Crime

By Olusegun Folarin

Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested two men for allegedly dispossessing a woman of her belongings in a taxi along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.

The suspects, 35-year-old Aliu Oyetola and 40-year-old Seyi Afolabi were arrested after the victim reported the incident at Sango Division.

The victim told the policemen that she was robbed by four men who posed as a fellow passenger in the taxi she boarded from at Ijako market, going to Itori.

She said the suspects pushed her out of the car after dispossessing her of her smartphone valued at eighty-five thousand naira, the money realized from a POS machine sale, worth one hundred and twenty-three thousand naira and a separate cash sum of one hundred and five thousand naira.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Omolola Odutola said in a statement in Abeokuta that two out of the four-man gang of “one chance robbery” were arrested after being given a hot chase by the Sango Ota police operatives.

The command’s spokesperson said the two suspects had made confessional statements and were cooperating with the police by giving useful information that would lead to the arrest of other fleeing felons adding that a Toyota Corolla vehicle with Registration No GGE 659 FR, blue colour was recovered. 

She noted that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Alamutu had ordered that the suspects be transferred to the Anti-Robbery Department of the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution.

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Crime

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke

Allegations that a final-year student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, had poisoned his girlfriend and another female student of the institution has continued to generate reactions among the university community.

The male final-year student, identified by some residents as Oladokun Ayomide was alleged to have administered substances, suspected to be poison into the cake and drinks offered to the victims after inviting them over to his place at Surulere, Camp Axis, close to Alabata, Abeokuta campus of the university.

Those who witnessed the incident told newsmen that the affected girlfriend, Ugbokwe Mmasichukwu, and her friend, Odumosu Semilore who accompanied her to the suspect’s residence allegedly lost consciousness after consuming the cake and were rushed to the hospital.

The residents claimed that the Chief Security Officer, CSO of FUNAAB, Mr Olusola Ajibola was among those who handed over the suspect to the police for further investigation.

When contacted by Radio Nigeria, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Office, PPRO, indicated that the command’s headquarters was yet to have the details of the incident while the Public Relations Officer, PRO for FUNAAB, Mr Kola Adepoju also gave a similar response, noting that the university was yet to resume from its semester break.

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By Adenitan Akinola

The police in Osun State say they have arrested the owner of the dog that attacked a woman and killed her baby in the Ido-Osun area of the state.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mrs Yemisi Opalola gave the information during a telephone chat with Radio Nigeria in Osogbo.

Mrs Opalola who refused to disclose the details of the dog owner maintained that he would be prosecuted after due investigation.

Recalled that residents of Zone E, Unity Estate, Halleluyah Area in Ido-Osun, Osun State, were on Wednesday thrown into mourning when a dog suddenly attacked a nursing mother, Nafisat Muhideen from behind and mauled her five-month-old baby to death.

The deceased baby, Maryam, was mauled to death by the dog, which was said to have been let loose in a house facing the road that Nafisat had passed.

Speaking with journalists in Osogbo, the bereaved mother of the baby said she gave birth to the baby when she was told about the death of her elder brother five months ago.

She said she was on her way to buy drugs for the deceased who was suffering from catarrh when the dog attacked her.

Mrs Muhideen further explained the dog jumped on her from behind and forced out the baby, whom she strapped to her back before it mauled her till she died.

“My baby had catarrh earlier and I contracted the flu from her. I went out backing my baby to get drugs for her and get flu drugs for myself too because I was feeling headache.”

“When I was out to get drugs, I heard a sound from behind, and by the time I turned around to check, a dog jumped me from behind,” she said.

“It dragged the baby off my back and was mauling her. I ran around calling for help but no one was around to help rescue her. I threw stones at the dog but it refused to leave the baby. It kept attacking her.”

“Later, some residents of the area showed up and attempted to get the baby from the dog but they could not. The dog did not leave her until it was killed. The remains of the baby facing the ground were retrieved from under the dog.”

“What pain me most was that I gave birth to Maryam, the day I was informed about the death of my elder brother who died five months ago. It was a forced labor”, the distraught mother recounted.

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Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested four members of a notorious kidnap gang for allegedly terrorizing Abeokuta and its environs.

The suspects, Ismaila Ibrahim, Musa Muhammed, Irekura Abu and Okanlawon Muhammed were arrested following a series of kidnapping cases at Soyooye and Ibara Orile Area of Abeokuta.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspects in Abeokuta.

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the suspects confessed to being members of a kidnap gang that abducted one Bishop Oladimeji Joshua of Prayer City, Keesan Abeokuta, and Kafayat Jelili of Ogo-Titun area of Ibara Orile on the 27th of September 2022.

He listed items recovered from the suspects including two double-barrel guns and one single-barrel long gun.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, who commended the anti-kidnapping unit for the breakthrough has ordered that the suspects be charged in court as soon as the investigation is concluded.

Mr Bankole also directed a massive manhunt for other members of the gang who are presently on the run, with the view to bring them to justice. 

Olusegun Folarin

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SUSPECTED armed bandits have abducted Bishop of Anglican Diocese, Jebba, Kwara State, Rt. Rev. Aderogba, alongside his wife and driver on Oyo/Ogbomoso expressway, on Sunday. The victims were said to be on their way to Jebba from Yewa in Ogun state when the incident happened.

When contacted, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the abduction.

The investigation, however, revealed that the abductors forced their vehicle to stop in motion before they were forced to enter another stationed vehicle.

It was further learnt that they were yet to establish a link with the relations of their abductees.

Confirming the incident, the Police image maker said the command had launched a manhunt for the suspected kidnappers

He said: “On Sunday 12/06/2022 at about 2100HRS, One Rev. Adekunle Adeluwa reported to the Command through an incident report at Atiba Divisional Police Headquarters, Oyo town that at about 2030HRS, One Bishop Rt. Rev Aderogba of Jebba Diocese, Kwara State in the Company of his Wife and driver were abducted.

“Preliminary investigations reveal that the victim’s vehicle developed what seemed a mechanical fault while traveling from Yewa, Ogun State to Jebba, Kwara State en route isolated area along New Oyo/Ogbomoso Expressway.

“The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations of the Command is in charge of the rescue operation that has commenced since 2100HRS of Sunday 12/06/2022.

“All the tactical teams of the Command Anti-Kidnapping squad, Ambush Squad, Puff Adder, Police Mobile Force, PMF, Counter Terrorism Unit, CTU, and Conventional Police personnel along with local hunters and vigilantes are all involved in the rescue operations.

“Meanwhile, the discreet investigation led by the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, is simultaneously been vigorously embarked upon to ensure that the victims are rescued unhurt.

“While enjoining members of the public to report any suspicion to the nearest Police Division or formation, credible and timely information, the general public is assured of their safety as they go about their lawful activities.” The PPRO Osifeso assured.

Vanguard/ Oluwayemisi Owonikoko

Crime

The Police command in Plateau says it has arrested two suspects over alleged trafficking of firearms from Plateau to the eastern part of the country through Nasarawa State.

The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during news briefing on Friday, in Abuja.

Mr Adejobi said the suspects were arrested, following credible intelligence gathered by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) on the trafficking of Plateau, through Nasarawa to the East.

According to him, upon receipt of the intelligences, operatives of the IRT swung into action that led to the apprehension of the suspects in April.

He said the suspects were apprehended with two AK47 riffles and 51 rounds of live ammunitions, concealed in a bag of beans.

Mr Adejobi said the firearms, concealed in a bag of beans to beat security checkpoints were meant for onward delivery to Nasarawa, where the receiver was waiting to deliver to the East.

The Police spokesman said investigation had revealed that the suspects were to transport the firearms to Anambra for some criminal elements in the area.

Vanguard/Oluwayemisi Owonikoko

Security

The Force Headquarters has said, any officer caught tarnishing the image of the Nigerian Police Force will be named and his picture displayed to the public to serve as deterrent to others.

The Acting Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi stated this in an interview with Radio Nigeria correspondent in Ibadan.

Mr Adejobi said the step became imperative as the actions of some officers had tarnished the image of the force.

He lamented that, members of the public were now finding it difficult to trust the security agency.

“The image of the police is being dented.
We have noticed that many of them have this belief that the entire police authority will be liable for their crime, which means they don’t know them they only know their commanding officers, their heads of departments.

They generally believe belief that “” who sabi me””( which means who knows me, let me do what I want to do and I will get away with it.

Know that, that era has gone, we are not only going to give query to their commanding officers and their bosses.

The main offenders will be mentioned and fished out and the person should be named and shamed to let people know those who do all these evil are on their own

Inspector-general of police has given this directive from Abuja that this is what we want and this should be done .

many of them are deviant on the road and whenever you come across them they say ‘go ahead’ and disobey the directive of the senior general police.

This is why I said I will name and sham them. That era has gone that you will report to us that a police officer has done something,and will pretend as if we don’t know.

Now, we will surely investigate, we will not just keep quiet ,no, let them know that Nigerians want the best from us, people believe we are bad because we don’t push out those tarnishing our image so let’s obtain this method and see how it is going to work .

There are cases in Lagos that people are appreciating what police authority have done”. The PPRO said.

Abisola Oluremi

Crime

A middle-aged man Kabiru Olalekan Adeoye has been apprehended at Lagos State University teaching hospital Ayinke house while allegedly trying to kidnap a baby.

Kabiru was said to have dressed like a member of staff of the hospital so as not to raise any suspicion.

He was however apprehended by some workers on duty and was handed over to the security unit of the hospital .

Reacting to the incident ,the Lagos State police public relations officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu explained that the the suspect was mentally unstable.

He said further that, he had been receiving treatment as an outpatient of the federal Neuro-psychiatric hospital, Yaba.

The PPRO added that, further investigations would be carried out on the incident.

Abisola Oluremi /PR

Crime

Further to the media chat at the scene of crime. Today Thursday 10th February, 2022 at about 1345hrs, a group of masked armed robbers about ten in number trailed, targeted and attacked a bullion van around traffic light area, Idi-Ape junction Agodi, Ibadan.

According to the statement by the PPRO, SP Adewale Osifeso, the armed robbers engaged police officers escorting the bullion van and in the process, an undisclosed amount of money was carted away.

SP Osifeso in swift response, says the police equally neutralized one of the armed robbers while some were believed to have escaped with multiple gunshot injuries.

He says, a civilian onlooker was hit by stray bullet and died at the scene while two Police officers later died in the hospital as a result of gunshot injuries sustained. Four (4) others including Two police officers are responding to treatment.

The PPRO therefore enjoins citizenry not to panic as efforts are in top gear to track down and apprehend the criminal gang, the “Oyo State Police Command seeks the cooperation of the good people of the State in providing necessary information to help maintain the relative peace and tranquility being enjoyed in the State” . As always, if you see something, say something.

PR/Rasheedah Makinde

Crime

Three boys have been apprehended in the Oke-Aregba area of Abeokuta in Ogun State for allegedly killing a girlfriend of their friend for a money-making ritual.

The suspects, Wariz Oladehinde, AbdulGafar Lukman and Mustakeem Balogun were arrested after policemen attached to Adatan Divisional Headquarters received a report from the head of the Community Security Guards, that the suspects were seen burning something suspected to be human head in a local pot.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement in Abeokuta.

Mr Oyeyemi noted that the Divisional Police Officer, DPO Adatan, Mr Abiodun Salau, led his detectives to the scene, where the three suspects were arrested, while the fourth one who happened to be the boyfriend of the murdered girl escaped. 

He said the arrested suspects confessed that the head they were burning in the local pot is the head of the girlfriend of their escaped accomplice. 

The command’s spokesman said the suspects claimed that the deceased simply identified as Rofiat was lured by her boyfriend simply identified as Soliu to where she was murdered by four of them, after which they cut off her head and packed the remains in a sack, and dumped it in an old building. 

Mr Oyeyemi pointed out that the suspects led policemen to the building, where the dismembered body was recovered and deposited at General Hospital Mortuary for autopsy. 

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole, who described the action of the suspects as the height of callousness ordered a massive manhunt for the fleeing boyfriend of the victim by name of Soliu. 

Mr Bankole also ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation with the view to arraign them in court as soon as possible. 

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

The police in Ogun State have arrested a man, Joseph Oyedele and his wife Elizabeth for allegedly invading Toyon High school, Ere Village in Ado-Odo Area of Ado Odo-Ota Local Government with thugs to beat a teacher, Abel Thomas for beating their son.

The suspects were arrested after the policemen attached to Ado-Odo Divisional Headquarters received a distress call from the school, that parent of one of their students had beaten and injured one of the teachers.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the couple in a statement in Abeokuta.

Mr Oyeyemi explained that the teacher, Abel Thomas was said to have moderately corrected an SS3 student of the school, Joshua Joseph who went home to inform his parent that he was beaten by the teacher. 

He pointed out that the parent mobilized some thugs and descended heavily on the teacher, beating and injuring him. 

Mr Oyeyemi said the suspects also damaged the back screen of a Toyota Corolla with registration number LSD 395 FV belonging to another teacher of the school, Jolayemi Sunday. 

He noted that the injured teacher had been taken to the hospital for medical treatment. 

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered that the escaped thugs who accompanied the couple to attack the school be hunted for and brought to justice. 

Mr Bankole also directed that the arrested couple be charged to court without delay. 

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

The Ogun State Police Command says normalcy has returned to Idofa and Aworo villages in Imeko Afon and Yewa North Local Government Areas of the state where herdsmen and farmers had reportedly clashed last week.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi while speaking on the incident also assured that those behind the clash would be apprehended as the unfortunate incident is being investigated.

Mr Oyeyemi noted that the Fulani communities had been cohabiting in the place with positive testimonies, so the reason for the attack could not be hurriedly unravelled.

He said the Commissioner of Police in the state has directed that the Area Commander take charge of the security situation in the area.

Reports say about five persons were reportedly killed in a fresh crisis between farmers and herdsmen in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State.

It was also reported that the herdsmen and some Ohori farmers had engaged themselves in a clash at Idofa village, leading to loss of lives and properties worth millions of naira.

According to the people of Aworo Community in Yewa North Local Government, the herdsmen were chased from their village to Idofa in Imeko, killing three of them and their cows.

The Aworo people had accused the herdsmen of destroying their farms and water sources through open grazing of cows, which they said the Ogun State Government had banned.

According to a community leader, who did not want his name mentioned, after the Aworo people killed the three herdsmen in Idofa, there was a reprisal attack on Thursday, leading to the death of two Yorubas, one of whom was burnt beyond recognition.

Houses, four maize barns, motorcycles and other valuables were reportedly set ablaze by the attackers.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Efforts are still ongoing to clear the site of a building collapse at Okpanam, in the outskirts of Asaba, the Delta state capital.

Present at the site of the incident were men of the State Emergency Management Agency, fire service, the police and community support groups.

Oghenero Eghweree who is covering the events for Radio Nigeria, reports that Delta State Police Command had just released a statement on the disaster, where it posits that the incident has so far led to the demise of a woman and two female children.

The police report signed by the Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, also notes that eighteen persons have been rescued and eleven are still receiving treatment, while four of the victims have been discharged.

The one-story building prior to the disaster houses a religious centre and private offices.

Oghenero Eghweree

Crime

A 14-year-old housemaid, Favour Iwuozor, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly abducting and running away with her mistress’s 2-year-old son.

The suspect was arrested after one Victoria Nwafor had reported at Sagamu Divisional Headquarters that she saw a 14-year-old girl on the 22nd of December 2021, with a very sick two-year-old boy in Yaba Lagos. 

She told the policemen that she decided to take them to her house when the suspect had claimed that the small boy was her younger brother and that their parents died in a ghastly accident in December 2020.

Nwafor explained that she became suspicious when the suspect wanted to single-handedly take the boy to Imo State after the boy had fully recovered.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ogun State Police Command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest of the suspect said the girl confessed that she was a maid to the mother of the little boy.

Mr Oyeyemi said the suspect had gone to the church to take the boy who was released to her by a Sunday school teacher on the grounds that the suspect was well known with the baby’s mother.

The PPRO noted that the suspect claimed that she decided to beg for alms to raise transport fare to Amraku Umorsu in Isiala/Mberna Local Government Area of Imo state. 

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Lanre Bankole has ordered that the baby’s parents be contacted urgently, while the case should be forwarded to Lagos State Command whose jurisdiction the crime was actually committed. 

Olusegun Folarin

Crime

Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed a thirty-eight-year-old Reverend Father Luke Adeleke while he was coming from a mass on Christmas Eve in Ogun State.

It was gathered that the gunmen waylaid the cleric at Ogunmakin in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state and shot him dead.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ogun State Command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi while confirming the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta said the incident happened at Ogunmakin and not Odeda as reported on the social media.

Mr Abimbola said the gunmen exchanged gunfire with policemen in the area before escaping with bullets wounds into the bush in the area.

Wale Oluokun

Crime

Six people have been arrested by the Osun State Police Command in connection with the death of a master’s degree student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Mr. Timothy Adegoke. 

A statement by the Osun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mrs. Yemisi Opalola says that the command is working assiduously to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Adegoke.

Mrs. Opalola states that a case of a missing person was reported on 7th November 2021 at about 4:30 PM at Edun Abon Police Station and later transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID. 

The statement hints that policemen swung into action and arrested six suspects in connection with the case while the investigation is ongoing.

It adds that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olawale Olokode appeals to the family, students and management of the university to remain calm and be rest assured that the police will do all within its constitutional responsibility to unravel the mystery behind Adegoke’s death.

The master’s degree student came from Abuja to sit for his examination at the OAU Distance Learning Centre, Moro, Osun State. 

He allegedly lodged in a hotel and was declared missing until his lifeless body was found on the road.  Adenitan Akinola

News

Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of two little girls and the theft of their mother’s car in Akure.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO in the state, Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, told newsmen that the abduction took place on Friday night.

She said upon their return from an outing at about 8p.m., the mother parked the car in front of her house and went out to open the gates leaving the two kids in the vehicle.

According to the PPRO, another car with three occupants suddenly drove up to hers; some of the occupants collected her car keys and drove her car away with the kids still inside.

Mrs. Odunlami said the anti-kidnapping section of the police is already on the trail of the assailants to effect the rescue the two kids and recover the car.

Leke Adegbite

Crime

The Lagos State Police Command lost one of its finest officers during a raid on criminal hideouts in Ajao Estate, Lagos State, on Thursday 23rd September, 2021.

The incident happened when tactical teams of the command comprising men drawn from RRS, Taskforce, Ajao Estate Division and other divisions were carrying out raids of identified flashpoints and enforcing the ban on use of motorcycles in restricted areas in the estate and similar places in the state.

The exercise was a routine proactive approach aimed at curtailing activities of armed robbers and other criminal elements in the state.

Similar exercises were carried out in the past in other parts of the state which have resulted in reduction in crimes in the areas.

After the successful operation which led to the arrest of some of the suspects, other criminal elements and hoodlums in their large numbers laid siege to the exit of the estate and attacked the policemen with guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons.

Unfortunately, during the fatal attack, CSP Kazeem Sumonu Abonde attached to the Operations Department of the Command was brutally killed by the hoodlums.

The DPO Ajao Estate, CSP Abdullahi Malla and other Police officers equally sustained varying degrees of injuries.

The corpse of the deceased officer has been deposited at the Yaba Mainland Hospital for autopsy.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu while condemning the attack on the policemen who were carrying out their legitimate duty at the time, has directed that an immediate and discreet investigation into the incident be carried out.

The CP has equally vowed to ensure that all suspects responsible for the dastardly act be brought to book soon.

The Commissioner of Police has promised that this terrible incident would not dampen the morale of the command or discourage it from carrying out its statutory duties of protecting lives and property of the citizens in Lagos State.

SIGNED: CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu (ANIPR), Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command.

Crime

Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko says the perpetrators of the dastardly attack on the premises of Radio Nigeria, Amuludun 99.1 FM, Moniya, Ibadan, would be made to face justice.

This is contained in a statement issued by the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP. Adewale Osifeso concerning the attack by some hoodlums on Amuludun FM Premises which left four cars and the glass door at the entrance of the media house damaged.

Mr. Osifeso explained that preliminary investigation gathered reveal that following the face-off between members of Soludero, a local vigilante group and some criminal elements around Sasa Area, Ojo, Akinyele LGA of Oyo State while on routine patrol, on Saturday 31st July 2021, at about 0400HRS during which one “Kabati”, a member of the criminal gang sustained gunshot injuries and was confirmed dead at the hospital.

He said consequent upon this, the hoodlums in their numbers stormed the Soludero presumed office, located at the premises of the Federal Radio Coporation of Nigeria, Amuludun 99.1 FM, Moniya Ibadan in a bid to launch a reprisal attack.

The PPRO said upon the arrival of the hoodlums, they became agitated as none of their targets was on sight.

Consequently, the windscreens of four vehicles parked in the premises were broken along with the glass door at the entrance of the media outfit, inferring that the attack was not targeted directly at the media outfit but members of the vigilante group.

Mr. Osifeso added that investigations into the matter are currently ongoing and developments would be communicated accordingly.

Rasheedah Makinde

Crime

Three persons including a journalist, Olubunmi Afuye have been shot dead in a bank robbery in Ilara- Mokin in Ifedore local government area of Ondo state.

One of the victims is the journalist and the new Public Relations Officer of a private University in the town.
Confirming the incident, the state Police command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Tee-Leo Ikoro said the robbers also killed a policeman and a motorcyclist.

The PPRO noted that they were said to have raided the commercial bank for several minutes and carted away an undisclosed amount of money and escaped unchallenged.


Leke Adegbite

Crime

Five suspected kidnappers have been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly conniving to abduct an eight year old boy, Sadiq Abass.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement issued in Abeokuta.

Mr. Oyeyemi explained that the five suspects were arrested after the father of the victim, Riliwan Mohammed had reported the disappearance of the boy at Ogere Divisional Headquarters.

The command’s spokesman said the man told the policemen that he received a phone call from a strange number that his 8-year-old son had been abducted, noting that a ransom of three point five million naira was demanded before he would be released.

Mr. Oyeyemi said the suspects were arrested at their hideout where the victim was rescued unhurt based on intelligence and investigation.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.

Mr. Ajogun also directed an in-depth investigation into the past activities of the suspects in order to know how long they have been into kidnapping. Olusegun Folarin

Security

combined team of military and other security agencies patrolled the capital city of Osogbo as residents were perplexed.
In the early hour of today, soldiers converged around the Dele Yesir bus-stop  along Osogbo-Iwo road.

At about seven o’clock, the soldiers, in company of men of the police force, members of the NSCDC, DSS, Amotekun corps and vigilante groups were already on the main streets of Osogbo.
The patrol vehicles numbering over thirty moved from Dele yesir through the ring road, Stadium, Ikirun road, Ayetoro,Igbona, Olaiya Alekuwodo and other major routes of the state capital blaring siren.
Some residents of the city wondered what could be responsible for the development.
A businessman in Igbona area of the town, Mr Adedeji David lamented that the sight of large number of gun Wielding soldiers and other security personnel sent fear down the spine of the people who closed their shops in a her hurry.         However, in a telephone conversation, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security matters, Mrs Abiodun Ige said the development was to assure the people of security of lives and property.
Similarly, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps, Osun State , Mr Daniel Adigun told Radio Nigeria that the exercise was a show of force by the combined security team.
The police spokesperson of Osun State Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola also added that the exercise was to remind hoodlums and cultists that the state had capacity to contain their excesses.
Mrs Opalola assured the citizens that they had no cause to worry as the development would further make them better secured.

Adenitan Akinola

Crime

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspects for robbing a church at Shagamu area of the state.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement issued in Abeokuta said the suspects, Fidelis Francis and Lukman Jimoh were arrested following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Shagamu Divisional Headquarters that a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, located at GRA Shagamu was under attack by suspected robbers. 

According to him, the DPO Sagamu Division, Mr Okiki Agunbiade, mobilized his men and the local vigilante to the scene, but the robbers escaped through the fence before the arrival of the policemen.

Mr Oyeyemiwho explained that the policemen suspected a vehicle parked not too far away from the church and mounted surveillance in the area, apprehended two suspects while trying to move the vehicle away.

He explained further that two iron bars similar to the ones recovered at the scene of crime was recovered from the car, while the CCTV footage showed the two suspects breaking into the church. 

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun, who commended the display of professionalism by his men, directed an in-depth investigation into the case with the view to charging the suspects to court as soon as possible.

Olajumoke Idowu

Security

Lagos State Police Command has assured the residents, especially the Muslim faithful of adequate security during the Eid-El Fitri.

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, stated this in a release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Olumuyiwa Adejobi.

The CP affirmed the preparedness of the Command as Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers, Police Mobile Force Commanders and Tactical Commanders to redouble their efforts towards ensuring a crime-free Salah.

He also confirmed that an appreciable number of police personnel has been deployed across the state for provision of adequate security, traffic management and enforcement of COVID-19 protocols as stipulated by the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19.

The Commissioner of Police in the statement also directed that the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) and the Command’s Monitoring Unit should intensify efforts to maintain robust intelligence gathering and proactive measures to Police the State during the Eid-E- Fitri Festival and beyond.

The Police boss advised the Muslim faithful and fun seekers to be moderate, be security-conscious during this festivity.

The command however warned miscreants and hoodlums to seize the opportunity of this festive period to turn a new leaf and stop being a thorn in the flesh of innocent Nigerians.

Mr. Odumosu also seized the opportunity to felicitate with the Muslim faithful on the successful completion of the fast and prayed that Almighty Allah (SWT) accept their prayers and spare their lives to witness more of the holy month in good health.

Abisola Oluremi

Crime

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspected armed robbers for allegedly for robbing a gold merchant of golden chains and rings valued at six million naira at gun point.

The suspects Jerry Chukwedu and Tomiwa Olawale were arrested after one Abubakar Hassan reported the incident at Ogijo Divisional Police Headquarters.

The Ogun State Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest in Abeokuta said three golden rings valued at three million, one hundred and twenty-one thousand seven hundred naira was recovered from them.

Mr Oyeyemi noted that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Ajogun had ordered the transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation.

Olusegun Folarin