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The Olu Of Kemta, Oba Adetokunbo Tejuoso has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command. The Oba was arrested on an alleged romance scam and multiple forgery.

Kemta is in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State, and the Olu of Kemta is a member of Egba traditional Council who was recommended by the last administration and upgraded from Baale to a Coronet Oba during Senator Ibikunle Amosun’s regime.

The arrests came after a lady petitioned the police. It was learnt that several petitions had been submitted to the Ogun state traditional institution by some of his victims but they were ignored.

According to our source, the Oba is without a wife or a child, he specializes in defrauding his unsuspecting victims mostly wealthy ladies via social media through Facebook and Instagram with a promise of marriage.

“He is also Fond of taking photographs with influential people and beautiful places to promote his ambitions on his Instagram and Facebook pages” one of the victims said

Oba Tejuoso allegedly always look for wealthy ladies through their online profiles and photographs to determine his approach.

It is sad to discover that the sacred traditional institution has become the final bus stop for fraudulent people because of lack of integrity checks and balances by the government and tradition council before approval is given.

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Friday received the report of the peace committee set up by the government to look into the recent farmers/herders crisis in the Yewa axis of the state.

Mr Abiodun had inaugurated a peace committee in the wake of the crisis, to establish its immediate and remote causes, quantify the loses on both sides and recommend ways to pre-empt and forestall a recurrence.

Kehinde Oladele, Chairman of the Committee, while presenting the report to the governor in Abeokuta, noted that the crisis caused hardship for the inhabitants of the affected areas as their sources of livelihood were destroyed.

Mr Oladele explained that in carrying out the assignment, the committee adopted a participatory approach in which traditional rulers, community leaders, victims and their relatives, as well as other relevant parties were all involved.

He assured that if the recommendations of the committee were implemented, there would be an end to such crisis in the state.

Mr Abiodun, who commended members of the committee, noted that the crisis dented the peaceful nature of the state, and urged both indigenes and settlers in the state to continue to live in peace and harmony as they had done for ages.

“We realised that this axis has a communication problem, which prevented our people from communicating with us, especially in times of crisis.

“We are solving this problem because telecommunication companies have started erecting their masts and very soon communication will improve in these areas,” he added.

He restated the commitment of his administration to ensure peace in all parts of the state.

The Ogun State government says it is willing to collaborate with Indonesia to develop the state’s seaport, airport, housing, and other sectors of its economy.

The government is also planning to set up an economic team to liaise with Indonesian investors to explore areas of interests that will be mutually beneficial to both the state and the Pacific nation.

Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun made this known when he hosted the Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Usra Hendra Harahap, in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta.

Abiodun noted that Indonesia has made tremendous progress in the areas of technology, infrastructure, housing, transportation and medicine, expressing the state’s interest to tap in.

“Ogun has more than enough land to accommodate a lot of industries. We are desirous of building a seaport because the deepest part of water in the country is in our state,” the governor said.

“We will be willing to collaborate with Indonesia to develop seaport, airport, housing, and other sectors. We look forward to seeing how the state and Indonesia can work together to actualise all these,” he said.

Abiodun informed the Indonesian delegation that Ogun has more than 12,000 square kilometres of arable land suitable for the cultivation of food and cash crops, adding that the state has the highest palm oil plantations which the Indonesian investors could leverage on.

On transportation, Abiodun pointed out that his administration was adopting a multi-dimensional transportation system that would help in fast-tracking the economy of the state, expressing the hope that Indonesia, with its feat in the sector, would work with the state to achieve its transportation objectives.

While assuring conducive environment for investment, the governor assured the Indonesian ambassador that Ogun State has put in place what investors need in terms of ease of doing business and availability of adequate manpower.

On electricity, however, he said the state was working towards providing adequate electricity in all its industrial clusters, inviting Indonesian companies and investors from other parts of the world to come and explore potentials that exist in the state.

Speaking earlier, Harahap said Indonesia has made significant inroad in the areas of technology, infrastructure, agriculture, medicine, among others, noting that his country has a lot of interesting information on Ogun State and was ready to do business with the state.

According to him, the state government’s desire to bequeath a modern transportation system that would herald more development was well known to Indonesia, adding that the country was ready to invest in modern railway and would collaborate with the state in developing its cargo airport.

The ambassador further disclosed that Indonesian companies have built landmark infrastructure in many parts of the world ranging from bridges, heavy machines, blue-chip equipment, solar systems, among others.

“Indonesian investors are interested in joint ventures with their Nigerian counterparts in agriculture and housing development,” he said.

Ogun State government through the Bureau of Information Technology in collaboration with Aspilos Foundation to train females and girls between the ages of 16 and 35 in Web Development and Data Science in 3rd cohort Abocoders programme.

The programme will include courses like python/django framework, HTML, CSS and JavaScript which will reposition the girls and women to secure a future in Information Communication Technology of today.

The screening test for the programme will commence on, April 19th, 26th and Monday, May 3rd, 2021 at Ogun Tech Hub, along kobape road, Abeokuta, the trainning is free.

Application can be made through website, www. abocoders.org.ng, https:///3lJQX5G or call these numbers for more info.09049978757, 08165244905 or 08137404158.