Posts Tagged ‘ Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) ’

Oyinlola, CACOL In War Of Words Over N18.4bn Loan

Apr 20th, 2010 | By Bankole Alao David | Category: NEWS

Still on the raging issue of N18.4 billion bank facility to be obtained by the Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola administration, the government has insisted on taking the loan irrespective of the hues and cries of the critics, saying that the die is cast. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Kazeem Adio has told the [...]



CACOL 24: One Year After

Jul 30th, 2009 | By admin | Category: FEATURE

By ISRAEL OYAGBILE JUST like a blink of an eye-lid, a year had just rolled by as if it was only yesterday, that the Osun CACOL 24 were bundled into police detention in the most barbaric way. Osun State is unique, because it is the only state where everything works, but rule of law. It [...]



Protest Against Naron Tribunal: 24 Activists Get Stringent Bail

Apr 8th, 2009 | By admin | Category: NEWS

TWO weeks after they have been remanded in prison custody, the 24 human rights activists who were accused of seditious publication, unlawful gathering, breach of peace and conspiracy against the Justice Thomas Naron-led Tribunal that upheld the now set aslde election of the embattled Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola have been granted bail. It would be recalled [...]



Release Detained 24 Anti-Corruption Activists Now! – CDWR

Mar 28th, 2009 | By admin | Category: NEWS

One Arrest Too Many! The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights (CDWR), Osun State Chapter, hereby condemn in absolute terms the latest attacks on fundamental rights of twenty four (24) pro-democracy activists by the Osun State government in collusion with the state judiciary and the police command. The twenty four activists including the chairman of [...]



22 Anti-Corruption Activists Remanded In Nigeria, As Another Slipped Into Coma

Mar 24th, 2009 | By admin | Category: NEWS

Another chapter in the diary of fascism was opened yesterday in Nigeria’s South Western State of Osun, as an Osogbo Magistrate Court revoked the bail granted the 24 members of the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) who were arraigned in July 2008 for protesting against the alleged illegal communing between Otunba Kunle Kalejaye (SAN) and [...]



Police Force Headquarter Disowns Eagle Squad

Jan 17th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Front Page Story

•CP Moronike’s Compromise Raised •Investigation On Extra-judicial Killings Soon THE unprecedented compromise of Osun State Police Command has finally opened to the Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, as the establishment of the much dreaded ‘Eagle Squad’ by the state Commissioner of Police (CP), John Moronike has been disowned by the nation’s police authority. It would be [...]



Mixed Reactions Greet Culture Centre’s Commissioning

Jan 10th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Front Page Story

•Finance Experts Blame Timing •Human Rights Activists Demand Accountability THE official commissioning of Osogbo Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding on Wednesday has been greeted with mixed reactions from residents of Osun State as the fortune expended on the project and the timing have come under public scrutiny. It would be recalled that the [...]



Osun Extra-judicial Killings: I-G Invites Rights Groups To Defend Petition

Dec 29th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Front Page Story

•Oyinlola Disowns Jude, Ex-OC SARS •AIG Sule Fakai, CP Moronike May Appear Before Panel •Afenifere Demands Explanation Over Eagle Squad Nemesis appears to be moving fast against the former Osun State Police Commissioner, Mr. Suleimon Fakai and his man Friday, ASP Jude Agbanajelu, who was erstwhile Officer- in- Charge (OC) Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) [...]



Moronike Must Go -Osun Civil Societies Demand

Oct 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: NEWS

These are no good times for the embattled Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. John Moronike, as the state civil societies have turned a choking heat on him over his perceived compromise on the controversial issue of last year’s Osogbo explosion and incessant extra-judicial killings in the state. At a press conference addressed by the [...]



‘We Are Tired Of You’

Oct 25th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Front Page Story

•Rights Groups, Opposition Parties, Citizens Condemn Osun CP For Compromise Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. John Moronike appears to have exhausted his goodwill on the altar of compromise, just as human rights groups, opposition political parties and senior citizens have unanimously passed a vote of no confidence on the state super cop. Findings have [...]