections in Nigeria has killed at least nine people in two southern states in the latest politically motivated violence in Africa's most populous nation, local leaders said on Monday.

Gangs sponsored by two rival politicians from the town of Bodo in oil-producing Rivers state have been attacking each other with AK-47 rifles, machetes, axes and broken bottles over the past few days, a local community leader told Reuters.

"These are factional clashes between two cult groups who have the blessing of two Bodo politicians who have ambitions for 2007," said the leader, who did not wish to be named for fear or reprisals. In Nigeria, the word cult means gang.

"Seven of them have been murdered. The residents are hiding in their houses in terror," he added.

In the town of Nnewi in southeastern Anambra state, two policemen were killed in a raid on their station by dozens of attackers in military camouflage gear and bullet-proof vests, armed with automatic weapons, a civil society activist said.

"This is part of the activities of the political cabal in Anambra that does not believe in seeking the popular vote but uses criminals to intimidate the people," said Emeka Umeagbalasi, head of the local Civil Liberties Organization.

The attackers torched the police station, released prisoners from its cells, burned several vehicles and stole others, Umeagbalasi said. Newspapers reported two or three of the attackers were killed but it was impossible to confirm that.

PAID THUGS

Nigeria returned to civilian rule in 1999 after three decades of almost continuous military dictatorship, and the 2007 polls should mark the first time one elected government hands over to another through the ballot box.

However, violence remains a feature of political life. The use of paid thugs to intimidate opponents or voters is a common tactic by politicians in many of Nigeria's 36 states, while political assassinations have also occurred.

Rivers and Anambra are among states that have seen an increase in violence as the 2007 elections near.

In Rivers, in the Niger Delta, two politicians and one relative of the state governor have had their houses bombed by unknown attackers in recent weeks.

The delta has experienced a wave of militant attacks on oil facilities that have killed an unknown number of people and shut down a quarter of Nigerian crude production since February.

Violence in the delta, rooted in poverty and corruption, has been a problem for years. But activists say power struggles ahead of the 2007 elections have further inflamed the situation.

In Anambra, political violence has erupted sporadically since 2004, when the state governor fell out with his main sponsor. The two armed rival militias as the governor fought back against his ex-sponsor's efforts to oust him.

Earlier this year, a court ruled the 2003 elections were rigged and forced the governor to step down in favor of an opposition candidate.

But powerful figures from the ruling party are determined to recapture Anambra next year and the presence of numerous armed gangs in the state has created an explosive situation.
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Amnesty International Joint statement on increasing political violence in the run-up to elections

Allegations of politically motivated acts of violence, harassment and intimidation of political opponents and other citizens by individual members of state governments and political parties within the State Houses of Assembly have also been reported throughout the country. Political violence at state level has been particularly acute in Ebonyi, Anambra and Bayelsa States. For example, on 1 September 2002, Barnabas Igwe, president of the Nigerian Bar Association in Anambra State, and his wife were killed by a group of people armed with machetes. Barnabas Igwe had publicly opposed state-endorsed vigilante groups


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No corner of Nigeria is Limited to political violence. Posting ridiculous tribal baiting nonsense like these makes you look stupid, ignorant and intellectually clueless,

Yorubaland is the worst,
from Awolowo to Akintola, Ige to William.

babapupa:

No corner of Nigeria is Limited to political violence. Posting ridiculous tribal baiting nonsense like these makes you look silly, ignorant and intellectually clueless,

This is not about tribal bashing. I just stated the obvious which is the frequent occurrence of  politically motivated killings in yoruba land.
I think you looked more dumb and silly by digging up old crimes stories written by a foreign journalist who is ready to write anything that would sell.
Moreover, I perused your articles to see stories of politically motivated killings in Anambra state, instead I saw only two crime stories that have nothing to do with politics.
There is no society without social vices and crimes, but if you look at the topic of this thread, you would see that the poster emphasized on Politically Motivated Killings.

                          Below is the list of South West high profile political assasinations. . . .It really begs for urgent intervention.
                                          The spirit of these folks are crying for justice.

-------2003, Dr. Ayo Daramola, a PDP gubernatorial aspirant in Ekiti State, and a consultant on Social Protection and HIV/AIDS to the World Bank Country Office in Abuja was murdered in his bedroom at his hometown, Ijan-Ekiti. A nutritionist who recently joined the race, his death is linked to the intra-party crisis, which has thrown up political enemies after the death of the third term agenda in the state. He was stabbed, shot and hacked to death.

------   Engineer Funso Williams, PDP gubernatorial aspirant in Lagos State and chairman, Board of Directors of Nigeria Maritime Authority (NMA) was murdered on July 27, 2006. Police are still investigating this assassination. Forensic experts were invited from London to assist them. The police arrested PDP gubernatorial aspirants in the state and some members of the NMA board. They were held for about three weeks. 

-------- On July 16, 2005 unknown gunmen killed Alhaji Lateef (alias Lati Osogbo) a close associate of the strongman of Ibadan politics, Alhaji Lamidi Adebibu, in Ibadan. 
     
--------- Alhaji Sulaimon Olajokun, a Lagos-based businessman and one of the 'financiers' of the group, Oranmiyan was murdered on his way to Lagos from Ile-Ife Osun State, in a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) on May 15, 2005. He was a chieftain of the Alliance for Democracy (AD). 
       
---------  On December 23, 2001, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige, was killed inside his bedroom at Ibadan, Oyo State. The police declared one Olugbenga Adebayo, ( a.k.a. Fryo) wanted in connection with the murder. The trial of suspects took many twists and turns; several judges resigned from the case, and Ige's wife died after one of the futile hearings to trace the killers. The Oyo government withdrew the case from the court in 2004. 
       
---------- Mrs. Emily Omope (a.k.a . Thatcher), an AD member, died on March 3, 2003 at the UCH Ibadan after an acid attack in December last year by unknown persons. 
       
--------- Unknown assailants in Lagos killed Dele Arojo a PDP gubernatorial aspirant on November 25, 2002. 
       
--------- On December 19, 2001, Mr. Odunayo Olagbaju, a member of the Osun State House of Assembly, was killed in front of the Moore police station, Ile-Ife, Osun State. 

--------- Ahmed Sardauna, chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State also fell to the assassin’s bullet in 2003

WilyWily:
ribal
Yorubaland is the worst,
from Awolowo to Akintola, Ige to William.

What difference does it make and what sick joy do you fancy in dissecting and quantifying violence? Violence is violence and people die regardless where and how many. So the west is politically violent, what next? are you gonna hang that on your wall or walk around and beat your chest? It's sad how ridiculous and childish some of you get sometimes.

Sometimes I think Yoruba is what some of you really want to be because with all your unnecessary fixation and endless threads about Yoruba people, what time do you have left to worry about you and your people? It's like you guys don't get a good night sleep without getting your tribal Yoruba fix threads. Just look at the front page, there's at least 4 Yoruba threads, even way more sometimes.

The tribal insecurities, comparison and pettiness threads on this board is sickening.

I like the style of politics in Yoruba land. Can you believe that Yoruba land was a political floor mat of AD (Advance Democratic Party) until one of the sons of the soil was rigged to the presidency on PDP platform? If you talk of about Chameleonic political treachery, the people are supreme.

Seems the igbo mafia are mistaking brilliant political strategy for deadly politics- why does everyone want to jack our swagger? you can nefa have it

Every tribe is capable of violence but nobody has been mudered for politics in anambra.

SEFAGO:

Seems the igbo mafia are mistaking brilliant political strategy for deadly politics- why does everyone want to jack our swagger? you can nefa have it

Sometimes your comments betrays your intelligence and age

asha 80:

Sometimes your comments betrays your intelligence and age

showwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Sometimes your comments betrays your intelligence and age

My intelligence has consistently proven to be one of the best nigeria would ever have. My age is what it is just a number- criticize the OP and not the effect of the OPs tribalism.

SEFAGO:

My intelligence has consistently proven to be one of the best nigeria would ever have. My age is what it is just a number- criticize the OP and not the effect of the OPs tribalism.

And their lies one of the problems of nigeria.

SEFAGO:

My intelligence has consistently proven to be one of the best nigeria would ever have. My age is what it is just a number- criticize the OP and not the effect of the OPs tribalism.

Please shot up your putrid boca cavity before the gods of your ancestors run amok. This is a load of fool’s delight. An act of associating SEFAGO with an iota of intelligence amounts to the mockery of mankind.

Please shot up your putrid boca cavity before the gods of your ancestors run amok. This is a load of fool’s delight. An act of associating SEFAGO with an iota of intelligence amounts to the mockery of mankind.

And the fool is at it again , freedom of speech, what a waste. I believe in no gods.

Sefago, the noisome braggart. The incompetent nincompoop. The village urchin

Anything based on hate will never last long. Tribalism can't last.

my igbo people biko nu, i dey beg una. it is enough! seun will soon ban all of us from this site ohh.

Lacrisma:

Anything based on hate will never last long. Tribalism can't last.

As for tribalism, it began the day the Nigerian experiment started and officially sealed with the genocidal acts against Ndigbo during the civil war.

metal-gong:

As for tribalism, it began the day the Nigerian experiment started and officially sealed with the genocidal acts against Ndigbo during the civil war.

Let them have it, they'll never want to acknowledge.