Security

Alleged herdsmen school invasion is fake news – Oyo Police

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The Police Command in Oyo State has debunked an alleged invasion of suspected herdsmen in a Community Secondary School in Alaropo Nla in Orire Local Government Area of the state on Thursday.

It would be recalled that reports alleged that suspected herdsmen with their cattle had invaded the school farm on Thursday morning, injuring some of the school teachers and students who wanted to prevent their cattle from grazing.

Debunking the report, the command’s spokesman, Superintendent Adewale Osifeso said that nothing of such incident happened in the school and nobody was injured as being alleged.

He said the herdsmen were peacefully grazing their cattle outside the vicinity of the school and some people began to raise false alarm.

Mr Osifeso said there was peace in the area and the state still enjoyed the peace witnessed during the recently concluded 2023 General elections.

He said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Adebowale Williams had sent the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in the area to the scene of the alleged invasion, and he confirmed the incident did not happen and the area was peaceful and calm.

Mr Osifeso, then urged the media and public to always scrutinise their source of news in order not to create unnecessary fear in the society.

Vanguard/Maxwell Oyekunle

Crime

Wakili: Bring your proofs, Police Urges Ibarapa Residents

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The Oyo State Police command wants anyone that has complaint against the Ibarapa – based suspected kidnapper, Iskilu Wakili to formally lodge the complaint at Police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.

A statement signed by the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, noted that such complaint must be accompanied with relevant proofs.

The statement also affirmed the command ‘s readiness to partner members of the public at curbing crime in the state.

It would be recalled that Iskilu Wakili was apprehended by some officers of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, on the 7th of March, 2021, for allegedly masterminding some kidnapping cases and similar attacks in Ibarapa geo-political zone of the state in the recent times.

Wakili and two other persons have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, (CID), Iyaganku, Ibadan for proper investigation of the matter.

Abisola Oluremi

Crime

Police Arrest 3 Suspected Arsonists In Ibarapa

By Web News 906

The Oyo State Police Command would like to inform the general public that at about 0900 hrs of the 7th of March 2021, information was received that a group of persons, (later found out to be members of the Odua Peoples Congress-OPC), had invaded Kajola community in Ibarapa axis of the State. The invasion was reportedly aimed at arresting one Wakili, a Fulani by tribe, who is alleged to be the sponsor and mastermind of various criminal attacks against the people/farmers of Yoruba origin in the community.

  1. The State Commissioner of Police has quickly moved into action and preliminary findings revealed that some OPC members went to Kajola community in Ibarapa North Local government Area of Oyo State. While there, the house of the Wakili in question was set ablaze, while a female (the identity of who is yet to be ascertained) was burnt in the fire and Wakili (about 75 years old and blind) with two (2) other persons were picked up. The three (3) of them are presently in the custody of the Police. The Commissioner of Police has directed that Wakili (due to his frail appearance and state of health), be moved to the Hospital, while others are being interrogated. Others being interrogated are the OPC members, involved in arson and murder.
  2. Meanwhile, the Oyo State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that any person or group of persons from any region or tribe that has been found culpable to have committed any criminal act(s) in the State would not be spared, but would be arrested and dealt with according to extant laws.
  3. Therefore, it is worthy of note that the good people of Oyo State and the general public should be rest assured that the officers and men in the Command would not derelict in its duty to bring to book criminal elements arrested for any infringement on the laws of the land, as adequate security measures has been emplaced against anything untoward while soliciting credible information from members of the public to enable the Police and other Security Agencies clampdown on crime and criminality in the State. In conclusion, anybody that has any case against Iskilu Wakili should report it to the State Criminal Investigation Department, (CID) Iyaganku Ibadan for discreet Investigation.

CSP. FADEYI OLUGBENGA
POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER
FOR: COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OYO STATE COMMAND

Crime

Oyo Police Arrests 47 Armed Men In Igangan

By Web News 824

Oyo State Police Command have confirmed the arrest of forty-seven armed men in Igangan area of the state.

The suspects were arrested by men of the State Joint Anti-Crime Security Patrol team code-named “Operation Burst”.

The suspected hoodlums who were caught with guns and other dangerous weapons were allegedly on a reprisal attack mission to the area.

They were said to be arrested in a convoy of buses.

The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Olugbenga Fadeyi, said the arrested hoodlums claimed that they were trailing some kidnappers who were about to collect ransom from relations of a kidnapped victim.

He added that investigation has begun while the suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Iyaganku, Ibadan.

“Though, it was alleged that the Fulani men claimed they were trailing some kidnappers who were about to collect ransom from relations of a kidnapped victim.”

According to unconfirmed sources, the armed Fulani men were allegedly invited by their kinsmen to strike in the area following the raid carried out by the men of the Oyo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun in the axis on Saturday.

Abisola Oluremi

Crime

Again Another Man Abducted In Oke Ogun

By Web News 1261

A thirty-five-year-old man, Monsuru popularly called Olowo Ẹgẹ has been kidnapped in Oke-Agbede, Igangan area of Oyo State.

It was gathered that he was abducted from his home on Monday night.

A leader in the community, Mr Taiwo Adeagbo, described the incident as unfortunate.

Mr Adeagbo further called on government and security operatives to urgently addressed kidnapping cases in Ibarapa zone.

Just two days ago, a medical doctor, one Akindele, was kidnapped in his hospital in Idere while three persons were killed by yet to be identified gunmen in Ibarapa zone.

Speaking on the incident, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi said he was yet to be briefed on the issue.

Abisola Oluremi

Crime

Another Young Woman Attacked in Sasa, Ibadan

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Barely 72 hours after a five year old boy was gruesomely macheted to death in Akinyele local government, another woman in her late 20s has allegedly suffered a similar fate.

This brings the records of attacks by men of the underworld in the area to at least five with four fatalities in few weeks.

Most of the victims were left with deep cuts on their head, a sign which indicates mode of operations of the assailants.

The latest victim, a lady in her twenties whose identity is yet to be known as at the time of filling this report was said to be washing dishes in front of her house when the unknown person macheted her on the head and left her in pool of blood which drooled from the deep cut.

A witness who preferred anonymity said the woman’s husband was on his way from the mosque when he met the wife on the floor and alerted his neighbours.

The woman had been taken away to an undisclosed hospital by the police.

However it can not be ascertained whether the victim is dead or not.

Efforts to reach the police Public Relation Officer, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi was unsuccessful as his mobile number could not be reached. 

Yemi Olugbenga

Crime

Covid-19: Oyo Police Arrest 20 Abidjan Returnees

By Web News 738

Commissioner of Police in Oyo state, Mr Shina Olukolu has called on the people of the state not to panic on the arrest of twenty Abidjan returnees intercepted yesterday evening (Wednesday 22nd April) on Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi affirmed this in an interview with Radio Nigeria.

Mr. Fadeyi said the arrested people have been transferred to Covid-19 test center in Adamasingba, Ibadan for testing before they could be released.

He said the people were coming from, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire despite the curfew and lockdown in the country to curtail the spread of Coronavirus.

The police spokesman, therefore, allayed the fear of residents of Oyo State as the police command was on top of the situation and called for their continuous support by giving out useful information.

Rasheedah Makinde