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 Continue Reading

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 […]Continue Reading

Crime

Police Arrest 3 Suspected Arsonists In Ibarapa

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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 […]Continue Reading

Crime

Oyo Police Arrests 47 Armed Men In Igangan

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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 […]Continue Reading

Crime

Again Another Man Abducted In Oke Ogun

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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 […]Continue Reading

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 […]Continue Reading

Crime

Covid-19: Oyo Police Arrest 20 Abidjan Returnees

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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. […]Continue Reading