Crime

Police Arrest Man for Attempted Murder

By Web News 98

By Moji Oladele

Osun State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged man, Segun Ogunfunmilayo, for allegedly attempting to kill a shop owner in the Bihari/Ishola Area of Ede, Osun State.

The suspect was said to have visited a shop in the area to purchase an energy drink worth ₦500. He then requested an additional ₦400 in cash from the shop owner, promising to transfer a total sum of ₦900 electronically.

However, the shop-owner upon realising that no credit alert was received, confronted Ogunfunmilayo over the failed transaction.

Furious by the confrontation, the suspect reportedly retrieved a cut-to-size pistol from his bag and shot the shop owner in the left hand and right arm before fleeing the scene.

Confirming the arrest, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adeoye  Adeola, said operatives, in collaboration with the Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, launched a manhunt and successfully apprehended the suspect at his hideout.

SP Adeola explained that a cut-to-size pistol and a live cartridge were recovered from the suspect as evidence.

SP Adeola explains, “During interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a member of the Buccaneers Confraternity, also known as the National Association of Sea Lords or ‘Alora.’ This group has been linked to various forms of violence and organised crime in the country.”

He assured that, the suspect would be charged in court after due investigations.

The police spokesman also warned individuals engaging in unlawful assembly to desist or risk severe consequences, stressing that cult-related activities remained a major security threat in some parts of the state.

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Crime

Police Arrest Four Over Killing of Traditional Chief

By Web News 395

Osun Police Command says it had arrested a commercial motorcyclist and three others in connection with the abduction and killing of a traditional chief in Oraigbomina, Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun.

The command, in a statement by its Spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, stated that the suspects were arrested after the son of the late traditional chief reported the case of a missing person to the police. https://acfd31e8b06396cb2559973a67a8daa8.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html “On Saturday, at about 12:30 p.m, one Oladepo Olasunkanmi of Kereja Area, Oraigbomina, under Oke Ila Police Division, reported that his father, Chief Oladepo Asaolu was missing.

“He said his father left his house at Kereja, at about 5:00 a.m on Wednesday, with an unknown commercial motorcyclist and he was yet to return home after four days,” she said. Opalola said police intelligence and investigation later led to the arrest of the commercial motorcyclist who conveyed the missing chief on the day he was last seen.

She said the arrested motorcyclist confessed that the chief had been killed and also took the police to the forest where the victim’s body was dumped.“The Divisional Police Officer of Oke Ila led a team of policemen and some vigilantes in search of the remains of the victim.

“The suspect led the police to the forest where the victim’s body was dumped and his already decomposing body was found. “The arrest of the commercial motorcyclist also led to the arrest of three other persons who confessed to having been involved in the kidnap and killing of the victim,” she said

The police spokesperson, however, added that an arrangement was in progress to move the body to the nearest morgue.

She said the suspects and the case had all been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Osogbo for further investigation

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Crime

Police Confirm Burning of Osun Minority Leader Parents’ House

By Web News 643

Osun Police Command has confirmed the attack on the Ede residence of the parents of the Minority Leader of the State House of Assembly, Akogun Kofoworola Babajide by some hoodlums.

In a statement in Osogbo, the state capital, the Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola said that the crime was perpetrated by some unidentified hoodlums on Friday night.

Mrs. Opalola hinted that investigations had begun on the incident to arrest those involved for immediate prosecution.

Meanwhile, the state Caretaker Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Adekunle Akindele has called on Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and security agencies to immediately arrest the situation in Ede and other parts of the state before it escalates.

Dr. Adekunle Akindele condemned the attack on the House Minority Leader, describing the attack as barbaric and uncalled for.

He appealed to the people of the state, particularly residents of Ede to remain calm and be vigilant as the party would work with security agencies to bring the perpetrators of the heinous crime to justice.

The yet-to-be identified hoodlums last night burnt down the residence of the parents of the Minority Leader of the Osun State House of Assembly and Akogun of Ede, Kofoworola Babajide in Ede.

Chief Babajide representing Ede North State Constituency in the Assembly in a chat with Radio Nigeria explained that some armed thugs had earlier attacked members of PDP during a ward meeting in Ede.

He claimed his father had not been seen since the incident and was not sure whether he was inside the house when it was burnt down by the hoodlums.

Funmi Adekoya

Crime

Undergraduate Kidnaps Cousins, Victims Die Tied to Tree

By Web News 628

The Osun Police Command has arrested a two-man kidnapping syndicate in Osogbo, following their alleged kidnapping and killing of two children of same parent.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Olawale Olokode presented the suspects and others to the public at the Police Headquarters, Osogbo.

Mr Olawale explained that the two suspects, a 21 years old Usman Muyideen and 20 years old Isa Memudu kidnapped two boys of same parent, Samson and Thompson Onibokun aged 12 and 13, hid them in a bush where they called the telephone of the parent to demand ransom.

He said the kidnappers, who eventually killed the two children, made a demand of 25 million naira.

Speaking with newsmen, both Muyideen and Memudu confessed to the crime, adding that they tied the boys to a tree, where they died on the fourth day, before the expiration of six days ultimatum given their parents.

Muyideen, who identified himself as 200 Level undergraduate, confessed that the children were those of his elder brother.

The Police Commissioner also paraded one Waheed Adewale, who allegedly stole a car in Lagos state at gunpoint, but was arrested as he attempted to locate his buyer in Ifon/Ilobu.

Adenitan Akinola

Security

Osun Police, Amotekun, Vigilante Rescue Kidnap Victim

By Web News 718

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