The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has appointed Mr Leye Adegboyega as the new Sector Commander for Osun RS11.1 Command.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Adegboyega, who assumed on on May 2, took over from Mr Taofeeq Sokumbi , who has been redeployed.

NAN further reports that the new sector commander until his appointment was the Zonal Head of Operations at Zone RS11 Command Headquarters, Osogbo.

He was was enlisted into the service of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Nov. 1, 1993, and was appointed as the Personal Assistant to the Director of Operations, a post he held till 1998.

Adegboyega was later redeployed and appointed the pioneer Principal Staff Officer (PSO) to the erstwhile Acting Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the FRSC, Mr Danyaro Yakasai.

In 1999, he was redeployed to the then Department of Planning, Research and Statistics (PRAS) as the Staff Officer (Statistics) and in 2003, he was posted to Imo  Sector Command as Staff Officer (Operations).

The new sector commander was in 2005 redeployed to Owo Unit Command in Ondo State as the Unit Head of Administration and Human Resources, a position he occupied until 2009, as an Assistant Corps Commander l.

After several promotions and awards, he was promoted to his present rank of Corps Commander in April 2022.

The new sector commander was redeployed on April1, 2022 to the Federal Road Safety Command and Staff College, Udi, Enugu State, as Director of Coordination, a position he held till July 2023.

In July 2023, he was redeployed to Zone RS11 Command Headquarters, Osogbo as the Zonal Head of Operations.

Adegboyega was born in Abeokuta on  July 25,  1969, to the family of Late Pa Femi Adeleye and Mrs Felicia Adeleye from Ayetoro in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State.

He attended St. Andrew’s Primary School, Ibara, Abeokuta, from 1974 to 1979 and later proceeded to the prestigious African Church Grammar School, Ita-Eko, Abeokuta, from where he obtained the West African Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE) in 1985.

He bagged a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in Political Science from the Ogun State University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, in the year 1992  and later did his mandatory one year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)  in Enugu with the Federal Road Safety Corps.

Adegboyega received commendations for his outstanding performance and was subsequently given automatic employment by the FRSC Management in 1993.

He is married to Mrs Oluwayemisi Elizabeth and the union is blessed with four lovely children.

A Grade A Customary Court at Mapo in Ibadan has remanded six men standing trial for alleged breach of public peace, following their inability to meet their bail conditions.

The defendants are; Ismail Oladipupo, Ridwan Raji, Biodun Gbadamosi, Usman Mohammed, Samuel Olowu and Sunday Akande.

Due to their inability to meet bail, the Court President, Mrs S.

Akintayo had admitted each of the defendants to N200,000 bail after they all pleaded not guilty to the three-count charge of conspiracy, unlawful gathering and conduct likely to cause breach of the peace.

The court also ordered that the defendants should provide two reliable sureties, one of whom must be a community leader.

However, the six men could not meet the bail conditions and therefore were remanded at the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo town.

Akintayo subsequently adjourned the suit until June 24 for hearing.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp Ayodele Ayeni, had told the court that the defendants committed the offences on April 14, at 12:45 a.m., at Agbaje Market, Ibadan, Oyo State.

Ayeni said that the defendants were arrested after they were caught using various dangerous objects such as cutlasses, broken bottles and stones, daring anybody to confront them.

According to him, the six men by their actions allegedly caused apprehension and fear in the entire community.

He stated that the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 516, 416 and 249 of the Criminal Code Cap 38 vol. II Law of Oyo State 2000

The Bayelsa State Government has called for the cooperation of private school owners and proprietors to effectively implement its executive order on immunization.

Deputy Gov. Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo made the appeal on Friday during a meeting with proprietors of private schools, in Yenagoa.

He explained that the appeal had become necessary due to reports from immunisation teams indicating resistance and lack of cooperation from some private schools and parents.

Ewhrudjakpo emphasised that the executive order, which mandated immunisation for all nursery and primary school pupils in the state, was intended to promote child wellness and combat preventable child mortality.

He also dismissed rumours suggesting that certain vaccines were intended to depopulate Africa, urging parents and guardians to ensure their children were immunised.

The deputy governor noted that a new polio vaccine was developed to combat a mutated variant of the virus that had been detected in about four northern states.

He directed the state Ministries of Education and Health to issue formal notifications to all private schools about the government’s immunisation policy.

Furthermore, he instructed both ministries, along with relevant agencies, to establish a task force to monitor compliance, stressing that no child should be excluded from any immunisation campaign.

“This meeting is inevitable and profound inevitable because we are almost in an emergency, and profound because it will have far-reaching implications.

“You are very important because, as proprietors and teachers, you have significant influence over our children. Approximately 40 per cent of pupils in the state attend private schools.

“Among these are two key groups: children aged two to five and girls under 13. These categories are the focus of two major global health programmes.

“We’ve called this meeting because we’ve observed persistent resistance to immunisation from some school operators, who often cite parental objections. You need to be fully aware of the state’s policy, which is supported by an executive order.

“This order states that no child without an immunisation certificate should be admitted into any school in Bayelsa State. This is a binding government policy,” he stressed.

Mrs Janet Ekpefa-Abdullahi, State Chairperson of the Association of Private School Owners of Nigeria (APSON), and Mr Richard Ugossough, State Secretary of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), also discussed the opposition to immunisation.

They highlighted that opposition primarily came from parents who refused in-school immunisation.

Mr Peter Osiki, Principal of Deeper Life High School, Yenagoa, and Mrs Doris Amos of APSON, appealed to the government to communicate directly with schools through the Ministry of Education.

“They also recommended sensitizing parents through radio announcements in both English and local dialects.