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Ogun Police Nab Two Men over Robbery

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By Olusegun Folarin

Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested two men for allegedly dispossessing a woman of her belongings in a taxi along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

The suspects, 35-year-old Aliu Oyetola and 40-year-old Seyi Afolabi were arrested after the victim reported the incident at Sango Division.

The victim told the policemen that she was robbed by four men who posed as a fellow passenger in the taxi she boarded from at Ijako market, going to Itori.

She said the suspects pushed her out of the car after dispossessing her of her smartphone valued at eighty-five thousand naira, the money realized from a POS machine sale, worth one hundred and twenty-three thousand naira and a separate cash sum of one hundred and five thousand naira.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Omolola Odutola said in a statement in Abeokuta that two out of the four-man gang of “one chance robbery” were arrested after being given a hot chase by the Sango Ota police operatives.

The command’s spokesperson said the two suspects had made confessional statements and were cooperating with the police by giving useful information that would lead to the arrest of other fleeing felons adding that a Toyota Corolla vehicle with Registration No GGE 659 FR, blue colour was recovered. 

She noted that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alamutu had ordered that the suspects be transferred to the Anti-Robbery Department of the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.

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Ogun Police Nab 2 Ritualists over Killing of 18-Year-Old

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Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected ritualists for allegedly killing 18-year-old Quadri Salami in Ajemo Area of Abeokuta, the state capital.

The father of the deceased had last month reported at Kemta Police Station of the missing of his son who is an 100 level student of Obafemi Awolowo University.

The suspects, Akeem Usman and Ifadowo Niyi were arrested after thorough investigation by men and officers of the command.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Omolola Odutola who confirmed the arrest in a statement in Abeokuta, said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alamutu led the team of Tactical Squad to Mile 6 in Ajemo Area of Abeokuta to exhume the decomposing body parts of the deceased from a shallow grave.

She explained that suspects confessed slaughtering the victim and dismembered his vital parts for ritual purposes. 

The command’s spokesperson said one of the suspects, Ifadowo went away with Quadri’s head, and his two wrists, and paid the sum of one hundred thousand Naira into Akeem Usman’s account as proceeds from the sale of the human body parts. 

She noted that suspects claimed to continue to sell the victim’s other body parts on demand to internet fraudsters and buried the heart, two legs, and flesh inside a plastic rubber for rituals and used the remaining parts for “Awure” a crime against humanity.

She added that the suspects are currently in Eleweran at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID pending continuation of discreet investigations and will definitely be prosecuted.

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Ogun Police Arrest 3 for Tricycle, Motorcycle Theft

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By Olusegun Folarin

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested three suspects for allegedly stealing tricycles and a motorcycle in different locations in the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola said in a statement in Abeokuta that the suspects, Shaibu Isah, Sunday Achiri, and Azeez Mufutaru, were apprehended following a tip-off.

She said the 21-year-old Shaibu Isah who claimed to be a resident of Ibadan, Oyo State, was arrested while trying to unchain and steal a parked motorcycle with registration number SGM 557 VQ.

The command’s spokesperson pointed out that the two other suspects were arrested while planning to steal a tricycle that was given to them on hire purchase.

She said the duo admitted to absconding with the tricycle, registered as SRA 036 UM, belonging to an individual named Precious from Mowe, with the intention of disposing of it.

The suspects, along with the recovered items, had been handed over to the Redeemed Divisional Police Officer for further investigation.

She noted that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alamutu advised the public to opt for smart hire purchase systems that involve trackable hirers to prevent incidents of absconding and property diversion.

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27-Year-Old Woman in Police Net for Serial Kidnapping

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Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old woman, Mariam Ayila for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old girl, Sofiat Yusau in the Ota area of the state.

The suspect was arrested after one Ismail Yusau reported at the Agbara Divisional Headquarters that his daughter who he sent on an errand had not returned home.

He told policemen that he received a strange call some hours after from an unknown person, who told him that his daughter had been kidnapped and that if he failed to send the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand as ransom, he would not set his eyes on the girl again. 

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement in Abeokuta that the suspect was arrested at her hideout in the Atan-Ota area, and the little girl was rescued unhurt.

Mr Oyeyemi explained that preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect had earlier kidnapped another young girl in the Itele-Ota area on the 19th of December 2022, and ransom was paid to her before she released her victim. 

He said the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, had directed that the suspect be handed over to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and prosecution.

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Ogun Police Arrest Four Notorious Kidnappers

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Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested four members of a notorious kidnap gang for allegedly terrorizing Abeokuta and its environs.

The suspects, Ismaila Ibrahim, Musa Muhammed, Irekura Abu and Okanlawon Muhammed were arrested following a series of kidnapping cases at Soyooye and Ibara Orile Area of Abeokuta.

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

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the suspects confessed to being members of a kidnap gang that abducted one Bishop Oladimeji Joshua of Prayer City, Keesan Abeokuta, and Kafayat Jelili of Ogo-Titun area of Ibara Orile on the 27th of September 2022.

He listed items recovered from the suspects including two double-barrel guns and one single-barrel long gun.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, who commended the anti-kidnapping unit for the breakthrough has ordered that the suspects be charged in court as soon as the investigation is concluded.

Mr Bankole also directed a massive manhunt for other members of the gang who are presently on the run, with the view to bring them to justice. 

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Ogun Police Arrest 3 Eiye Confraternity Leaders

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Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested three leading members of the dreaded Eiye Confraternity who have been allegedly terrorizing Ijebu-Ode and its environs.

The suspects, Odukoya Odushina, Subomi Popoola and Itunuoluwa Taiwo were arrested after the police at Obalende Divisional Headquarters in Ijebu Ode received information that the cultists were seen holding a nocturnal meeting at a black spot known as Sanga at the back of Central Mosque, with the view to unleashing terror on members of the community. 

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest of the suspects in Abeokuta, said the hoodlums attacked the policemen with dangerous weapons when they sighted them.

Mr Oyeyemi explained that one of the suspects had been arrested once and charged to court, but was granted bail.

He listed items recovered from suspects including jewellery, phones and suspected hard drugs.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered a full scale investigation into their activities.

Mr Bankole also ordered a massive manhunt for other members of the group with the view to charging them to court as soon as possible.

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Police Nab Man for Raising False Alarm of Boko Haram Invasion

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Operatives of Ogun state Police Command have arrested Wakilu Ogundairo for allegedly raising false alarm of Boko Haram terrorists invasion in Imosan ijebu area of Ogun state.

The suspect had sent a voice note which went viral claiming that Boko Haram terrorists with cache of arms had invaded Imosan ijebu, causing panic among the people of the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement in Abeokuta said the people, after receiving the voice note, resorted to calling the command’s emergency number expressing concern over the safety of their loved ones in ijebu ode and Ogun state as a whole.

Mr Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, directed the Divisional Police Officer, Obalende division to move into the area and find out the authenticity of the said WhatsApp voice note.

The Command Spokesman pointed out that the DPO of the division discovered after investigation that the only people in that location were farm labourers from Benue state who were carrying out their legitimate business devoid of any form of violence.

He said the suspect who raised the false alarm had confessed that he only made the voice note to scare members of the public adding that there was no invasion anywhere.

Mr Oyeyemi noted that the Commissioner of police had ordered a thorough investigation into the past activities of the suspect, with the view to charge him to court as soon as possible.

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Police Nab 11 Suspected Cultists

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Operatives of Ogun state police command have arrested eleven suspected members of Eiye supreme confraternity, who are responsible for the killing of one Olaosebikan Tejuosho, at Isale Abetu area of Abeokuta.

The suspects, Quadri Ogunsanya, Jamiu Kehinde, Adenekan Samuel, Waris Ismail, Olamilekan Hamsat, Bamidele Waliu, Makinde Azeez, Makinde Ifajimin, Makinde Fashakin, Makinde Faleke and Ajeifa Arifasope were arrested following a tip-off that they were planning another onslaught at Itoku area after involvement in series of bloody cult clashes.

The Police Public Relations officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement in Abeokuta that the suspects had confessed of being members of a dreaded Eiye cult group and their involvement in series of cult clashes including the one that led to the killing of one Olaosebikan Tejuosho at Isale Abetu area of Abeokuta.

Mr Oyeyemi said that the suspects also confessed to be responsible for the killing of one Habib Mego and one other person simply known as School boy at Omida area of Abeokuta.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered a full scale investigation into the past activities of the suspects.

Mr Bankole also directed that other members of the group must be hunted for and brought to book.

The Police Commissioner warned parents and guardians to call their wards to order as the clampdown on cultists across the state would continue until the state is rid of the hoodlums terrorizing the people of Ogun state.

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Police Arrest 22 Suspected Cultists In Ogun

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Twenty two suspected cultists have been arrested by the special squad of Ogun state Police command in the last 48 hours in different parts of the state.

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

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the arrested cultists who had affirmed their membership of Aye and Eiye confraternities were apprehended when the special Squad, headed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police Department of operation stormed their hideouts at Mayas in Lafenwa and Oju Ogabra in Sapon area of Abeokuta.

He also noted that some of the suspects were also apprehended in Sagamu during the similar operation carried out by the squad.

The command’s spokesperson pointed out that the suspects were currently being interrogated to ascertain their roles in the cult war that engulfed the State recently which claimed the life of some cult members.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole who commended the quick response of the squad urged them to take the battle to the doorsteps of all known cultists in the State.

Mr Bankole appealed to members of the public to always cooperate with the team by giving them necessary information that would enhance their operation, describing security as everybody’s business.

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Gunmen Release Police Inspector Abducted in Ogun

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The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the release of a Police Inspector and two other worshippers abducted by unknown Gunmen around Soyoye area of Rounder in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

The command spokesman Mr. Abímbólá Oyeyemi however said he was not aware of any ransom paid to secure the release of those abducted.

He said that police would not relent in dealing with kidnappers and other criminal elements terrorising the state.

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Ogun Police Arrest 13 Suspects for Allegedly Destroying People’s Property

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Ogun State Police Command says thirteen persons have been arrested for allegedly destroying other people’s property following an accident that claimed the life of a motorcycle rider in the Itori area of Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state.

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

Mr Oyeyemi pointed out that the suspects were part of those who went on a rampage when a smuggler’s vehicle who they believed was being chased by the men of Nigeria Customs Service knocked down a motorcycle rider and the victim died instantly.

He noted that the hoodlums immediately went berserk, vandalizing vehicles of innocent passersby, and also moved to a popular hotel in the area where officers of the Nigeria Customs Service used to lodge and started looting the hotel.

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the hoodlums attacked the policemen who had visited the scene following a distress call with stones.

Speaking during his assessment tour of the scene of the incident, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole described the act of vandalizing property as barbaric and directed that others who were involved in the dastardly act be hunted for and brought to book.

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Ogun Police Command Debunks Rumour Of Cultists Overtaking Abeokuta 

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Ogun state police command says it has arrested a large number of suspected cultists after a violent attack that claimed a life in Oluwo Area of Abeokuta.
In a statement, the Command’s  spokesperson, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said that the suspects were now under investigation at the State Criminal investigation and intelligence department, Eleweran,  Abeokuta.
Mr Oyeyemi said that Contrary to the rumor being peddled on social media that cultists had taken over the city of Abeokuta, the police had brought the situation under control as officers were solidly on ground to checkmate the activities of the hoodlums.

He noted that the police command had launched a serious clampdown operation against all known or suspected cult members not only in Abeokuta but the entire Ogun State. 

Mr Oyeyemi urged members of the public to go about their lawful business without fear of molestation or harassment, assuring them of their safety at all times.

The PPRO advised Parents and guardians to caution  their children and wards, as anybody caught involved in any act capable of undermining the security of the state would face punitive measure. 
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Mother sets Daughter Ablaze over Phone

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Ogun State police command says it has arrested one Aisha Tijani a housewife and mother of five for pouring petrol on her 10 years old daughter and set her ablaze.

In a statement by the command spokesman, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe Divisional headquarters by Mr Moroof Ayinde, who reported that the suspect who lives in the same house with him poured petrol on her little daughter and set her ablaze.

He stated further that, the woman got annoyed when the little girl took a phone she seized from one of her children from where she kept it and gave it back to the child whose hand the phone was seized.

Mr Oyeyemi explained that upon the report, the DPO Mowe Division, Mrs Folashade Tanaruno quickly moved to the scene with the detectives and got the suspect arrested.

He said the victim, who had been badly burnt was rushed to the nearest hospital from where she was referred to Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital for proper medical attention.

On interrogation, the suspect Aisha Tijani who claimed to have been separated from the father of the children pleaded guilty to the police.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.

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Ogun Police Nab Fake Inspector

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Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 38-year-old man, Akinyemi Thomas for allegedly impersonating a police officer. 

The suspect was arrested by policemen attached to Sagamu Divisional Headquarters who were on routine patrol of their area with the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Mr Godwin Idehai.

The spokesman of the Ogun State Command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest, said the suspect was in full police camouflage uniform at under the bridge along Lagos Ibadan expressway. 

The suspect in full police camouflage he was arrested in.

Mr Oyeyemi noted that the conduct of the suspect raised the suspicion of the policemen who stopped to question him.

He said the suspect confessed to be a dismissed policeman but using the uniform to extort unsuspecting members of the public. 

Mr Oyeyemi explained that a police warrant card was recovered aside the uniform.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered full investigation into the activities of the suspect with the view to charging him to court as soon as possible.

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Police Arrest Couple with Human Parts in Ogun State

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Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 43-year-old, Kehinde Oladimeji and his 35-year-old wife Adejumoke Raji for allegedly being in possession of fresh different human parts. 

The couple who resided at number 72, MKO Abiola Way, Leme, Abeokuta were arrested after the Baale of Leme Community, Chief Moshood Ogunwolu, had reported at Kemta Divisional Headquarters that Pastor Adisa Olarewaju informed him of offensive odours coming out from the room of the suspects. 

The suspects with the bucket filled with human body parts

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

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the Divisional Police Officer, DPO Kemta Division, Adeniyi Adekunle quickly led his detectives to the scene where a plastic bowl containing fresh different parts of human beings was discovered in the room.

He said the suspects had confessed that they were herbalists, explaining that the human parts comprised hands, breasts and other parts were given to them by one Michael who they claimed resided in the Adatan area of Abeokuta. 

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCIID, for discreet investigation.

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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. 

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Woman Arrested for Setting Husband’s Mistress Ablaze

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Operatives of Ogun State Police command have arrested a 32 year old housewife Kehinde Abdul Wasiu for allegedly setting her husband’s mistress, a 23 year old Tosin Olugbade ablazed.

The Suspect, a mother of three was arrest after the husband of the deceased, Fatai Olugbade reported at Onipanu divisional headquarters Ota that his late wife was having extra marital affair with Ismail Wasiu.

Mr Olugbade informed the policemen that the Suspect allegedly poured petrol on the deceased and set her ablaze after an argument had ensued between them.

The Police Public Relations officer, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the incident said the Suspect had confessed committing the crime.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered the speedy conclusion of investigation into the case with the view to charging the case to court as soon as possible. 

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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.

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Ogun Police Confirms Kidnap Of 3, Arrests One Kidnapper

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Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of three residents of the Obada-Oko Area of Abeokuta, the state capital.

The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi while speaking in Abeokuta said one suspect has been arrested in connection with the incident.

The police spokesman said the arrested suspect was a member of the kidnap gang and would not be released.

Mr. Oyeyemi said investigation have commenced noting that the kidnappers would soon be arrested.

It was reported that gunmen had kidnapped three residents of the Obada-Oko area of Abeokuta demanding ten million naira ransom.

One of the residents of the area who escaped from the kidnappers, Mr. Razaq Lasisi said he narrowly escaped from the kidnappers.

The former secondary school principal said he was accosted on his way home from his place of work around nine pm and that he was shot when he struggled not to go with them.

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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.

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Avoid repairing your broken down vehicles on deserted roads – Ogun Police

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Ogun State Police Command says the three persons kidnapped along Igboora-Abeokuta road are religious people that went into the forest for a special prayer before they were abducted.

The command’s spokesman, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi while reacting to the incident said officers of the command were already on the kidnappers’ trail.

He stressed that about now is not the best time to be going to the bush and deserted areas for meetings and prayer sessions.

Mr. Abimbola also advised travelers with broken down vehicles in isolated area to promptly leave the place and report to nearest police station in that area for the  police to stay with them pending the repairing of such vehicle.

It was reported that suspected herdsmen abducted three persons including a pregnant woman around rounder area of Abeokuta and demanded thirty million naira as ransom.

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21-Year-Old Nabbed For Armed Robbery In Ogun

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Police in Ogun State have arrested a 21-year-old armed robbery suspect, Nnamdi Omeka during a robbery operation in Ile Pupa, Iloye area of Sango Ota.

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

Mr. Oyeyemi explained that the suspect was apprehended after the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Sango Divisional headquarters receiving a distress call that one Rasaq Hamed was being dispossessed of his car by a two-man armed robbery gang.

He listed items recovered from the suspect to include four live cartridges and one expended cartridge.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Ajogun has ordered a massive manhunt for the fleeing member of the gang.

He also directed the one arrested be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCID, or discreet investigation.

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Ex-Con In Hot Water Over Impersonation Of Army Officer

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Ogun State Police Command has arrested an an ex-convict, Segun Ogundeji for impersonating military officer.

According to the statement by the command Spokesman Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested when he came to Sango Ota Divisional Headquarters dressed in army camouflage uniform to solicit for the release of a suspect.

Mr. Oyeyemi explained that the suspect at the Sango Ota Police Station met an Air Force officer who accused the suspect of failure to give him professional courtesy which resulted into quarrel.

The spokesman said it was the quarrel that led to interrogation of the two, which exposed the fact that the suspect was not a military man.

He said it was also discovered that he had earlier been convicted by a court of competent jurisdiction for impersonation.

The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered a full investigation into the past activities of the suspect, with the view to charging him to court as soon as investigation is concluded.

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Kidnapped Obasanjo Farm Workers Regain Freedom

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The three abducted workers of the former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s company have regained their freedom.

The workers who are the Financial controller, Group Auditor and the group store manager were kidnapped on Wednesday evening along the Kobape Road at Seseri village in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state.

The Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the release while speaking with newsmen.

The Ogun Police Spokesman said they were released following the pressures mounted by the security agencies.

Mr. Abimbola assured that efforts are on to ensure the arrest of the kidnappers.

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Ogun Police Rescue 8-Year-Old Kidnap Victim

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Five suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly conniving to abduct an eight year old boy, Sadiq Abass.

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

Mr. Oyeyemi explained that the five suspects were arrested after the father of the victim, Riliwan Mohammed had reported the disappearance of the boy at Ogere Divisional Headquarters.

The command’s spokesman said the man told the policemen that he received a phone call from a strange number that his 8-year-old son had been abducted, noting that a ransom of three point five million naira was demanded before he would be released.

Mr. Oyeyemi said the suspects were arrested at their hideout where the victim was rescued unhurt based on intelligence and investigation.

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

Mr. Ajogun also directed an in-depth investigation into the past activities of the suspects in order to know how long they have been into kidnapping. Olusegun Folarin