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  • Commuter coughs to death in Akure while waiting for taxi

    Commuter coughs to death in Akure while waiting for taxi

    A middle-aged man coughed to death in Akure on Thursday while waiting for a taxi. The commuter vomited blood while coughing, an eyewitness said. He said the man gave up the ghost before first aid could get to him.

    “Items found on the deceased were some drugs suspected to have been bought at a medical teaching hospital in Akure. The incident was reported to the police which evacuated the corpse to a mortuary,’’ the eyewitness eye witness said.

    Police spokesperson in Ondo State, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the death, and disclosed that the corpse had been deposited in a mortuary.

    “It is true and the young man has been identified. Efforts are on to get his family members,’’ Odunlami said.

  • We have settled with soldiers – Ondo Amotekun Commander, Adetunji

    We have settled with soldiers – Ondo Amotekun Commander, Adetunji

    The commander of Amotekun corps in Ondo state, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye has disclosed that what happened between his men and soldiers wasn’t a clash of interest but mere argument which has since been resolved.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that operatives of Amotekun and Soldiers from 32 Artillery Brigade in Akure clashed over seizure of 100 cows belonging to the superiors of the soldiers.

    The residents of the area were said to be running for safety when they saw the men of the two security agencies arguing, while some cows were said to have been arrested by the Amotekun Corps for allegedly violating the state anti-open grazing law.

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    Upon interrogation ,the commander of Amotekun corps, Akogun Adeleye said it was a minor argument, which had since been resolved.

    He said, “It is a lie, we didn’t have any clash with soldiers. There was no issue between us, there was a minor argument and we have resolved it. Saying we are clashing with each other is not true.

    Meanwhile, one of the residents of the area, who identified himself as Ademola, narrated that the soldiers and some Amotekun Corps members were seen arguing and the argument was suspected to be over some arrested cows.

    “We saw both soldiers and Amotekun people arguing, we suspect they were arguing on some cows which we believed were seized by the Amotekun Corps. When people saw them, everybody was running here and there. But later they left our area,” Ademola stated.

    Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu had signed anti-open grazing bill into law, in September, 2021.
  • Sunshine Queens of Akure goalkeeper dies after training

    Sunshine Queens of Akure goalkeeper dies after training

    Sunshine Queens FC of Akure has lost its goalkeeper, Elizabeth Johnson.

    A statement by its Media Officer, Femi Atolagbe, described the incident as “shocking” as the deceased had trained with the rest of the squad on Saturday at the Ondo State Sports Complex, Akure.

    “It is heartbreaking; Sunshine Queens lost one of its Goal Keepers, Elizabeth Johnson, moments ago.

    “She was hale and healthy and trained with the team yesterday at the Ondo State Sports complex, Akure.

    “She earlier in the day said she was feeling feverish and dizzy.

    ”She was being taken to the hospital when she gave up the ghost.

    ”Players, officials and management are still in shock,” the statement said.

    Elizabeth sat out the 1-3 home loss to Delta Queens on Match day 11, on Wednesday.

    The deceased was a former goalkeeper of Super Falcons and Bayelsa Queens.

  • ICPC orders contractor who abandoned N35m constituency project back to site in Akure

    ICPC orders contractor who abandoned N35m constituency project back to site in Akure

    The Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has ordered the contractor handling N35 million Reconstruction and Completion of Civic Centre at Akure North/South Federal Constituency to return to site.

     

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Mr David Oluwole, Head, Constituency and Executive Project Tracking Division, ICPC, gave the directive on Wednesday during an on site tracking of the third phase of Constituency and Executive Project Tracking in Ondo State.

     

    Oluwole, who led officials of ICPC and others to the project site in Akure South Local Government, said the contractor needed to effect correction on various structural defects, hence the directive.

     

    According to him, the project, which has been awarded since 2019, is now abandoned, so it is imperative that the contractor, Jubac Investment Co. Ltd, returns to site to properly execute the project.

     

    Similarly, an expert on the team, said the project was poorly executed mainly on the columns and the facial parapet walls, while there were lots of perforations.

     

    According to him, the perforations show that the concrete is not well mixed, and not well-packed, while the exposed reinforcement bars shows under-reinforcement.

     

    “The expected reinforcement bar is not used. The results are seen with the bent columns and uneven sizes which are not aligned.

     

    “The site is clearly, already abandoned as there is no evidence of work for months. This job is believed to be supervised by unqualified engineers.

     

    “My recommendation is for the project to be taken from these particular contractors, or the contractor needs to return to site, demolish the upper part of the building and reconstruct with quality materials,” he said.

     

    Other project tracked included provision of plastic furniture to Anglican Grammar School, Ero Town, in Ifedore Local Government, awarded in 2019 for N2.4 million.

     

    Another project tracked was the training of 27 selected secondary students in Yoruba culture, awarded in July 2020 for 23 million, also in Ero Town, Ifedore Local Government Area.

     

    TNG gathered that the ICPC team, however, was unable to track the Construction of Bridge at Owobambo in Odigbo Local Government Area, awarded for N31.6 million, due to inaccessible roads.

     

    TNG reports that no fewer than 1,024 constituency and executive projects were to be tracked in 18 states by ICPC under the third phase of Constituency and Executive Project Tracking.

  • June 12: Protesters invade Osogbo, Akure

    June 12: Protesters invade Osogbo, Akure

    Young Nigerians protesting against bad governance and insecurity stormed Osogbo, the capital of Osun State, and Akure, Ondo State capital on Saturday.

    It was learnt that the youths under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Society, Osun State met at the popular Oke-Fai roundabout.

    The demonstrators held banners and placards demanding a better Nigeria.

    Details later…

     

  • Okada riders, truck drivers in bloody clash in Akure

    Okada riders, truck drivers in bloody clash in Akure

    Commercial motorcyclists known as Okada riders on Saturday clashed with truck drivers after a motorcyclist rammed into a stationary truck on Friday night.

    According to reports, the motorcyclist and his passenger died on the spot.

    The incident infuriated other Okada riders who vandalised and set the truck ablaze.

    The Okada riders were said to have been angered by the fact that the truck driver did not put any caution sign on the road to indicate danger ahead.

    Other truck drivers mobilised on Saturday morning and started attacking any Okada rider found along the High Court road area in Akure where the incident occurred.

    More than five Okada riders were injured in the attacks while the truck drivers blocked the roads in the area protesting the burnt truck.

    Meanwhile, Ondo Government officials led by Senior Special Assistant to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Security Matters, Jimoh Dojumo visited the scene and called for a halt to hostilities while the investigation is carried out.

  • 10-year-old girl throws stepbrother inside well in Akure

    10-year-old girl throws stepbrother inside well in Akure

    A 10-year-old girl, Suliya Abubakar, said she threw her stepbrother, Usman Abubakar, aged 20 months, inside a well because her stepmother maltreats her.

    Abubakar said this while she was being paraded alongside 34 suspects of other crimes, by the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Salami Bolaji, on Friday, in Akure.

    The other suspects were paraded for offences ranging from armed robbery, arson, fraud, killing, theft, to unlawful possession of firearms among others.

    Abubakar said that she did not know that Usman will die and that she carried out the action out of frustration and because she was being maltreated by her stepmother.

    “My mother separated from my father and she born nine children for my father and two died. So Usman’s mother is living with us now and she cooks for us.

    “They love Usman more than me, whenever he passes faeces or urinate on my food, his mother will say I should eat it like that, that nothing will happen to me.

    “Usman’s mother will only remove where the faeces is and instruct me to eat it and any day I did not eat the food she will beat me.

    “So, on the day the incident happened, it was night and Usman has faeces on his body and I was told to fetch water from the well to wash his body.

    “As I was going to fetch water, Usman followed me and I throw him inside well and informed my father that someone with ‘Hijab’ came to kidnap Usman.

    “My father said if we get to the police station I should say it is my mother and her friend that kidnapped Usman. I now said I cannot lie against my mother, but my father said I should say it that nothing will happen to me.

    “I am the one that threw Usman inside well and I don’t know that he will die,” she said.

    Earlier, commissioner of Police Bolaji explained that the 10-year-old committed the offence on Dec. 15, 2020, at Owode, behind Central Mosque, Akure North Local Government Area of the state.

    Bolaji said that detectives had responded upon receiving the information and arrested the suspect, while the corpse of the toddler was later recovered from the well.

    “She has confessed to having committed the crime. There is nothing we can do than to charge her to court because this is a homicide case.

    “And the other paraded suspects will soon be arraigned in court as well,” Bolaji said.

  • JUST IN: Shooting in Akure between APC, PDP supporters

    JUST IN: Shooting in Akure between APC, PDP supporters

    Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ondo State exchanged gun fire in Akure, the capital Sunday morning.

    The shooting on Oba Adesida Road was reported to be an escalation of the clash on Saturday, during which an APC supporter was killed.

    One person was reported killed today and many injured, according to Twitter posts by residents.

    The Ondo PDP claimed two persons were killed and put the blame on NURTW members supporting Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

    “When did Ondo state election become a war? I haven’t heard this level of violence in Ondo since 2003 general elections. What is going on?”, wrote Love Ogundipe.

    “This #Akureshootings is becoming something else, last night all hell was let loose at Oba nla, this morning is ijomu. Since when do we vote with guns in Ondo state? This is a new level of unacceptable election violence”, Ogundipe added.

    “Akure is the last place I expect violence from. Not a good sign atal. Two people reportedly shot dead in 48hrs”, wrote Feyisayo..

  • Sad! Man rape daughters after spiking their drinks

    Sad! Man rape daughters after spiking their drinks

    A 48-year-old man, Femi Onifade, has been detained in Ondo State for defiling his two daughters aged six and nine.

    It was gathered that the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi Odundun II handed Onifade over to officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).

    Sources said the suspect fled to the Deji’s palace to avoid being lynched after his escapades were exposed.

    NSCDC’s spokesman Olufemi Omole said the defilement occurred at No 27 Liberty Hospital Road, Oluwatuyi, Akure.

    Omole said the suspect initially denied the allegations but later owned up, adding that he capitalised on his wife’s absence over long-term disagreement to molest the two minors.

    According to him, the suspect “bought a bottle of soft drink, mixed a powdery substance with it and gave the girls to drink, and thereafter started caressing them.

    “Medical examination from Federal Medical Centre Annex in Akure revealed that both kids have lost their hymen.

    “The state government has shown interest in this case and the welfare of the children has been fully guaranteed”

    He said the suspect would soon be charged to court.

  • JUST IN: Suspected killer of Fasoranti’s daughter tests positive for Coronavirus

    Ondo State has recorded another three coronavirus cases on Sunday.

    This is happening just a day after a policeman from Lagos State tested positive for COVID-19 in the state.

    The governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, disclosed the new cases on his Twitter handle on Sunday.

    Akeredolu disclosed that one of the three new cases is a suspect arrested and arraigned over the killing of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of the Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti.

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    Akeredolu said, “We have confirmed three other cases in Ondo State. One of the cases involves one of the recently arraigned suspects in the murder of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, Pa Fasoranti’s daughter.

    “The Commissioner of Police has been duly informed and the line tracing of police officers and others in the SARS facility, where he was kept has started and their specimens are being collected.

    “The suspect has been isolated from others and will be moved to the IDH for treatment. The commissioner of Police has assured the state that there will be adequate security around the IDH premises to prevent his escape and while on treatment, he will be manacled to the bed.”

    The governor said he will expatiate on all cases in his weekly press briefing on Monday