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  • Couple arrested with fresh human parts in their room

    Couple arrested with fresh human parts in their room

    A 43-year old man, Kehinde Oladimeji, and his 35-year-old wife, Adejumoke Raji, have been arrested by the police in Ogun State with fresh human parts inside a plastic bowl in their room.

    The couple was arrested in Abeokuta when the odour became unbearable for neighbours.

    According to the state police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the couple, residing at 72, MKO Abiola Way, Leme, Abeokuta, were arrested by operatives from Kemta Divisional Headquarters after the community head, Moshood Ogunwolu, reported the matter.

    On searching the room, a plastic bowl containing fresh, different parts of human beings was discovered in the room, and the couple was promptly arrested

    Mr Ogunwolu had told the police that one pastor, Adisa Olarewaju, who is a co-tenant with the suspects, informed him of offensive odours coming out from the room of the suspects.

    “Upon the complaint, the DPO Kemta Division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle quickly led his detectives to the scene where a search was conducted,” Mr Oyeyemi said.

    “On searching the room, a plastic bowl containing fresh, different parts of human beings was discovered in the room, and the couple was promptly arrested.

    “On interrogation, the suspects confessed they were herbalists and that the human parts comprising hands, breasts, and other parts, were given to them by one Michael, who they claimed resided in the Adatan area of Abeokuta.

    “All efforts to locate the said Michael proved abortive as the suspects could not locate his house.”

  • Gov Abiodun dares ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ogun to come after him

    Gov Abiodun dares ‘Yahoo Boys’ in Ogun to come after him

    Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday said internet fraudsters, known as yahoo boys and other criminals have threatened to come after him, following his resolve to wage war against them.

    Abiodun on January 21, re-launched the OP-MESA, where he declared war on Yahoo boys as well as kidnappers.

    But, while speaking on Wednesday in Abeokuta, Abiodun said the criminals are feeling the heat of the newly relaunched security outfit.

    Speaking at the meeting with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in Abeokuta, Abiodun said the criminals have decided to go after him because he had made life unbearable for them.

    He said, however, that he would continue to make life unbearable for enemies of the state.

    “After we launched our OP-MESA last week, I understand that they have been working extremely hard, infact, what I heard is that those criminals are now saying that Dapo Abiodun is making life unbearable for them and that they are going to also come after me. Well, let me assure you that I will continue to make life intolerable and unbearable for you and I’m waiting for you.”

    Speaking on the meeting with Makinde, Abiodun noted that kidnappings and other crimes are rampant at the border communities of the two states, hence, the need for a bilateral agreement.

    On his part, Gov Makinde said the joint security meeting “is the right thing to do and it is absolutely important we do it.”

    The Oyo governor said he and Abiodun had defied political party differences and pursued a common goal of fighting insecurity in their states.

    He insisted that state policing is vital to addressing insecurity challenges at the grassroots.

  • Students without 70% attendance won’t take examinations in Ogun – Education Commissioner

    Students without 70% attendance won’t take examinations in Ogun – Education Commissioner

    The Ogun government says students without 70 per cent attendance will no longer be allowed to sit for examinations in its schools.

    The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, stated this on Tuesday during a visit to Abeokuta Girls Grammar School, Onikolobo.

    Arigbabu explained that the measure was taken to curb absenteeism in schools.

    The commissioner said that this was part of measures put in place to reduce misdemeanor in schools, and advised students to shun behaviors that would bring shame to their families, schools and the state.

    Arigbabu said that to make the measure effective, private schools had been directed not to admit any student expelled from a government school.

    “Absenteeism of learners in schools is worrisome to us as a government. This, we believe, is also part of the behavior that we frown at.

    “We have therefore ensured digitalisation of names of all our learners, this will make it impossible for anyone that does not record 70 per cent attendance to sit for any examination,” he warned.

    On the case of a viral video of some students smoking Shisha in a school in Ogun, the commissioner said that the suspended students had been pardoned and have returned to school after undergoing counselling.

    Earlier in her remarks, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mrs Abosede Ogunleye, charged the students to face their studies and shun acts that could undermine or destroy their future.

    Welcoming the commissioner and her team to the school, the Principal, Mrs Tolulope Fasanya, appreciated government for rehabilitating and re-integrating the girls to school.

    Fasanya promised that such incident would not happen again in the school.

  • Abiodun gives automatic employment, N2m to 2 best graduating OOU students

    Abiodun gives automatic employment, N2m to 2 best graduating OOU students

    Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, on Monday, announced automatic employment and donation of N1 million each to the two best graduating students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye.

    A total number of 6,257 students graduated at the 30th and 31st combined convocation of the Ogun government-owned university.

    NAN areports that Iloka Ebuka of Faculty of Pharmacy graduated with cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 4.92 to emerge the best student in the 2020/2021 session.

    Also, Fatima Awolumate of Faculty of Agricultural Economics scored a CGPA of 4.82 to emerge the best graduating student of 2019/2020 session.

    Abiodun, while speaking at the ceremony, urged tertiary institutions in the country to use research and innovation to inspire practical and lasting solutions to the myriad of challenges facing humanity.

    He said that solutions should be sought for local challenges, stressing the need to encourage and cultivate the culture of innovation, ingenuity and technology among the youth.

    The governor, while congratulating the graduands, urged them to persevere in life and avoid the temptation of using short cut to success.

    “You must also understand that your education does not end here. In fact, you will be starting a new form of education in the school of life.

    “My advice to you is to find a good mentor to help you actualise your dreams. Do not work in isolation, but recognise the value of learning from others and the value of networking.

    “In the end, you will be defined by your commitments. These are the ingredients for success and fulfillment. Shortcuts do not take anybody to any good place,” he said.

    Abiodun urged the youth, particularly students, to emulate the best graduating students in learning and character of diligence and hard work.

    He said that his administration had approved the construction of a 1,600-bed space hostel in the university to ease the accommodation challenges being faced by students.

    Giving account of his stewardship, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Ganiyu Olatunde, who is rounding off his tenure, highlighted some of the achievements since he assumed office.

    Olatunde said that the university had witnessed significant growth and development in its operation and administrative sectors.

    “Discipline is a major focus of this administration and it had been integrated as a culture.

    “We ensured that our students are well behaved and decently dressed by enforcing a dress code that enhanced the moral standard in this great institution,” he said.

  • Just In: Hoodlums burn Ogun monarch, three others to death

    Just In: Hoodlums burn Ogun monarch, three others to death

    A traditional ruler in Ogun, Olu of Agodo, Oba Ayinde Odetola has been killed along with three other people by suspected hoodlums in the community, according to witnesses and news reports.

    Agodo is a town in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State.

    The monarch was burnt to death after the hoodlums invaded his palace in the community, news website Intel Region said. Other yet-unidentified targets were feared killed in the incident.

    Police spokesman in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the report, stating that the state’s police commissioner was at the scene of the incident,

    He also added that the residents have since fled the community.

    While the root cause of the killing is yet to be ascertained, a sister of the late monarch, Mrs Adenike Akintade, said a brother to the late monarch was recently killed.

    “I have just been discharged from hospital early this morning, only to start mourning the brutal assassination of my brother.

    “Kabiesi called me on Saturday, urging me to reduce my activities, saying stress could contribute to my illness.

    “He lost his younger brother to the imbroglio some months ago; the young man was butchered by the so-called hoodlums. Today, Kabiesi is no more, what a world”, Akintade lamented.

     

  • Ogun Alternate Medicine Board to rid out quacks in profession

    Ogun Alternate Medicine Board to rid out quacks in profession

    Ogun Alternate Medicine Board said on Wednesday that it would soon begin full vetting of alternate medicine practitioners in the state to rid the profession of quacks.

    This is contained in a statement issued in Abeokuta by the chairman of the Board, Mr Balogun Olaleye.

    He disclosed that the enforcement would begin in the third week of January.

    Olaleye said that necessary measures have been put in place to ensure re-orientation and training for practitioners across the state.

    He said the exercise would also enable the practitioners to grasp the basic guidelines prescribed by the Board.

    According to him, it is imperative that all alternate medicine practitioners in the state be registered with the Board for effective monitoring and mentoring.

    “We have been working with all the necessary security agencies and held meeting with key stakeholders on alternate medicine practice in the state.

    “After due consultations with concerned bodies, from both government and private sectors, a date was fixed for the enforcement which will expose those that failed to register with the Board,’’ Olaleye said.

  • Truck crushes FRSC official to death in Ogun

    Truck crushes FRSC official to death in Ogun

    An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been crushed to death by a truck at Sagamu-Ijebu Ode Road in Ogun, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

    Mr Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, confirmed the incident to NAN in Abeokuta on Wednesday, saying that the accident occurred on Monday.

    Umar added that it was caused by the carelessness and excessive speeding by the truck driver.

    “It was carelessness on the part of the driver, he was on high speed, he lost control and hit the officer.

    “As officers were standing by the our patrol vehicle, a flat-body trailer hit the officer and brush him in between the truck and the patrol vehicle. The officer died while another marshal got injured,” he said.

    The sector commander explained that the truck driver did not stop after hitting the officers but was chased by motorists and motorcycle riders who witnessed the incident.

    “They pursued him, he stopped, left the vehicle and ran away but was arrested and we have handed him over to the police,” he said.

    He noted that the injured marshal is in the hospital receiving treatment.

  • Kidnapped Ogun clerics regain freedom after paying N2.2m ransom

    Kidnapped Ogun clerics regain freedom after paying N2.2m ransom

    The kidnappers of two Islamic clerics at Ayetoro in Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun state have freed their victims after collecting N2.2 million as ransom.

    It was gathered that the kidnappers, who had demanded N15 million ransom, later agreed to collect N2.2 million as ransom.

    The kidnappers had abducted the clerics in front of their house shortly after they arrived from a public lecture on Saturday, and ate their prepared food.

    The kidnappers took the ransom from the family despite the claims by the police to have swung into action to arrest them.

    The kidnappers had taken away Hussein AbdulJelil and his friend, Ilyas Muhammed Jamiu on Saturday around 10:00 pm.

    Confirming their release from the kidnappers’ den, the elder brother to one of the victims, Hussein Ibrahim said the family and friends contributed the ransom and handed it over to the hoodlums to secure their release.

    He said, “They have been released today after we gave them N2.2 million as ransom.

    “They initially insisted on N15 million saying they were two people, but in the end, they agreed to collect N2.2 million from us.”

     

  • Couple sell one-month-old baby for N50,000

    Couple sell one-month-old baby for N50,000

    The father and mother of a one-month-old baby have been arrested by the police for reportedly selling their baby to another woman at the rate of N50,000.

    The couple was arrested on Thursday at Ilara area of Ode Remo, in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

    The Ogun police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen on Sunday that the couple Onyebuchi Eze and his wife, Oluchi Eze were apprehended following information received by officers at Ode Remo divisional headquarters, that the couple, who live at Ayegbami street, Ilara Remo, had “willingly sold their one-month-old baby to a woman” now at large.

    Consequently, the DPO of Ode Remo, CSP Olayemi Fagbohun, was said to have detailed his detectives to the area and got the suspects arrested.

    On interrogation, Oyeyemi revealed that the suspects confessed that “one Mrs Ruth Obajimi directed the yet-to-be-identified buyer to them” on December 14.

    “They stated further that the woman told them that she is from the human rights office and that she will help them to foster their child.

    “The woman then gave them the sum of N50,000 and they handed over the baby to her despite not knowing her from Adam,” the police image maker said, adding that efforts are being geared towards apprehending the said woman to recover the baby.

    Meanwhile, the State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had directed that the couple be immediately transferred to the anti-human trafficking and child labour unit of the state CIID for further investigation.

  • Monarch’s son, woman found dead naked inside car

    Monarch’s son, woman found dead naked inside car

    A 37-year-old man, Azeez Ilias, said to be the son of a traditional ruler in Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State, has been found dead in his car.

    Ilias who was the son of the Baale of Idoforo community was reportedly found with a dead woman simply identified as Deborah in his car parked in front of a building at Ago Egun in the Idiroko area of the state.

    Confirming the incident on Wednesday in Abeokuta, the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, noted that the two persons were found naked at the location.

    Although he stated that they could have been murdered by unknown persons, he said the outcome of an investigation into the incident should be awaited.

    “Yes, we are investigating. We want to know what led to the death of the two of them. We are suspecting that they were murdered, we are highly suspecting that.

    “We don’t want to pre-empt what the outcome of the investigation is going to be. Let’s conclude our investigation for further details about the incident,” Oyeyemi said.

    Moruf Yusuf, a spokesman for the Idiroko Divisional Headquarters of So-Safe Corps – a state government-owned indigenous security outfit, had also confirmed the incident to reporters on Tuesday, saying the bodies were discovered at about 2am on Monday.

    It was gathered that the dead man’s clothes were found inside a gutter in front of a house suspected to be the residence of the female partner.

    “The robust relationship between the So-Safe corps and the Ogun State Police Command yielded a wonderful result as the So-Safe Corps, a state agency and Idiroko Police Divisional Headquarters jointly smelt a car parked to be suspicious and as approached, found two bodies lying lifeless in the car,” said Yusuf.

    “The man, a 37-year-old has been identified as Azeez Ilias, a son of one of the Baales in Ipokia axis, while the female body was identified as Deborah as at the time of this report.”

    He added that efforts were ongoing to unravel the mystery behind the death of the man and the woman.