Crime

Police Arrest Four Robbery Suspects in Ogun

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Men of Ogun State Police Command have arrested four suspects who burgled a phone accessory shop in Ile Ife Osun state and ran to hibernate in Ogun state.

The suspects; Nura Bashir, Awalu Aliyu , Shuaibu Abdul Rasheed and Abdullah Usman were arrested following a report by one Gbenga Siyanbola, at Mowe police station

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement in Abeokuta explained the victim’s vehicle developed a mechanical fault somewhere in Mowe and While trying to rectify the fault, the four men suddenly appeared and robbed him of his phone.

Mr Oyeyemi further explained that the Dpo Mowe division, Mr Marvis Jayeola who led his men to go after the culprits apprehended one of the suspects which later led to the arrest of the other three accomplices.

The police spokesperson said Preliminary investigation revealed that, the suspects had earlier burgled the shop of the same complainant at Ile ife in Osun state, adding that their recent victim in Ogun state happened to be their earlier victim.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of police, Mr Edward Ajogun has ordered that the suspects be transferred to Osun state command for diligent prosecution.

Olajumoke Idowu

Crime

Teacher Arrested over Sex with Male Students in Ibadan

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A thirty year old teacher, Ebenezer Olawuyi has been arrested in Ibadan for sodomising two of his students.

 Mr Ebenezer was paraded with some other criminals  at the Police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan.

He admitted that he had sexual intercourse with the boys whose ages were 12 and 14 through their anus

According to him, he lured the last boy into the act when he invited him to his house to help him arrange exam scripts.

 He added that the first boy he sodomised was a student in a private school, where he taught before moving to another school.

The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko urged parents to monitor their children, especially those they interact with.

Abisola Oluremi

Crime

BREAKING: Hoodlums Raze Anambra Police Zonal Headquarters

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Suspected hoodlums have razed Zone 13 Police headquarters in Ukpo, Anambra state.

The Nation was reliably informed no fewer than two policemen have died during the attack.

Not less than four vehicles have also been burnt while fire fighters have arrived to put out the inferno.

The development has heightened tension across the State.

On Sunday night, three persons were allegedly killed in Awka, Anambra State, including a fitness instructor

The incident occurred at Ifite, Awka South local government area, while the other person was killed at Unizik junction.

Details Later

The Nation

Crime

Police Apprehends Four Minors Over Cultism

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Four teenagers suspected to be cultists have been apprehended by

The Police operatives attached to Alakuko Division of the Lagos State.

The suspect according to a release signed by the PPRO, Olumuyiwa Adejobi indicates that the teenagers were in Lagos for reprisal attacks on other rival cult members at the Junior Secondary Schools, Akinyele, Alakuko, Lagos State.

The suspects who were teenagers came from Ogun state for the mission.

Two of them were students of Odewale Community High School Ijoko Ogun State, while One is a student of Tunik International School, Dalemo Alakuko and the fourth an apprentice at Dalemo Alakuko.

The release adds that Items like cuttlasses, weeds suspected to be Indian hemp and assorted charms were recovered from them.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered that the suspected cultists be moved to the Command’s Special Squad, Ikeja, for proper investigation and possible arrest of other members of their gang.

Abisola Oluremi

News

Curbing Incessant Attacks On Police Stations

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The rate at which police stations are attacked by mobs and criminals calls for a concerted effort by stakeholders to protect police stations from criminals and arsonists.

What the citizens believe is that police stations are safe from external threats but reports of attacks on the police facilities have been brutal, daring and bloody? In most cases, security personnel found in the stations during the attacks were not spared.

Recently, a mob attacked and razed the divisional police headquarters in Ihitte/Uboma local government area of Imo state to protest alleged police killing of a youth. 

In February, gunmen attacked the Obowo divisional police headquarters located in Imo state and killed two officers on duty.

The same month, hoodlums laid siege to Aboh Mbaise divisional police headquarters in the same state and set it ablaze. The officers on duty reportedly fled as the hoodlums carried out the arson on the facility.

During the Endsars protest, Oyo state police command disclosed that five stations were burnt by hoodlums during the violence that trailed the  protests in the state, while Lagos state was cruelly hit during the period with twenty –five  stations razed,

Last year, suspected armed robbers attacked the divisional police headquarters at Igueben, Edo state, carting away arms and ammunition and injuring two officers. the assailants reportedly used an explosive device, believed to be locally-made dynamite, to gain access to the facility.

With these incidences, there is the need to protect police stations from further violation by fortifying them.

The security hierarchy should embark on policing strategies and tactically install state-of-the-art equipment in the facilities to monitor movements in and around the stations.

Police officers on their part need to be combat-ready always and provided with essential tools such as body cameras, thermal imaging and others to foresee and forestall threats.

In October last year in France, about forty people wielding metal bars and using fireworks as projectiles, struggled to invade a police station in the Paris suburbs. Their goal was clear, but with the resolute and combat ready of the police force, the people were resisted and no cop or any of the intruders was injured.

The Nigeria police force should borrow a leaf from this policing tactics to send a message to miscreants that it would not be business at usual, if this not taken into consideration, the perpetrators will be bold enough to execute more daring acts.

There is a need for the police to work diligently to win the trust of Nigerians if quality collaborative efforts must be achieved.

Nigerians should take the protection of public property as a priority and rise to defend the facilities during attack.

Such as the case at the Edmonton police station, United Kingdom when a man rammed a vehicle into the main entrance and alighted to pour petrol in the street. Members of the public swiftly joined forces with the police to capture the man and stopped the fire from spreading.

Persons arrested in connection with attacks on police stations should be made to face the wrath of the law to serve as a deterrent to other aspiring law-breakers.

It is necessary that the national orientation agency has a critical role to play in re-orientating Nigerians on the need to protect public buildings and promote outstanding values which is part of the agency’s goals to “accurately and adequately inform; and sufficiently mobilise citizens to act in ways that promote peace and harmony”.

The situation is not beyond redemption but concerted and genuine efforts have to be made to restore the confidence of Nigerians in the country’s police force.

Fawzeeyah Kasheem

Culture

Crime: Police Parade Fifty Six Suspects in Ibadan

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The long arm of the law has caught up with fifty six suspects who have been terrorizing the residents of Ibadan and its environs.

The suspects were arrested for various offences ranging from trans-border armed robbery, kidnapping, human parts sales, car theft, burglary and arson.

Some of the paraded suspects, who confessed to the crime levelled against them, said if the government could pardon them, they would never go back to crime.

Parading the suspects, Commissioner of Police in Oyo state,  Mrs Ngozi Onadeko, said the Command launched war against the criminally minded people upon the receipt of complaints from the public over the rising cases of criminal activities in the state.

She stated further that with the relentless efforts of gallant officers through aggressive operations, the issue of insecurity would be a thing of the past, so the residents could sleep with their eyes closed. 

Mrs Onadeko therefore called on the criminally minded to turn a new leaf or leave Oyo State as the Command was ready to make the state unbearable for them.

The Commissioner of Police added that the suspects would soon be charged to court after thorough investigations. 

Exhibits found with the suspected criminals included motorcycles, two vehicles,  items suspected to be charms, dangerous weapons, ammunition, some cash, and some mobile phones.

Rasheeda Makinde

Crime

Kidnapping: Delta Police Rescue Abdubted Passengers

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Delta State Police Command says it has rescued six passengers who were kidnapped along Warri-Sapele road by heavily armed men.

The police made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Asaba, by the Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Edafe Bright.

According to the statement the rescue mission was made possible due to the combined effort of the police and army personnel, making the kidnappers to abandon the victims in the bush.

DSP Edafe Bridge however noted the driver of the Toyota bus conveying the passengers was fatally shot at the scene, while a wounded victim died in the hospital after the rescue operation.

The police stated expended shells of 39 millimeter ammunition were recovered from the scene and a manhunt for the arrest of the suspects was ongoing.

The statement also noted the police saved one Chief Voke Oshasha from assassin’s bullets in Ughelli area of the state following a distress call, saying the hoodlums abandoned the mission upon sighting police vehicle, although the victim sustained injuries and was receiving medical attention.

It added the police also raided a cult hideout in Orogun in Ughelli North and arrested some cultists who are currently undergoing investigation.

DSP Edafer Bright restated the commitment of Delta State police Commissioner CP Ari Mohammed-Ali, to rid the state of criminality, while calling on the citizenry to support the police by way of information sharing.

Oghenero Eghweree

Crime

Ogun Police Remand Man For Defiling Daughter

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Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 49-year-old man, Ubong Akpan for allegedly defiling his 12-year-old daughter.

In a statement in Abeokuta, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Itele Ota divisional headquarters by the victim.

Mr. Oyeyemi explained that the girl reported at the police station that her father had been abusing her sexually since when she was seven years.

The DPO of Itele Ota division, Mr. Monday Unoegbe, who led his men to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested, confessed to the crime, saying that his wife was no longer attractive to him.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Ajogun had ordered the immediate transfer of the case to family support unit of Ota area command for further investigation and prosecution, adding that the victim be taken to the hospital for treatment.

Olajumoke Oduniyi

   
   

Crime

Police Rescue Three Abducted Victims in Ogun

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Ogun State Police Command has rescued three victims of a kidnap syndicate abducted along Siun/Ajura road in Ogere Remo area of the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement in Abeokuta identified the three vicitms as Jibril Afolabi, Alhaji Amusat Taofeek and Balikis Mohammed.

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the victims were coming from Ilorin, Kwara state heading to Owode Egbado when their vehicle was double crossed by some gunmen who dragged them into the bush while other passengers escaped.

The Police Spokesperson said the commissioner of police, Mr Edward Ajogun directed the Sagamu area commander to mobilise men from all the divisions within the area and go after the kidnappers.

He explained further that the manhunt forced the criminals to abandon the victims and fled.

The victims were rescued safely without ransom and have been escorted to their destination in Owode Egbado.

Olajumoke Idowu

Crime

Lagos Police Arrest Six Over Robbery

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The operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested six suspected traffic robbery kingpins at different locations in the State.

The operational squad led by the Commander of the RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, nabbed the 6 traffic robbery kingpins around Iddo Bridge, Ijora Olopa, Ojota and Ketu areas.

While briefing the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on the operation, CSP Yinka Egbeyemi confirmed the arrest and also said a toy gun was recovered from one of the suspects.

The suspects Toheeb Isiaka, who was caught with a toy gun confessed that he had snatched more than twenty phones from innocent motorists in the last 2 weeks at different spots in the area.

He also confessed that once he pulled out his toy gun, motorists became jittery and immediately surrendered their valuables including phones, wallets, and jewelry, willingly without any resistance or confrontation.

In another development, the newly appointed DPO Festac, CSP Femi Iwasokun, has burst a robbery syndicate at Aboju Roundabout of Festac and recovered one locally-made pistol from them.

The Anti Crime Squad despatched by the Divisional Police Officer, while on patrol, intercepted some suspected armed robbers on a motorcycle around Aboju Round About, along Badagry Expressway, Lagos State.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered that the suspects be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, for proper investigation, while he directed that the fleeing suspected members of the armed robbery syndicate and traffic robbers in many parts of the state be tracked and arrested.


Abisola Oluremi

Crime

Suspected Herdsmen Invade Ebonyi Communities, Kill Many, Burn Houses, Cars

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Many residents of Egedegede, Obegu and Amuzu communities in the Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, were on Monday evening, massacred by suspected herdsmen, who invaded their communities.

There are conflicting figures on the casualties in the killings, as of the time of filing this report. While a resident of the community, who did not want his name in print, said about 18 persons were killed by the herdsmen, another resident said 10 persons were killed.

The resident said,“We are mourning, we are in serious mourning since late Monday. Herdsmen invaded our communities and massacred our people. As we speak, 18 persons were slaughtered like animals. They matcheted many of our people, burnt vehicles, motorcycles and looted our properties.”

He said among those killed was a Priest in the Methodist Church, whose car was equally burnt to ashes.

Chairman of Ishielu local Government Area, Sunday Eze; and the Commissioner for Business Development in the state, Stephen Odo, who hail from the local government, led a team of security agents to the communities and condoled the families of those killed in the invasion, on Tuesday.

They assured the people of that government would investigate the invasion.

Punch

Security

Police Beef Up Security Ahead Of Easter Celebrations

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The Nigeria Police Force, Oyo state Command has deployed over five thousand officers to secure places of worship, recreation facilities and financial institutions during Easter celebrations. 

This is contained in a statement signed in Ibadan by Police Public Relations officer, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi.

The statement notes that the deployment became necessary in view of the forthcoming Easter celebrations and enjoins residents to comply with COVID-19 protocols.

It further notes that the Commissioner of Police, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko, had put in place plans to put personnel in all entry and exit points as well as other parts of the State.

The statement assures residents that places of worship, recreation centres, financial institutions and other public facilities would be adequately protected.

It enjoins all Christian faithful to ensure that COVID-19 protocols are adhered to in various places of worship.

Rasheedat Makinde

Crime

Kidnapped Seriki’s Son Rescued in Osu

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The son of Seriki Hausawa in Iyere Town, Osun State, Usman Haruna, who was kidnapped in Osu has been rescued by the police.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Osun State Command, Mrs Yemisi
Opalola in an interview with Radio Nigeria said no ransom was paid for his
release, stressing that the victim is currently receiving treatment
in an undisclosed hospital in the state.

According to the report, only Usman was kidnapped against the rumor
that two other people were abducted alongside him.

It will be recalled that Usman was kidnapped on Friday in Osu along Ilesa-Ife expressway and a ransom of 50 million naira demanded by his
abductors.

Isaac Haastrup

Crime

Police Nab Religious Leaders Over Killing of Security Operatives

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A 60-years-old man who is also a pastor, Cletus Nwachukwu Egole aka ‘Alewa’, has been arrested for providing training ground for suspected killers of police personnel.
Mr Egole a pastor with the Holy Blessed Trinity Sabbath Church, Orlu, Imo State , and another cleric Michael Uba, a prophet with the Association of Jewish Faith, were accused for masterminding various attacks on security personnel, in addition to providing spiritual cover for the gang.
The Force Public Relations Officer Frank Mba stated this today Sunday on his chat page with journalists.
The Police Spokesperson said the suspects were also implicated in multiple felonies committed across several states in the South-Eastern part of the Federation.
According to the Police Headquarters, the suspects were picked up with the collaborative efforts of operatives of the Nigeria Police and their counterparts from the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Airforce.
The force spokesperson reiterated that Police investigations clearly established and linked the suspects to several incidents of attacks and murder of security personnel as well as stealing, unlawful possession of firearms, arson and malicious damage to operational assets of military and law enforcement agents.
He said further that the suspects have confessed to the crime.
Cp Frank Mba said further that Egole also donated his late brother’s farmland for use as a hideout and training camp for the gang.
Items recovered from the suspects includes a total of nine AK47 rifles, five other sophisticated firearms, 17 AK47 Magazines, 549 AK47 live ammunitions, 10 Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, camouflage bullet proof vests, Walkie Talkies and other incriminating items were recovered from the suspects.
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu said the Force is closing up on scores of suspects already implicated in the attacks either directly or indirectly for financing, aiding and abetting the criminals.
The highest police authority reiterated that the Force will not tolerate any further attack on its personnel or any citizen by any individual or group under any guise whatsoever.

Abisola Oluremi

Crime

Ogun Police Arrest Woman for Suspected Infanticide

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Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have apprehended a thirty-five-year old woman, Sukurat Olajoke for allegedly killing her own one month old baby, and dumping the corpse in ogun river.
According to a statement by the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested, after the policemen attached to Enugada Divisional Headquarters Abeokuta who are on routine patrol saw the woman throwing something suspicious into the river.
Mr. Oyeyemi explained that the suspicious behavior of the woman, after throwing the object into the river attracted the policemen who quickly apprehended her for questioning.
He said that during interrogation, the woman had confessed to throwing the corpse of her one month old baby whom she killed out of frustration into the river.
According to the Ogun State PPRO, preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had given birth to six other children for three different men, before getting pregnant for one man simply identified as Hakeem who refused to accept the paternity of the child.
He added that the police had recovered the corpse of the child, and it has been deposited at the General hospital mortuary.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.

Fransisca Irekpita

Crime

Police Woman Shot By Thugs In Omuo Dies

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The policewoman shot by suspected political thugs during the last weekend’s bye-election in Ekiti East Constituency one Bukola Olawoye has passed on after fighting for her life for two days.

Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday Abutu confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Ado Ekiti.

According to the statement, the officer died at about on Monday at Federal University Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti, where she was receiving treatment.

He commiserated with the family of the late sergeant Olawoye, praying God to comfort them.

Amos Ogunrinde

  
Crime

Baby Factory: Police Rescue Four Pregnant Girls In Anambra

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Four pregnant young girls have been rescued from a baby factory in Nnewi, by the Police Command in Anambra state.

A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Haruna Muhammed, reveals that the four young girls who hail from Ebonyi state were all residing at a brothel in Nnewi.

The arrest followed an incident that happened on the eleventh of March 2021 when two men attempted to kidnap a four-year-old child returning from school.

One of the suspects was confirmed dead after an angry mob beat them to a stupor while the other confessed that one Gladys Nworie Ikegwhonu who operates a baby factory sent them.

The statement notes that the lady who is now at large was keeping the young girls and getting them pregnant after which she sells the children to waiting customers.

The Pregnant young girls include a 20-year-old Chisom Okoye, from Mgbaneze Isu, Onicha LGA, 18-year-old Chinecherem Clement of Agbaebo Isu of Onicha LGA, 21-years-old Blessing Ogbonna from Nkwagu Isu of Onicha LGA and 21-years-old, Blessing Njoku of Mgbaneze Isu of Onicha LGA all from Ebonyi state.

Mr Haruuna Muhammed says the command is intensifying efforts to arrest the principal suspect, Gladys Nworie Ikegwuonu of Ohaozora, Ebonyi State, in order to bring her and other accomplices to Justice.

Frcn, Abuja

News

OOU Student Kidnap: Ogun Police Hunt For Abductors

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Ogun state police command has deployed iA anti kidnapping squad to the Forest in Ayetoro area to rescue the two kidnapped three hundred level female students of the Faculty of Agriculture, Ayetoro campus of the Olabisi Onabanjo University(OOU), Ogun State.
The command Spokesman, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi while speaking on the incident said all efforts are being made to ensure safe return of the abducted students.
The students identified as Adeyemo Precious and Oyefule Abiola were of Forestry and Wildlife Management and Agricultural Economics departments were reported to have been abducted during the weekend..
The Deputy Registrar, Corporate Affairs Unit of the university, Mr. Niyi Oduwole who confirmed the abduction, described the incident as unfortunate.
He stated that the university management was working on the situation and collaborating with relevant agencies to ensure victims safe return.
Meanwhile, the Ogun state police command has arrested a notorious kidnap kingpin that escaped from Oyo State after killing one of their victims.
According to a statement by the command spokesman, Mr. Abímbólá Oyeyemi, the suspect Usman Hassan had escaped to Ogun state after killing a farm owner at Solalu village on collecting the Ransome.
The police spokesman said the suspect accomplices had earlier been arrested in Oyo State and confessed to the crime.

Wale Oluokun

Security

Police Brutality: Ogun Judicial Panel Recommends Prosecution of Police Officer

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Ogun State Judicial Panel of Investigation on police brutality, human rights violations and extra judicial killings by security operatives has recommended a Police Sergeant for prosecution in a court of competent jurisdiction for attempted murder. 

The Panel made the recommendation at its sitting in Abeokuta during which the police sergeant Gbenga Olajide admitted stabbing one Mr. Olusola Oladunjoye in the neck with a knife. 

The Panel Chairman, Justice Solomon Olugbemi while speaking explained that the panel was left with no other option than to recommend him for immediate prosecution having discovered that he had also fraudulently gotten himself promoted to the rank of Inspector and is receiving Inspector salary.

The Chairman ordered that officer Olajide be immediately handed over to the Ogun State Commissioner of Police for proper investigation, orderly room retrial and prosecution for the offense of attempted murder.

Mr. Oladunjoye had in a petition alleged that Sergeant Olajide stabbed him when he went to a bank in Abeokuta for transaction.

Speaking during cross examination, Sergeant Olajide informed the panel that after the incident, he was tried and charged for an offence of discreditable conduct, found guilty, locked up for more than a month and was also reduced to a Corporal by the Nigeria Police Force.

Wale Oluokun

Security

Police Brutality: Panel Frowns At ‘Delay Tactics’ By Oyo Police

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Oyo State Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality has expressed displeasure over what they described as Police’s efforts to frustrate the panel.
The expression followed the failure of the panel to hear three petitions slated for hearing today as a result of absence of the Officer in Charge Legal Matters in Oyo Police Command Mrs Funke Fawole.
Though represented by a legal officer in the Command, Mrs Bolanle Olorukooba, the petitions suffered set back as the police representative said she was not given order to go on with the hearing.
Mrs. Olorukooba who had earlier announced her appearance for police in other petitions slated for mention, refused to continue with the ones scheduled for hearing as she told the panel that files of the three petition were not given to her.
Counsel to the petitioners in the three petitions slated for hearing expressed frustration over the attitude of the Police as some of them were coming from outside Ibadan.
Reacting to the development, members of the panel frowned at the report from Police which they described as delay tactics to discourage the petitioners.
A member of the panel Mr. Babtunde Oduyoye who was furious at the development ordered counsel to the Nigeria Police and the commandment of Southwest Network Security outfit in Oyo State called Amotekun to appear before the panel in the next adjournment.
Contributing, Former Chairman Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Professor Wole Akinlayo, said henceforth the panel would not wait for any party, saying with or without Police in any petition, they would not adjourn any petition.
Chairman of the Panel, Emeritus Chief Judge of Oyo, Justice Badejoko Adeniji sympathize with the petitioners, and appealed to them to be patient, saying the panel would ensure everybody got justice at the end of the panel assignment.
Sunday Ogunyemi

Crime

Police Parade Robbery Suspects in Osun

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Commissioner of Police, Osun State Command, Mr. Olawale Olokode has paraded seven members of a suspected armed robbery gang terrorising some parts of the state. 

The members of the gang namely, Shola Adewusi, Yusuf Moshood, Taye Fala, Azeez Dauda, Abdullahi Adesokan, Olalekan Ayoola and Tunde Adeniyi were arrested with ammunition. 

Mr. Olokode told newsmen that one of the victims of the armed robbery gang who resided in Ilesha garage Osogbo, reported at Oja-Oba Division that some unknown armed men numbering about five invaded his house with gun and robbed him of N3,650,000 million with his Toyota Camry 2017 model. 

He said the Police Response Unit swung into action and arrested the members of the gang in Oyo, Lagos and Osun States, where two locally made pistols, six cartridges and Toyota Camry 2017 were recovered.

One of the paraded suspects named Ayoola Olalekan denied being an armed robber, but confessed he specialised in transferring money from people’s bank accounts using the victim’s Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) to another account to cash it out. 

Other paraded suspects were Andy Umeiz and Ejike Francis who were alleged of obtaining false pretense and possession of fake currencies. 

The Police commissioner also added that operatives recovered a stolen vehicle from Oyedele Timothy and Adewale Adetona. 

Adenitan Akinola

Crime

Oke Odan Kidnap: Police Seek Collective Efforts At Apprehending Abductors

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The Command wish to state that on 22/02/2021 at about 1800 hrs, upon information received from a member of the public that some suspected unknown gunmen entered a poultry farm at Oke-Odan community, Apete area of Ibadan and fired some shots into the air before abducting one Ayodeji Emmanuel ‘m’ aged 24 yrs who is a son to the owner of the farm.

Immediately the Divisional Police officer of Apete got wind of the incident, she led Police patrol teams to the scene along with some local hunters and vigilantes to comb the far and near bushes with a view of arresting the hoodlums and equally secure release of the abductee.

It was worthy to note that Concerted efforts has been intensified by Police Tactical teams including the Anti-kidnapping squad of the Command, who commenced investigation immediately and also on the trail of the hoodlums, while it’s desired that members of the public should partner with the Police by providing useful information that can lead to the arrest of criminal elements who are carrying out this heinous crime in the State.

The CP assures the good people of Oyo State of the Police’s preparedness at all times to confront the hoodlums who are bent on wrecking havoc in the State, while soliciting unflinching supports of the general public not to allow criminal elements have a place to hibernate among them to enable all and sundry move about in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility.

Signed

CSP.  Fadeyi Olugbenga, Anipr

POLICE PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER

FOR: COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

OYO STATE COMMAND

Transportation

Okada Rider’s Death: Police Confirm Incident

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Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi has confirmed the death of an Okada Rider crushed to death by a tanker early today Liberty area of Ibadan.

According to witnesses, the tanker lost control due to brake failure while coming from Molete and swung his hand to the incoming vehicles, ramming into a commercial motorcyclists.

The driver of the tanker was said to have escaped the scene immediately for the fear of being lynched from mob action.

Our correspondent reports that the lifeless body of the deceased was seen on the floor as other motorcyclists were dragging with some policemen not to take him away, waiting for his family to do burial rite.

Though, Police were at the scene to calm down the tensed atmosphere as angry sympathisers were gradually gathering to prevent breakdown of law and order.

However, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi said the command is on top of the situation.

Rasheedat Makinde

Crime

Man allegedly Kills Wife Over Infidelity

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Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 46 year old staff of Remo North Local government, Sobola Olatunji for allegedly stabbing his 38 year old wife to death on mere suspicion of infidelity.

The suspect was arrested after the father of the deceased, Alhaji Ambali Yinusa reported at Owode-Egba divisional headquarters that his son in law had allegedly stabbed his daughter to death.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in Abeokuta that the father of the deceased claimed that  his son in law Sobola Olatunji had misunderstanding with his wife Momudat Sobola which led to a physical fight between them.

He alleged that the suspect took a knife and stabbed his wife at the back.

Mr Oyeyemi said the suspect who was arrested claimed that he suspected his wife to  have been having extra marital relationship because of some text messages he saw on her phone. 

He  said corpse of the deceased had been deposited at Olabisi Onabanjo University teaching hospital morgue for autopsy.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to homicide section of the State criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

Police Nab Grandmother, Syndicate in Delta for Arms Sales

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The Delta State Police Command says the force has arrested a grandmother and a syndicate involved in the sale and illegal possession of firearms.
The state Commissioner of Police, CP Ari Mohammed, stated this during a briefing in Asaba, the state capital, where he noted the law was investigating the publisher of a viral video from Warri metropolis which led to the destruction of police facilities in the area.
Oghenero Egweree, reports that the police also warned young girls to avoid taking risks following a Facebook invitation gone wrong and the death of a young lady under mysterious circumstances.
A butcher Garuba Sani of Oghara Cattle market ran out of luck on the last day of December, when got involved in an accident and spilled ammunition from his sack bag. Upon his arrest and investigation he confessed that 67 year old Roseline Abeju was his dealer and that a septuagenarian Samalia Amadi, was the one who sent him.
Madam Abeju a grandmother said she entered the trade as a means of surviving widowhood, while the sender Samalia, claimed he and his fellow herders needed the ammunition for defensive purposes.
Also paraded by the police was one Onoriode Oyiborhoro alleged to have misinformed the public through a viral video that the police was involved in an accident in Warri, which led to the demise of a woman and her baby and the torching of police property.
The state police commissioner Ari Mohammed said recent developments like the END-SARS protest and rampant social media attacks have affected the morale of offices and called for proper verification of information on police activities.
CP Mohammed also told journalist of ongoing investigation of an 18 year old who died in her boyfriend’s house in Abraka and another attacked after accepting a Facebook invitation to Warri, saying both cases are still under investigation.
He added the police arrested 46 COVID-19 curfew violators and 30 cultists during the period and recovered locally and foreign made ammunition and 134 cartridges.
Oghenero