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EXPOSED: How Soulmate Hotel Leaves Residents Living In Fear, Bondage

Published

5 months ago

October 20, 2022

On September 24, 2020, a supremacy battle between rival cult groups, the Eiye Confraternity and the Aye Confraternity, left one person dead and many injured outside Soulmate Hotel and Suite, Ojokoro LCDA.

Situated at Osho street, off Jonathan Coker Rd, Ifako-Ijaiye, Lagos, the hotel has shattered the peace of the once-quiet area as fights break out regularly from its customers.

Most of these fights, according to residents of the area, are caused by notorious cult members who track rival members to the venue to settle scores.”

This has left many residents of the area helpless as their calls for government intervention have failed.

Now, the hotel is ready to rebrand and relaunch, for the umpteenth time and residents are jittery.

IfakoIjaiyeNews went to Osho and spoke with some residents about how they feel as Soulmate hotel is about to come to life again.

An Atmosphere Of Fear Returns

A resident of Bamgboye Street, who spoke to our reporter on condition of anonymity said residents of the area are now jittery as the management of the hotel has concluded plans to restart business.

She said, “Everybody is living in fear because the cult boys will be back and we will no longer have peace. Every night, Osho is always like a market. The bad boys will be many outside while smoking Indian hemp (cannabis). I have lost count of the number of times fights broke out in this area because of Soulmate hotel.”

A resident of Osho Street, Mr Adams (not real name) said all efforts by the community to find a lasting solution to the menace posed by Soulmate Hotel has proved abortive.

“The landlords have met many times, and written many petitions to Oko-Oba police station but nothing happened. We have met with the owner many times but it is always a dead end. At a time, we had to stay back because words got out that the landlords are the ones chasing the cultists away and we didn’t want to be made scapegoats,” he said.

A Battlefield For Cultists

Other residents who spoke with IfakoIjaiyeNews disclosed that on many occasions, they have fallen victim to sudden attacks by cultists due to the presence of Soulmate Hotel and Suite.

Narrating an event that shook the community, a youth within the area who identified himself as Tade, said sometime last year, they were outside in the evening when suddenly, they heard gunshots and everybody ran for safety.

He said, “Sometime last year, we were all outside when we heard gunshots and we saw some people numbering over 7 coming down from Abiodun street. We all ran for our lives. We later found out they were Eiye boys who come looking for one Aiye cult member.

“They didn’t see him but when returning, they matcheted some people, forcefully collected their phones and a young lady was grazed by one of the bullets. She was lucky because it was her arm that was affected.”

IfakoIjaiyeNews tried to track down the lady that was allegedly hit but we couldn’t locate her.

A Return Of Yahoo Boys And Drugs

Residents fear that once the hotel returns to functioning, so will Yahoo Boys (internet fraudsters) and drug peddlers who have deserted the area return.

Tade said that residents have braced up for a return of drug peddlers who hang around every corner to sell “weed, Arizona, loud and other banned substances to people”.

“The Yahoo boys will return with their different cars and we will have to stay awake all night out of fear of what might happen,” he added.

IfakoIjaiyeNews reached out to Soulmate Hotel and Suite via a number on its website but it wasn’t going through. Our reporter also visited the hotel but the security personnel denied her access.

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Hon Adewale Temitope Adedeji Wins Polling Unit For Asiwaju, Other APC Candidates

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3 weeks ago

February 26, 2023

Muyideen Kehinde

The honorable Member representing Ifako Ijaiye constituency 01 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Adewale Temitope on Saturday, delivered his polling for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Hon Adewale, who voted at unit 005 Ward 06 (Jagunmolu), won with a wide margin as the candidates of the APC for other positions emerged victorious as well.

Hon Adewale, who is also the Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Transportation, had campaigned vigorously for Asiwaju, visiting different wards in his constituency and engaging directly with voters.

Speaking after the announcement of results at his polling unit, Hon Adewale urged the people to eschew violence. He reassured them that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu will be declared winner by INEC and Nigeria will return to the path of greatness.

Below are the results of his polling unit: Ward 06, PU: 005

Presidency

APC – 90

PDP – 12

LP – 31

Senate

APC – 108

PDP – 22

LP – NIL

House of Reps

APC – 100

PDP – 13

LP – 15

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2023: Gov. Sanwo-Olu, Adebule Commend Political Strength And Unity In Ifako-Ijaiye (PHOTO)

Published

2 months ago

February 3, 2023

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2023: Gov. Sanwo-Olu, Adebule Commend Political Strength And Unity In Ifako-Ijaiye (PHOTO)

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Senatorial candidate for Lagos-West Senatorial District, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule have commended residents and political stalwarts of Ifako-Ijaiye and Ojokoro for their show of love, unity, and peace in the state.

Speaking during a Town Hall Meeting organized by the Coalition of Progressive Minds for Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday, February 2, 2023, at African Church Primary School Field, Ifako-Ijaiye, Sanwo-Olu who was represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr. Tayo Ayinde said, Ifako-Ijaiye has been pushing stronger for massive votes for Political stalwarts in Ifako-Ijaiye LGA and Ojokoro LCDA.

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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu commended the unity of political stalwarts in Ifako-Ijaiye and Ojokoro in what he described as a “huge political strength” and an assured victory for the All Progressives’Congress (APC) in the forthcoming General Elections.

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Further speaking, Dr. Idiat Oluranti Adebule stated that she had been a close ally of Ifako-Ijaiye and will surely facilitate more developmental projects to the Local Government and across Lagos-West Senatorial District.

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Ifako-Ijaiye News reports that the Executive Chairman of Ojokoro LCDA, Hon. Hameed Idowu Tijani (HID) who spoke on behalf of the two Council Chairmen (Ifako-Ijaiye LGA and Ojokoro LCDA) charged the party supporters and residents alike to step up strategies towards canvassing and voting for all candidates of the APC in the forthcoming General Elections.

Speakers at the event charged residents to take the “Renewed Hope” and “Greater Lagos Rising” Mantra to every doorstep.

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Other present at the town hall meeting include; Hon. Benjamin Adeyemi Olabinjo (BAO), APC House of Representatives Candidate; Hon. Adedeji TemiTope Adewale (ATA), APC Candidate for Lagos House of Assembly, Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 01; Hon. Emmanuel Olotu (Oxygen), APC Candidate for Lagos House of Assembly, Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 02 and Hon. Dayo Saka Fafunmi (Deputy DG, Adebule Campaign, Lagos-West).

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2023: Temitope Akinyemi Canvasses Support For Hon Adewale, BAO With Political Empowerment Program

Published

2 months ago

February 1, 2023

Muyideen Kehinde

Temitope Akinyemi, the convener of Temitope Akinyemi Movement (TAM), will on Thursday, February 2, 2023, empower residents of Ifako-Ijaiye LG as part of his support for Hon Adewale Temitope Adedeji (ATA) and Hon Benjamin Adeyemi Olabinjo (BAO) ahead of the 2023 polls.

The event will hold at the Unity Centre (Ajumose) by 11am.

The programme is a strictly a political one and attendance will be by display of the Permanent Voters Card (PVC).

According to Temitope Akinyemi, the event is part of drumming support for the two APC candidates from Ifako-Ijaiye as well as campaign for APC’s Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and H.E (Dr) Idiat Adebule.

Hon Adewale Temitope Adedeji is a member, Lagos State House of Assembly, representing Ifako-Ijaiye Constituency 01 while Hon Olabinjo is contesting to representing Ifako-Ijaiye Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives.

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