Crime

Police Arrest Suspected Cultists in Ogun

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By Oluwatoyin Adegoke 

Fourteen suspected cultists have been arrested in a  police operation across the Isara, Ipara and Ode axis of Ogun State over alleged unlawful assembly and plans to breach public peace.

Those arrested include Solomon Shobamiwo , Farooq Ogunsola, Toheeb Abolade, Balogun Williams, Ayodele Abdulkareem, Adedapo Ogunsanya, Toheeb Saka, Akpan Dara, Micheal Olakemi, Habeeb Olayinka, Dapo Adeola, Adetunji Adeyemi, Henry Kingsley and Nanso Blessing.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command, Mr Oluseyi Babaseyi in Abeokuta said the arrests followed actionable intelligence on the gathering of suspected members of the Eiye Confraternity at a bush location in Ipara-Remo.

Mr Babaseyi explained that the Items recovered during the operation led by the operatives of the Anti- Cultism unit and Special Weapons and tactics teams, included three locally made pistols, 11 live cartridges and four rounds of 9mm ammunition during the raid.

He listed other items to include criminal charms, confraternity caps, a drum suspected for cult initiation, 19 mobile phones, a Samsung mini laptop and nine vehicles, some without registration numbers.

The Police Spokeperson said the suspects were  currently under investigation and would be charged to court upon the conclusion of investigations, while intelligence-led patrols and sweep operations had been intensified to track down other fleeing suspects in the area.

Meanwhile, The Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Ogunlowo  condemned cultism and all forms of unlawful assembly, urged youths to shun criminal affiliations as the Command reiterated its commitment to safeguarding lives and property across Ogun State.

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Police Dislodge Gun Running Syndicate

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The Kano Police Command has arrested 157 suspects involved in armed robbery, thuggery and other violent crimes within the last one month.

The state Police Commissioner, Ibrahim Bakori made the disclosure during a news conference on Wednesday where he noted the achievements recorded since he assumed duty as CP in Kano State.

He stated that the proactive and collaborative efforts by the command had yielded positive results as the successes recorded included the breakthroughs that led to the dismantling of criminal networks that specialized in smuggling firearms into the state.

“The dismantling of the criminal networks led to the recovery of 19 fabricated revolver rifles with 114 live cartridges and six expended cartridges, as well as recovery of suspected tramadol tablets worth N150 million.

“From 17th March 2025 to date, a total of 157 suspects involved in armed robbery, thuggery (Fadan Daba), theft, illicit drug dealings and other violent crimes were arrested with recovery from them of firearms, dangerous weapons, illicit drugs and stolen properties,” he said.

He also disclosed that among those apprehended during the period included 24 armed robbery suspects, 14 suspected drug dealers, seven suspected motor vehicle thieves, five suspected motorcycle thieves, 28 suspected thieves and 79 suspected thugs (Yan Daba)

He further stated that items recovered from the suspects included English pistols, 19 fabricated revolver rifles and one fabricated pistol.

Others are 117 live cartridges, six expended cartridges and 11 live ammunition, two motor vehicles, two tricycles, three motorcycles, six cartons of ampicillin tablets and 22 bottles of suck and die.

Also recovered from the suspects are 69 sachets and 260 pieces of exol tablets, 57 cutlasses, 71 sharp knives, 15 sharp irons, seven scissors, two axes and one bow among others.

He added that the command plans to conduct a series of community-based engagements and intelligence-led operations at strategic locations in the State with a view to preventing crimes and maintaining law and order, ensuring peace continues to prevail in the state.

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3 Wanted Drug Kingpins in NDLEA Net

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By Olaolu Fawole

Over two months after they were declared wanted, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America.

This followed the recent seizure of the single largest consignment of heroin at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos.

Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy of NDLEA in a statement on Sunday, said that a total of 51.90 kilograms of heroin had been recovered from members of the drug cartel in an operation that began on 10th February 2024 at the SAHCO Import Shed of the airport’s Cargo Terminal.

According to the statement, the consignment was concealed in 15 cartons of 2300-watt metal cutting machines, with no less than 45 blocks of the illicit substance weighing 49.70kg recovered from the equipment, while additional 2.2kg was seized at the syndicate’s warehouse in Ayobo area of Lagos.

It said further that while the Agency has secured interim forfeiture court order on hotel, mansions, vehicles and funds traced to members of the syndicate after arresting four of them, a manhunt was also launched for others who went underground.

The effort however paid off on Friday 19th April when two of the wanted kingpins: Onyinyechi Irene Igbokwuputa and Frankline Uzochukwu were arrested in Lagos and Awka, Anambra States, while another wanted member of the syndicate, Osita Emmanuel Obinna was equally nabbed in Lagos.

In the same vein, the attempt by a suspect, Iheakara Ifeanyichukwu Festus to export a drug consignment through the terminal 2 of the Lagos airport to Muscat, Oman via Ethiopian airline flight on Thursday 18th April was thwarted by NDLEA officers.

When his luggage was searched, 20 big parcels of cannabis weighing 9.80kg were discovered concealed in his bag. In his statement, the suspect who lives in Muscat, Oman and returned to Nigeria on 1st April, confessed he was hired to courier the drug with an agreement to get paid N1,200,000 upon successful delivery in Oman.

In Adamawa State, NDLEA operatives on Saturday 20th April intercepted a car driven by Dahiru Mohammed at Girei on his way to Mubi with 1,250,000 pills of opioids weighing 450kg. The operatives had earlier intercepted along Ngurore -Yola road a J5 bus marked AAA790XV loaded with motor spare parts from Onitsha, Anambra State, with consignments of Codeine Syrup and Tramadol concealed in-between the motor parts. A follow up operation led to the arrest of the recipient, Jairus Nwanchor at Jambutu motor park .

Also on Saturday 20th April, three suspects: Beriakuma Vivian Chinrdu, 40; Okpor Isaac, 68, and Daniel Onyeachom, 42, were arrested at Amarata,Yenagoa, Bayelsa State in connection with the seizure of 69 compressed blocks of cannabis weighing 36kg and concealed in a false compartment of the vehicle they were travelling in.

Also, on Thursday 18th April, NDLEA operatives in Imo State, arrested Kingsley Omeje, 41, at Amajeke, Owerri while he was taking delivery of 49 bottles of codeine syrup he ordered.

In Ondo state, NDLEA operatives raided the Oloro camp, Ogbese, Akure North LGA where they arrested Linus Odogwu, 50, and destroyed a total of 25,000 kilograms of cannabis on 10 hectares of farmland while they recovered 89.5kg of same substance. Three other suspects: David Obungete Ekepenyoung, 22; Oluwaseun Folorunso,23; and Rabiu Musa, 32, were nabbed in other parts of the state in connection to different seizures totaling 77kg.

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Police Nab 2 with 70 cartons of Expired Drugs

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Officers from the Okokomaiko Division of the Lagos State Police Command, on Saturday evening, intercepted a Volkswagen LT bus loaded with seventy cartons of expired drugs and arrested two suspects.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who stated this in a statement on his X handle on Sunday, said the discovery was made at 5:40 pm at Afromedia, where the officers stopped the suspicious vehicle for a search, and found seventy cartons of Feed Fine Cyproheptadine Caplets 4g, which all had an expiry date of 2016.

According to the confession of the two occupants in the bus, they were transporting the expired drugs to an individual in Alaba to change the expiry dates after which the drugs would be taken to Port Harcourt for sale.

According to Hundeyin, “At about 5:40 pm yesterday, a patrol team from Okokomaiko Division stopped and searched a Volkswagen LT bus at Afromedia.

“Found in the bus were seventy cartons of Feed Fine Cyproheptadine Caplets 4g, all with an expiry date of 2016.

“The two occupants of the vehicle, Augustine Egemoye ‘m’ aged 60, and Innocent Eremosele ‘m’ aged 35 confessed they were taking the expired drugs to somebody in Alaba who would change the expiry dates and thereafter proceeded with the drugs to Port-Harcourt to be sold.

“Suspects, drug and the vehicle are currently in custody.“

“Efforts are on to arrest the owner of the drugs, the individual altering expiry dates and other indicted persons.”

It was earlier reported that a similar event in August 2023, when the Kano State Police Command confiscated 820 cartons of suspected fake and expired drugs at Mallam Kato Market in the Fagge Local Government Area of the state.

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NIS Arrests Illegal Migrants

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By Oluremi Olugbenro

Sixty-one people suspected to be irregular migrants from Cameroon have been arrested in Ogun State by the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS.

The State Comptroller of Immigration, Mrs Olufunmilayo Bosede who announced the arrests to journalists in Abeokuta, said the 43 male and 18 female Cameroonians were discovered to have been smuggled into Nigeria by a private company, using them for health products’ networking business. 

Mrs Bosede stated that the Cameroonians who came into the Country through illegal routes and without valid travel documents were arrested at Ibafo area of the state alongside another set of fifty-two Nigerians.

The State Comptroller of Immigration explained that both the illegal migrants and their Nigerian counterparts had confessed that their recruiters made them to cough out large sum of money, ranging from 500 thousand to 650 thousand naira each, before they were registered as downlines in the networking business.

She maintained that, the two major recruiters, one Nigerian and another Cameroonian, who were on the run, had through the company, identified as QNet, lured their victims with promises of juicy jobs in Nigerian oil companies, banks and other blue chip companies. 

Stressing the need for caution as the fraudulent job recruitment approach was becoming prevalent, the Comptroller of Immigration pointed out that the arrested Nigerians, thirty-one males and twenty-one females were also recruited from different parts of the country under the same circumstances. 

Crime

Ogun Police Arrest Four Microfinance Bank Staff for Alleged Murder

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By Olusegun Folarin

Four members of staff of a Microfinance Bank situated at Abule Ijoko Lemode area of Ifo local government have been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command over the death of a 50 year old Vivian Omo, a wife to one of their debtors.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement in Abeokuta.

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the bank staff had visited the home of the deceased to ask for the payment of loan taken from the bank by the deceased’s husband but they were told that the man was not at home.

He said the deceased was pushed by one of the staff when she was trying to prevent them from packing all the electronics in the house to their office.

The PPRO noted that the corpse had been deposited at Ifo General Hospital morgue for autopsy.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Olanrewaju Oladimeji, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation.

Mr Oladimeji also warned loan agencies to stop taking laws into their hands in the process of recovering loan from their debtors, noting that anyone caught in such act would be arrested and prosecuted.

Foreign

Most-wanted Mafia Boss Denaro Arrested in Sicily

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Italy’s most-wanted mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro has been arrested in Sicily after 30 years on the run.

According to the report, Messina Denaro was detained in a private clinic in Sicily’s capital.

He is alleged to be the boss of the notorious Cosa Nostra mafia.

Italian media reported that he had been receiving treatment when he was captured just before 10:00, and taken to a secret location by the Carabinieri.

More than 100 members of the armed forces are said to have been involved in the arrest.

A video circulated by Italian media appears to show people standing in the street and applauding the Italian police as Messina Denaro is led away.

Messina Denaro was tried and sentenced to life in jail in absentia in 1992 over numerous murders.

These include the 1992 killing of anti-mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the deadly 1993 bomb attacks in Milan, Florence and Rome, and the kidnapping, torture and killing of the 11-year-old son of a mafioso turned state witness.

Messina Denaro once boasted he could “fill a cemetery” with his victims.

The mafia boss also oversaw racketeering, illegal waste dumping, money laundering and drug trafficking for the powerful Cosa Nostra organised crime syndicate. He was reportedly the protege of Totò Riina, the head of the Corleone clan, who was arrested in 1993 after 23 years on the run.

Clans nicknamed Messina Denaro “Diabolik” – the name of an uncatchable thief in a comic book series – and “U Siccu”, Skinny.

He is thought to be Cosa Nostra’s last “secret keeper”. Many informers and prosecutors believe that he holds all the information and the names of those who were involved in several of the most high-profile crimes by the Mafia, including the bomb attacks that killed magistrates Falcone and Borsellino.

Although Messina Denaro had been a fugitive since 1993, he was thought to have still been issuing orders to his subordinates from various secret locations.

Over the decades, Italian investigators often came close to catching Messina Denaro by monitoring those closest to him. This resulted in the arrest of his sister Patrizia and several other of his associates in 2013. Police also seized valuable businesses linked to Messina Denaro, leaving him increasingly isolated.

However, few photos of Messina Denaro existed and police had to rely on digital composites to reconstruct his appearance in the decades after he went on the run. A recording of his voice was not released until 2021.

In September 2021, a Formula 1 fan from Liverpool was arrested at gunpoint in a restaurant in the Netherlands after being mistaken for Messina Denaro.

Italians were glued to the screens on Monday morning when news of the arrest of the mafia boss broke.

For years, Messina Denaro had been a symbol of the state’s inability to reach the upper echelons of organised crime syndicates. His arrest will be an unexpected sign of hope that the mafia can be eradicated even in the southern regions of the country, where the state is perceived as largely absent and ineffective.

Tributes to the work of the armed forces poured in from across the political spectrum.

Gian Carlo Caselli, a judge and former prosecutor general, said that the arrest of Messina Denaro was an “exceptional… simply historical event” that might lead to significant developments in the ongoing inquiries into the 1993 bomb attacks that killed 10 people across Italy.

Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni thanked the armed forces for their work in detaining the “most important member of the mafia criminal group”, adding: “This is a great victory for the state.”

BBC/Taiwo Akinola

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Police Arrest Man For Setting Children Ablaze

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The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 54year-old father, Mr Ojo Joseph for setting ablaze five of his step children at Fagun crescent area of Ondo town in Ondo State.

Reports say that, the man alleged that his wife who is the mother of the children offended him over a little misunderstanding.

It was further learnt that the father who was said to have poured petrol into the room of the children while asleep and set the kids on fire as one of them was burnt to death.

Four other victims currently are receiving treatment at Federal Medical Centre, Owo, while their mother and 18month-old twins escaped from inferno with minor injury.

Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mrs Funmi Odunlami said the man had been apprehended by the police for a case of alleged arson and murder.

The PPRO said further that, investigation would be carried out before charging the suspect to court.

Leke Adegbite

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‘Killer-Mother’ Arrested in South Korea

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South Korean police say they have arrested a woman accused of murdering her two children who were found in suitcases in New Zealand last month.

In a case that shocked the country, the bodies were discovered by strangers who had bought abandoned suitcases from a storage unit in Auckland.

Korean police said, the bodies of the victims who were aged 7 and 10, were believed to have been stored for a few years.

New Zealand has applied for the woman’s extradition from South Korea.

Police in Auckland said they had worked closely with South Korean authorities in their search for the woman, after saying last month they believed she was in South Korea.

The woman had fled to South Korea in 2018 after the children’s deaths, South Korean police said. She is a 42-year-old New Zealand national of Korean descent.

A global Interpol warrant had been issued for her arrest. Officers arrested her on Thursday in a midnight raid on an apartment in the south-eastern city of Ulsan.

It followed a stakeout after investigators received tips about her whereabouts, Seoul’s National Police agency said.

Last month, New Zealand police said they were searching for the woman after they managed to identify the children, whose names have not been disclosed.

“To have someone in custody overseas within such a short period of time have all been down to the assistance of the Korean authorities and the coordination by our NZ Police Interpol staff,” said New Zealand Police Detective Inspector Tofilau Fa’amanuia Vaaelua on Thursday.

Police have requested the suspect be denied bail prior to her extradition to New Zealand where she faces murder charges.

Local media there reported the family had lived in Auckland for a few years and the children’s father had died of cancer prior to their deaths. They reported the children’s grandparents still live in New Zealand.

The children’s bodies were discovered in early August after a separate family bought a trailer-load of goods, including the suitcases, in an online auction.

According to officers, the family had no connection to the deaths and had suffered great distress in the period following the discovery.

BBC/Taiwo Akinola

Crime

Police Arrest Man for Alleged Defilement of Teenage Daughter

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The police in Ogun State have arrested a 46-year-old man, Mr Olusegun Oluwole over the allegations of forcefully having carnal knowledge of his 17-year-old daughter.

The suspect reportedly defiled the teenager in their one-room residence in the Amọ́láṣọ area of Abeokuta, the state capital, around half past eleven in the night when the victim was asleep.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this to journalists said the affected daughter, one of the 6 children of the suspect had reported the matter at the Ibara Police Station, accompanied by men of the Ogun State security outfit.

Mr Oyeyemi maintained that the man whose arrest was effected by the Divisional Police Officer, Ibara division, Mr Bernard Egbondiya, had confessed to the commission of the crime, but pleaded for forgiveness while claiming that he didn’t know what came over him.

The PPRO explained that the suspect had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Departments, CID, for further investigation and possible prosecution on the directive of the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole while the victim had been taken to the Hospital for medical treatment.

Omolara Adasofunjo

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Ondo Amotekun Arrest Six Suspects

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Operatives of the Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun, have arrested six suspected members of a gang who specializes in hypnotizing their victims before kidnapping them in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state.

They included two females and a herbalist who fortified the kidnap syndicate before going on operations.

The Amotekun Commander, Chief Adetunji Adeleye paraded the syndicates in Akure alongside 39 other suspects who were arrested for various criminal offences ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, stealing, and snatching of motorbikes among others.

The Amotekun Commander said the 45 suspects included 10  kidnappers; eight burglars; 10  armed robbers; one minor rapist; three motorcycle snatchers; eight Illegal possessors of firearms; one car vandal;  one generator robber and three cattle rustlers.

Chief Adeleye explained that the suspects will be charged to court after the completion of the investigation, 

One of the kidnap suspects, Mrs Adesanya Folasade, confessed that she only directed the gang to help her kidnap a mad pregnant woman.

Leke Adegbite

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Police nab notorious cultist

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Operatives of Ogun state police command have arrested a notorious wanted cult member and armed robbery suspect, Christian Peter in Mowe area of the state.

The suspect who had been on wanted list of the command was arrested during the routine patrol of Mowe/Ofada road by the divisional anti robbery team around the premises of an hotel Olororo area of Mowe with a waist bag.

Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement in Abeokuta.

Mr Oyeyemi who said the suspect had been allegedly terrorising Mowe/Ofada axis in recent time listed items recovered from him to include one locally made double barrel pistol loaded with four live cartridges.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.

Olusegun Folarin

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NSCDC Arrest 8 persons for alleged vandalisation of pipelines, bunkering activities in Ondo

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Nigeria Civil Service Commission, NSCDC, have arrested eight persons in Olowo Community, Odigbo council area of Ondo state, for alleged vandalisation of pipelines and illegal bunkering activities.

The suspects were arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in the state.

According to report, the suspect also deals in illegal adulterated petroleum products and operates illegal dump/storage facilities.

They were arrested by the Agency’s Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad who acted on a credible intelligence report.

Sources said that they were apprehended at their hideout around 0900hours of 21st April 2022.

The spokesperson for the agency in the state, Daniel Aidamenbor confirmed the arrest of the eight suspects.

Aidamenbor said that” eight suspects were arrested at the scene and were loading the suspected adulterated products into the store.

“A black Toyota Sequoia with registration number Lagos APP 134 DX loaded with 70 kegs of 25 litres of adulterated AGO.

“28 kegs of 25litres each of suspected adulterated AGO were moved from the crime scene, six pumping machines and one counting machine.

“Also at the dumpsite which has been sealed and secured, the following exhibits were also recovered, 19kegs of 25litres of adulterated AGO, 5 drums of 200 litres of suspected AGO, 2 drums of 200 litres capacity that is half-filled and 2 drums of 200litres capacity that is about a quarter filled.

“Others are two storage tanks with 3500 litres of adulterated AGO each. Underground storage tanks with four compartments were also discovered at the crime scene.

“The first compartment was empty, the second compartment has 2,800 litres, the third compartment contains 1,500 litres while the fourth compartment has 16,500 litres of adulterated Automated Gas Oil, AGO.

Aidamenbor said that the suspects will be charged to court at the end of our investigation.

He pointed out that “the command, led by Dr Ahmed Abodunrin will not relent in its commitment to fight against oil theft, oil bunkering and all acts of illegal dealings in petroleum products in the state.

Vanguard /Taiwo Akinola

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Police arrest man for allegedly raping girl inside church

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A 30 year old man, Ajibola Akindele has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command, for forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 20 year old girl inside a church.

The suspect was arrested after the mother of the victim reported the incident at Lafenwa divisional headquarters.

The mother of the victim told policemen that the suspect allegedly took advantage of her daughter whom she said was sent to decorate a church at Ita oshin area of Abeokuta together with the suspect.

 She alleged that, the suspect committed the crime, after he discovered that, both of them were alone in the church.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest of the suspect said the suspect had confessed to the crime.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigations and possible prosecution.

Olusegun Folarin


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Police Arrest Ritual Killers in Osun

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Police in Osun State have arrested three young men in connection with ritual killings.
They suspects, 25 years old Olayade Kehinde, Olufemi Oriyomi 21 and Raimi Sheriff 21 were arrested along Osogbo/OAU Campus Road Ile-Ife.

In a statement in Osogbo, the Police Public Relations Officer, Osun State Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola explained that on the 7th of April, 2022 at about eleven o’clock in the morning along Osogbo/OAU Ife Campus Road, the Police detectives on ‘stop and search’ duty accosted three men on motorcycle, flagged them down, but rather than stop they sped off.
Mrs Opalola said a hot chase by the police led to their eventual arrest at Safejo area of Ile-ife.
She added that, while searching, a human heart was found on them, which they claimed belonged to one of their friends, while they were also in possession of various criminal charms.
The police spokesperson stated that in the cause of discreet investigation, one of the suspects named Olufemi Oriyomi fell sick and was taken to hospital for treatment, where he died while on admission.
Mrs Opalola said the corpse had been deposited at State hospital for autopsy, while the remaining two suspects would be charged to Court on the conclusion of investigation.
Adenitan Akinola

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EFCC Arrests 80 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in  Ibadan, 40 in Enugu

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Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested eighty (80) suspects for alleged internet- related  activities in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Forty (40) other suspects were arrested by operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Commission for the same suspected offences.

They were all arrested based on verified intelligence linking them with fraudulent internet activities. 


They are:
Victor Abumere, Kehinde Samuel, Adedeji Ibrahim Olamilekan, Akinbowale Emmanuel, Taiwo Azeez, Adenuga Sunday, Sidiku Olubodun, Ekhuemelo Jerry, Agboola Khalid Babatunde, Alex Kelvin, Akande Jonah, Tobiloba Adekanye, Fatai Olalekan T., Giwa Babatunde David and  Emmanuel Victor Mayowa, 
Some are: Taofeek Toheeb Olamilekan, Olamilekan Fafilolu Quadri,  Olayinka Taiwo Olaniyi, Emmanuel Abiodun Olalekan, Awoleke Opeyemi Uthman, Ikenna Anyanwu Victor, Mosuro Daniel Oluwaseun, Amoo Abdulmalik Ademola, Oluwaseun Adeniran, Kehinde Kehinde Olatunji, Bakare Kayode Augustine, Okoli Propser, Kolawole Blessing, Okeolu Moshood, and Hammed Khalid Ayomide.
More are:  Hassan Waris Ademola, Taiwo Ademola, Adewale Ayomiposi, Abdullahi Maleek Olaniyi, Masika Adekunle Andrew.
The suspects were arrested in various locations in Ibadan, Oyo State and items recovered from them include: thirteen (13) exotic cars, three (3) motor bikes and mobile phones and laptops of different brands. 
 The 40 suspects arrested on March 29 and 30, 2022 in Enugu are: Chimezie Onyegwa, Chukwuebuka Jamespaul, Adams Nengi, Chibua Emmanuel. Mmoh Henry, Kingsly Obinna, Francis Alex, Nelson Chidiebere, Paschal Eze, Eke Emmanuel, Ezeme Johnpaul , Aroh Kenneth, Ugwu Darlington , Chukwuemeka Collins and  Ejielo Ifeanyi, 
Others are: Justin Obidiwe, Chibuike Henry, Chukwuemeka Okafor,  Osodiuru Prince,  Nwachukwu Steven, kelekchukwu Ugwu, Ugwuoke Victor, Udeh Victor, Ekata Endurance, Ukpabi Evidence, Eze Obinna, Amobi Eya, Victor Joshua, Gabriel Noel and Chisom Ede Nnamuchi.
The rest include Onwe  Nnamdi,Okonkwo Somtochukwu, Nnaji Ifeanyi, Ezeagu Ifeanyi, Maduabuchi Nwangbo, Onyenamaya Tochukwu,Wisdom Solomon, Agu Chibuzor, Nwokoro Sochima and Ifeanyichukwu Miracle.
They  were arrested  in  Nsukka, and the Premier Layout Axis of Enugu, Enugu State following verified  intelligence linking them with suspected internet- related offences.  
Items recovered from them are, three cars, mobile phones and laptops of various brands and other incriminating documents.
The suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded. 

 Kayode Banjo/PR

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Police Arrest Two Men For Rape

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Operatives of Ogun state police command have arrested two men for allegedly gang raped a 22 year old girl  at eleweran area of Abeokuta.

The suspects, a 38 year old Seun Orokunle and Sarumi Sodiq 28 years, were arrested after the victim reported the incident at public complaints bureau, Eleweran Abeokuta.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspects in Abeokuta.

Mr Oyeyemi said the victim claimed that she had gone to visit her boyfriend, Seun Orokunle who also invited his friend without her knowledge.

The command’s spokesman explained that victim alleged that suspects dragged her out of the bathroom and took turns to have sex with her after beaten her thoroughly.

Mr Oyeyemi noted that the suspects who claimed to be cultists had threatened to kill her if she dare to report them to anyone.

He said the suspects were arrested in Aregbe area of Abeokuta and had confessed to the crime.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

Olusegun Folarin

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Police Arrests Eleven Suspects Over Kidnapping In Oyo

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Police in Oyo state have arrested eleven suspects in connection to incessant kidnapping at onigaari area on Lagos Ibadan expressway.

Commissioner of Police in Oyo state,  Mrs Ngozi Onadeko made this known while parading the suspects alongside other twenty one suspected criminals who were arrested for various offences. 

The suspects are Bashiru Abubakar, Babuga Umaru and Habu Kosoko, Adamu Abdullahi, Umar Faruq,  Sanda Bawu, Abubakar Siddiku, Haruka Musa And Aliyu Abubakar, Tambaya Shehu, Aliya Umaru and Isiaka Ibrahim.

The Commissioner explained that in a swift response to the evolving trends of crimes particularly robbery, ritual killings and highways abduction,  the Command has redefined its operational and tactical architecture towards achieving a peaceful atmosphere. 

Mrs Onadeko stated further that the architecture included amplified convoy patrols,  highway visibility policing and patrols.She reaffirmed the command’s assurances of sustained levels of tranquility in the State. 

The police boss in Oyo state therefore called for the cooperation of members of the public through intelligence sharing to rid the state off crime and criminality. 

The Commissioner noted that the suspects would soon be charged to court after proper investigations.

The paraded suspected criminals who confessed to the crime levelled against them pleaded for leniency. 

One the victims who pleaded anonymity said he sustained a gun shot  while dragging  with the suspected kidnappers as they disguised as security personnel.

He noted that despite the plea from him and his family, the suspected kidnappers collected over two million ransom before he was released. 

Rasheedah Makinde

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NSCDC Arrests Nine Suspects For Various Offences

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Osun State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has paraded nine suspects arrested for various offences ranging from illegal mining, child abuse, car theft and fraud across the state.

Parading the suspects at the command headquarters in Osogbo, the Osun NSCDC commandant, Mr Emmanuel Ocheja, said the suspects would be dragged before the court after completion of an investigation into their various offences.

Presenting one of the suspects arrested for fraud, Mr Ocheja said the 26-year old furniture maker, Muftau Adeyemo and his accomplice, Hezekiah Oladehi had obtained money from a woman, with a promise to assist her spiritually to improve her business.

One of the suspects, Adeyemo said he engaged in fraud due to financial difficulty, adding that he had defrauded many people before he got into trouble after obtaining money from a woman who was seeking spiritual help for improving her business. 

He said “I reside in Ile – Ife, I am married with a Kid. I learnt Furniture after secondary school but when I didn’t get money to start up my own shop, I decide to engage in illegal activities. 

“I was into Yahoo Yahoo business before I learnt the act of obtaining money fraudulently through a brother who lives near my house in Ife. I have known Hezekiah since childhood and we do business together. What we normally do is to call our victims on phone and pretend as an old herbalist man who can solve their problems.

“My last victim wanted her business to boom and I told her to send money to my account promising to prepare a charm that will attract more customers to her shop.”

Also paraded was a 29-year-old man, Ibrahim Abdulrahman, in whose custody a suspected stolen car was recovered. 

The NSCDC boss said the car was stolen in Osogbo but recovered by the NSCDC officers in Kano state, adding that the stolen car had been retired to the owner.

The suspect, however,  denied stealing the car, claiming he bought the vehicle for N600, 000 and drove it to Kano. 

Also paraded was a housewife, Zainab Afeez, who had allegedly molested her daughter by engaging her in child labour and poured hot water on her, while two others -Amos Danbaba, Mohammed Jubril were paraded for illegal mining.

Also presented to newsmen were Emmanuel Adeyeye, Nasir Adamu and Isa Muhammed arrested for conspiracy and illegal dealing in petroleum products and adulteration.

Adenitan Akinola

Crime

Police Arrests Fashion Designer Over Killing In Ogun

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Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 32 year old fashion designer, Omowumi Oyapitan, for allegedly killing a 30 year old Mohammed Ahmed in Ota area of the state.

The suspect was arrested after the policeman attached to Onipanu divisional headquarters received a distress call from the managing director of an Inn in the area, Stephen Udo that the suspect had allegedly stabbed the deceased to death during an argument.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement in Abeokuta.

Mr Oyeyemi said the suspect was trying to intervene in a case involving the victim and a boy she claimed to know over the money the deceased had allegedly stolen from his place of work.

He noted that the deceased was not pleased with the suspect’s intervention and gave her a fist blow in the mouth and in retaliation, she broke a bottle and used it to stab the deceased on his neck. 

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution. 

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

Police Arrests Couple For Selling Their Baby In Ogun

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Men of Ogun State police command have arrested a couple for selling their one month old baby for fifty thousand naira.

According to a statement in Abeokuta by the police spokesperson, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, The suspects, Eze Onyebuchi and his wife Oluchi Eze were arrested on the 16 of December 2021, following an information received by policemen at Ode Remo divisional headquarters, that the couple sold their one month old baby to a woman who is now at large.

Mr Oyeyemi who said the Dpo Ode Remo division, Mr Olayemi Fagbohun, detailed his detectives to the area where the couple were arrested, explained that, it was one Mrs. Ruth Obajimi, who directed the yet to be identified buyer to them, saying that the woman came from human rights office and promised to help them foster their child.

Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and directed a massive manhunt to apprehend the said woman with the view to recover the baby.

Olajumoke Idowu

Crime

Police Arrest Pastor Over Rape In Ogun

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Ogun State Police command has arrested Pastor Peter Taiwo of a Church Abeokuta and his wife Elizabeth for allegedly conniving to defile a 16 year old choir member of the church.

The Command’s Spokesman, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement in Abeokuta that the suspects were arrested after the victims had reported the incident at Adatan divisional headquarters.

Mr Oyeyemi said the victim told the policemen that she had gone to the church for choir practice when the pastor’s wife said her husband wanted to send her on errand.

The victim claimed that the pastor’s wife allegedly locked door and the pastor forcefully had sex with her. 

The command’s spokesman said the couple confessed to the crime blaming the devil for the incident and pleaded for forgiveness from the victim. 

He said the victim had been taken to  hospital by the police for medical treatment. 

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to anti human trafficking and child labour unit of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation, with the view to charge them to court as soon as investigation is concluded. 

Segun Folarin

Crime

Police Arrest Man For Killing His Brother.

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Ogun state police command has arrested a seventy eight  year old man, Moshood Habibu for hacking his ninety four year old brother to death over land matter. 

A statement by the command spokesman Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi explained that the suspect was arrested  after report by the son of the deceased Salisu Surakatu, that the suspect came to the deceased house at Kara Ewumi village Mowe and matcheted him to death over a disagreement on land matter. 

The police command spokesman said the suspect claimed that the deceased sold a  plot from their family land and did not give him his own share of the proceeds stating that he went there to demand for his share which led to argument between them. 
He said investigation had revealed that the suspect went to the deceased house who is visually impaired, armed with cutlass.

Meanwhile, the Ogun state commissioner of police, Mr. Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the state criminal investigation department for further investigation and prosecution.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Police Arrest Suspected Cultist In Ogun

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Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspected cultist, Ojo Akinola Iyanu while trying to disrupt the school examination at Ogun state Institute of Technology, Igbesa in Ado Odo Ota local government area of the state. 

A statement by the command spokesman, Mr Oyeyemi Abimbola explained that the suspect was arrested following an intelligence report revealing that members of a cult group have planned to disrupt the school examination rescheduled after the settlement of crisis between the school management and the students. 

The spokesman noted that the action of the student cultists was due to their non-preparedness for the examination.

Mr Abimbola hinted that the screening of students from the entrance to the institution led to the arrest of the suspect with a black bag with one locally-made pistol loaded with one live cartridge. 

The spokesman said the suspect had confessed to being a member of the “AYE” confraternity.

The state commissioner of police Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered the transfer of the suspect to the state criminal investigation department for further investigation.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Ritualists Arrested In Ogun

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Ogun state Police command has arrested three men while exhuming the corpse of one Segun Taiwo who died and was buried about six months ago at Abule Sikiru area of Sabo Abeokuta. 

According to a statement by the Ogun Police command spokesman, Mr Oyeyemi Abimbola the suspects were arrested at about 11:30 p.m. following a distress call from a good Samaritan that he sighted some men digging the grave where a 28 years old man was buried.

He explained that the suspects were arrested at the scene of the crime with the help of members of the community. 

He hinted that investigation has revealed that, the suspects exhumed the corpse use for money-making ritual purposes.

The commissioner of police Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered the transfer of the suspects to state criminal investigation for investigation and prosecution.

Wale Oluokun