…vows Xmas stampede suspects should face trial
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo State has promised to overview pensions and gratuities, clearing the backlog of arrears and revisit the Contributory Pension Scheme within the State.
He additionally vowed to eliminate banditry and different crimes, charging conventional rulers to supervise and train authority of their domains with a view to serving to Authorities enhance safety within the State.
That is as Governor Makinde vowed that suspects concerned within the Christmas funfair stampede which occurred at Islamic Excessive College, Bashorun, Ibadan, should face trial no matter their standing.
Recall that the funfair stampede claimed the lives of no less than 35 kids.
The governor who was responding to the requires leniency, said that the rule of regulation could be upheld in Oyo State.
Governor Makinde said that some people had argued that comparable incidents in Anambra and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) didn’t result in prosecutions, questioning why Oyo State ought to proceed otherwise.
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“Even when no one is held accountable elsewhere, in Oyo State, the rule of regulation will prevail however clarified that whereas he’s not against the courtroom granting bail to the suspects, the judicial course of should take its course. He emphasised that accountability is paramount in making certain justice for the victims”, he mentioned.
The governor, who made these remarks on the 2025 Annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service, the sixth version since 2019, held on the Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, counseled the State’s workforce and the labour union leaders for his or her help and cooperation because the inception of his administration.
He nonetheless charged them to place in additional effort in direction of validating their values as public/civil servants.
He additionally congratulated the 45 newly-appointed Everlasting Secretaries, emphasising that almost all of them merited the appointments after going by means of rigorous examinations and screening workouts.
The governor suggested them to see their appointments as the start of fine issues of their lives.
