11 SUSPECTS ARRESTED OVER ATTACK ON OMOYELE SOWORE IN ADO-EKITI; INVESTIGATION CONTINUES IN EKITI. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 *[POLICE PRESS RELEASE]* EKITI POLICE ARREST 11 SUSPECTS OVER ATTACK ON OMOYELE SOWORE IN ADO-EKITI; INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.  The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested eleven (11) suspects in connection with the alleged attack on Mr Omoyele Sowore, an African Action Congress (AAC) presidential aspirant, and other persons at Tawakalitu Restaurant, Dalimore Area of Ado-Ekiti. Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad(RRS), based on a credible tip-off swooped on the hideouts of the suspects at Atikankan Area of Ado-Ekiti at about 10:00 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2026, where they were arrested. The suspects are: Joseph Tayo '32yrs', Olatunji Abayomi '41yrs', Isaac Amba '22yrs', Kehinde Ajigbana '18yrs', Tosin David '18yrs', Solomon Iyanu '18yrs', Ogunsola Ayomide '21yrs', Ojo Ayodeji '22yrs', Kayode Dada '32yrs', Segun Olatunji '28yrs' and Salami Emmanuel '53yrs'. Items recovered include two walkie-ta...

SOUTH SUDAN PRESIDENT FIRES MILITARY CHIEF AFTER THREE MONTHS, REINSTATES PREDECESSOR. (PHOTO).


 South Sudan president fires military chief after three months, reinstates predecessor


South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has removed the country's military chief and reinstated his predecessor whom Kiir had sacked three months earlier, state-run television announced, Reuters reported.


The moves add to relentless turnover within the ranks of South Sudan's military and government as Kiir contends with armed conflict and speculation within the country about his eventual succession.


Kiir, 74, has led a transitional government in the impoverished and fractured nation since independence from Sudan in 2011. Scheduled elections have twice been postponed and First Vice President Riek Machar, Kiir's main rival during a 2013-2018 civil war, was charged last month with treason.


The South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation announced late on Wednesday that Kiir had appointed Paul Nang Majok to replace Dau Aturjong as the new Chief of Defence Forces, without providing a reason for the decision.


Aturjong was reassigned to be a technical adviser at the defence ministry.


In July, Kiir had, without explanation, sacked Majok after seven months in the post and replaced him with Aturjong.


That decision came after renewed fighting in the northeast in which the military was briefly overrun by a militia from Machar's Nuer ethnic group.


The government placed Machar under house arrest in March, accusing him of supporting the militia, and he went on trial for treason, murder and crimes against humanity last month. Machar has denied the allegations.


His detention reignited fears of a return to full-blown civil war, with his supporters accusing the government of violating a 2018 peace and power-sharing agreement.


Analysts say that Kiir's repeated shake-ups of the government and security apparatus are aimed at consolidating his hold on power and keeping various factions satisfied.


U.N. investigators last month accused South Sudanese leaders of "systematic looting" of the nation's wealth for their personal gain.

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