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Anambra Commissioner Escapes Gunmen Attack

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The Anambra State Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Indigenous Artworks, Culture and Tourism, Dr. Christian C. Madubuko on Sunday narrowly escaped death following an attack by unknown gunmen

Reports had it the gunmen suspected to be hired assassins could not succeed as the commissioner escaped the attack though it was not clear if he sustained injuries.

It was gathered that the Commissioner who was driving himself was returning from Osumenyi where he attended the burial of the late wife of Prince Nicholas Ukachukwu.

“The gunmen ambushed him. But the clever Commissioner smartly and miraculously escaped several rounds of bullets shot at him. It is not clear whether he sustained bullet wounds or not,” a close family source said.

Though the whereabouts of the Commissioner is not yet known as efforts to reach him remain unsuccessful as his mobile phone was switched off.

 

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Breaking News: Makinde Presents Staff Of Office To New Alaafin Of Oyo

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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has presented the staff of office to the new Alaafin of Oyo, Abimbola Akeem Owoade. 

The governor presented the official instrument legitimising the reign of a king to the new monarch on Monday morning at the Exco Chamber of the Governor’s Office in Ibadan, the state capital.

The symbolic event was performed nearly three years after the death of the former Alaafin, Lamidi Adeyemi III.

The presentation of the staff of office was done amid controversy concerning the choice of the new Alaafin announced by the governor last week.

Last Friday, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade, said Owoade after thorough consultations and divinations, was recommended by the Oyomesi and approved by the governor.

He said the announcement put to rest, all the socio and legal bickering that have ensued since the demise of Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III on April 22, 2022.

The commissioner called on all citizens of Oyo State to join the government in celebrating this momentous occasion and lend their support to the new Alaafin of Oyo.

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