A Tesla driver was pursued by police for a whole 15 minutes while asleep at the wheel, thanks to the car’s self-driving Autopilot function.
According to German traffic cops, they spotted a car driving down the autobahn at 68 MPH and signalled to the driver to pull over.
When the driver didn’t respond to the honking and signal lights, the police followed the car for roughly 15 minutes before realising the driver was fast asleep at the wheel.
The car’s Autopilot mode continued to evade police while the man slept, blissfully unaware he was in a car chase.
In a press release, Bavarian police said: “Officers found that the Tesla driver was reclining in the seat with his eyes closed and his hands off the steering wheel.
Ogun state Police Command says, a suspect has been arrested in connection with the Couple killed in a mysterious fire at their resident in Government Reservation Area, Ibara, Abeokuta on their return from cross over New Year church service.
According to the state command spokesperson, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi while speaking with Radio Nigeria on the incident said investigation has commenced to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Mr. Oyeyemi said one of the two children of the victims taken away by the suspected assailants has been recovered while search party has being working to rescue the second child.
The husband, Mr. Kehinde Fatinoye was reported to be a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, while the wife, Mrs. Bukola Fatinoye was a staff of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta before their gruesome murder.
Operatives of Ogun state Police Command have arrested two brothers, Ayomide Babatunde and Gbenga Babatunde for allegedly kidnapping a woman and her nine years old son for ritual purpose.
The suspects were arrested following an information received by policemen at Oja odan divisional headquarters that the two brothers were negotiating on phone to sell a human being either in parts or alive depending on how the buyer wants it for money making ritual.
According to a statement by the state police public relations officer, Mr abimbola oyeyemi, the supposed buyer, one Jacob Olorunto then informed the Baale of the community about the intention of the suspects, and the Baale quickly informed the police.
Mr Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest of the suspects, said the supposed buyer and the suspects negotiated and settled for six hundred thousand naira as the price for the two persons.
The state PPRO explained that one of the suspects, Ayomide Babatunde went to Ilaro and lured his 45 years old woman friend by name Taye Oluwole to follow him to Oja Odan with her 9 years old son Remilekun Oluwole in order to celebrate new year with his father.
According to Mr Oyeyemi, the two suspects from there, took the victims to Igbo Obe area of oja odan to meet the supposed buyer Jacob Olorunto, but they were rounded up by policemen in collaboration with some youths in the area at about 12:30 midnight, while the woman and her son were rescued.
He said the two suspects had confessed to the commission of the crime.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
The police in Oyo State have arrested 26 suspected criminals including some members of a dreaded kidnapping syndicate who kidnapped a don and seven other people who were travelling along the Ibadan end of the Lagos/Ibadan expressway on the 28th of October this year.
The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Oyo State, Mr Adewale Osifeso stated this while parading the suspects who were arrested for various offences ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping, car snatching and other criminal-related acts.
Mr Osifeso said the suspected kidnappers were part of the syndicates that had been terrorizing people who ply Lagos Ibadan expressway before they met their waterloo.
The police spokesman stated further that the alleged kidnappers equally attacked a team of responding policemen while heeding the distress call in a bid to rescue trapped victims on the highway, which later led to the death of an Inspector of Police who paid the supreme price in a fierce gun duel.
He noted that the kidnappers later whisked the victims away to an unknown destination through the thick forest along the Ibadan/Lagos expressway while their relatives were contacted for monetary demands in exchange for their liberty.
“In one of the most coordinated operations in the history of the Command, all Command’s Operational, tactical and Intelligence assets were collapsed and fused as one to attain the goal of immediate rescue of the abductees unhurt and the apprehension of their abductors for prosecution.”
“Consequent upon the above, the Oyo State Police Command in a technological intelligence-aided operation aided and with necessary support from Amotekun (the Oyo State Security Network) and other community partners, apprehended the duo of Babangida Buhari Awalu and Kabiru Aliyu both commercial motorcyclists and couriers for the Kidnap syndicate while retrieving “exchange money” for other members of the syndicate around Ojoo Area, Ibadan.”
Similarly, the PPRO said one Alhaji Waheed Hammed, a cattle dealer of Ogbomoso town while returning from his cattle ranch located at Adafila Village, via Ogbomoso was intercepted at a desolate spot by some notorious kidnapping syndicate that had been terrorizing members of the public in Ogbomoso and its neighbouring towns.
“The members of the dreaded kidnapping syndicate who were reportedly armed with AK-47 Riffles, cutlasses and some other dangerous weapons attacked Alhaji Waheed Hammed and later whisked him away into a thick forest where they contacted his relative and demanded for One Hundred Million Naira (#100, 000, 000. 00k) ransom before he would be released.”
As soon as the Commissioner of Police, Oyo State got wind of the incident through a duly written petition, he directed that all available resources be deployed in rescuing the victim unhurt with his abductors arrested, hence the transfer to the Command’s Monitoring Unit.
He noted further that operatives attached to the Monitoring Unit swung into action and in the process of combing the thick forest alongside local hunters and Vigilantes; they stumbled upon where the victim was held captive and rescued him unhurt.
“The victim during debrief narrated his ordeal in the hands of his abductors and explained that while the kidnappers were negotiating his ransom, they claimed responsibility for the death of an Ogbomosho hotelier, Mr Gbenga Owolabi (Now Deceased) and that he,(the abductee) would suffer a similar fate should his ransom payment process get thwarted by involving the Police.”
“The victim also gave other useful information to the Police operatives and this led to the arrest of three members of the kidnapping syndicate who identified themselves as Namaru Abubakar ‘M’, Saliu Abubakar ‘M’ and Usman Abubakar ‘M’.”
Also, two members of a criminal syndicate, who specialize in removing exotic cars from where they are parked by unsuspecting members of the public went to a car park designated for staff of the University College Hospital ‘’UCH’’ Ibadan and removed two Toyota Camry cars with Registration Numbers AKD 153 UE and LND 216 CD from where they were parked by their respective owners.
However, the security guards attached to the Hospital who sighted the hoodlums while they were moving the vehicles out of the hospital environment quickly alerted a team of Police operatives who were on Anti-crime patrol in the area, and in the process, one of the suspects who later identified himself as Danjuma Yusuf ‘M’ was arrested but his syndicate member whom he gave his name as Segun managed to escape.
“At the time of arrest, he was found in possession of (2) two vehicles alongside; (1)One Walkie Talkie, (2)Two Master keys which they used to unlock the vehicles and a Military emblem which was part of their deception packages were all recovered.”
Mr Osifeso said upon interrogations, the suspect who revealed his identity as a retired Customs officer confessed to the crime and series of similar criminal activities he and his fleeing syndicate members had masterminded in different parts of Oyo State.
He, therefore, called on members of the public not to relent on their oars in giving out useful information on how to Police society maximally.
The police spokesman added the suspects would soon charge to court for proper investigations.
Other suspected criminals who confessed to the crime levelled against them pleaded for leniency.
The Osun State Government says the alleged withdrawal of security personnel from Governor Ademola Adeleke has nothing to do with the Governor according to some reports.
A statement by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed clarify that the issue is a minor disagreement between officers of the Department of State Service and the Police.
The statement indicates that the matter has been reported to the headquarters of the two security agencies for resolution.
While assuring members of the public that there is no cause for alarm, the statement adds that the Governor is fully secured and governance is proceeding without hindrance.
It would be recalled that there was a report by some online media about the Authority of DSS directing the Withdrawal of their officers from the Governor for alleging that they were insulted by the Governor.
The Police in Sokoto State have recovered 3 AK-47 Rifles, a locally-made gun and “other dangerous weapons” at the surroundings of a political party’s secretariat in Isa Local Government Area.
The state commissioner of Police, Muhammad Usaini Gumel announced the seizures to newsmen while parading eight suspects for “various crimes” in the state.
Mr Gumel, who did not disclose the identity of the Political party, said the police “suspected” that the weapons were being stored by thugs ahead of political campaigns, adding that no arrest was made during the operation.
He warned that the police was not ready to “compromise its mandate” of ensuring a peaceful electioneering process, with a view to protecting the lives and property of the public.
He also warned “perpetrators of violence” that the command would not allow “blood-letting during campaigns or elections” in the state.
Radio Nigeria Correspondent in Sokoto reports that the eight suspects arrested by police stand accused of carrying out acts of “banditry, kidnapping and robbery” over the last month.
Mr Gumel said the arrests and recoveries were made in Gwadabawa, Isa, Wamakko and Sokoto south local government areas.
He hinted that the Command arrested one Abdullahi Bello, who, in collaboration with Ibrahim and Aliyu, all of Tudun Kwangi village, conducted acts of banditry in a community in Gwadabawa local government. The police recovered from him an AK-47 rifle, COP Gumel stated.
In the same vein, one Mohammed Umar of Bado Quarters, Sokoto, who stole a Toyota car and took to flight, was sighted and arrested in Bakori, Katsina state.
The CP also told the reporters that the Command, upon receiving a complaint from one Suleiman Musa that some persons conspired and kidnapped his son for a N4 million ransom, swung into action and subsequently arrested one Haliru Usman with his accomplices, Abdullahi Umar and Farouk Usman, indigenes of Plateau and Sokoto states, respectively.
The suspects have since been arrested and the sum of N2.5 million was recovered out of the N4 million paid as ransom by the father of the kidnapped child.
Mr Gumel also disclosed that the prime suspect is a neighbour to the father of the kidnapped child.
He attempted to reassure the public, pointing out that the “recently improved friendly relationship between the Police and the public” enhances peaceful conduct of socio-economic activities within the business circles in Sokoto metropolis and environs.
Men of Ogun state Police Command have arrested a 29 year old man, Kunle Abati for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a 27 year old lady with down syndrome.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement in Abeokuta that the suspect was arrested after the mother of the victim had reported the incident at Ilese ijebu divisional headquarters.
Mr Oyeyemi said the mother of the victim told the policemen that she had sent her daughter on errand when the suspect forcefully had carnal knowledge of her.
The Command’s spokesman pointed out that the suspect had confessed to the crime, claiming ignorance that the victim was a virgin.
He said the victim, who was bleeding profusely was quickly taken to General Hospital Ijebu ode for medical attention.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Anti Human Trafficking and Child Labour unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
The Police have arrested two persons in possession of 468 Permanent Voter Cards.
This was made known in a statement signed by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Sunday.
According to the statement, the offenders; Nasiru Idris, was found with 101 PVCs in Sokoto State, and another (name not mentioned) was caught with 367 PVCs in Kano State.
Okoye stated that their offence was in contravention of Sections 117 and 145 of the Electoral Act 2022.
The statement added that the offenders were currently receiving their due punishment.
The statement read, “In the last couple of weeks, the Nigeria Police has arrested some individuals found to be in illegal possession of voter cards in some States of the Federation.
“In one case, the Police have concluded investigations and handed over the case file to the Commission, resulting in the successful prosecution of one Nasiru Idris at a Magistrate Court in Sokoto who was found to be in possession of 101 PVCs in contravention of Sections 117 and 145 of the Electoral Act 2022. He has been sentenced to a year in prison.
“Similarly, the Police in Kano State have arrested a man who was found to be in possession of 367 PVCs. The suspect has been charged to court and the Commission is pursuing his prosecution.
“The Commission wishes to reiterate that it will continue to pursue all violators of the Electoral Act and ensure their diligent prosecution.”
Giving an update on the PVC collection, the commissioner explained, “Following the end of the statutory period for the display of the register of voters for claims and objections, the Commission is determined to make the collection of PVCs as seamless as possible.
“A standard operating procedure has been developed. This will be among the issues to be discussed and finalised at a retreat holding in Lagos from 28th November to 2nd December 2022 involving all the Resident Electoral Commissioners.
“At the end of the retreat, the Commission will release the dates as well as the detailed procedure for the immediate collection of PVCs nationwide.
“The Commission appreciates the patience and understanding of Nigerians, especially those who registered as voters or applied for transfer/replacement of their cards from January to July 2022. In making the cards available for collection, the Commission is also working to ensure that the process is hitch-free.”
Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mr Adebowale Williams has ordered full-scale investigations into the recent robbery case around Queen schools Apata ibadan.
Police public relations officer in oyo state, Mr Adewale Osifeso stated this in an interview with Radio Nigeria ibadan on the update of the robbery incident.
According to the police spokesman, there was no attack on Queen Schools Apata as preliminary Investigation revealed that hoodlums tried accessing a building sharing partition with both the school and adjoining quarters but was immediately repelled by a private guard and later lost his life as he was shot in retaliation by the suspect.
Mr Osifeso noted that security has been beefed up in the area with adequate deployment of human and technology intelligence. He added that updates would be provided accordingly, after proper investigations.
It will be recalled that a robbery attack was recorded on friday around Queens school, Apata in Ido local government area of Ibadan and claimed the life of one guard.
A thirty six year old homosexual, Sikiru Ajibola has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for defiling a five year old boy to death in Ogijo area of the state.
According to the Command Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement released in Abeokuta said the suspect was arrested by officers of Ogijo divisional headquarters on report from the Community Development Association of Olorunwa Arogbeja Ogijo.
Mr. Oyeyemi said the suspect had confessed to been an homosexual and that the boy died during the barbaric act.
He said the suspect had also taken policemen to where he buried the deceased.
The statement added that the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lanre Bankole has ordered the transfer of the case to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation.
Men of the Ogun state Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Segun Omotosho Ebenezer for allegedly beating his 42-year-old wife Omotosho Oluwabukola to death.
According to a statement by the state Public Relations officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi, the arrest followed a complaint by the elder sister of the deceased at the kemta divisional headquarters on the 14th of this month.
Mr Oyeyemi said that the complainant reported that the suspect had beaten the deceased and inflicted serious injuries on her.
According to the report, the deceased was subsequently rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Idi-aba, Abeokuta, by the suspect for medical attention but eventually died while receiving treatment.
The state PPRO explained that the deceased had recorded a voice note and sent it to her family members alleging that the suspect used a padlock to hit her on the head while beating her and that if she dies, he should be held responsible for her death.
Mr Oyeyemi stressed that the suspect had taken to his heels after the voice note was played to his hearing, but the intelligence efforts of the detectives of the division led to his prompt arrest at Akinseku village, Abeokuta.
He noted that preliminary investigation revealed that, the deceased’s refusal to allow her husband who is a carpenter to take control of a school privately built by her, an NCE holder, in her name and that of her husband’s resulted in the incessant quarrel.
Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has directed that the suspect be transferred to homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and diligent prosecution.
Ogun State Police command has set up a political campaign and rally monitoring team towards preventing break down of law and order during the electioneering period.
State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole who made this known in Abeokuta at a conference for senior police officers, said the police would safeguard all venues of political campaign and rallies.
While advising all political parties to abide by the electoral Act, the Commissioner stressed the need for politicians to desist from hate speeches capable of heating up the political temperature in the state.
Declaring the conference open, Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun called on the police authority to always engage politicians on the need to play by the rules.
The Governor urged the senior police officers to come up with modalities and strategies to nip all forms of crimes in the bud and curb violence ahead of the 2023 General Election.
On the recent fire incident at the Abeokuta South office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Governor Abiodun said that he had mandated the Commissioner of Police to ensure that all those responsible for the incident were arrested and prosecuted.
The Police in Ogun State have arrested three men for allegedly snatching a car in Abeokuta.
The suspects include, Moses Abiodun, Seyi Oyenekan and Monsuru Majekodunmi.
The State Police spokesperson, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement in Abeokuta said they were apprehended on the 9th of November, 2022, following a complaint lodged at the Oke-Itoku Police Station by one Olusesi Akingbile who reported that his Toyota Carina car parked in his house at Ijemo on October 12 2022, had been stolen by unknown persons.
Mr Oyeyemi told newsmen that messages were sent to all police formations in Ogun, asking them to be on the lookout for the missing car.
The police spokesperson who said the stolen car was sighted in a mechanic village along Ajebo Road, by police officers attached to Kemta explained further that the police, during preliminary investigations, had discovered that the suspect had two other accomplices.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has ordered a thorough investigation of the suspects before they are charged to court.
Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State command has called on members of the public, about the sudden proliferation of criminal and unregistered Point of Sales, POS terminal operators across the State.
Police Public Relations officer in Oyo State, Mr Adewale Osifeso stated this while briefing newsmen on the recent criminal cases of POS terminal operators.
Mr Osifeso said the sole aim of the POS operators was to criminally conspire with unscrupulous elements in redistributing financial proceeds from criminal dealings.
He enjoined members of the public to exercise extreme vigilant and caution whenever they are dealing in any outside the banking hall operations or transactions.
The police spokesman noted that it would not be out of place to validate the transaction by demanding for identification, certificates of incorporation from the corporate affairs commission as well as any valid documents from the various association the POS operators belong to just to ensure that they are authentic.
Mr Osifeso, therefore, called for continuous support of the public not relent at giving out useful information on how to Police the society maximally.
The Borno State Police Command has released the sheep that was arrested for eating a heap of fried fish displayed for sale at Bulabulin Ward in Maiduguri after the animal was forgiven by the victim.
Oriental Times reports that the sheep was arrested and detained alongside her lambs on Saturday, after the fried fish seller, Mallam Yusuf Ibrahim, complained bitterly that the animal had caused him losses by raiding his selling point and taking mouthfuls of fried fish for over five years.
According to the latest development, Bulabulin Divisional Police Headquarters released the offending animal to the owner on account of a settlement brokered.
Mallam Ibrahim also confirmed to newsmen that he forgave the sheep after its owner, Luba Mohammed mobilised elders in the community to intercede.
The fish seller said he has given conditions that what happened should not repeat itself and extracted commitment from the owner to take care of her animals as any repeat of such would lead to legal action.
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The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 54year-old father, Mr Ojo Joseph for setting ablaze five of his step children at Fagun crescent area of Ondo town in Ondo State.
Reports say that, the man alleged that his wife who is the mother of the children offended him over a little misunderstanding.
It was further learnt that the father who was said to have poured petrol into the room of the children while asleep and set the kids on fire as one of them was burnt to death.
Four other victims currently are receiving treatment at Federal Medical Centre, Owo, while their mother and 18month-old twins escaped from inferno with minor injury.
Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mrs Funmi Odunlami said the man had been apprehended by the police for a case of alleged arson and murder.
The PPRO said further that, investigation would be carried out before charging the suspect to court.
Security forces in Haiti say they have taken control of a major fuel depot held by criminal gangs.
The government says fuel distribution will resume from the Varreux terminal, in the rundown Cité Soleil area, last Monday.
The gangs seized the port facility in September, blocking the delivery of imported fuel and hampering efforts to distribute food and medicines.
The terminal supplies most of the oil products in Haiti.
According to the report, it has been controlled and blockaded by a coalition of powerful gangs, known as G9, for more than a month.
The blockade has forced many businesses to close and complicated the distribution of petrol and bottled drinking water, while a cholera outbreak has worsened by the week.
All of this has contributed to civil unrest across the country.
The unrest has also escalated since Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced an end to government fuel subsidies on 11 September, which sent petrol and diesel prices skyrocketing.
Amid the turmoil, police launched an operation to take control of the fuel terminal on Wednesday. Gunfire was heard in the area throughout the day.
A day later, a police source told AFP they had succeeded in taking control of the facilities and were in the process of clearing the roads.
Neither the police nor the government stated whether any deaths or injuries occurred.
Prime Minister Henry congratulated the police for retaking the terminal in a statement.
The police operation follows a recent warning from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Voker Türk, that a “protracted, multifaceted crisis” in Haiti could descend into the country’s worst humanitarian emergency in decades.
The UN also recently urged all countries to suspend the repatriation of Haitian migrants to the country.
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Nine persons arrested in connection with the crisis that rocked the ancient town of Ikirun in Ifelodun local Government area of Osun State have been remanded in Ilesha Correctional Center by an Osogbo Chief Magistrate Court.
The nine suspects were arraigned for allegedly shooting five persons during a riot over the kingship tussle.
This followed announcement of Prince Yinusa Olalekan Akadiri of Oba-Ara Ruling House as the new Akinrun of Ikirun, by the state government.
The arrested Indigenes of the town were brought before an Osogbo Magistrate court, presided by Mr Olusola Aluko who ordered them to be kept behind the bars due to the magnitude of the alleged offences committed.
The nine suspects who were dragged to court by the Osun State Police Command are Babawale Bolaji (28), Salam Abdulhakeem(33), Omoboriowo Ismaila ( 30), Olalere Opeyemi Damilare( 32), Elegbede Rilwan (18), Bello Saheed(18), Tiamiyu Gafar( 28), Sulaiman Wasiu (36) and Oladimeji Afeez (30).
Police Prosecutor, Inspector Elisha Olusegun, informed the court that the suspects and others at large committed the offences between October 26 and 30, 2022, at about 5:30 pm in Ikirun.
They were slammed with eleven count-charge bordering on felonies, unlawful assembly, rioting, possession of dangerous weapons and attempted murder, which are contrary to sections 516, 70, 320, 517, and 249(d) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. Il Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.
Inspector Olusegun said that the defendants, with intent to kill, shot residents of Ikirun, including Folorunso Adeyemi, Oyewale Wasiu, Olayiwola Samad, Hasan Abdullahi, and Toheeb Oyewale, on various parts of their bodies during the violent protest against the appointment of Prince Yinusa Olalekan Akadiri as the Akinrun of Ikirun by the Osun State Government.
The police prosecutor further disclosed that the defendants, who were armed with dangerous weapons, conducted themselves in a manner likely to cause a breach of public peace by blocking the major roads and setting up bonfires in the ancient town.
The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges slammed against them.
Presiding Chief Magistrate, Olusola Aluko, ordered them to be remanded in Ilesa Correctional Centre and asked their defence counsels to furnish the court with a formal application for their bail.
Aluko adjourned the matter till November 24 for mention.
A middle-aged Police Inspector identified as Bamidele Olorunsogo attached to Ode-Omu community in Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State has alleged the Divisional Crime Officer of the station, Mr Ajayi Matthew of assaulting her over her refusal for an amorous relationship.
Bamidele alleged that her boss made a dating proposal to her which she turned down on the ground that she is married and this led to her being assaulted at the Police Station on Tuesday.
A middle-aged Police Inspector identified as Bamidele Olorunsogo attached to Ode-Omu community in Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State has alleged the Divisional Crime Officer of the station, Mr Ajayi Matthew of assaulting her over her refusal for an amorous relationship.
In a viral video, Bamidele claimed that the incident happened at the station on Tuesday in the presence of two constables and ten civilians.
Bamidele alleged that her boss made a dating proposal to her which she turned down on the ground that she is married.
According to her in the viral video, “What is my offence, he started beating me, he naked me, he injured me on my chest, hand, his name is Ajayi Matthew because he asked me out and I told him I am married. He started blackmailing me. “He was telling people around that we were dating and I took offence to it.
He battered me in the presence of two constables, and ten civilians. He went inside, carried a Dane gun and want to gun me down, the civilians took me out of the office that I should run away, but I insisted that if he wants to kill me he should go ahead. Ajayi wants to kill o, pleases assist me o!”
Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Usman Alkali Baba, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun State, Mr Olaleye Faleye, to investigate the alleged assault on woman Inspector Olorunsogo Bamidele by her DCO in Ode Omu, Osun State.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Muyiwa Adejobi, read, “We will await the report of the investigation from Osun State Police Command before necessary actions are taken. However, we assure the general public that justice will be done in the case, to protect the core values and ethics of the NPF.”
Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Taofeek Sulaiman for having unlawful carnal knowledge of his thirteen years old stepdaughter.
According to a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Mr Oyeyemi Abimbola, the suspect was arrested after a complaint by the mother of the victim.
The spokesman said the woman complained that her daughter told her that the suspect had been having sex with her and threatening to kill her if she reported it to anyone.
Mr. Oyeyemi said the victim was taken to Idi Iroko General Hospital by the Police for medical attention.
He also stated that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lanre Bankole, has directed the transfer of the case to Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour for further investigation.
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The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two teenagers for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl and recording the act on their phones.
The two friends, after raping the victim, were said to have sent the video of the sexual act to another friend, who demanded sex from the girl so as not to upload the film on social media.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Adewale Osifeso, said in a statement on Tuesday night that the three friends were among 30 suspected criminals arrested by the command.
The statement read, “On October 24, 2022 at about 12pm, the victim, (name withheld) ‘f’ 17yrs visited her friend Joshua Adegoke ‘m’ age 18 years at his residence where she met one Peter Akintunde ‘m’, age 18 years.
“At Joshua’s place, she was given a bottle of soft drink after which she was invited to his room for sex an offer which she declined. In a bid to salvage what she sensed was becoming trouble, she innocently asked Peter, Joshua’s friend to prevail on his friend but instead, Peter advised her to offer Joshua what he demanded.
“At this point, both friends took turns to forcefully and unlawfully have carnal knowledge of their victim while simultaneously recording the act. After this, Joshua deliberately transferred the video footage to another friend, Oluwanjoba Adetona, who also reached out to the victim demanding for sex in exchange for not uploading the footage on social media.
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Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested eleven suspected members of a dreaded cult group at Sango Ota, in Ado Odo Ota Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects were arrested after the policeman attached to Sango Ota Divisional Headquarters received a tip-off that the suspects who had been accused of being responsible for a series of cult clashes in Sango Ota and its environs were preparing for another round of violent attacks in the area.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest in a statement in Abeokuta, said the operation was successful with the assistance of operatives of other security agencies.
Mr Oyeyemi noted that the suspects had confessed to being members of the Aiye cult group adding that weeds suspected to be Indian hemp, Colorado and Bonky were recovered from the suspects
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to the Anti Cultists Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.
Operatives of Ogun state Police Command have arrested two suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo Boys for killing a 40 year old man Abdullahi Azeez , for ritual.
The suspects including Friday Odeh and Poso Idowu were arrested following a report lodged at Owode Egba divisional headquarters by the relations of the victim, who reported that the victim left his home at Kobape area of the state and did not return since then.
According to a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi in Abeokuta, the anti kidnapping unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments have been directed by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, to take over the investigation and unravel the mystery behind the sudden disappearance of the man.
He explained that the police embarked on technical and intelligence based investigation which led them to the hideout of one of the suspect Friday Odeh where the sim card of the victim was recovered while His arrest also led to the apprehension of his accomplice Poso Idowu.
Mr Oyeyemi noted that the suspects confessed that they kidnapped the victim and forcefully took him to the bush, killed him and cut him into pieces.
The PPRO said all efforts to recover the remains of the victim proved abortive as the suspects claimed to have disposed it, adding that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation was concluded on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole.
Twenty suspected criminals have been paraded by Ekiti State Police Command for different offences ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, attempted murder, burglary and conspiracy.
Parading the suspects at the Rapid Response Squad office Ado Ekiti, the command’s spokesperson, DSP Sunday Abutu explained that the suspects who were arrested at different locations were among those terrorising the State.
Mr Abutu said the arrest was made possible through the efforts of men of the command and necessary information from residents of the state.
Among the suspects paraded was a man who broke into a church in Osun state and stole over six hundred thousand naira offerings contributed by the congregation.
Mr Abutu confirmed that during the investigation, the suspects confessed to having committed the crime.
He said the suspects would be charged to court after completion of the necessary investigation, saying those at large would soon be arrested by officers of the Ekiti State Police command.
Items recovered from the suspects included two big power generating sets, shoes, clothes and money.
Olaniyi Alade
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