‘I’LL TURN OFF THE MIC’ — REMI TINUBU REINS IN ADELEKE’S SINGING AT OONI’S ANNIVERSARY. (VIDEO/PHOTO).
‘I’ll turn off the mic’ — Remi Tinubu reins in Adeleke’s singing at Ooni’s anniversary First Lady Oluremi Tinubu cautioned Ademola Adeleke, the Osun state governor, for prolonged singing during his remarks at the 10th coronation anniversary celebration of Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife. The moment, captured in a now-viral video, occurred as the governor mounted the podium on Sunday to pay tribute to the monarch and to congratulate the Remi on her newly bestowed chieftaincy title, Yeye Asiwaju Gbogbo Ile Oodua. Rather than proceed immediately with his formal message, Adeleke, popularly known as the “Dancing Governor” for his spirited public appearances, burst into a short musical chant, drawing laughter from parts of the audience. Remi, who had moments earlier received her traditional title from the Ooni, walked towards the podium, gestured lightly to the governor, and whispered to him to proceed with his statement. “Go ahead,” she was heard saying, in an attempt to steer the ev...
The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad {RRS} of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected ATM robber,Gbenga Babatunde,35,after a failed attempt to rob a lady who had withdrew an unspecified amount of money at an ATM point in Alaba Rago Market around 5:48am.The suspect,who had a cut-to-size locally made short gun with two life cartridges on him,was chased and arrested by the RRS operatives patrolling the area,after been contacted by the would-be-victim who had escaped from the robbery attempt.In his confessional statement,Babatunde claimed that he and his accomplice-one Samson Baba Ramadan,28,who had escaped after the botched operation-had in the past robbed about 35 ATM users in Alaba Rago Market,Ojo area of Lagos before his arrest.According to him,''I was introduced to the crime by my colleague,Samson Baba Ramadan,who I met at Field Joint,Alaba two years ago and since,we have been working together as a team.We have robbed about 35 people together.We would have gotten to the ATM point by 4:00am and then hide inside the shop beside the ATM point.As soon as the with-drawer collects the money,we will accost him or her and collect the money and escape.The last money we collected was N40,000.Yesterday,we collected N12,500'' he added.
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