Crime

Ogun Police Apprehend Man for Rape, Blackmail

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A 25 years old man, Ebenezer Adesina has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for allegedly rape and blackmailing of a 16 years old girl.

A statement by the Police Public Relations officer, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested on the 6th of May 2022, following a report lodged at Owode Egbado divisional headquarters by the victim, who reported that she met the suspect on Facebook in 2021.

she stated further that her phone got spoilt and she could not chat with the suspect again.

The PPRO explained that the suspect asked the lady to come to his house to collect the sum of three thousand naira for the repair of the phone, on getting there, the suspect offered her a drink which she took unknown to her that the drink has been laced with a sedative drug.

Immediately she took the drink, she became unconscious and the suspect used the opportunity to have unlawful carnal knowledge of her against her wish after having sex with her in the state of unconsciousness, the suspect took her nude pictures and started threatening to upload the pictures on social media if she did not pay him the sum of fifty thousand naira.

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 investigation and possible prosecution.

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Alagodo of Agodo, Oba Ayinde Odetola
Crime

Ogun Govt. Commences Investigation into Alleged Monarch’s Killing

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Ogun State police command has commenced investigation into the alleged assassination of a traditional ruler in Ewekoro local government, the Alagodo of Agodo, Oba Ayinde Odetola by hoodlums.

The state police command Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident. He said the state commissioner of police, Mr. Lanre Bankole and the Special Security Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun, Mr. Olusola Subair had visited the town for an on the spot assessment of the situation.

The PPRO stated that the town had been deserted at the time of the visit noting that the police commissioner had directed that the homicide unit of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Police Command should commenced investigation into the matter.

Three other persons alongside the Alagodo of Agodo, Oba Ayinde Odetola were also reportedly burnt in the incident.

The assassination was reported to be unconnected to a chieftaincy crisis between the Ake and Owu people of Egbaland on who occupies the Alagodo seat.

The Olu of Agodo’s palace was on Monday besieged by armed thugs, who killed the king and three other persons.

Wale Oluokun

News

Gov. Abiodun Orders Immediate Redeployment Of DPO

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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has directed the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lanre Bankole to immediately redeploy the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Lafenwa in Abeokuta for aiding and abetting crimes in the area, especially inside Lafenwa Market and its environs.

Governor Abiodun who gave the directive during an on-the-spot assessment of the scene of the fire incident in Lanfewa also ordered the arrest of all miscreants involved in setting on fire on a petrol-laden tanker that led to the explosion.

Governor Abiodun at the scene of the fire

The governor explained that there were a lot of reports against the DPO, stating that he was neither effective nor efficient in carrying out his statutory duties of maintaining law and order in the area.

Governor Abiodun who called for a full investigation said that both Federal and State Fire trucks were also damaged by the hoodlums who prevented fire trucks and men of Transport Enforcement and Compliance Agency from sealing off the area and protecting the tanker.

While describing the loss of lives as unfortunate, Governor Abiodun directed the Ogun State Commissioner for Special Duties to take inventory of all goods lost, promising to provide palliatives for the victims.

Responding, the Babaloja of Lafenwa Market, Alhaji Musa Adeyinka, recounted the loss during the incident and thanked the governor for sympathizing with the traders.

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Crime

Ogun Police Arrests 5 Kidnappers, Continues Hunt for Others

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Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested five members of a kidnap syndicate terrorizing Obada-Oko and its environs.

A statement by the spokesman of the command, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspects, Aliu Manya, Usman Abubakar, Abayomi Olayiwola, Nasiru Muhammad and Bello Usman were arrested on two motorcycles in a forest at Eleja Area of Obada-Oko at night. 

Mr. Oyeyemi said the suspects were arrested with the support of the So Safe Corps, hunters and the local vigilante team.

The Ogun Police Command spokesman said exhibits recovered from the suspects include illicit drugs like tramadol and Indian hemp, three cutlasses, and two motorcycles as well cash sum of seventy-three thousand naira. 

Mr. Oyeyemi also hinted that a kidnap victim had identified the suspects as those that kidnapped him while two receivers of the ransom had also been identified amongst the suspects.

The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lanre Bankole, has ordered the transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, for investigation and gave directive concerning the hunt for other members of the syndicate.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

48-Year-Old Man Arrested Over Death Of His 50-Year-Old Lover

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Ogun State Police Command had arrested a forty-eight-year-old butcher, Segun Taiwo over the death of his fifty-year-old lover, Abimbola Olusola whose corpse was found by the roadside around Aro Area of Abeokuta. 

A statement by the command spokesman, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested after a police investigation linked him to the suspect’s death. 

He explained that the Homicide Section through an investigation into the death of the deceased after it was reported at Lafenwa Police Station had traced the death to the residence of the suspect who earlier denied knowing the deceased.

Mr. Abimbola said the suspect later confessed to having been dating the deceased since last year when confronted with evidence and that he invited her to pass the night with him since his wife was not at home.

The police command spokesman said the suspect said the deceased developed sickness midnight after sex and died afterwards.

He stated that the suspect also confessed to taking the corpse in his car and dumping it at Aro Area where it was recovered by the police.

Mr. Oyeyemi hinted that the suspect said he acted in such a manner out of fear. 

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lanre Bankole who commended the professional handling of the investigation has directed that the suspect be charged to court as soon as the investigation is concluded and appealed to the public to always make their whereabouts known to their relatives whenever they have cause to go out.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Man, 24, Stabs Wife To Death In Ogun

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Police in Ogun State has arrested a twenty-four-year-old man, Mojiyagbe Olamilekan for stabbing his wife to death with scissors. 

According to a statement by the Ogun State Police Command spokesman, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested following a distress call that the suspect had locked up himself and his wife, one Seun Mojiyagbe in their room, and started beating the wife.

The police said the wailing of the wife attracted neighbours and who all tried to persuade the suspect to open the door but refused.

Mr. Oyeyemi said the police forced the door to the apartment of the couple opened and met the wife unconscious in the pool of blood before she was pronounced dead by the doctor after she was rushed to the hospital.

The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lanre Bankole has since ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for investigation and prosecution.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Housewife Sponsors Kidnap Of Husband With 8,000 Naira

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Ogun State Police Command has arrested a housewife, Mrs Memunat Salaudeen for planning with three others to kidnap her husband. 

A statement by the command spokesman, Mr. Oyeyemi Abimbola indicated that the three other suspects were apprehended during a stop and search operation along Papa/Itori road.

The spokesman explained that the suspects, Olayinka Lawal, Asungba Nura and Usman Oluwatoyin were with a cutlass and a new strong rope when accosted and gave differing accounts of their movement during interrogation.

They hinted that Mrs. Memunat Salaudeen has confessed to sponsoring the kidnap of her husband with eight thousand naira.

The Ogun State Police Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.

Wale Oluokun