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about 100 policemen and civilians. At the end of her brief perilous visit, my Special Assistant, Mr. Rasheed Adnenaya was left bleeding from his mouth, leg
and head from injuries inflicted upon him by policemen in the convoy,
on the instruction of the governor’s wife.

Around 10.00 a.m.this morning , the former Chief Press Secretary to Otunba Gbenga Daniel (OGD), Wale Adedayo (alias Babalawo) sent a text informing me as
follows: “I got a call this morning, and I am certain they want to take
me out between now and next week. I’ll soon get another sim card. We
will talk properly then, because I will soon move out of Lagos again. Wale Adedayo”

Well, I said to myself that, the text message from Babalawo was a confirmation of the alarm I have raised over one week now (which I
posted on Facebook and which the Governor and his men have not denied
till date). Then, ten minutes later, a voice that I immediately
recognised as Wale’s came on as I picked a call on my phone, but the
line was not his regular line. In a very hasty, cautious and coded
manner he told me my life was at stake and wherever I was, I should
relocate out of Ogun State and that my line has been bugged (of course,
I am aware of my bugged line since early last year); I should buy
another line and call his new line.

Few minutes after that, a call came from a top government source and all the voice said was: “leave town, leave the state now”. About five
minutes after, the king of my town, Oba (Engr) Muftau Kasali called to
say he had an information from authoritative source that the Governor’s
wife was on her way to my house. I told, Moyegeso that I was not
expecting the governor’s wife and that actually, I was not at home.

Around 10 50 a.m., a friend of mine called to say that it seems the Governor of Ogun State had sneaked into Ijebu East LGA through Ijebu Imusin and
now driving towards Itele. I informed the caller that it was the
governor’s wife and probably heding towards my house in Itele. I asked
him to monitor and informed others.

Alas, moments after, the Governor’s wife was at my gate life and direct! She forced herself into my compound along with the people following her,
including the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Gbemi Onakoya,
Governor’s Liason Officer, Mr. Safiriyu Awobadejo, the illegal
Caretaker Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, Mr. Michael
Agbolade, several policemen and plaint-cloth security operatives and
her press crew.

These intruders met my Special Assistant, Mr. Rasheed Odunaya, who was on his way out. Mrs. Daniel, fuming with anger, asked him what he was doing in
the compound, and Rasheed replied that he came to fetch water. Mr.
Awobadejo (who claims to be Otunba Atunluse of Itele Ijebu) came
forward and told Mrs Daniel that Rasheed was actually my SA. Mrs.
Daniel then asked the young man, why he told her he came to fetch water
in my coumpound.

The youngman replied that he was only asked what he was doing and not who he was, so he did not feel there was need for introduction. At this
point, two gun-totting policemen decended on my SA, beating and kicking
him in the presence of Mrs. Daniel. She then turned to Mr. Kester
Olaifa, a veteran journalist and media consultant and asked him who he
was and what he was looking for in my compound. Mr. Olaifa introduced
himself as a journalist and Mrs. Daniel retorted: so you are writing
this rubish together? She flung a copy of today’s editon of National
Life tabloid towards Mr. Olaifa and told him that she had no business
with him but with me. Mr. Olaifa was not touched, obviously because of
his old age. The vexed governor’s wife then left a message that she had
declared war with me and that what she was going to do to me would make
whatever her husband has done to me, a child’s play.

The content of National Life she was complaining about was an advertorial published on page four of the tabloid, in which the pictures of Daniel
children at a lavish party abroad were shown (and one of them carrying
a gun) were displayed. The OMO ILU’s position in the advert was that
the first family of Ogun State
cannot be displaying stupendous wealth when state civil servants are
being owed several months’ salaries, allowances and benefits. I share
and stand by that position.

One furstrating thing was that, those who did not witness the act of infamy in Itele this morning, initially said he cannot be true of a first
lady, only to realise that they were dead wrong.

My faith in God remain ubshaking, my believe in the rule of law remain steadfast, but my worry is that, why will a ‘first lady’ take laws into
her hands. Why the attempt in jungle justice? If I was at home, won’t I
have been ‘dealth with’ for beating-up the wife of the governor?

The furious woman also threatened to turn my town, Itele to ashes. It was one Alhaji Zadious who called to inform our king, Moyegeso of this
threeat. When Zadious said he was beside Mrs. Daniel, Kabiyesi asked
that the phone be passsed on to her. Moyegeso tongue-lashed Mrs. Daniel
on her threat on Itele town and for the attempt on my life.

He then informed the first lady that he was at his palace waiting for the worst. Information reaching me as I type this, is that Moyegeso would
be arrested any moment from now. The king and Governor Daniel have not
been good friends, since Oba Moyegeso turned out to be the only Oba in Ogun State who took his staff of office to the wake-keeping and burial ceremonies of the assasinated politician, late Otunba Dipo Dina.

Between April 2, 2009 and now, about eight attempts have been made on my life by Governor Gbenga Daniel. When I escaped from gunmen at Itele on April 2, 2009 around 9.00 a.m.the governor sent a text to his SSG, Mr. Gbemi Onakoya, who is from my local government, to persuade me not to make it a media affair. The SSG
forwarded the text to me unedited and I keep a copy till date.

After the attempt on my life on December 6, 2009 in Abeokuta following my refusal at a security meeting to implicate the Speaker of House of
Reps, Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole, Senator Martins Kuye and the Omoilu
Group over the unfortunate incident of December 5, 2009 at Ijebu Ife,
the Inspector General of police on two occasions approved police
protection for me. Till date, Governor Daniel has successfully
prevailed on the Ogun Commissioner of Police not to implement the order
of the IGP.
I cannot underate how far Daniel and his family can go to ‘deal’ with me. What I know is that people need not look further if
I am assassinated today. I have said it severally that Daniel is after
my life. The uncivil act of his wife earlier today, right inside my
compound, is the biggest confirmation.

If I die today, I would have died a noble death on the path of truth and justice. I am not afraid of death because I know that those planning to
kill me can only harm my body; my soul is beyond their reach.
Furthermore, killing me as an act in itself, will not postpone their
day of judgement.