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  • Man kills 80-year-old father, stabs self to death in Ekiti

    Man kills 80-year-old father, stabs self to death in Ekiti

    A 32-year old man, Lekan Adediran, who was identified to be suffering from mental disorder, has reportedly killed his Octogenarian father, Pa Lawrence Adediran in Efon Alaye in Efon Local government Area of Ekiti State.

    It was revealed that the culprit after killing his 80-year old father, was said to have stabbed himself to death with the aid of broken bottle with which he murdered his father.

    The culprit’s elder brother, Ojo Adediran, who reported the case at the Efon Divisional Police Station, said his brother was mentally infirmed and that he committed the offence at about 9.45pm on Monday.

    Briefing newsmen in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu, said the corpses of the two victims had been deposited at the morgue of General Hospital at Efon Alaaye.

    Ikechukwu revealed that the brother of the deceased cum culprit told the police that his late brother had mental challenge, which he said the family had been battling to resolve.

    He said: “Lekan’s brother personally approached the police station in Efon to report how his brother killed their 80-year old father with a broken bottle and also killed himself after succeeding in his devilish act.

    “Their corpses are presently at Efon General hospital for autopsy. However, the police had been able to maintain peace and orderliness in the town.

    “We are not resting on the accounts rendered to the police by the victim’s brother alone, we are still going to conduct investigations to ascertain the veracity of the claim and the reason behind the killing and the subsequent suicide option taken by Lekan”, the PPRO stated.

    Ikechukwu also revealed how some suspected cultists have invaded a satellite village and a drinking joint in Ado Ekiti capital city on July 29 and shot one Ayomide Adebayo, 23 and Sola Akinwande.

    The police spokesman said Adebayo was shot at Oshodi street the same day Akinwande was shot at a drinking joint within Ado Ekiti metropolis.

    The PPRO added that the two were shot in the legs and are now being treated at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti.

    “We got the information at about 10.45pm and upon investigation, it coincided with the day some secret cults wanted to secretly bury a man along Ilawe road .

    “We contacted our men in the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) who laid ambush and got the suspects arrested at their hideouts and are now being detained at the police headquarters where they are helping the police in their investigations”.

  • Man allegedly stabs father to death in Ekiti, kills self

    Man allegedly stabs father to death in Ekiti, kills self

    A 32-year-old man, Lekan Adediran, has stabbed his 80-year-old father, Lawrence, to death after which he killed himself.

    Lekan, who is believed to be suffering from mental illness, killed his father on Monday in Efon Alaaye, headquarters of Efon Local Government Area of Ekiti.

    The News Agency Nigeria reports that the state police command had confirmed the incident, saying an investigation into the incident had started.

    Eyewitnesses said Lekan killed himself with the same broken bottle he used in stabbing his father.

    The culprit’s elder brother, Ojo Adediran, who reported the case at the Efron Divisional Police Station, said his brother was mentally unstable, adding that he committed the offence at 9.45pm.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Ekiti, Deputy Superintendent of Police Caleb Ikechukwu, said the corpses of the two victims had been deposited at the morgue of General Hospital, Efon Alaaye.

    “Lekan’s brother approached the police station in Efon Alaaye to report how his brother killed their 80-year-old father with a broken bottle and also killed himself after succeeding in his devilish act.

    “Their corpses are presently at Efon General hospital for autopsy. However, the police had been able to maintain peace and orderliness in the town.

    “We are not relying on the accounts rendered to the police by the victim’s brother alone.

    `We are still going to conduct an investigation to ascertain the veracity of the claim of insanity and the reason behind the killing and the subsequent suicide option taken by Lekan,’’ he said.

    NAN

  • Police arrest vigilante leader, six others with human corpse in Ekiti

    The Police in Ekiti State have arrested the leader of Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), Mr. Femi Ogunleye, for allegedly torturing a man to death and attempting to secretly bury him.

    Ogunleye (43), also known as Akilapa, was on Monday arrested with six other members of the group who allegedly participated in the arrest and torture of the victim whose name was given as Oke.

    The Police, who were acting on a tip-off, searched Ogunleye’s residence and found Oke’s dead body being prepared for burial in a shallow grave already dug in the compound.

    Other accomplices in the crime are Simon Oluwagbohunmi (35), Muhammadu Saradeen (36), Ojo Muri (30), Peace Okon (44), Sola Sunday (20), and Ogunleye Onaolapo (20).

    The suspects had accosted the victim at Post Office area on July 29 and took him to Ogunleye’s house where he (Oke) was allegedly tortured to death.

    Addressing reporters on the development, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Caleb Ikechukwu, a Deputy Superintendent, said the suspects will be charged with murder, cultism and unlawful arrest of innocent persons.

    He stated that the body has been deposited at the mortuary of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado-Ekiti.

    Ikechukwu alleged that the suspects had been the criminal gang terrorizing Ado Ekiti and its environs in cultist related activities and other crimes in recent time.

    According to him, the deceased was arrested on July 29 but the officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), acting on a tip-off stormed Ogunleye’s residence along Omisanjana Road.

    Ikechukwu disclosed that on arrival at Ogunleye’s residence, the victim’s corpse and the grave already dug to bury the body was found.

    The police spokesperson added that exhibits including one pump action gun loaded with seven live cartridges, three cutlasses, three battle axes, one long stick, one police belt, one iron rod carved like a local gun, Ifa divination tool and one mini laptop were recovered from the scene.

    Ikechukwu said: “Upon further investigation, particularly when the operatives of the SARS stormed Ogunleye’s hideout, the suspects were found involving in unlawful arrest and torture of one Oke, whose surname and address are yet to be known which resulted to his death at the suspects’ hideout located at Omisanjana area of Ado Ekiti.

    “The Corpse was recovered therein on June 30 at about 5am and deposited at EKSUTH’s morgue for autopsy.

    “Apart from those exhibits police discovered, a shallow grave already dug was discovered by the team of SARS operatives within the premises of Ogunleye’s residence with a plot to bury the corpse of the deceased before the incident was unraveled by the police.

    “During interrogation, the suspects confessed to have accosted the deceased on July 29 at about 1am at the Post Office Area on the pretext of being a thief. Later, the victim later died in their custody at about 8am of the same day having been tortured and inflicted with severe machete cut injuries on his body”.

    He promised that police are still investigating the matter with intention to unravel more facts about the cases linked to the suspects.

     

  • Suicide: Ekiti senior LG official jumps into well

    Tragedy struck on Monday as a senior local government official, Michael Kayode Bamisaye, alleged committed suicide at his residence in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

    Bamisaye, who was the Director of Finance in Ise/Orun Local Government Council, Ise-Ekiti, jumped into the well in his compound behind Tinuola Maximum School, off Afao Road, Ado-Ekiti.

    The deceased had earlier drunk water mixed with cement in an earlier attempt to kill himself before jumping into the well.

    Top management staff of local governments in Ekiti State has being paying condolence visit to Bamisaye’s home.

    Sympathizers have been trooping to his residence to commiserate with the widow and other members of the family.

    Activities were said to have been grounded at Ise/Orun Local Government secretariat when the report of Bamisaye’s death filtered in from Ado-Ekiti.

    The cause of the suicide could not be immediately ascertained.

    Bamisaye was said to be the third senior management staff that would die in Ise/Orun Local Government Council this year as two other directors had died before him in mysterious circumstances.

    A source said: “The deceased woke up at about 4.00 am to assist his wife to do some house chores and even called some council workers he used to convey to Ise every day to be ready to join him to their station.

    “All of a sudden, he disappeared and went outside with the wife looking for her. Later she discovered that the well was opened and they saw the body floating.

    “The wife and other people who joined her searching later saw the cement he had mixed with water which he might have taken before taking the plunge into the well.

    “The men of the State Fire Service had come to remove the corpse which has since been deposited at the mortuary.”

    Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Caleb Ikechukwu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, was not available for comment as his phone was switched off.

  • Ekiti poll: Police arraign ten suspects for vote buying

    The police on Friday arraigned tens person’s before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court for their alleged involvement in vote-buying during last Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State.

    Police prosecutor Femi Fałade tołd the court that they allegedly offered money to voters to induce them to vote for their parties at the poll.

    Falade said the offence contravened Section 130 (a) and 130 (b) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended).

    The accused persons are Olowosile Eunice, Ajayi Modupe, Ayodele Omolara, Suliat Habib, Udoh Anthony, Oyebola Kemi, Roseline Tunde, Odunayo Toyin and Babalola Esther.

    Falade, said that the accused persons and others at large , whose addresses were not disclosed in Court ‎committed the offence on July 13 at Ojaoba shopping complex in Ado-Ekiti.

    He alleged that Olowosile Eunice, did corruptly offered money to other accused persons to unduly influence them to vote for her political party during the July 14, governorship election in Ekiti State.

    Falade also alleged that, Ajayi Modupe and other accused persons, being voters, did corruptly accept money from Olowosile Eunice to vote at the Ekiti State Governorship Election held on July 14, 2018.

    The prosecutor asked the Court for an adjournment to enable him study the case file and assemble his witnesses.

    The defendants pleaded not guilty, and their lawyer, Mr Chris Omokhafe, ‎urged the Court to grant the defendants bail, promising that they would not jump bail.

    The Chief Magistrate, Mr Adesoji Adegboye, in his ruling granted each defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety each in like sum.

     

  • Ekiti: APC assembly members reject adjournment, to resume legislative duties soon

    Minority members of Ekiti State House of Assembly who are of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have rejected Tuesday’s long adjournment by the leadership of the house.

    Recall that the Majority Leader, Akinyele Olatunji, while moving the motion for adjournment on the floor of the house, cited the continued harassment of members of the Peoples Democratic Party and lawmakers by security operatives, as reasons for the adjournment.

    The house is to resume on October 8, a week to the swearing in of the governor-elect, Kayode Fayemi.

    The APC members, while speaking to journalists in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, described the long adjournment as illegal and not in the interest of the people of the state who elected them.

    The lawmakers, led by the Minority Leader, Gboyega Aribisogan (Ikole Constituency 1), alleged that the long adjournment was masterminded by Governor Ayo Fayose in a bid to emasculate the legislative arm.

    The other two APC lawmaker are Sunday Akinniyi (Ikere Constituency 1) and Adeniran Alagbada (Ise/Orun Constituency), who were originally of the PDP, but defected to the APC in the wake of crisis following the outcome of the PDP governorship crisis.

    Mr Aribisogan said the APC assembly members were ready for legislative business, calling on the police and the State Security Services to give the minority lawmakers security anytime they decide to perform their constitutional duties.

    “That long adjournment was illegal and even the plenary held on Tuesday was illegal because it was Governor Fayose that directed the Speaker to hold that plenary without notice to all members,” he said.

    “It is unfortunate that we still have this executive recklessness going on in Ekiti State. Maybe the Speaker has forgotten that we now have members of APC in the House because we were neither notified nor consulted.

    “That is why we have resolved that we are not going on recess. We are open for our normal legislative business from Mondays to Fridays and we are calling on security agencies so that we can perform our constitutional duties without let or hindrance.

    “We are not on recess and we are calling on Ekiti people who have one business or the other in the Assembly to come and meet us.

    “They (PDP legislators) are listening to the advice of one man who, perhaps has ordered the Speaker to suspend legislative activities.”

    When asked whether three APC members form a quorum to perform legislative duties, Mr Aribisigan replied: “On our own, we are not on recess; it is only when you are going for plenary that you need a quorum but we can sit at parliamentary committee and constituency meetings.”

    “It was an act of arrogance to have proceeded on an illegal long adjournment. It is against the rule of the House because there are two parties in the House,” said Mr Akinniyi, another minority member.

    “It appears the Speaker is living in a fool’s paradise without giving notice to all members of the Assembly. We APC members of Ekiti State House of Assembly are live to our responsibilities to legislative for the good of our people and perform other oversight functions.

    “For somebody to listen to the instruction of a governor who is in the forest to be controlling the assembly; what they have done is highly illegal and we have resolved that the legislative business will continue.

    “We have duly informed security agencies that we (APC House members) are ready to continue with our constitutional functions so that anytime we are there, te will give us security.

    “The minority members will resume office anytime we want because we are not on recess and no individual, no matter how powerful, can stop us from performing our lawful duties.”

     

  • We have ‘facts’ to proof APC rigged Ekiti poll for Fayemi – PDP

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that it has ‘facts’ to proof that the governorship election held on Saturday, July 14 in Ekiti State was rigged in favour of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

    It said members of its National Working Committee met in Abuja on Tuesday, where they received and reviewed “all facts relating to the July 14, 2018 Ekiti state governorship election.”

    It added that after the NWC members reviewed what was brought before them, they came into a conclusion that the Independent National Electoral Commission allegedly rigged the election in favour of the rival All Progressives Congress.

    It will be recalled that the commission on Sunday morning, declared the APC candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi, as the winner of the election.

    However, the candidate of the PDP, Prof Kolapo Olusola and the former ruling party insisted that the votes were doctored in favour of Fayemi.

    The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, also accused the commission of pulling down the results of the election from its website.

    He said, “After a thorough examination of all hard facts, the NWC reconfirms that the Independent National Electoral Commission doctored the result of the election to favour the APC.

    “The NWC notes that apart from the huge discrepancies between the actual votes cast at the polling centres and the results released by INEC, there is evidence that INEC pulled down the original result from its database to accommodate the alterations.

    “The NWC also has evidence indicating that the original result was in favour of the PDP candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola before the figures were altered.

    “The NWC, after very exhaustive examination of all facts, confirms the PDP candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, clearly won the July 14, 2018 governorship election.”

    He called on INEC to correct what he called the error in the results it announced, warning that if this was not done, the defeated party and its candidate would seek redress at an election petition tribunal.

    “The NWC, therefore, calls on the leadership of INEC to immediately correct their results, apologise to the people of Ekiti State and be ready to admit their falsifications before the tribunal so as to return our mandate which was stolen at ‘gunpoint’ on July 14,” he added.

     

     

  • Ekiti election: SERAP urges INEC to probe alleged vote-buying

    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project on Tuesday, urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of alleged vote-buying in Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti.

    Executive Director of the organisation, Mr Adetokunbo Mumuni, said in a statement that a letter on the demand had be sent to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, adding that SERAP would institute a suit against the commission if it failed to comply.

    Mumuni disclosed that the letter urged INEC to collaborate with Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in the investigation.

    According to him, SERAP urges INEC to prosecute anyone suspected to be involved or complicit in the alleged vote-buying, if there is relevant and sufficient evidence of electoral bribery and abuse of the democratic process against them.

    He said the organisation requested Yakubu to take steps within 14 days of receipt of the letter, to act.

    “This is to compel you and INEC to discharge your constitutional and statutory responsibilities in the public interest,” he quoted the letter as saying.

    Mumuni said that it was the responsibility of INEC, as an independent body, to take meaningful steps and actions to minimise electoral bribery by politicians, adding that the commission needed to ensure political equality and prevent unfair electoral competition.

    According to him, this is because nobody politic worthy of being called a democracy entrusts the selection of leaders to a process of auction or barter.

    He said that vote-buying amounted to undue influence and improper electoral influence.

    The SERAP director said that when politicians bought votes, they reinforced social subjugation and did long-term damage to poor voters as vote-buying impaired voters’ already limited political power and participation in governance.

    He said that offering and giving poor people money to buy their votes was the hallmark of political disrespect as it implied that politicians perceived voters as lacking autonomy.

    He disclosed that copies of the letter to INEC were also sent to ICPC and EFCC and that investigating the allegations and prosecuting suspects in the process would indicate the agencies’ willingness to exert authorities.

    The human rights activist stated that this would send a strong message to politicians that INEC would not tolerate any infringement of the electoral process ahead of 2019 general elections.

    He said that vote-buying amounted to undue interference in the free exercise of the right to vote as it was implicitly aimed at influencing or attempting to influence a voter not to vote or to vote in a particular manner.

    Mumini said that the N3,000 or N5,000 allegedly given to voters during the Ekiti election or payment into the bank accounts of voters was corruptly intended.

    He said that it was clearly aimed to influence the choice of candidates and their voting intention.

    According to him, the practice seriously undermined the right of voters to freely vote out of their convictions.

    Mumuni said that vote-buying gave wealthy politicians an advantage in election campaigns and outcome greater than what they already possessed.

    “Our democracy cannot be sustainable when the electoral system inordinately prioritises the rights of political parties and their candidates in elections over and above those of the ordinary voter,” he said.

    He added that when politicians bought votes from the poor, political equality suffered.

    He alleged that many voters were videoed moving in numbers to ‘cash collection points’ in lieu of their votes, while others received alerts.

    “We consider allegations of vote-buying as political corruption, because it is the promising or giving of value in the form of money in return for a promise of a vote.

    “We are concerned that the failure of INEC to rein-in electoral bribery is illustrated by the fact that the body has failed and/or neglected to investigate and prosecute similar incidents in other states,” the director said.

     

  • [Video] Jubilation as Fayose makes first public appearance after Ekiti governorship election

    [Video] Jubilation as Fayose makes first public appearance after Ekiti governorship election

    There was wild jubilation in Ekiti State on Tuesday as Governor Ayodele Fayose makes his first public appearance after his anointed candidate and deputy; Prof. Kolapo Olusola-Eleka lost the governorship election to Dr. Kayode Fayemi on Saturday.

    The governor who walked on a busy road in the state clad in a black kaftan with a neck brace was hailed by admirers who stood by to catch a glimpse of him while he waved back at them.

    According to his special adviser on electronic media, Lere Olayinka who shared the video on his Facebook page, he (Fayose) was on his way to the palace of Ewi of Ado Ekiti.

    Watch video below:

  • Ekiti election: ‘1,000 security men holding Fayose hostage, mobile lines blocked’ Says brother

    Isaac Fayose, brother to the outgoing Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has urged people of the state not watch and allow the governor to die.

    He made the appeal while alleging that over 1,000 security operatives have blocked the state’s Government House while holding Fayose hostage.

    He also alleged that all mobile lines of the governor have been blocked by the Federal Government.

    Recall that TheNewsGuru.com had earlier published a report on the alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress, APC to remove Fayose from office before is exit in October.

    In a Facebook post, Isaac claimed that the security operatives were out to kill Fayose.

    He wrote: “As we speak, all the mobile lines of His Excellency, Ayodele Peter Fayose have been blocked, and 1,000 security officials blocking the Government House in Ekiti State.

    “Nobody can leave the Government house as we speak! We are all being held hostages in the Government House. We fear our lives, and the life of the Governor because they want to kill him!

    “All the Television Stations and Radio Stations in Ekiti State have been shut down!

    “Please help us to share this message to people that can help us. We are all in danger! Please don’t let Gov. Fayose die.”