Security

Police, OPC, Amotekun Corps, Others, Rescue Kidnap Victims In Osun State

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Four of the travelers kidnapped at two different locations in Odo-Osun-Imesi and Esa Odo in Obokun Local Government area of Osun State have been rescued. Radio Nigeria Nigeria learnt that their rescue was made possible by the combined efforts of local hunters, Amotekun Corps, men of the Kiriji Continue Reading

Security

Ibarapa unrest: Detained OPC Members Released on Bail

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Oyo state police Command has granted bail to the three members of Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, who were being detained over an alleged arson on the residence of a suspected Herder warlord, Isikilu Wakili during which a woman was said to have been burnt to death. They were released from the police custody at Iyaganku […]Continue Reading

Crime

OPC Apprehends Herdsmen For Allegedly Terrorising Farmers In Ibarapa

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An herdsman alleged to have been terrorizing farmers at Ibarapa area of Oyo State, Iskilu Wakilu has been arrested by some Members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC. According to a community leader and secretary to the Farmers Association, Ibarapa Chapter, Mr Taiwo Adeagbo, Wakilu was arrested along with four of his children at Kajola […]Continue Reading

Security

Seven Transport Workers Kidnapped Along Ilesha/Akure Express

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Four Transport Union Workers have been kidnapped at Iwaraja junction along Ilesha/Akure expressway in Oriade Local Government Area, Osun State on Monday night. Radio Nigeria gathered that seven transport workers were travelling from Osun state to Akure and they were all kidnapped by suspected armed herdsmen. It was gathered that the kidnappers later freed three […]Continue Reading

Security

Play your roles properly in the lives of your children – Commissioner charges parents

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Oyo State government has urged youths in the state to desist from violence and restiveness. A statement by the Special Assistant on Print Media to the governor, Mr Moses Alao indicates that the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr Bayo Lawal gave the admonition while speaking with journalists after a stakeholders’ security meeting held […]Continue Reading

Crime

18-Year-Old Nabbed By OPC Member For Theft In Ibadan

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An 18-year-old boy, Toheeb Tijani was on Sunday afternoon caught by a member of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress, OPC, while trying to loot a shop at Salvation Army Area in Ibadan. Tijani who claimed to hails from Popo area of Ibadan said he was scavenging around a shop already burgled adding that his friends led […]Continue Reading

Crime

Ado Awaye Shooting: Herdsmen Sue For Peace

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Two Fulani boys allegedly shot at Ado Awaye last Sunday by a suspected member of Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, are no longer on the danger list at a private hospital in Iseyin. Police at Ado Awaye had earlier ordered the OPC men believed to be involved in the shooting to take the boys to the […]Continue Reading

Politics

Oyo LG, LCDA Chairmen Appeal to Workers over Resumption

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The tense situation has reduced in some local governments in Ibadan after the power tussle on the leadership of the council. Our correspondent who has been monitoring the development reports that at Ibadan West Local Council Development Area, LCDA, some party loyalists numbering about fifty were sighted gisting while security operatives mounted the gate. The caretaker Continue Reading

Crime Security

We’re ready to Tackle Insecurity in the Southwest – Aare Gani Adams

Web News 19 July 2019 917 0

The Aare Onakankanfo of Yorubaland, Chief Gani Adams, says he and members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, have been putting in place strategies to confront kidnappers and bandits allegedly killing people in the Southwest zone.  Aare Adams stated this when he paid a condolence visit to Afenifere Leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti who lost his daughter, […]Continue Reading