Dipo Dina assassinated
, Ogun AC guber candidate killed in Ota
, This is tragic - AC
By Abdulfatah Oladeinde, Razaq Bamidele, Lagos and Moshood Adebayo, Abeokuta
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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Candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in the 2007 governorship election in Ogun State, Dipo Dina, was last night shot dead in Ota by suspected assassins. Although details of the killing were still sketchy as at press time, Dina, an avowed opponent of Gov. Gbenga Daniel and one of the arrow heads of the opposition in the state, Dina was killed around Covenant University in Ota.

Action Congress (AC) governorship candidate in the 2007 general elections, Otunba Dipo Dina is dead.
Dina was shot dead at about 9p.m. on Monday near Canaanland, Ota on the Sango-Ota/Idi-Iroko Road by gunmen suspected to be hired assassins.

Daily Sun gathered that Otunba Dina had attended a political rally in Sango Ota earlier in the day.

It was not immediately known where the AC candidate was headed to after the rally, but the killers were said to have blocked his car, and as he alighted, Dina was shot instantly.
The killers were said to have zoomed off towards Agbara in Dina’s car.

They dropped off the ex-governorship candidate’s driver at Agbara from where he found his way back to Sango to report the incident at the Sango Police Station.

Sympathisers rushed Dina to the Ota General Hospital, which is less than three kilometres to the scene.
Doctors at the hospital confirmed him dead. Sources said his corpse was still at the hospital as at press time.

When called on phone at about 1.00 a.m. this morning, Police Area Commander in Sango Ota, Mr. Adeola Oyelola confirmed the incident.

Mr. Oyeola also confirmed that Dina’s driver was with the police who had swung into action to unravel the mystery behind the killing.

Former Ogun State governor and AC chieftain, Chief Olusegun Osoba was too much in a shock to speak when called on phone, although he confirmed the dastardly act.
National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, expressed shock.
He described Dina’s death as tragic and a big loss, not to the AC alone, but to Ogun State and the nation.
While reserving further comments till the details of the gruesome murder would be revealed, Muhammed said, “it is sad, very sad.”

Otunba Dina contested the 2007 gubernatorial election and was beaten to the third position by the incumbent Governor Gbenga Daniel. Dina challenged the outcome of the election in court, but lost.
The AC gubernatorial candidate said in a recent interview that if there were credible electoral reforms, he would contest the gubernatorial election in 2011.








[i]Yoruba cowards should come to Anambra state and learn how to play politics without unnecessary assassination.
[/i]

Good God the "brat pack" are back. Who wake you all up from your ambien induced stupor? All we go they hear now is "na my tribe better than yours"
BS. All of una no they tire?

@Poster

Your posts most times should be ignored, cause you hardly make any sense at all.

Now tell me what all these have to do with Yoruba alone.

I will not use insulting remarks against your tribe because it is only crude and prehistoric men that think and talk that way.

Source - African Journal of Political Science and International Relations Vol. 1 (1), pp. 009-019, May 2007

Political assassinations in Nigeria: an exploratory study 1986-2005 by Afeaye Anthony Igbafe and O. J. Offiong

Appendix I. Some cases of unresolved political assassinations in Nigeria, 1986-2005.

NAMES DATE LOCATION MODE OUTCOME

Dele Giwa October 19, 1986 Lagos Parcel bomb Unresolved
Babatunde Elegbede May 5, 1994 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Lekan Owolabi March 1995 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Captain Tunde Ashafa June 11, 1995 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Mr. Alfred Rewane October 6, 1995 Lagos Shot Unresolved
David Izegwere December 1995 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Kayode Awosanya January 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Tajudeen Abiola (Mrs.) February 9, 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Alhaji Sama Kano April 8, 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Admiral Olu Omotehinwa May 22, 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Irene Obodo (Mrs.) June 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Alhaja Kudirat Abiola June 4, 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Chief Adejola Balogun June 15, 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Esther A. Tejuoso (Mrs.) September 19,1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Alhaja Suliat Adedeji November 14, 1996 Ibadan Shot Unresolved
Toyin Onagoruwa December 1996 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Engr. Adesoji A. Dina September 1998 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Kola Tokunbo January 31, 1999 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Patrick Okoye January 31, 1999 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Sunday Ugwu September 9, 1999 Enugu Shot Unresolved
Igwe Francis Nwankwo February 15, 2000 Anambra Shot Unresolved
Nicholas Okhuakhua June 2000 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Mohammed Shuaibu September 2000 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Obatou Mumbo October 17, 2000 Onitsha Shot Unresolved
Idowu Braimoh November 5, 2000 Ondo Shot Unresolved
Joseph Osayande December 4, 2000 Benin Shot Unresolved
Chief Layi Balogun December 10, 2000 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Monday Ndor August 19, 2001 Port Harcourt Shot Unresolved
Onyebuchi Ede August 23, 2001 Ebonyi Shot Unresolved
Chibueze Idah August 23, 2001 Ebonyi Shot Unresolved
Ogbonna Odimbaiwe August 23, 2001 Ebonyi Shot Unresolved
Ifeanyi Nnaji August 23, 2001 Ebonyi Shot Unresolved
Odunayo Olagbaju December 20, 2001 Ife Shot Unresolved
Chief Bola Ige December 23, 2001 Ibadan Shot Unresolved
Mr. S.A. Awoniyi January 7, 2002 Abuja Stabbed Unresolved
Eyo Eyo April 2002 Calabar Shot Unresolved
Ifeanyi Igbokwe April 18, 2002 Lagos Shot Unresolved
Musa Dayo May 9, 2002 Bauchi Shot Unresolved
Christopher Ogbonna May 26, 2002 Nsukka Shot Unresolved
Maria-Theresa Nsa June 11,2002 Cross River Shot Unresolved
Igbafe and Offiong 019
Appendix I. Contd.
Chief & Mrs. Barnabas Igwe September 1, 2002 Onitsha Shot Unresolved
Mr. Ogbonnaya Uche February 8, 2003 Owerri Shot Unresolved
E. Emenike February 13, 2003 Imo Shot Unresolved
Theodore Agwatu February 22, 2003 Owerri Shot Unresolved
Emily Omope March 3, 2003 Ibadan Shot Unresolved
Marshal Harry March 5, 2003 Abuja Shot Unresolved
Bala Mai-Haice March 17, 2003 Yamal tu Deba Shot Unresolved
Ajibola Olanipekun June 21, 2003 Ibadan Shot Unresolved
Aminosoari Dikibo February 6, 2004 Delta Shot Unresolved
Lateef Olaniyan July 16, 2005 Ibadan Shot Unresolved
Peter Eboigbe August 11, 2005 Benin Shot Unresolved
Source: Adapted from Igbinovia, P.E (2003); The Criminal In All Of Us: Whose Ox Have We Not Taken,

It has started once again.

Tribalistic fellows. I dont just understand y d issue of tribe is always on all d topics in dis section of nairaland.

ANOTHER YORUBA POLITICIAN MURDERED!!!!   Yoruba men, what is happening? Is political assasination the only viable job in oduduwa land ? Or are you guys cursed? You Yoruba men should try and emulate Anambra politicians.Former Tinubu’s aide murdered





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Written by Kunle Awosiyan

MR. Ahmed Onipede, a former special adviser on mineral resources to the immediate past governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, has been murdered by unknown assailants.

Onipede’s body was found in a  pool of blood in his home in Badagry, Lagos, early Monday morning.

Our correspondent gathered that Onipede was murdered shortly after he returned from a political meeting, which lasted till the dawn of Monday in Badagry Area.

This is coming exactly two weeks after the Action Congress gubernatorial candidate in 2007 general election in Ogun State, Chief Dipo Dina, was killed by assassins.

Commenting on the incident, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Marvel Akpoyibo, said that Onipede’s body was found lifeless in his house early this morning.
He, however, added that the police would investigate the cause of the death and bring the culprits to book.



http://www.tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/1397-former-tinubus-aide-murdered.html

ANOTHER Yoruba POLITICIAN ASSASINATED. . . . . . BAD LOSERS!!


Oyo PDP chief assassinated Friday, 05 March 2010 00:00 Nigerian Compass
•Alao-Akala, others condemn act
THE fold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State was depleted on Wednesday night.


Its Atiba Local Government Area Chairman, Alhaji Azeez Adegbile, was assassinated by a yet-to-be-identified three-man gang.


Adegbile 55, was murdered in his sleep at his Odunerin Compound home around Akodudu area of Isale Oyo about 11.50 am.


He was allegedly shot through the window leading to the main street which was left opened.


After shooting Adegbile, the assailants allegedly poured petrol in the room and set it ablaze, but it was learnt that the fire was put out by neighbours who rushed him to the General Hospital where he was confirmed dead.


Special Adviser to Governor Adebayo Alao Akala on Media, Prince Dotun Oyalade, said in a statement that “the death of the PDP Chairman in Atiba is disturbing, callous and a total aberration, considering the relative peace in the party in the state. We will cooperate fully with the police in bringing the perpetrators to book.”


Police Commissioner, Bola Bolanta, who visited the scene with his assistants, said that investigation had commenced into the crime.


It was learnt that Adegbile had attended a meeting that day with some party members where he allegedly deferred from the powers-that-be in the party.


According to the source “the chairman had a meeting with some members in the local government where it was said that he should not go to a rally to be organised by an aspirant into the House of Representatives, Oyo Federal Constituency.


He insisted on going, even with his executive members and that if he went and they were not satisfied, they could kill him.”
The rally could, however, not hold, due to the killing.

I think Nigeria should stop all the do or die rule thing . . . .They need to learn to drink together after they have disagree on the floor of the house

He was killed by an Igbo man. Not so?

Ziga, please do the math in your list. Which region has by far the highest deaths from your list?

This is a Nigerian prob and i refuse to see it as a tribal problem

SEFAGO:

My intelligence has consistently proven to be one of the best nigeria would ever have. My age is what it is just a number- criticize the OP and not the effect of the OPs tribalism.

And who will argue with that bolded statement, Just looking at the shape of Nigeria?

SEFAGO:

[b]My intelligence has consistently proven to be one of the best nigeria [/b]would ever have. My age is what it is just a number- criticize the OP and not the effect of the OPs tribalism.

Eziachi:


And who will argue with that bolded statement, Just looking at the shape of Nigeria?

*death*

OK, this was hillarious

mekuszyx:

Ziga, please do the math in your list. Which region has by far the highest deaths from your list?

I believe you've already done he math. But in analyzing data like these correctly, you have to consider some other things like population distribution. So, the fact that the highest number of deaths was in Lagos would not mean much.

AC Chairmanship Aspirant Murdered
A chairmanship aspirant on the platform of Action Congress (AC), in Ward II of Ibadan South East Local Government area of Oyo State, Hon. Taiwo Falade, was yesterday murdered by gunmen at his Odo-Oba, Ibadan, residence.

An eye witness who wished to remain anonymous said the incident happened around 4.30 p.m. during a peace meeting among members of the party hosted by the deceased.

“We were about to round off the peace meeting when we heard gun shots and subsequent shout by the residents that armed robbers were around.

However, before we could peep outside from the sitting room where the meeting was being held, the assassins who were fully armed and four in number had climbed the staircase and ordered everybody into the sitting room. They then asked for the whereabouts of R.O. Shittu who happens to be a friend of the deceased. Failing to locate him, they pounced on late Falade and marched him down to the ground floor. They then told him to run away.While the deceased was running for his dear life,the assassins rained bullets on him, the eyewitness said.

An AC member, Alhaji Nuru Ishola who spoke with Saturday Tribune at the scene of the incident said that a disagreement broke out among members of the party at a meeting held last Wednesday.

According to him, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the area was informed of the dispute. Today’s meeting was meant to resolve the disagreement before the dastard act was perpetrated, he said.

A former chairman of Ibadan South East Local government, Hon. Yahaya Akinbile, under whose late Falade served as a supervisor said that one could not link the squabbles in the party to the incident. According to him, “there are squabbles here and there, and AC is not an exception, he said.

Another eyewitness said the assassins who came in a Honda saloon car, had earlier stationed themselves at strategic places immediately they arrived the area.

The remains of the late politician was later carried away in a police vehicle with registration No. NPF 1114C.

In a telephone chat, Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bola Baolanta confirmed that the incident happened around 5.00 p.m. and that investigation had started to unravel those behind the murder.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/news/528-ac-chairmanship-aspirant-murdered.html

@ ZIGA
Again, two politicians murdered within two days in Yorubaland. It is a pity!!

Nigeria will survive

Fhemmmy:

Nigeria will survive

Yoruba leaders should take a strong action against all these assasinations going on under their nose.
It is getting too much.

metal-gong:

Yoruba leaders should take a strong action against all these assasinations going on under their nose.
It is getting too much.

That is a great idea, but i really wish they are paying attention and see it as a problem, like me and you do