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Ota, Ogun State — The Executive and Legislative arms of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State have agreed to hold regular meetings and strengthen information sharing to improve governance and public service delivery. The agreement was reached during an Executive-Legislative Dialogue organised by the African Foundation for Environment and Development (AFED), with funding support from CIVICUS. Held at the AFED office in Ota, the dialogue brought together the Local Government Management Team and members of the Legislative Council to strengthen institutional cooperation. The Executive Chairman, Hon. Lawal Adewale Wasiu, FCA, led the Management Team, comprising elected officials, political appointees and Career Officers. The legislators were led by the Deputy Leader of the Legislative Council and Councillor representing Alapoti Ward, Hon. Lateef Oseni, who represented the Leader of the House. The dialogue was facilitated by Barrister Ayo Adebusoye and Oghogho Olabisi Florence, who...

  Ota, Ogun State — The Executive Chairman of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government, Hon. Lawal Adewale Wasiu, FCA, has expressed his administration's commitment to partnering with organised citizens to improve governance, public service delivery and sustainable community development. The commitment followed a policy dialogue facilitated by the African Foundation for Environment and Development (AFED), with funding support from CIVICUS, between representatives of 10 thematic Citizen Groups and the Management Team of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The consultative forum, held at the AFED office in Ota, focused on citizen participation, government partnership and sustainable community development. The dialogue formed part of AFED's Community Environmental Justice and Civic Action Labs project, an initiative designed to strengthen grassroots participation in governance and promote community-led responses to environmental and developmental challenges. From Training to Part...

  Ado-Odo/Ota, Ogun State — The African Foundation for Environment and Development (AFED), with funding support from CIVICUS, has selected and trained 49 women, youth and community leaders from across Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State to promote environmental justice, civic participation and accountable governance. The beneficiaries were drawn from diverse communities and sectors, including education, health, infrastructure, agriculture, electricity, gender-based violence, media and community development. They were selected based on their community involvement, leadership potential and commitment to advancing sustainable development at the grassroots. The initiative was implemented under AFED's Community Environmental Justice and Civic Action Labs project, designed to equip citizens with the knowledge and practical tools required to identify community challenges, engage public institutions and advocate constructively for sustainable solutions. The 49 community leaders...

 The political atmosphere in Ogun State shifted on Sunday, August 30, 2026 as Yayi Liberator Political Movement, a grassroots movement based in Ogun State, officially flagged off its campaign for the 2027 general elections.  The event which held at the headquarters of the movement in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government witnessed a massive turnout of thousands of members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The movement used the occasion to make a full declaration of support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term, and also drum support for the party’s candidates in Ogun West and Ado-Odo/Ota.  Those endorsed by the movement include Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan, Yayi for Ogun state Governorship, Hon. Jimoh Olusola Ojugbele as the APC Ogun West Senatorial Candidate, Hon. Taofiq Olanrewaju Bashorun “Larrybash” for Ado-Odo/Ota Federal Constituency, and Hon. Abayomi Okikiola Olundegun for Ado-Odo/Ota State Constituency 1. Dignitaries at the event includ...

ADO-ODO OTA, OGUN STATE – Farmers in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State have petitioned Senator Olamilekan Adeola Yayi over the alleged seizure of two tractors donated under the Yayi Agriculture Empowerment Programme. In a petition dated August 18, 2026, addressed to the Senator and copied to the Chairman of the Yayi Agriculture Empowerment Program and the Area Commander, Sango Ota, members of the Ado-Odo Ota Farmers Forum alleged that the tractors, which were handed over to them in April 2025, have been withdrawn from farming activities. According to the petition, one of the tractors was in the custody of Comrade Busayo Soroyeun, whose name appears on the official list of beneficiaries obtained by Alagbawi News as the representative for farmers in the local government. The Forum alleged that the tractor was taken away on April 28, 2026, and was subsequently kept at the Sango Ota Police Station. The petition further alleged that the withdrawal was ordered by Dr. Angel Adel...

Describes Him As The Root, The Backbone And The Moral Compass Of The Adeola Dynasty ILARO, OGUN STATE — The Director General of Yayi Liberator in Ogun State, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako, has expressed profound grief over the passing of Elder Chief Michael Adelani Ogundimu, fondly called Baba Yayi, uncle and revered family head of Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan, YAYI. Baba Yayi, 85, passed on in the early hours of Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after a brief illness.   Until his death, he was the Family Head of Onibata Family in Ago Isaga Compound, Pahayi Yewa - Ilaro. He was also the Akinrogun of Pahayi Yewa and a former Councillor of Ilaro Ward 1. In a condolence message to Senator Yayi, Comrade Olumako said the death of Baba Yayi is a monumental loss not only to the Adeola family but to the entire Ogun West and Yayi political family. "Your Excellency, this is a very painful loss. Baba Yayi was more than an uncle. He was the root of your house, the backbone of Onibata family, ...

  OTTA, OGUN STATE  The authentic leadership of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN, Ado-Odo/Otta Local Government Chapter has condemned what it called acts of impersonation, greed, and deliberate sabotage by some former state executive members who have refused to vacate office after the expiration of their tenure. In a statement issued to Alagbawi TV on Saturday, the chapter said AFAN remains a non-political and non-partisan association comprising farmers from all political divides. The leadership confirmed that a delegation of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP recently visited the association to seek support ahead of the elections. The delegation was received in line with democratic practice, but *no promise of endorsement or support was made to any party*. ALLEGATIONS OF IMPERSONATION AND SABOTAGE   The chapter expressed dismay that shortly after the visit, 5 former state executive members whose tenure had expired and was dissolved by the National Executi...

  ILARO — The Director General of Yayi Liberator in Ogun State, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako, has described the stakeholders’ meeting organized by PDP governorship hopeful, Hon. Oladipupo Adebutu, in Ilaro as a get-together of jobless and hungry people with no political relevance. Olumako, who spoke to journalists in Ilaro on Saturday, said the gathering further exposed LADO’s desperation and lack of grassroots acceptance in Ogun West ahead of the 2027 governorship election. He challenged Adebutu to publish the names of those who attended the meeting if they were truly heavyweights in Ogun West politics. "The heavyweights in Ogun West are in Senator YAYI's camp. What Lado assembled in Ilaro were jobless fellows looking for transport fare. It was a fashion parade, not a political meeting. You cannot import people to Ilaro, feed them, take pictures, and call it Ogun West indigenes. Ogun West people are wiser than that," Olumako said. The Yayi Liberator DG also commended O...

ADO ODO OTA, Ogun State The Director General of Yayi Liberator in Ogun State, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako, has congratulated Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan Yayi on the successful commissioning of 7 newly completed infrastructure projects in Ado Odo Ota Local Government, describing the delivery as proof that promises made are promises kept. Speaking personally on the milestone, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako said Senator Yayi has once again demonstrated what responsive representation looks like by putting infrastructure where people live and work. Today Ado Odo Ota is smiling because Senator Yayi chose action over noise, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako stated. These projects are not press releases. They are classrooms, roads, hospitals and markets that Ota people are already using. That is leadership you can touch. The commissioning of 53 newly completed infrastructure projects began with 7 projects in Ado Odo Ota LGA delivered by Senator Yayi. The projects include a 12-Classroom B...

By Yayi LiberatorProfessional Affairs Desk   ABEOKUTA, Ogun State The Director General of Yayi Liberator in Ogun State, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako, has congratulated Senator Felix Kolawole Bajomo on his emergence as the newly elected Chairman of the Body of Past Presidents of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, describing the honour as a testament to decades of excellence, integrity and service to the accounting profession. In a congratulatory message issued Saturday in Abeokuta, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako said the election reflects the deep respect the accounting community holds for Senator Bajomo’s discipline, expertise and commitment to ethical standards. Senator Felix Kolawole Bajomo is a proud son of Ogun West whose career has been defined by thoroughness, accountability and mentorship, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako stated. His emergence as Chairman of the Body of Past Presidents is well deserved and ICAN has chosen a leader whose track recor...

  By Yayi LiberatorPolitics Desk   ABEOKUTA, Ogun State The Director General of Yayi Liberator in Ogun State, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako, has congratulated Mrs Kudirat Abiodun Balogun on her nomination as the Deputy Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Ogun State, describing the choice as bold, timely and a clear statement that APC rewards capacity and character. In a congratulatory message issued Wednesday in Abeokuta, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako said the nomination of Mrs Balogun has settled every debate about the place of women in leadership and has proven that APC is the party that gives women the much needed chance to serve at the highest level. APC has done what is right by picking a woman of proven integrity, grassroots connection and administrative strength, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako stated. Mrs Kudirat Abiodun Balogun is not a quota nominee. She is a worthy candidate with the record to match the mandate. Her nomination sends a m...

By Yayi Liberator Politics Desk   ABEOKUTA, Ogun State The Director General of Yayi Liberator in Ogun State, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako, has lambasted Abayomi Hunye for writing an open letter to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, describing the letter as a collection of cooked and bull stories that add no value to the unity of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State. In a sharp statement issued Saturday in Abeokuta, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako said Abayomi Hunye has already demonstrated that he is not a loyal member of the APC by dragging the consensus candidate of the party to court. Why now write to the president after choosing the courtroom as your first option, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako asked. Party loyalty is not seasonal. You cannot fight the party in court and turn around to write emotional letters when the wind changes. Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako said the content of Abayomi Hunye’s open letter is nothing but thrash dressed in grammar. All ...

By Yayi LiberatorPolitics Desk   ABEOKUTA, Ogun State On behalf of the Director General of Yayi Liberator in Ogun State, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako, we extend warm greetings to all residents of Ogun State, His Excellency Prince Dapo Abiodun, Governor of Ogun State, and the incoming governor of Ogun State, Distinguished Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan Yayi, on this occasion of Democracy Day. Democracy Day is a reminder that power truly belongs to the people and in Ogun State, the people have spoken through visionary leadership and through a mandate sealed for an indigenous son of Ogun West. Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako commends His Excellency Prince Dapo Abiodun for his commitment to democratic ideals and for laying a solid foundation of infrastructure, education, health and youth empowerment across the three senatorial districts. Under your leadership, Governor, democracy has moved from rhetoric to results, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako stated. The roads, schools and ...

         By Yayi Liberator Politics Desk   OTA, Ogun State The Director General of Yayi Liberator in Ogun State, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako, has told serial loser gamblers who are digging up propaganda to stop wasting time and go to the grave side of Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan Yayi’s parents to verify the Ogun West root they claim to doubt. In a scathing statement issued Tuesday in Ota, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako said the campaign of lies against Senator Yayi’s origin has collapsed because both parents of the senator are late, but their Ogun West identity is sealed in the soil where they lie and in the blood of their son. If you doubt Yayi’s root, go to the grave side of his parents where they are and verify, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako challenged. The earth of Ogun West is holding their remains and that same earth is producing the next governor. No press conference, no paid blogger and no fake elder can rewrite what the grave already...

  By Politics Desk   OTA, Ogun State The Director General of Yayi Liberator in Ogun State, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako, has torn into Joju Fadairo over his alleged endorsement of an unpopular PDP governorship aspirant, describing the move as political betrayal and a disgrace to elder statesmanship that will not stop the overwhelming love Ogun people have for Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan Yayi. In a hard-hitting statement issued Tuesday in Ota, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako said Fadairo’s sudden summersault exposes him as a man without conviction, without integrity, and without the moral right to stand anywhere near the camp of Ogun State’s incoming governor. Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako dismissed Fadairo’s endorsement as empty noise from a man whose political weight died with PDP. The people of Ogun State have already spoken and their choice is Senator Yayi, an indigenous son of Ogun West whose mandate is sealed in the hearts of voters across all 20 local govern...

The Director General of Yayi Liberator in Ogun State, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako, has torn into Abayomi Hunye over his court action seeking to nullify the emergence of Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan Yayi as the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate for 2027. In a blistering press statement issued Monday in Ota, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako described Hunye’s lawsuit as the last desperate move of a political tourist who has contributed nothing to APC but has mastered the art of litigation and noise making. Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako said Hunye’s court case is not about justice, it is about ego and bitterness after APC rejected his empty ambition through consensus. When you file a suit to stop Senator Yayi, you are not fighting a man, you are fighting Ogun West, Comrade Ibrahim Fayomi Olumako declared. Senator Yayi is an indigenous son of Ogun West. His roots, his family, his history are in Ogun West. For years Ogun West has begged for equity, for rotation, f...

   Warns voters against desperate politicians, insists party constitution on consensus is clear    Ota, Ogun State — Monday, 4 May 2026 Leading House of Representatives aspirant for Ado-Odo/Ota Federal Constituency, *Hon. Kareem Tolani Oyindamola, popularly known as _KTO*_, has strongly debunked rumours circulating on social media that leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ado-Odo/Ota have concluded and released names of consensus candidates.   In a statement issued on Tuesday, KTO described the viral list as fake, misleading, and the handiwork of desperate politicians seeking to create unnecessary tension within the party. He maintained that APC leaders in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government are yet to take any decision on consensus for the House of Representatives ticket.   KTO warned voters and party members to be wary of politicians who peddle lies to gain undue advantage. “Any politician who manufactures falsehood to deceive the people a...

Ota, Ogun State — Sunday, 19th April 2026 It was a carnival of acceptance on Saturday as Hon. Kareem Tolani Oyindamola, popularly known as _KTO_, stormed four key wards in Ado-Odo/Ota State Constituency II to a rousing reception. The wards — Alapoti, Ado I, Ado II, and Ere — erupted in fanfare as residents trooped out in their numbers to welcome the House of Representatives hopeful.   From the entrance of Alapoti to the town hall in Ere, the atmosphere was electric. Drummers, women groups, youth clusters, and community leaders lined the routes, singing solidarity songs and waving banners that read _“KTO is Our Own”_ and _“Constituency II for KTO”_. The visit, which was meant to be a routine consultation, quickly turned into a massive rally of endorsement.   Addressing the crowd at each stop, KTO expressed deep gratitude for the overwhelming show of love. He reiterated his commitment to a _People First_ agenda, promising that Ado-Odo/Ota State Constituency II would no...

  Farmers in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area are seeking intervention from Senator Solomon Adeola Olamilekan, Yayi, and Governor Dapo Abiodun over concerns about a tractor donated by Senator Yayi. The farmers, who have been using the tractor for their agricultural activities, are worried about its alleged takeover by Dr. Angel Adelaja Kuye, Special Assistant to the Governor on Agriculture, Food, and Security. The tractor, which was donated to boost farming production in the area, has been a game-changer for local farmers. It has enabled them to cultivate larger areas of land, increase crop yields, and improve food security in the community. "Since the tractor arrived, we've seen a significant increase in farm output," said a local farmer. "It's helped us plant and harvest crops faster, and we've been able to expand our farms. It's really helped improve our livelihoods." The farmers are concerned that losing the tractor would negatively impact their...

  Ota, Ogun State — In a jaw-dropping display of leadership, Hon. Kareem Tolani Oyindamola (KTO) defied the heavens to bring hope to 3,000 Ado-Odo/Ota residents yesterday. As torrential rain flooded streets and crippled traffic, KTO arrived at the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Secretariat Hall, food packages and cash relief in tow. The scene was chaotic, with beneficiaries braving the downpour to catch a glimpse of their hero. But KTO was undeterred, moving swiftly to ensure every individual received their package. His message was clear: "Hunger doesn't wait for sunshine, and neither will I." "KTO's bravery in the face of adversity has set a new benchmark for public service," said Tunde Ogunlana, one of the beneficiaries from Sango axis . "He's not just a leader; he's a guardian of the people." The crowd erupted in cheers as KTO handed over packages to widows, artisans, and vulnerable families from all 16 wards. The "KTO Cares" ini...