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Video- Ekiti State Governor, Segun Oni’s Goons Torture Journalists

Duly accredited journalists attached to the Ekiti Government House were assaulted in order to intimidate them to keep silent about witnessing pre-election ballot stuffing taking place at the Government house on the eve of the April 24th, re-run election. Video Below:

The journalists shown in the video are:
Itobo Ofem – Verite Newspapers (based in Rivers State)
Gospel [...]

IG Mike Okiro Declares 74 Year Old, Ekiti Resident Electoral Commmissioner, Mrs. Ayoka Adebayo, Wanted…

IG Mike Okiro Declares 74 Year Old, Ekiti Resident Electoral Commmissioner, Mrs. Ayoka Adebayo, Wanted...

The interesting times in Ekiti State continue…
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The Federal government has declared the former Resident Electoral Commissioner of Ekiti State, Mrs. Ayoke Adebayo, wanted. The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mike Mbamali Okiro declared in Abuja today that Mrs. Ayoke Adebayo”must make herself available to the Nigerian Police withing 24 hours”.
Okiro’s declaration comes a few hours [...]

Ekiti State Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Ayoka Adebayo’s Resignation Letter…

Ekiti State Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Ayoka Adebayo's Resignation Letter...

Rather than put up with all the shennanigans going on with the election in Ekiti State, the State Electoral Commissioner, Mrs. Ayoka Adebayo has chosen to resign. Here is her resignation letter.
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Appeal Court Invalidates Ekiti State Election… Segun Oni Removed as Governor…

Appeal Court Invalidates Ekiti State Election... Segun Oni Removed as Governor...

Rule of Law continues to triumph… PM News
Appeal Court Sacks Segun Oni, Orders Re-Run In 10 LGs, but a replacement for the governor will have to be determined in 90 days’ time, as the court also ordered fresh elections in 10 out of the 16 local councils, to know the actual winner of the 14 [...]

Thisday:School Feeding: Parents Accuse Govt of Using Charms

Parents in Ekiti State yesterday accused the state government of using “juju cups, plates and spoons,” to feed their children and wards during school hours.
The state government commenced the school feeding policy last year. The feeding programme, which started precisely May last year, where pupils and students in public primary and secondary schools [...]

Josef Omorotionmwan, Ekiti’s Theatre of Absurdism

Ekiti’s Theatre of Absurdism
By Josef Omorotionmwan, 09.25.2008
Apparently, Ekiti State is on rampage. The Executive and the Legislative branches are clearly abandoning their duty posts; and ignoring their legitimate functions while at the same time assuming the functions which clearly belong to other domains.

Quite often, it is easy to feign ignorance of the literary theory [...]