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For sometime now, full activities have resumed back to Felele residence of the former deputy governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Taofeek Oladejo Arapaja. It has become a Mecca of sort to politicians and their followers who throng the place on a daily basis, either for consultations or to strategize. Of course that should be expected. Apart from being Deputy National Chairman (South) of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Arapaja is one of the top stakeholders who would play major roles as far as the coming election is concerned, especially in Oyo State. He is the former Nigerian Ambassador to Jordan and Iran during Ex-President Jonathan Goodluck’s administration. In fact, It would be an understatement to say that Arapaja is powerful in the current dispensation in the state. He is close to Governor Seyi Makinde and that is understandable. Makinde played a key role in Arapaja’s recent two political victories – one his emergence as PDP national vice chairman (South-West) and later as PDP Deputy

Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday,  January 16, 2022, granted an application filed by a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Oladipo Shasore, SAN, seeking to travel abroad for medical treatment. Justice Aneke granted the permission,  following a motion filed and argued by Shasore’s team of counsel led by Paul Usoro, SAN, a former President, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and Olawale Akoni, SAN. According to the defence team, Shasore was diagnosed with lattice retinal degeneration to both the left and right eyes as well as chronic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment to the right eye. The diagnosis reports, issued by Prof. Tom H. Williamson, a Consultant Ophthalmologist at The London Claremont Clinic of St. Thomas Hospital London, were attached as Exhibit SS3. In response, the prosecution counsel, Bala Sanga, did not oppose the application, saying that “Only the living can stand trial.” Consequently, Justice