Lifestyle

Fallen Tanker: Oyo Town Residents Defy Warning from Fire Service

By Web News 537

A tanker, fully loaded with petrol has spilt its contents at Dangote Area, Idigba-Ilora along Oyo – Ibadan Expressway, exposing residents and motorists to danger.

Radio Nigeria gathered that the driver of the vehicle who was injured in the crash which occurred early on Friday morning as he was trying to link the expressway, has been rushed to the hospital.

Some people, particularly commercial motorcyclists have besieged the spot, scooping fuel and disturbing men of the Oyo State Fire Service rendering safety precautionary duties.

A senior fire officer, Mr Johnson Odewabi who spoke with our correspondent at the scene said people were risking their lives scooping the spilt fuel without any regard for safety precautions.

No security agent was sighted at the spot at the time of filing this report.

However, the Divisional Police Officer, D.P.O, Ilora Division, Mr Philip Abayomi who spoke with our correspondent on phone said his men would soon arrive at the scene.

Kayode Oguntona

Crime

Osun Police Begin Manhunt for Killer Land-grabbing Touts

By Web News 702

Police have launched a manhunt for members of two rival groups of land touts in Ilesa following the killing of one of them in a bloody clash at Okutuope area of Ilesa, Osun State.

Confirming the incident the Divisional Police Officer in Charge of Ayeso A’ Division, Mr Martins said the corpse of the victim who was identified as Kaima has been deposited at a morgue in the town while his men and officers are on the trail of the fleeing suspects.

According to the information filtering in from a property owner in the area who claimed anonymity, trouble started when a group of the touts besieged a site but met their waterloo as a rival group that was already around put up a stronger defence against them.

According to the eyewitness, the touts engaged themselves in a deadly fight using, clubs, cutlass and bottles on one another leading to the death of Kaima.

Isaac Haastrup

Crime

Hoodlums Disrupt Business Activities In Osogbo

By Web News 1535

There was pandemonium on Tuesday morning at Ota-Efun Area of Osogbo as suspected thugs went on rampage over the alleged death of their leader.

The deceased, Ismail Daduro popularly known as “Jumong” was said to have given up the ghost following a protracted strange illness.

He was said to have been taken to different places to seek deliverance before his reported death on Tuesday morning.

Radio Nigeria gathered that members of his group went on rampage at the hearing of Daduro’s death in faraway Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

According to a witness, gang members of Daduro’s group started destroying property and molesting people at Ota-Efun in Osogbo claiming that their leader was killed. 

They also told traders not to open their shop for business today and tomorrow.

It was also learnt that Ota-Efun Motor Park was not spared in the dastardly act as several vehicles were reportedly damaged.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Osun State Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola said police had been deployed to the area to ensure adequate security of lives and property.

Mrs Opalola said normalcy had returned to the area with the presence of the Area Commander, Divisional Police Officer, DPO of Ota-Efun Police Station and the Anti-Cultism Unit of the command.

She enjoined residents of the area to go about their daily activities without fear.

When Radio Nigeria visited the scene, mobile policemen were seen patrolling the area, while vehicles destroyed littered the popular Ilorin Motor Park in Osogbo.

Adenitan Akinola