"Stop Being Mischievous, Most Voided Ballot Papers Were For Us"-Osun PDP Tells Oyetola

Osun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has disputed the claim by the newly sworn in governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola that a large chunk of ballot papers wrongfully voided during the last governorship election belonged to the All Progressive Congress's candidate. 

Reacting to the claim made by Oyetola in a television interview shortly after his widely-shunned inauguration, the chairman of the PDP in Osun state, Hon Soji Adagunodo said over 70% of a total of 47,800 ballot papers which were wrongfully  voided by the INEC during the last elections were valid votes of the PDP. 

Adagunodo said this was discovered during the forensic analysis carried out by experts engaged by the PDP on all ballot papers used for the September 22nd and 27th governorship election. 

He therefore described as mischievous the claim by Oyetola that he won the Osun governorship election which had been described by National and international observer groups as fraudulent and unsustainable. 

"The APC was the party in connivance with the INEC during the last election. They were the ones who got fraudulent allocation of votes. Why should Oyetola be telling such blatant lies on a matter already before the tribunal?" 

The PDP chairman asserted that the truth about the Osun governorship election could not be buried for long and that was why neither Oyetola nor his political party could openly celebrate the supposed victory at the polls just as the swearing-in ceremonies were like a graveyard party.

He added that more damming facts discovered by the PDP team of forensic, biometric  and data analysts will be presented at the Election petition tribunal in due course.

Adagunodo urged the People of Osun state to remain calm and hopeful that the mandate stolen by the interim governor and his political party would be restored to the rightful winner in due course. 

Paddypaddybet Splashes Millions On Empowerment Of Ibadan Youths

SOne of the fast-rising and fledgling sport-betting game-changers, Paddypaddybet, a popular online bookmaker, which boasts of varying ranges of sport betting via pre-match and play for mobile devices and desktops is set to host its inaugural Youth Empowerment Summit that aims to cater for 100 young entrepreneurs with great business ideas. 

The summit will feature successful young business entrepreneurs, private sector representatives and Paddypaddybet ambassadors, who will lead the process of formulating a roadmap that seeks to foster youth employability and entrepreneurship in Nigeria. The 100 beneficiaries, who will be picked among the attendees at the summit, will be empowered by Paddypaddybet with N50, 000 each, amounting to a total of five (5) Million Naira to fuel their business ideas. The event, which will be held at Jogor Events Centre, 1, Harvester Close, off Liberty Stadium Road in Ibadan, Oyo State on 12th of December 2018, will witness the biggest gathering of youths ever, which is not based on entertainment but directed towards spurring the youths into action to take charge of their entrepreneurial drive. 

Paddypaddybet is giving back to the community with the recent research showing Nigeria has now taken over as the nation with the highest number of extremely poor people, according to a report by Brookings Institution. Speaking at the press conference at the company’s headquarters in Lagos, the Media Manager, Issa Ahmed, stated that ‘the Nigerian youth are facing challenges, and finding decent employment and climbing out of poverty very difficult". He went on to say "with more than 65% of the population being under the age of 35, securing employability and self-employment for young people, achieved through innovative approaches, is the best weapon, and Paddypaddybet wants to fight against poverty and the numerous associated challenges in the country.'’ 

Speaking further Ahmed, expatiated on how to participate in the empowerment; he said ‘to partake in the empowerment summit, you must be between the ages of 18-35, and would need to register online (http://registration.paddypaddyblog.com/) to attend the Paddypaddybet Inaugural Youth Empowerment Summit and follow the instructions with terms and condition. 

Paddypaddybet is a Nigeria-based sports betting operator and seeks to gain recognition in the sports betting category, with a high competitive edge, state of the art solutions that cater for the immediate needs of punters in this region and beyond. The sport-betting company covers all the major sporting events across Europe and the world with great odds, and welcome bonus and also the cash-out option.

Akwa Ibom's Overrated Young Politicians and The Burden of Governance

"But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy"- 2 Timothy 3:1-2.

The holy Bible is an encyclopedia of knowledge and true reference to our past, present and future. 

When you look at the above verse , You will agree with me  that the ugly events that enveloped Akwa Ibom State in the last two weeks can be attributed to the youthful exuberance of the state governor and his lieutenants.That is the catastrophic result of promoting an individual above his competence. When something goes wrong, you do not rush to blame others.  Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity.

When Governor Udom Emmanuel threw decorum to the gutters by referring to his former boss, Senator Godswill Akpabio  as a man of no second address, one needs to ask him how come Senator Akpabio has no second address after holding a  commissionership position for 6 years and being Governor  for 8 years? Interestingly, the man he described as a man of no second address has been Senator for three and a half  years, solicitor and advocate for 31years. 

Haba! One begins to wonder if it is only former staff of Mr Jim Ovia of the Zenith Bank fame that have second addresses in Nigeria. 

In Yorubaland , we believe that  the boss is not always right, but he is always the boss. 

Have you ever seen Governor Ambode of Lagos abusing Asiwaju Bola Tinubu publicly like Udom did to Senator Akpabio last week? 

Our orientation and training in Yorubaland will not allow us to descend that low.   

This clearly shows Udom Emmanuel's naivety as well as his being unworthy of the executive office he presently occupies.  

You can only see people's true colours when they think you are no longer beneficial to their lives. 

Isn't it pathetic how we waste so much time on certain people and in the end they prove that  they weren't even worth a second of it? 

How fast people misbehave towards their mentors when they assume they have grown in importance! Power indeed intoxicates.

-Wole Arisekola