Transportation

Four Die as Vehicle Rams into Motorcycle in Osun

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By Mojisola Oladele

Tragedy struck at Ode-Omu, Osun State, Saturday morning when a car whose occupants were said to be students of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, rammed into a motorcycle, killing four persons, including a bike man.

According to witness account the motorcycle, was conveying a woman simply identified as Cecilia and her three children to Oogi town after a vigil when the incident occurred around Obada market, Ode-Omu.

The bike man , the mother and two of her children died instantly with only the youngest child surviving.

Angered by the incidents, some residents chased after the occupants of the car who tried to run away and caught two of them while one person reportedly escaped.

The residents reportedly set those caught on fire but they were said to have been rescued by the Police.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, said Police officers were able to rescue those set on fire on time and taken to an Hospital in Osogbo for adequate treatment.

Mrs. Opalola added that normalcy had since returned to the Area.

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Crime

Middle Aged Man Lost Life in Mob Action

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By Folake Oye

A middle aged man has been beaten to death by a mob in Osogbo, Osun State for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. 

The suspect, whose identity was not known was caught red handed riding away a Bajaj motorcycle at a filling station at Oke-Baale Area Monday night.

A witness, who did not want his name mentioned told newsmen that the owner of the bike, along side other motorists and motorcyclists had besieged a filling station around half past seven in the evening to purchase fuel.

He said the suspect allegedly took advantage of the rush due to the scarcity of petrol to commit the crime but fortunately, the owner of the motorcyclist saw him and raised alarm.

According to him, the suspect who was given a hot chase by some motorcyclists eventually abandoned the motorcycle and ran into a bridge close to the petrol station where he was attacked and beaten to a pulp by the angry crowd.

The suspect was said to have passed away by the time some Policemen arrived the scene.

As at the time of filing this report, the Osun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mrs Yemisi Opalola could not be reached.

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Crime

Four Nabbed For Stealing at Prison Construction Site

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By Folake Oye

Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of four suspects for stealing iron rods at the site of an on-going prison project in Ilesa, Osun State.

Speaking with newsmen, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs Yemisi Opalola said investigation is on-going into the allegations.

Speaking on the incident, the Osun Commander of the Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service, Mr Ahmed Nureni said the suspects were intercepted at Owode-Ede by some members of the security outfit while they were on patrol.

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Crime

Ifon-Ilobu Crisis: Police Arrest Suspected Killers of 28-Year-Old Man

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By Folake Oye

Osun State Police Command says it has arrested some suspects in connection with the Ifon-Ilobu crisis and killing of a 28-year-old man, Ibrahim Kudus in Okanala, Irepodun Local Government area of the Osun State on Sunday.

In a statement in Osogbo, Police spokesperson for the command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, noted that normalcy had returned to the area while some suspects had been arrested.

She said, “We have made arrests concerning the incident and the CP, Kehinde Longe, has deployed officers to the area to maintain law and order”.

“Presently, Police officers are on ground in the area and normalcy has returned, and people are going about their normal duties”.

Mrs Opalola gave assurance that justice would take its course.

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Crime

Owner of Killer Dog Arrested in Osogbo

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By Adenitan Akinola

The police in Osun State say they have arrested the owner of the dog that attacked a woman and killed her baby in the Ido-Osun area of the state.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mrs Yemisi Opalola gave the information during a telephone chat with Radio Nigeria in Osogbo.

Mrs Opalola who refused to disclose the details of the dog owner maintained that he would be prosecuted after due investigation.

Recalled that residents of Zone E, Unity Estate, Halleluyah Area in Ido-Osun, Osun State, were on Wednesday thrown into mourning when a dog suddenly attacked a nursing mother, Nafisat Muhideen from behind and mauled her five-month-old baby to death.

The deceased baby, Maryam, was mauled to death by the dog, which was said to have been let loose in a house facing the road that Nafisat had passed.

Speaking with journalists in Osogbo, the bereaved mother of the baby said she gave birth to the baby when she was told about the death of her elder brother five months ago.

She said she was on her way to buy drugs for the deceased who was suffering from catarrh when the dog attacked her.

Mrs Muhideen further explained the dog jumped on her from behind and forced out the baby, whom she strapped to her back before it mauled her till she died.

“My baby had catarrh earlier and I contracted the flu from her. I went out backing my baby to get drugs for her and get flu drugs for myself too because I was feeling headache.”

“When I was out to get drugs, I heard a sound from behind, and by the time I turned around to check, a dog jumped me from behind,” she said.

“It dragged the baby off my back and was mauling her. I ran around calling for help but no one was around to help rescue her. I threw stones at the dog but it refused to leave the baby. It kept attacking her.”

“Later, some residents of the area showed up and attempted to get the baby from the dog but they could not. The dog did not leave her until it was killed. The remains of the baby facing the ground were retrieved from under the dog.”

“What pain me most was that I gave birth to Maryam, the day I was informed about the death of my elder brother who died five months ago. It was a forced labor”, the distraught mother recounted.

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Human Angle

Horror as Alsatian Dogs Kill Baby, Injure Mother

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By Adenitan Akinola

A nursing mother, identified as Mummy Basira, has been injured by two Alsatian dogs,  killing a baby strapped to her back in the process.

The incident, reportedly happened around 3 o’clock in the evening at Hallelujah Street, In Ido-Osun area of Osun State when the dogs allegedly jumped out of a building, attacked the woman and her baby, killing the child in the process, while residents watched helplessly.

A resident who preferred anonymity told Radio Nigeria that the German shepherds attacked the nursing mother and seized her baby, the woman who attempted to rescue the baby, was also attacked and injured by the dogs.

“We all watched helplessly. The dogs, we were told, jumped out of a building that was not currently inhabited by anyone and seized the baby said to be about five months strapped to the back by the mother, and battered her.

“As they battered the baby, the mother tried to save her, but she could not. After killing the baby, the dogs attacked the mother, inflicting bodily injuries on her. Some residents later used sticks to chase away the dogs and rescue the mother. She was rushed to a hospital here in Osogbo.

“The house where the dogs came out from is not inhabited, but residents know those that used to visit the place. They have been calling their mobile numbers, but their lines have been switched off. The tension is presently high in that neighbourhood. We reported the matter at Estate Police Station in Osogbo,” the resident said.

Osun State Police Command through its Public Relations Officer, Mrs Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident, saying operatives had launched a manhunt for the owners of the dogs.

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Crime

Police, Hunters Rescue 13 Travelers from Kidnappers in Osun

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Thirteen Ilesha-bound travellers have been rescued from kidnappers in Osun State by police and hunters.

The passengers were abducted on Sunday by gunmen posing as passengers.

Speaking with newsmen, one of the passengers, who did not want her name mentioned said midway into the journey, three out of five all-men passengers in the back seat told the driver to stop the vehicle because they wanted to ease themselves.

She explained that after the driver obliged them, they asked other passengers in the bus to come down at gunpoint and told them to move into the bush.

According to her, she was on phone with her dad a few minutes before the incident and left the line open so he could know they were in danger.

She noted that the abductors who were in the process of collecting their valuables suddenly heard a police siren and fled into the bush living their captives behind. 

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Osun State Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola explained that the passengers were rescued by hunters and the police following a distress call. 

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Crime

Suspected Ritualists kill Missing Woman

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A 64 yr old woman identified as Mrs Oluyemi Tunmise has been found dead in her farm at Fadahunsi area, Ilesa with both eyes plucked by suspected ritualists.

Neighbours and family launched a search party for Mrs Oluyemi on Monday after her family declared her missing.

A neighbour who craved anonymity told our men that family of the deceased became worried when she failed to return to her apartment located at Fadahunsi community, Ilesa, having left since Saturday’s morning.

According to the neighbour, Mrs Odeyemi co-tenants who became suspicious because the door to her room remained locked for two days, which was unusual.

The neighborhood stated that on inquiry, members of the search party discovered that some firewoods and vegetables gathered by the victim were still by the road side where she kept them and decided to cumb the area.

Reports reveal that after ten minutes of searching, the victim’s decomposing body with the both eyes plucked out was found besides a tree and that attention of the Police at Ijamo B’ Division was called to the development.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Osun state Police command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident, saying the police went for evacuation of the corpse for investigation, but her children prevented them from taking her to the morgue, claiming that they wanted to bury her immediately

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Crime

4 Prisoners Allegedly Shot Dead In Foiled Ile-Ife Jailbreak

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An attempt by some inmates at Ile-Ife Correctional Center to escape has been foiled by security men at the facility.

The incident, which reportedly occurred around 9:00 am at Kosere Correctional Centre, Ile Ife led to the alleged killing of four of the inmates.

A source told our correspondent that the first inmate that attempted to lead the plan was shot while the other three that followed also suffered the same fate.

The spokesperson of the Osun State Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident.

She said the details of the incident were not available at the time of filing this story.

It was gathered that the Osun State Comptroller of Correctional Service, Mr Lanre Amoran, had visited Ile-Ife Correctional Centre over the incident.

The spokesperson of the Correctional Service in Osun State, Mr Sola Adeotan, said the details of the incident were not available to him as of the time our correspondent spoke to him.

Adenitan Akinola

Crime

Tension As Soldiers Storm Police Post, Free Arrested Colleague In Osogbo

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Gunshots rented the air in Obelawo area, along Ikirun road, in Osogbo, capital of Osun State on Tuesday night as three soldiers allegedly invaded a police post in the area to free their colleague detained by policemen. 

Some residents of the area told Radio Nigeria that the gunshots led to palpable tension in the area as residents scampered for safety not to be hit by stray bullets. 

One of them who simply identified himself as Alaska told our correspondent that policemen in the station had arrested some suspected cultists and kept them in the custody. 

He said one of the suspected cultists arrested was related to a soldier.

According to him, the soldier came to the station in the afternoon on Tuesday to secure administrative bail for his brother during which argument ensued and the soldier was also taken into custody with the cultists. 

He stated further that three armed soldiers dressing in camouflage vest invaded the police post around 8PM to forcefully free their colleague that was detained. 

Another source, named Kazeem, alleged that the policemen started shooting to the air to scare the soldiers but when they observed that they were resolute, they fired bullets to the direction of the three soldiers.

He said the policemen fled as the soldiers chased them away from the station. 

Spokesperson of Osun State Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, when contacted, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. 

Mrs Opalola said some armed men who claimed to be soldiers from Ede Barracks took the suspected cultists away to Ede Military Barracks.

She however added that some arrests had been made.

Adenitan Akinola

Security

Residents Of Osogbo In Fear As Security Agents Patrol City

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combined team of military and other security agencies patrolled the capital city of Osogbo as residents were perplexed.
In the early hour of today, soldiers converged around the Dele Yesir bus-stop  along Osogbo-Iwo road.

At about seven o’clock, the soldiers, in company of men of the police force, members of the NSCDC, DSS, Amotekun corps and vigilante groups were already on the main streets of Osogbo.
The patrol vehicles numbering over thirty moved from Dele yesir through the ring road, Stadium, Ikirun road, Ayetoro,Igbona, Olaiya Alekuwodo and other major routes of the state capital blaring siren.
Some residents of the city wondered what could be responsible for the development.
A businessman in Igbona area of the town, Mr Adedeji David lamented that the sight of large number of gun Wielding soldiers and other security personnel sent fear down the spine of the people who closed their shops in a her hurry.         However, in a telephone conversation, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security matters, Mrs Abiodun Ige said the development was to assure the people of security of lives and property.
Similarly, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps, Osun State , Mr Daniel Adigun told Radio Nigeria that the exercise was a show of force by the combined security team.
The police spokesperson of Osun State Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola also added that the exercise was to remind hoodlums and cultists that the state had capacity to contain their excesses.
Mrs Opalola assured the citizens that they had no cause to worry as the development would further make them better secured.

    Adenitan Akinola

    Crime

    Cult Clash Claims One in Osun

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    A 35-year-old suspected cultist, Lekan Babalola has died during an alleged clash between two rival cults groups capital of Osun State. 

    Radio Nigeria gathered that the two rival cult groups engaged in a supremacy fight around 2:30 PM where Lekan was caught by bullets.

    The Public Relations Officer of the Osun Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident in a statement in Osogbo.

    Mrs Opalola said, Lekan’s corpse had been deposited at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.

    She assured that the police was on the trail of other members of the group.

    Adenitan Akinola

    Crime

    Yahoo Boys Attack EFCC Operatives In Osogbo

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    There was tension in some areas of Osogbo, Osun State capital early Tuesday morning as some youths suspected to be internet fraudsters, (Yahoo boys) allegedly resisted arrest by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

    Radio Nigeria gathered that the EFCC operatives came into the state capital to arrest suspected fraudsters but were waylaid on their way out after arresting some suspects and seizing about 20 exotic cars.

    An operator of a kiosk around LAMECO area said the operatives, had to run into safety to avoid being mobbed by the angry youths, who set bonfire at LAMECO Junction in the state capital.

    Confirming the incident, Osun Police Command spokesperson, Mrs Yemisi Opalola said they had been trying to control the situation from further escalation.

    Adenitan Akinola

    Crime

    Mother, Pastor, Trade Blame Over Missing 18-Year-Old

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    A middle aged mother, Mrs Bukola Ayeni and a Pastor identified as Ola John are trading blames over the whereabouts of an 18-year-old girl, Mariam Rauf who allegedly went missing in Osogbo, the capital of Osun State. 

    It was gathered that Mariam who is a student of Baptist Girls School, Osogbo left home on the 29th of March this year without disclosing her destination to anybody. 

    However, it was suspected that she has relocated to the eastern part of Nigeria to start a new life and selling herbal medicine. 

    The worried mother while narrating the situation to journalists in Osogbo said, said her daughter was bed-wetting which made to seek help from, Pastor John who was introduced to her by a friend.

    As part of the curative measure, the pastor said she needed to be sleeping in the church which she agreed with and missing girl spent most of her time in the church while she only came home to dress for school. 

    Mrs Ayeni alleged that she informed Pastor John that her daughter had absconded, but said he accused her of victimising the missing girl.

    The mother alleged that the pastor was not interested that whether her daughter was found, insisting that the Pastor incited her daughter against her on the grounds that she did not take good care of her.

    However, when Newsmen contacted Pastor Ola John, he denied knowledge of the girl’s whereabouts, adding that he had reported the incident to the Oke-Baale Police Station in the state capital.

    Pastor John explained that he offered to help her while in trouble, adding that he is also worried like her mother.

    As at the time of filing this report, spokesperson of Osun State Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola asked for more time to respond to the issue, when contacted.

    Adenitan Akinola

    Security

    Osun Police Launch Manhunt For Kidnappers Along Ife/Ilesha Road

    By Web News 740

    The Osun Police Command on Monday has launched a manhunt after some suspected gunmen who kidnapped a passenger along Ife/Ilesha expressway in Osun State. 

    Radio Nigeria gathered that the gunmen waylaid a commercial bus travelling along the expressway on Saturday 24th, April 2021 around 7:40 PM and abducted the passenger. 

    It was learnt that the local hunters and others security operatives had been drafted to the bush to rescue the victim since Saturday night. 

    In a telephone interview, the Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, confirmed that one traveller named Okunade Yinka was kidnapped at Akire junction. 

    She said an intensive manhunt was already in place by operatives and local vigilantes to rescue the victim.

    Adenitan Akinola

    Crime

    Kidnapped Seriki’s Son Rescued in Osu

    By Web News 849

    The son of Seriki Hausawa in Iyere Town, Osun State, Usman Haruna, who was kidnapped in Osu has been rescued by the police.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Osun State Command, Mrs Yemisi
    Opalola in an interview with Radio Nigeria said no ransom was paid for his
    release, stressing that the victim is currently receiving treatment
    in an undisclosed hospital in the state.

    According to the report, only Usman was kidnapped against the rumor
    that two other people were abducted alongside him.

    It will be recalled that Usman was kidnapped on Friday in Osu along Ilesa-Ife expressway and a ransom of 50 million naira demanded by his
    abductors.

    Isaac Haastrup

    Crime

    Osun Police Nab 3 Kidnappers, Rescue 2 Victims

    By Web News 586

    Two travelers were again abducted by gunmen on Ife/Ibadan Expressway at Wasinmi Area of Ayedire Local Government Area of Osun State on Saturday evening.

    It was gathered that the two travelers were accosted while they were on their way from Ile-Ife to Ibadan by gunmen who took them to the nearby bush.

    A security source revealed that three of the perpetrators had been arrested, while effort was ongoing to arrest others. 

    When contacted, the spokesperson of Osun State Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident adding that the police have rescued the two victims that were abducted. 

    Mrs Opalola said men of the force responded to a distress call and moved in to rescue two victims and arrested three suspects.

    Adenitan Akinola

    Security

    Osun Police, Amotekun, Vigilante Rescue Kidnap Victim

    By Web News 703

    The second person that was reportedly kidnapped on Sunday night by unknown gunmen along Omoh/Erin-Ijesha road in Ori-Ade Local Government Area of Osun State has been rescued.

    In a telephone interview with Radio Nigeria, the Police Public Relation Officer, PPRO of the Osun Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola confirmed the development.

    Mrs Opalola said the success was the result of a combined rescue mission of the police, Amotekun, Hunters and Vigilante outfits that combed the forest since the incident was reported on Sunday.

    She however said no arrest was made, but the police was on the trail of the kidnappers.

    Two persons were kidnapped on Sunday, while one was rescued on Sunday night, the other was yesterday rescued late on Tuesday by security men.

    It was gathered that the kidnappers absconded and left the hostage when they saw intimidating numbers of security operatives towards moving them.

    Adenitan Akinola

    Crime

    Suspected Robber Set Ablaze In Ile Ife

    By Web News 1346

    A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man suspected to be an armed robber has been killed and set ablaze in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

    This is coming barely ten days after two suspected bike snatchers were killed and set ablaze at Lagere Area, Ile-Ife on December 4, 2020.

    Radio Nigeria gathered that the incident happened on Sunday around 10:30 in the morning around Oke-Ogbo, Ilode Area, Ile-Ife. 

    The suspected armed robber had snatched a motorcycle from a commercial motorcyclist at gunpoint and was pursued by a mob who lynched him to death and set the lifeless body ablaze.

    A witness who declined being mentioned told Radio Nigeria that two armed robbers were involved in the motorcycle snatching but one escaped while the other was killed by the mob. 

    The spokesperson of Osun State Police Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident.

    Mrs Opalola said the suspected armed robber was arrested by Okada riders and set ablaze before the police officers arrived the scene. 

    Adenitan Akinola

    Crime

    FUOYE Student Death: “Last Meal” Sent to Lab – Police

    By Web News 1307

    The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a lover boy, Maliki Ayo, whom a third-year student of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, Faderera Oloyede died in his room in the Koko area of Iree Community in Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State. 

    The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Osun Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, told newsmen in Osogbo that investigation was ongoing into the incident. 

    Mrs Opalola said the food (Rice) which the deceased reportedly ate before she died had been taken to a laboratory for investigation. 

    The deceased, Faderera Oloyede who is a student of FUOYE, in Ekiti State was on Tuesday found dead in the room of Ayo Maliki who claimed to be a student of Osun State Polytechnic. 

    Adenitan Akinola

    Crime

    21-Year Old FUOYE Student Dies in Lover’s Room In Iree

    By Web News 2463

    There was confusion around Koko area of Iree community in Boripe Local Government Area of Osun State on Tuesday when a 21-year-old student of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti identified as Faderera Oloyede was reportedly found dead in the room of his lover, Maliki Ayo, a student of Osun State Polytechnic. 

    Radio Nigeria gathered that the incident happened around half past noon when Faderera a 300-level Mathematics Education student of FUOYE visited his lover in the company of her friend, Adekemi Adewumi.

    The host, Maliki who is now at large prepared rice which the three of them reportedly ate.

    It was gathered that the deceased started complaining of stomach discomfort in the course of the meal, forcing Adewumi to rally round her to seek for a cure but eventually, she died in the room. 

    It was further learnt from neighbours who declined mentioning their names that the lover, Maliki when he noticed that the girl was not breathing again he allegedly abandoned the two guests and took to his heels.

    According to the source, one of the neighbours of Maliki identified just as Alhaji Abubakar reported the incident at a police station in the community. 

    Maliki was reported to be a student of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree and has been living in the area for a while now, a claim the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Tope Abiola denied.

    The Police Public Relation Officer, Osun State Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident, adding that the corpse had been evacuated.  

    Mrs Opalola said a friend of the deceased, named Adewumi was arrested, while Maliki who they visited overnight and prepared the rice was at large. 

    The corpse of Faderera had been deposited to Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Hospital’s morgue for autopsy.

    Adenitan Akinola