Tag: Ilesa
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Ilesa agog as 41st Owa Obokun receives staff of office
Excitement on Friday gripped the ancient town of Ilesa in Osun as Prince Adesuyi Haastrup was about to be crowned as the 41st Owa-Obokun of Ijesaland.
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Suspected cultists kill 65-year-old woman, remove one eye
Osun Police Command on Tuesday said the corpse of a 65-year-old woman, declared missing in Ilesa, was found on her farm with one of her eyes plucked. SP Yemisi Opalola, Osun Police Spokesperson in a statement, explained that daughter of the deceased reported the discovery of her mother’s corpse to the police. She said, “At…
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Mentally-ill woman kills nonagenarian, other in Osun
A woman identified as Adu Esther, who is suspected to be mentally-ill has killed a 90-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man, in Ilesa, Osun State. The victims, Madam Ojuolape Olojo and Sunday Samson, were said to be living together with the mad woman at Ita Balogun area, Ilesa. It was gathered that the mad woman,…