Crime

Commercial Driver Arrested For Allegedly Stabbing Man to Death in Ogun

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Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 38-year-old man, Daniel Udoh for allegedly stabbing, his mistress’s husband, Emeka Umonko to death.

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 arrested after the policemen attached to Onipanu divisional headquarters received a call that the suspect, a commercial driver had stabbed the deceased to death after a fight between the two men.

The PPRO explained that the deceased had accused the suspect of having illicit affair with his wife, and this led to a serious fight between the two men.

He said the suspect was arrested at the scene of the incident and a knife was recovered from him.

Mr Oyeyemi noted that the remains of the victim had been deposited at Ifo general hospital mortuary for post mortem examination.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has directed that the suspect be transferred to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department, for further investigation, with the view to charging him to court as soon as the investigation was concluded.

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

14-Year-Old Maid Nabbed for Abduction of Mistress’s Son

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A 14-year-old housemaid, Favour Iwuozor, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly abducting and running away with her mistress’s 2-year-old son.

The suspect was arrested after one Victoria Nwafor had reported at Sagamu Divisional Headquarters that she saw a 14-year-old girl on the 22nd of December 2021, with a very sick two-year-old boy in Yaba Lagos. 

She told the policemen that she decided to take them to her house when the suspect had claimed that the small boy was her younger brother and that their parents died in a ghastly accident in December 2020.

Nwafor explained that she became suspicious when the suspect wanted to single-handedly take the boy to Imo State after the boy had fully recovered.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ogun State Police Command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest of the suspect said the girl confessed that she was a maid to the mother of the little boy.

Mr Oyeyemi said the suspect had gone to the church to take the boy who was released to her by a Sunday school teacher on the grounds that the suspect was well known with the baby’s mother.

The PPRO noted that the suspect claimed that she decided to beg for alms to raise transport fare to Amraku Umorsu in Isiala/Mberna Local Government Area of Imo state. 

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered that the baby’s parents be contacted urgently, while the case should be forwarded to Lagos State Command whose jurisdiction the crime was actually committed. 

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

Gunmen Kill 38-Year-Old Reverend Father In Ogun

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Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed a thirty-eight-year-old Reverend Father Luke Adeleke while he was coming from a mass on Christmas Eve in Ogun State.

It was gathered that the gunmen waylaid the cleric at Ogunmakin in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state and shot him dead.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ogun State Command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi while confirming the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta said the incident happened at Ogunmakin and not Odeda as reported on the social media.

Mr Abimbola said the gunmen exchanged gunfire with policemen in the area before escaping with bullets wounds into the bush in the area.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

4 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Police Net Over Murder

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Ogun State Police Command has arrested 4 suspected internet fraudsters over the murder of 20-year-old Alexander Uzoma.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspects were arrested after the mother of the victim, Ogechi Alexander report the incident at Adigbe Divisional Headquarters.

Mr Oyeyemi said the mother told the policemen that her son had not returned since he left to visit his friends who she claimed she does not know.

The command’s spokesman explained that the suspects Azeez Oyebanji Ayobami Adesina, Babatunde Owoseni and Balogun Sulaiman were apprehended after intelligence and technical investigation.

He said the suspects claimed that the deceased had visited them to learn about internet fraud, and after eating food, they all took a substance known as “Colorado” which made them to fall asleep.

Mr Oyeyemi noted that the suspects confessed to have dumped the deceased at Kuto Overhead bridge where the state health workers removed and buried him as an unidentified corpse.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered that the investigating team to expedite action on the investigation and charge the case to court as soon as possible.

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

Two Lagos Car Thieves Nabbed In Ogun State

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Ogun State Police Command has arrested two Lagos-based armed robbery suspects, Kenneth Akpa and Adebayo Michael.

According to a statement by the Command’s spokesman, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspects were arrested on information that a suspected stolen Toyota Corolla 2008 model was sighted at a mechanic workshop along Ogere/Iperu road where the suspected robbers were fixing the car. 

He said the two suspects were arrested and the vehicle with registration number MUS 599 GV was recovered while the owner of the car, one Mr James Ushahemba, a resident of Ahoyaya in Lagos was contacted and showed up at Iperu for identification.

The car owner explained that he was attacked in his home by the two armed men who robbed him of his Toyota Corolla car, three phones and cash of thirty thousand naira at gunpoint. 

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has directed that preliminary investigation should be conducted in Abeokuta while the case should be forwarded to Lagos State Command where the suspects will be charged to court accordingly.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

We have not received any information on dead suspected car thief – Ogun Police

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The Ogun State Police Command says it has not received details of the reported suspected car part thief found dead under a vehicle at an Ogun mechanic workshop.

The Ogun State Police Command Spokesman Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi while speaking with Radio Nigeria in Abeokuta, said the report of the man suspected to be a thief in Ago Egun area of Idiroko Border in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State has not gotten to the police.

The deceased whose identity could not be ascertained was reportedly found under the vehicle with a hydraulic jack and spanners fueling the speculations that he was about removing some parts of the vehicle when he died.

Wale Oluokun

Security

Ogun State Police Command Gets New Commissioner Of Police

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The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr Alikali Usman has posted, Mr Lanre Bankole as the new Commissioner of Police in Ogun state.

Mr Bankole’s posting followed the retirement from service of the former Commissioner of Police in Ogun State Police Command, Mr Edward Ajogun.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement that the new Commissioner of Police had served as Area Commander Shagamu, a divisional police officer in Abigi, Sango, Agbara and owode Egba as well as zonal sports officer.

Mr Oyeyemi who explained that Mr Bankole hailed from Lagos island local government area of Lagos State said he joined the Nigeria Police as a cadet assistant superintendent of police in March 1990.

He said Mr Bankole got promoted to the rank of commissioner of police in June 2021 and was posted as CP Interpol Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Alagbon Lagos, where he served until his current appointment as the new commissioner of police Ogun State Command.

Olusegun Folarin

Judiciary

Ogun Police Nab Two Robbery Suspects

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Operatives of Ogun state Police Command have apprehended two armed robbery suspects while carrying out robbery operation in Agbara area of Ado-Odo ota local government of Ogun state. 

The Command’s Spokesman, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement in Abeokuta that the suspects, Olanrewaju Sikiru  and Olayemi Obisesan were arrested while terrorizing the residents of Area 8, OPIC estate Agbara.

Mr. Oyeyemi said two among the robbery suspects were arrested with gunshot injuries while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds.

The Command’s Spokesman said the arrested suspects told policemen that they came from Lalupon area of Ibadan in Oyo state to join others in Agbara for the robbery operation. 

Mr. Oyeyemi listed items recovered from the suspects to include two double barrel locally made pistols, twelve live cartridges, two expended cartridges, two  laptops, eighteen different phones, cash sum of fourteen thousand, five hundred and ninety naira and one  motorcycle with registration number DGB 411 VY.

The commissioner of police, Mr  Edward  Ajogun, who commended the quick response of his men to distress call ordered a massive manhunt for the fleeing members of the gang. 

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

Luck Runs Against Three Notorious Armed Robbers In Ogun State

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Ogun state police command has arrested three armed robbery suspects after their involvement in a ghastly motor accident, while escaping with a Toyota Camry car snatched at gunpoint in Ondo state.

 According to a statement by the Command Spokesman, Mr. Abímbólá Oyeyemi, the suspects were heading towards Lagos when the accident occurred due to dangerous driving at Ode Remo area of Ogun. 

The spokesman said the three robbery suspects sustained varying degrees of injuries and were rushed to hospital by the policemen from Ode Remo divisional headquarters. 

He stated that it was while the suspects where been treated that the  Divisional Police Officer of  Ode Remo, Mr. Fasogbon Olayemi received information that the vehicle was snatched at gunpoint and subsequently placed them under arrest in the hospital. 

Mr. Oyeyemi said the owner of the vehicle had shown up from Ondo state and explained howy the gang of five men in police uniform dragged him out of the car at gunpoint and drove away the vehicle.

He concluded that the Ogun state commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Ajogun has ordered the transfer of the remaining suspects to the state criminal investigation and intelligence department after the death of one of the three while receiving treatments at the hospital.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Ogun Police Arrest Two Burglars In Shagamu

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Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspects for robbing a church at Shagamu area of the state.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement issued in Abeokuta said the suspects, Fidelis Francis and Lukman Jimoh were arrested following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Shagamu Divisional Headquarters that a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, located at GRA Shagamu was under attack by suspected robbers. 

According to him, the DPO Sagamu Division, Mr Okiki Agunbiade, mobilized his men and the local vigilante to the scene, but the robbers escaped through the fence before the arrival of the policemen.

Mr Oyeyemiwho explained that the policemen suspected a vehicle parked not too far away from the church and mounted surveillance in the area, apprehended two suspects while trying to move the vehicle away.

He explained further that two iron bars similar to the ones recovered at the scene of crime was recovered from the car, while the CCTV footage showed the two suspects breaking into the church. 

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun, who commended the display of professionalism by his men, directed an in-depth investigation into the case with the view to charging the suspects to court as soon as possible.

Olajumoke Idowu

Crime

52-Year-Old Pedophile Nabbed In Ogun

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A 52-year-old man, Kayode Adeniyi has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command, for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 10 year old girl in Ijoko area of the state.

The suspect was also accused of having carnal knowledge with his three under-aged biological daughters.

The Command’s Spokesman, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest in Abeokuta said the suspect was apprehended after the aunt of the ten year old girl reported the incident at Agbado Divisional Headquarters.

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the aunt claimed that the suspect forcefully had sexual intercourse with her niece who she said had gone into the suspect’s apartment to ask whether his daughters had mistakenly removed the clothes she spread outside.

He said the aunt alleged that the suspect threatened to kill her with knife if she made any noise. 

The command’s spokesman said the suspect confessed having carnal knowledge of the victim forcefully as well as his three daughters.

Meanwhile, Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward  Ajogun has ordered the Family Support Unit of Sango Area Command to take over the case for in-depth investigation and diligent prosecution.

Olusegun Folarin

Politics

Arrest Of OGHA Deputy Speaker Will Aid Investigations – Police

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The Ogun State Police Command says the arrest of the Deputy Speaker, of the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA, Mr Oludare Kadiri is to aid investigation into the allegations of misconduct leveled against him.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the lawmaker’s arrest to Radio Nigeria in Abeokuta. 

Mr Oyeyemi said the Deputy Speaker was accused of leading thugs to the house of a former lawmaker where they allegedly attacked the man and vandalised his house.

Meanwhile, a document bearing the purported signature of twenty out of twenty-six lawmakers at the Assembly calling for the removal of the deputy speaker, Mr Oludare Kadiri, over alleged gross misconduct has gone viral. 

The document dated 23rd February, 2021 and addressed to the Clerk of the House, had alleged Mr Kadiri of insubordination, involvement of external bodies in the assembly’s affairs and abuse of office by engaging in conducts likely to cause a breach of the peace. 

Radio Nigeria gathered that there had been lingering disagreements among stalwarts of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ijebu North Local Government Area, where the Deputy Speaker hails from. 

The recent incident was attributed to issues bordering on supremacy battle amongst political leaders in the local government over the control of machinery for the party’s registration and revaluation exercise in the council area.

Oluwatoyin Adegoke

Crime

45-Year-Old Man Arrested For Sexually Assaulting His Daughter

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A 45-year-old man, Akanji Oluwaseyi has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police for forcefully having carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old daughter.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in Abeokuta that the suspect was arrested after the victim reported at Obantoko Divisional Headquarters that her father was having unlawful carnal knowledge of her.

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the victim told the policemen that she was fetching water for her father when the suspect grabbed her and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.

The command’s spokesman who said the suspect was arrested at his residence noted that he initially denied the allegation but when he was confronted by the victim, he was dumbfounded.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

Ogun Police Arrests Human Trafficking Kingpin

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A 35-year-old human trafficking kingpin, Comfort Innocent has been apprehended by operatives of Ogun State Police Command over the abduction and trafficking of two under-aged girls.

The suspect was arrested after two residents of Siun Town in Obafemi Local Government Area of the state, Oluwaseun Aduratola and Sakirat Fasasi reported at Owode Egba Police Station that the suspect abducted their daughters, Blessing Aduratola, 15 and Hasisat Fasasi, 16.

The residents alleged that the suspect was about to take the two girls to Libya where they would be forced into prostitution.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Ogun State, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement in Abeokuta said she had confessed committing the crime.

Mr Oyeyemi said confessed that she used to send the girls to her Italy-based husband through Libya where they would be used for prostitution.

He pointed out that the victims had been rescued from Kaduna by the police.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun 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 investigation.

He also appealed to parents to always be mindful of their children’s well-being especially the females in order to keep them safe from wolves in human skin.

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

Ogun Police Arrests 5 Over Murder Of Housewife, Motorcyclist

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Police in Ogun state have arrested five people for allegedly kidnapping and killing a forty-five-year-old house wife, Memunat Akinde and a motorcyclist, Ibikunle Ajose in Ado Odo Ota local government area of the state.


The husband of the deceased had reported at Ado-Odo Ota divisional headquarters of the Ogun State Police Command that his wife was yet to return from the market where she had gone to buy fish.


The spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement in Abeokuta that efforts of the policemen paid off when one of the suspects, Okediran Monsuru was traced to Badagry and apprehended.


Mr Oyeyemi said his arrest led the team to the arrest of other members of the gang including Ajaoba Monday, Akewusola Wajud and Nupo Pona.


He said the suspects confessed to the crime, explaining that they were working for a notorious land grabber who they simply identified as” Lebo” who gave them directive to slaughter the victims.


The spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command who said the head of the victim was recovered from their herbalist, Dasu Sunday noted that a manhunt had been launched for their fleeing principal simply known as “Lebo”.


Mr Oyeyemi said the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun has directed that the arrested suspects be charged to court without further delay.


Olusegun Folarin

News Analysis

Growing Incidences Of Baby-Making Factories

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Baby factories also known as baby farms or baby harvesting, is a new form of human trafficking with the factories located in secret places where young girls and ladies are lured into and encouraged or coerced to get pregnant and deliver babies for sale.

Like most other organised crimes, these baby factories operate as a powerful cartel with some prominent people backing the nefarious trade.

They operate under the guise of orphanage homes, prayer homes, social welfare homes or maternity homes and clinics, thereby luring unsuspecting teenage girls and ladies with all sorts of bait and those who look at the hostels as safe havens for secretly dropping their unwanted babies for a token.

According to a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, UNESCO report, human trafficking is the third most common heinous crime ravaging Nigeria after financial fraud and drug trafficking.

Also, in a report by the United Nations, at least ten babies are illegally sold every day in Nigeria, a development that is worrisome and poses a great threat to national security, especially with the global rise in human organs trafficking.

Baby making factories has become a public issue and menace which has been on for some time as teenage girls become victims of unwanted pregnancies and the children produced are sold out for adoption to couples who want babies at all cost.

At the factory, young girls are encouraged or are forced to become pregnant and after delivery, the newborn babies are sold out, usually for five hundred thousand naira or more, depending on the sex of the child.

No doubt this cruelty has negative effect on the victim while some do this for money.

Early this month, police operatives in Ogun State carried out an operation at a baby factory in the Mowe area of the state.

According to the Ogun State Police Spokesman, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the security men stormed the illegal maternity home and rescued ten people, including four kids and six women, four of whom are pregnant.

To this end, tackling baby factories will involve a multifaceted approach that includes advocacy and enacting of legislation barring baby factories and infant trafficking as well as harsh consequences for their patrons.

Early this year, the House of Representatives called on the federal government to forestall the activities of baby factories through effective intelligence gathering.

It is gratifying that the menace is receiving the attention of concerned authorities but more still needed to be done.

There is the need for the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, to closely monitor orphanages and maternity homes to prevent them from being used for nefarious activities.

It is pertinent that state governments should domesticate the child’s rights act to ensure adequate protection of children.

Also government at all levels must organize programs to educate young girls on preventing unwanted pregnancies, furthermore administrative and legal bottlenecks associated with adoption and surrogacy must be reduced for couples with fertility problems to diminish the importance of baby making factories.

Olubunmi Agboola

Crime

Desist from taking laws into your hands – Ogun PPRO

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Following series of jungle justice recorded in some parts of Ogun State, the State Police Command says, it will no longer tolerate such practice as violators will face the wrath of the law.

The command also cautioned members of the public to desist from taking laws into their hands by applying jungle justice on people suspected of crimes.

Spokesperson of the command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who described the most recent incident as unfortunate, said the allegation against the three people who were beaten to death and their vehicle set ablaze on mere suspicion of theft, has not been substantiated by anyone.

The Ogun Police Spokesman, who said that the quick intervention of police from Mowe Division saved two others from being gruesomely murdered, accused commercial motorcycle riders of being guilty of the barbaric act.

The command, therefore, reiterated that such unlawful behaviour would no longer be tolerated in any part of the state, adding that anybody caught in such would be decisively dealt with in accordance with the dictates of the law.

Francisca Irekpita

Crime

Police Confirms Theft Of Ogun Assembly Mace

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Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that the mace of the Ogun State House of Assembly, OGHA has been stolen. 

The command spokesman, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi while speaking with newsmen, however noted that a part of the mace had been recovered while efforts are in top gear to arrest the perpetrators.

Correspondent Wale Oluokun has the details.

Immediately the story broke that the Mace, which is the official symbol of authority of the House had been stolen, newsmen swiftly moved to the Ogun State House of Assembly Complex at Oke Mosan where the security men prevented them from gaining access to the building.

The security men at the gate said the order to prevent journalists from gaining access was from the clerk of the house.

The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun had earlier visited the Assembly Premises to have an on the spot assessment of the burglary incident at the Speaker’s office. 

Presence of armed police officers was also noticed at the front of the Assembly complex to fortify the offices.

The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Mr Yusuf Adejojo while reacting, denied that the story of the burglary was not true.

However, the Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed that some hoodlums had gained access into Assembly Chambers from the roof and removed the mace.

He said the investigation has led to the recovery of a part of the mace noting that the efforts was being intensified to recover the rest of the stolen mace.

Mr Oyeyemi said no arrest had been made and promised that the face of the perpetrators would be unveiled.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Ogun Police Discover Another Baby Factory In Mowe

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Another baby factory has been uncovered by men of the Ogun State Police Command at Mowe area of Obafemi Owode Local Government.

A statement by the command’s spokesman, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi explained that investigation had linked the baby factory to one Florence Ogbonna currently having a pending case on related issue.

The building housing the alleged baby factory

He hinted that the discovery at Lagos Street, Mowe, was made possible following the complaints from residents of the area to the Mowe Divisional Police Headquarters on the suspicion of sale of babies.

Mr Oyeyemi said the residents of the area had complained of sighting ladies not carrying babies after months of carrying pregnancies in the area.

He explained that a man suspected to be working for the operator of the home was also arrested with four women and four children including a heavily pregnant and a nursing mother whose baby was suspected to have been sold.

In the meantime, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police has ordered manhunt for the said suspect Florence Ogbonna and the transfer of the case to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit for investigation.

The discovery would be the second within a week in Ogun State from the same local government area also linked to the same Florence Ogbonna.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Police Clash With Robbers, Arrest 3 in Ogun

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Three members of a robbery gang who have been terrorizing Iju, Ota and its environs have been apprehended by the men of Ogun State Police Command.

The suspects, Bamidele Oluwashina, Adebowale Kehinde and Oluwasegun Abayomi were arrested following a distress call received by the police at Onipanu Divisional Headquarters that robbers were dispossessing people of their valuables.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement in Abeokuta said the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Onipanu Division, Mr Bamidele Job mobilized his patrol team to the scene and engaged the robbers in a gun duel where the three suspects were promptly arrested.

Mr Oyeyemi pointed out that one locally made pistol and two live cartridges were recovered from them, while one of the victims, Tosin Ajayi who was matcheted on the head by the hoodlums had been taken to the hospital for treatment. 

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun had ordered the transfer of the suspects to the Ogun State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.

Olajumoke Idowu

Crime

Grandfather In Police Net For Impregnating Granddaughter In Ogun

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A 70 year old old man, Hunsu Sunday has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling his 15-year-old granddaughter and subsequently impregnating her.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested after the aunt of the victim had reported the sexual assault on the girl at Ado-Odo Ota Divisional Headquarters.

Mr Oyeyemi said the aunt claimed that the girl had been living with her grandfather since the demise of her mother, adding that the victim informed her that her grandfather had been abusing her sexually for quite some time.

The Ogun PPRO who said the suspect was arrested, explained further that the grandfather confessed to the crime, claiming that he was not aware that her granddaughter was pregnant.

Mr Oyeyemi said the victim had been taken to hospital for medical treatment.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun 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 investigation and prosecution.

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

22-Year-Old Nabbed Over Sexual Abuse of Minor

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Ogun State Command of Nigeria Police Force has arrested a twenty-one-year-old suspect, Julius Afuape for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a thirteen-year-old girl.

The suspect was arrested following a report by the Aunt of the victim who reported at Ayetoro Divisional Headquarters that her niece had been sexually abused by the suspect.

The command’s spokesman, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi says in a statement that the victim explained that she was alone in the house when the suspect who claimed that he was sent by the victim’s aunt to come and service her generator had carnal knowledge of her. 

The statement explains that the suspect who had fled the community after the incident was arrested and had confessed to committing the crime.

It adds that the victim had been taken to the General Hospital where it was medically confirmed that the victim’s virginity had been taken.

Meanwhile, Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun has directed that the suspect be transferred to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution. 

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

Two-Man Motorcycle Snatching Gang Arrested In Ogun

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Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a two-man robbery gang who specialized in drugging their victims before dispossessing them of their motorcycles.

The suspects, Chidi Umeh 40-year-old and Obinna Onyebuchi 28-year-old were arrested following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, D.P.O, of Owode Egbado division from the residents of Alanu area of Owode Yewa that the two men who have drugged a motorcyclist were about taking his bike away.

The spokesman of Ogun State Command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in Abeokuta that the D.P.O Owode Egbado Division, Mr Olabisi Elebute led the anti-robbery team to the scene where the two suspects were apprehended with the help of members of the public.

Mr Oyeyemi said one of suspects who claimed to be from Nnewi in Anambra State confessed to the crime pointing out that he used to come to Owode area to snatch motorcycles from the owners after drugging them through energy drink which he used to give his victims on a friendly note.

The Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, noted that one of the latest victim was still sleeping in the hospital as a result of the effect of the drug on him as of the time the suspects were writing their reports.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.

Mr Ajogun advised motorcyclists to stop taking any edible from their passengers especially strangers to forestall a recurrence of such heinous crimes.

Olusegun Folarin

Lifestyle

One Person Confirmed Dead in Gas Explosion at Ijebu-Ode

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A gas explosion has killed one person at Golden Estate in Ijebu-Ode Ogun State.

According to the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Ogun State, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the incident, said one person died in the explosion.

Mr Oyeyemi said policemen had been deployed to the area to assist in managing the situation.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Herbalist, 46, 4 Others Arrest in Ogun State

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A forty-six-year-old herbalist, Okikiola Adesina has been arrested alongside four armed robbery suspects by Operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in Osiele, in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Other suspects are Dayo Ajala, Ismaila Badmus, Joseph Sunday and Chuckwuemeka Paul and were arrested following an information received by the SARS operatives about their hideout at Odeda area.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi told journalists in a statement that the herbalist used to fortify the suspects spiritually in preparation for their nefarious operations and also used to initiate new members into their fold.

Mr Oyeyemi said one double-barreled locally made shot gun, one battle axe, two knives and assorted dangerous charms were recovered from the suspects.

He noted that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Ajogun had ordered full scale investigation into the activities of the suspects with the view to prosecuting them diligently.

Olusegun Folarin