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I’m too busy for careless talks, IGP tells Osun PDP
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has said he is too busy to respond to careless talk regarding the allegations levelled against him by the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party.
The party had accused Egbetokun of colluding with the All Progressives Congress to enforce what it described as a “non-existent” court order aimed at reinstating former local government chairmen in the state.
Addressing journalists at the party’s state secretariat in Osogbo, on Wednesday, the Chairman of Osun PDP, Sunday Bisi, accused the IG of also planning to destabilise the state and potentially assassinate Governor Ademola Adeleke.
Reacting to the matter during the decoration of senior officers in Abuja on Thursday, Egbetokun said he would only challenge distortion of facts as against a statement that is “contrary to reasoning.”
He said, “I read about the allegations, but I refuse to dignify such absurdity with a response. I believe in challenging the distortion of facts. We will not allow the distortion of facts against us to go unchallenged.
“But statements that are clearly contrary to reasoning don’t deserve our response. I am too busy for careless talks. I will not respond to such absurdity.”
Egbetokun clarified that the deployment of additional police personnel to Osun was strictly in response to the request of the state’s Commissioner of Police for reinforcement.
“Mine is to respond to the call of the Commissioner of Police in the state for reinforcement. We have reinforced the command, and we have enough men on the ground to ensure that there is law and order in that state. To ensure that there is no more breakdown of law and order in the state.”
He urged the people of Osun to remain calm and go about their normal activities.
Egbetokun said, “That’s what we have done so far. My advice to the people of Osun State is to remain calm. They should go about their normal businesses and ensure that the rule of law prevails in the state.
“The state is calm now. Did you hear of any violence again? It’s calm now.”
The Federal Ministry of Transportation has dismissed reports claiming that a high-speed bullet train linking Lagos and Abuja is set to cut travel time between both cities to just two to three hours.
In a statement issued by the ministry’s management, it was clarified that the news report, published by a major news media (not Vanguard) on February 18, 2025, was false and misleading.
The report alleged that Nigeria’s transport sector was undergoing a revolution with the imminent launch of the bullet train, citing the Director of Operations at Geofocus Consortium, Engineer Yinka Idris, as its source.
The ministry confirmed that Geofocus Consortium had submitted an unsolicited proposal for the Lagos-Abuja bullet train project in 2016 under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model with 100% private sector financing.
However, it was only in 2024 that the Outline Business Case (OBC) for the project was forwarded to the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) for due diligence.
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has dismissed claims that he was handpicked by political godfathers to be remotely controlled as the state’s number one citizen.
Okpebholo debunked the claims during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme when questioned about his political lineage.
According to him, it was Almighty God who used certain individuals to support his governorship ambition and help him assume office.
“Can you even point out one godfather who was pushing me?” he asked.
“God was using people to help me, to support me, to get to where I am today,” he added.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC, has said the fire outbreak that started on a dry crude storage barge at Cawthorne Channel 1 in Rivers State has been successfully extinguished.
The spokesperson for NNPC, Olufemi Soneye, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
Recall that the BESTAF 5 barge caught fire around 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, causing panic in the area.
However, NNPC confirmed that the incident did not affect operations at the flow station in the vicinity.
According to the state-owned oil firm, no lives were lost during the incident.
“Thanks to the swift response of our emergency teams and industry partners, the fire was successfully contained. The incident did not impact flow station operations,” Soneye said.
The NNPC spokesperson also assured the public of the company’s commitment to safety, environmental protection, and operational integrity.
“Most importantly, there were no casualties, and all personnel are safe. NNPC Ltd. prioritizes safety and remains fully committed to environmental protection and operational integrity,” Soneye stated.
Reports indicate that government authorities have commenced investigations to determine the cause of the incident.
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