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  • Insecurity: Ogun Police warns religious centers to suspend vigils

    Insecurity: Ogun Police warns religious centers to suspend vigils

    The Ogun state police has advised religious organizations in the state to suspend all night programmes for now.

    Recall that a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Abule-Ori, Obafemi-Owode Local Government of Ogun State was attacked a few days ago by unknown gunmen who killed the pastor and abducted 7 worshippers.

    However, all seven RCCG members kidnapped during the Abule Ori incident were rescued by operatives of the Ogun So-Safe Corps, who killed one of the gunmen.

    In a statement made available to newsmen on Friday, the police spokesperson in Ogun, Omolola Odutola, quoted the State Commissioner, Abiodun Alamutu, as warning religious leaders to always seek police protection before religious activities are held.

    She said, “Before religion activities are held at any center, podium, location, or area, authorities of the religious body, should approach their nearest Area Commands, Divisional Police Station for adequate security and coverage.”

    The Police also tasked churches and mosques to take into consideration that early evenings would be more secure for worshippers to hold their services and return home safely on time before sunset.

    Alamutu advised religious organizations to cooperate with the ongoing contingency plans of the police in Ogun, saying strategies to halt the trend had been put in place.

    Recall that the seven RCCG members kidnapped during the Abule Ori incident were rescued by operatives of the Ogun So-Safe Corps, who killed one of the gunmen.

    The police in Ogun state has always warned worshippers and religious organizations to suspend vigils for now because of security reasons.

     

  • Police arrest man who set building ablaze to kill ex-lover in Ogun

    The Ogun State Police command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Yusuf Hassan, for allegedly setting his ex-lover’s apartment on fire to burn her to death.

    According to Hassan, his ex-lover rejected all efforts to reconcile them, saying he felt the next thing to do was to set her room ablaze in order to have her killed.

    Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told journalists that Hassan was arrested on April 4 after burning down the whole building.

    Oyeyemi noted that the suspect was arrested following a tip-off from the owner of the affected building, a 62-year-old woman named Adejoke Salau.

    The woman had reported to the police that “she heard a noise from one of her buildings within her compound situated at 127, old Schorlar Palace, Igan road Ago Iwoye, at about 1:15 am, and when she came out she discovered that the building was on fire while the tenants in the house were trapped therein.”

    Oyeyemi quoted the woman as stating further that the quick intervention of neighbours assisted in rescuing the three tenants in the building, which she said: “got burnt completely.”

    Upon the report, the DPO of Ago Iwoye, CSP Noah Adekanye, was said to have led his men to the scene, where the occupants of the house were invited to the station for interrogation to know the possible cause of the inferno.

    During interrogation, Busayo informed the police that she saw her ex-lover, Hassan, at the back of her window at about 12:30 am on the day of the incident.

    She explained that she was scared to see Hassan at such an ‘ungodly hour’, saying she screamed and ran out of her room to another tenant.

    It was said that other tenants also went out to see what the man was up to, but they only discovered flame coming out from Busayo’s room.

    Acting on the information, Hassan was arrested, but he denied knowledge of the incident.

    However, when the DPO ordered detectives to visit his house and find out whether or not he was at home at the time of the incident, “he opened up and confessed being the person who set the house ablaze,” said Oyeyemi.

    The police spokesman said the man “confessed further that he intended to burn his ex-lover in her own apartment because he had tried his possible best to reconcile with her but to no avail.”

    He had told the police that he bought N500 petrol, poured it into Busayo’s room through the window and set it afire.

    Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun has directed the suspect’s transfer to the State CIID for further investigation and possible prosecution.

  • Singer Portable finally arrested by police few days after resisting arrest

    Singer Portable finally arrested by police few days after resisting arrest

    Nigerian street -hop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has been arrested by the Nigeria Police.

    The Sango- based artiste was arrested by men of the Ogun State police command on Friday after the 72 hours ultimatum given to him elapsed.

    Portable’s arrest was confirmed by Ogun State Police Command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Friday.

    He’s currently being detained and doesn’t stand a chance of being released or charged to court  until Monday according to the Command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta.

    It was gathered that the singer will spend 72 hours in detention before he will be charged to court on Monday.

    Recall that the singer was handed a 72-hour ultimatum by the police to report himself to the nearest police station after he was captured in a viral video resisting arrest by operatives of the force.

    The PPRO disclosed that singer  was arrested after failing to honour five invitations from the Nigerian police.

     

  • We will apprehend Lagos-Ibadan expressway robbers – Police

    We will apprehend Lagos-Ibadan expressway robbers – Police

    Armed Robbers on Wednesday robbed motorists and commuters heading to work of their hard-earned money and belongings on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

    There were speculations that some persons were kidnapped on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Tuesday but were denied by Lagos state police command, however, a day after robbers went on a rampage.

    The hoodlums invaded the long bridge, causing motorists, traders, and residents to run for dear lives.

    The robbers were said to have dispossessed people of their phones, cash, and other valuables at gunpoint.

    Although the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered 24-hour surveillance of the highway, eyewitnesses said the hoodlums had a field day as there was no one to challenge them.

    “Around 5a5 amo 6 am, the armed robbers stormed the Warewa bridge, shooting. I left my bus and fled to hide. My passengers also fled. It was a very scary experience. There were no policemen to stop these thieves,” a commercial driver,” Joseph, said.

    A man who was on the long bridge but wouldn’t mention his name confirmed the presence of policemen a few minutes after the criminals had left.

    Police Spokesman in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, has confirmed the incident, saying the robbers had escaped by what he called a ‘slim chance’, stating, however, that they will be apprehended.

    “We are very sure they will all be apprehended within a short time,” he claimed.

    Oyeyemi enjoined residents to go about their daily activities without any fear, assuring that policemen are on the trail of the robbers, who he claimed, escaped through a bushy part.

    The construction work embarked upon by Julius Berger on the Berger end of the long bridge has caused traffic gridlock in the area since May when work started there.

    The residents of Mowe-Ibafo who ply the route daily have now appealed to the federal government to help fix the street light on the bridge

  • Kuje jailbreak: Police arrest another escapee in Ogun state

    Kuje jailbreak: Police arrest another escapee in Ogun state

    Yakubu AbdulMumuni, an escapee of the Kuje Correctional Centre, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian police at Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the Ogun State on Monday.

    It was  gathered that the 28-year-old AbdulMumuni was arrested on  Monday in the state.

    This development was made known by the Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Wednesday.

    Oyeyemi said that  AbdulMumuni was arrested following information received by policemen at Sango-Ota divisional headquarters that the convict was sighted somewhere around Sango Ota.

    Upon the information, the DPO of Sango-Ota division, SP Saleh Dahiru, was said to have quickly mobilised his men to the area where the convict was apprehended.

    “He confessed to the police that he escaped from Kuje Correctional Center on the 5th of July 2022, when the Center was attacked by bandits.

    “He stated further that he was convicted by Kogi State High Court for offence of Conspiracy and culpable homicide and sent to Kuje Correctional Centre,” Oyeyemi informed.

    Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole had directed the State CIID to facilitate the transfer of the convict to the correctional centre without further delay.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Kuje correctional center in Abuja was attacked and more than 700 inmates were freed including 68 ISWAP/Boko Haram terorists.

    Meanwhile, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) had since claimed responsibility for the attack.

  • Police haunt for singer Portable after spearheading a mob attack

    Controversial Nigerian singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, is declared wanted by the police over a mob action he spearheaded.

    The Nigeria Police Force have ordered that he reports himself or risk be haunted by them.

    Portable  landed himself in trouble  when he was seen in a viral video accusing a young man of sending a message to his ‘wife’, asking her to advise him to stay away from his friends for they had no glory.

    Portable was seen asking the young man to name his friends whom he accused of having no glory.

    Without allowing his victim to say a word, the singer asked his boys to beat the helpless guy.

    As they pounced on the victim, Portable was heard in the Yoruba language, saying “e luu pa”, that is, “beat him to death.”

    The incident which was said to have happened in a community within  Ogun state has generated reaction from the state police command,

    In his reaction, the Ogun State police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, while describing the act as unbecoming and barbaric, asked the singer to surrender himself or be declared wanted.

    He said “The attention of Ogun State Police Command has been drawn to a video clip circulating on social media, where a popular hip hop musician, Habeeb Okikiola (a.k.a Portable, the Zazu crooner), was seen organizing some youths to beat up a young man and inflict bodily injury on him. The incident was said to have taken place somewhere within Ogun State about two days ago.

    “Such unruly and violent behaviour is not only barbaric, but unbecoming of somebody who is supposed to be a role model for the youths and therefore should not be tolerated.

    “In view of this, the Command is using this medium to advise Okikiola Habeeb, a.k.a Portable, to report himself at the nearest police station in Ogun State, failure of which his arrest will be ordered.

    “The flagrant display of impunity by Portable in the viral video is condemnable and if not checked, it will send a wrong signal to the youths who are looking up to him as a role model.

    “Jungle justice has no place in our laws and whoever embarked on it must be made to feel the weight of the law, no matter the status of such person,” Oyeyemi said in a statement on Monday.

  • Cultism: Police nabs two alleged rival cultists in Abeokuta

    Cultism: Police nabs two alleged rival cultists in Abeokuta

    Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have apprehended two members of rival cult group Eiye and Aiye confraternities, following a supremacy battle in Abeokuta, the state capital.

    The two rival cult group clashed on Sunday at the Elega-Iberekodo area of the town and it claimed the live of one person.

    The violence spread to many parts of the state capital, including Sokori, Akin-Olugbade, Iberekodo, among others.

    The two arrested cultist whose names have been given as Habeeb Muideen aka Oko, and Ibrahim, aka Ayin would be made to face the law, the state Police Public Relations Office DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed via a statement.

    He said, “They were arrested following a distress call received by SWAT operatives that a group was engaging in a supremacy battle with another rival cult at the Elega/Iberekodo axis of the Abeokuta metropolis.

    “Upon the distress call, the commander, SWAT, CSP Kalejaye Olanrewaju, quickly led his men to the scene.

    “On sighting the policemen, the cultists ran in different directions, but were hotly chased and Habeeb Muideen was arrested at Iberekodo, while Ibrahim was apprehended at the Ajitadun area of the metropolis.

    “The two suspects are currently undergoing interrogation at the SWAT office to determine their roles in the clash which left one Eiye member dead.
  • Police arrest nine suspected kidnappers in Ogun state

    Police arrest nine suspected kidnappers in Ogun state

    Nine suspected kidnap syndicate operating on the Abeokuta-Ayetoro road in the Abeokuta-North Local Government area of the state have been arrested by Police operatives in Ogun state.

    The apprehension of the kidnap syndicate was made known by the police public Relations officer in the state ,DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi through a statement.

    Oyeyemi said the suspects were arrested in their hideout at Abule Oba, along Ayetoro road in Abeokuta.

    He added that the suspects were arrested after two ‘okada riders,’ Hammed Taiwo and Kehinde Jimoh, who were their errand boys, were sighted in the Rounder area of the Abeokuta-North Local Government.

    According to Oyeyemi, the suspects were arrested following a tip off from Sabo/Ilupeju divisional Headquarters.

    He stressed the cooperation of the local hunters, so safe corps ,Oodua People Congress and men of the Amotekun corps in Ogun state.

    The kidnappers have been identified by some of the victims they abducted.

    Oyeyemi noted that “The suspects: Hammed Taiwo, Kehinde Jimoh, Umar Sanda, Sanda Aliu, Ali Morandu, Usman Abubakar, Usman Mohammed, Umaru Ahmadu and Umaru Momodu, were arrested following a credible intelligence gathered by policemen at Sabo/Ilupeju Divisional Headquarters, that Hammed Taiwo and Kehinde Jimoh, who are errand okada riders to the kidnap syndicate, were sighted somewhere in the Rounder area of Abeokuta-North local government.

    “Upon the information, the DPO Sabo/Ilupeju division, SP Mustapha Opawoye, quickly mobilised his men and moved to the area, where the duo of Hammed Taiwo and Kehinde Jimoh were apprehended.

  • How Ogun landlord landed in police net

    How Ogun landlord landed in police net

    An Ogun state landlord Samuel Adekoya, has landed in police cell for assaulting a set of 11-year old twin brothers, Taiwo Enoch Olishe and Kehinde Emmanuel Olishe.

    The 65-year-old landlord is being questioned for child abuse offence and physical assault on the adolescent.

    It was gathered that the man was arrested Friday in the Ijebu-Ode area of the state after the twins mother Gbenisola Olishe, reported the case at the Ijebu-Ode Police Area Command.

    The woman had reported that, while she was away for a business, she was called on the phone by a good Samaritan informing her that her landlord had “tied her children’s hands and legs like goats, dragging them on the ground with the rope after he had beaten them with cable wire.”

    Ogun State police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident, adding that the suspect also recorded the act in the process of carrying it out.

    Oyeyemi quoted the mother as stating that “the twins sustained varying degrees of body injuries as a result of the wicked act meted on them by the landlord.”

    According to him, the Police Area Commander in Ijebu-Ode, ACP Adeniyi Omosanyin, had immediately detailed some policemen to the scene where the two boys, “who were met tied down on both legs and hands, were rescued and taken to hospital for treatment.”

    He said the suspect was also arrested and taken to the station.

    “upon interrogation by the police, the 65-year-old suspect explained that he was informed that one of the twins excreted within the compound,” Oyeyemi said.

    Oyeyemi added that when the landlord was asked to take policemen to where the excreta was, “he said the boy has already washed it off.”

    “One of the twins is currently on admission at Ijebu Ode General Hospital due to injury he sustained while he was being dragged on the ground by the suspect,”

    The Ogun state Commissioner of Police,Lanre Bankole has instructed that the case shold be properly follwed up and investigated,saying if found culpable the suspect should be arraigned in court .

     

  • Ogun police arrests suspected cultist for hacking father to death over sleep

    Ogun police arrests suspected cultist for hacking father to death over sleep

    A 27-year-man, Sikiru Ibrahim, who hacked his father to death for waking him up from his sleep, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command on Saturday.

     

    It was gathered that when the deceased, Mumuni Ibrahim, a guard, returned from his work on Wednesday morning and met his son sleeping.

     

    The late Ibrahim was said to have woken his son up and questioned him on why he was still in bed at the time of the day.

     

    Angered by his father’s action, Sikiru, suspected to be a cultist, was said to have attacked him with a cutlass.

     

    Ibrahim was said to have died on Thursday from the injuries he sustained in the attack while receiving treatment at a general hospital.

     

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at the Onipanu Divisional Headquarters by one Abiodun Sunday, identified as a neighbour to the deceased.

     

    “The neighbour reported that the deceased, Mumuni Ibrahim, a guard, returned home and met his son who was still sleeping, and when he asked him why he was still sleeping at that time of the day, the suspect got annoyed and brought out a cutlass with which he attacked the victim.

     

    “Upon the report, the DPO Onipanu Division, CSP Bamidele Job quickly mobilised his men and moved to the scene where the suspect was arrested and the victim rushed to a general hospital for treatment. The suspect, who is strongly suspected to be a cultist, has no reasonable explanation for his action when interrogated,” Oyeyemi added.

     

    The PPRO, however, said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.