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  • Man kills sick friend to make soap for money ritual

    Man kills sick friend to make soap for money ritual

    A 50-year-old herbalist, Kehinde Ganiyu, has been arrested for allegedly killing his friend on a sick bed for money ritual in Osun State.

    The Osun command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola said he was arrested shortly after he killed the deceased.

    She explained, “On 18th July 2024 at about 3:00 pm, upon information received by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Oke-Odo Division Osogbo that, on the same date at about 2:30 pm a Ghanaian named Emmanuel Collins ‘m’ about 35yrs old was killed by a yet to be identified individual.

    “Police detectives swung into action and through intelligence led to an investigation, one Kehinde Ganiyu ‘m’ intimate friend to the deceased was arrested. He confessed to the commission of the heinous crime.”

    Opalola while parading the suspect on Friday, noted four blood-stained knives, one pot containing black soap, a traditional tray called ‘Opon Ifa’, one wooden box, two sponges, and local charms, among others.

    The suspect, Ganiyu, confessed to killing his intimate friend, Emmanuel Collins, on his sick bed.

    He narrated that, “Collins, who had been my friend for a very long time, was very sick and I went to his house to visit him. While I was with him, a thought came to my head that I could use him for ritual.

    “I quickly drew out a knife and I used it to cut his throat region. I cut the part because it was useful for the money ritual charm. I left the place without anybody knowing about it.

    “After that, the death of my friend caused a lot of panic in the Oba-Oke community in Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun State. They took him for burial and I was at the burial ground to sympathize with others.”

    Ganiyu added that while he was at the burial ground, his conscience had been pricking him over the killing of his friend which made him uncomfortable.

    “When the people saw the way I was doing, they started to suspect me. It raised a lot of concerns and the police investigation led to me. I was arrested and the police discovered that I killed him.”

    The suspect added, “I killed him to make money ritual soap for myself and yahoo boys. I will sell it to them. Ordinarily, I used to tell them to go get a human part for the ritual while I complete the rest.”

  • Two rescued from collapsed building in Osun

    Two rescued from collapsed building in Osun

    The Police Command in Osun on Sunday confirmed the rescue of two persons who were trapped under a collapsed building at Sabo Area of Osogbo.

    SP Yemisi Opalola,  Police Spokesperson in Osun made this known in a statement issued in Osogbo on Sunday.

    Opalola said an uncompleted storey building collapsed at about 8:30 a.m on Sunday, trapping the rescued victims.

    “At about 08:30a.m  today (Sunday), a distress call was received that a one-storey uncompleted building located at Sabo Area in Osogbo had collapsed.

    “Immediately, the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Abba, mobilized rescue team to the scene to cordon off the scene to ensure effective and efficient management of the rescue operations.

    “Rescue efforts were mobilised as directed by the CP to rescue the trapped victims and the operation was led/coordinated by Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Operations,  DCP Abayomi Shogunle, DPO Dugbe Division, CSP Akinloye Oyegade, the Command Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Olawoyin Opalola Yemisi and other Police teams.

    “Also NSCDC, Fire Service and other emergency responders were on ground to complement the efforts of the Police,” she said.

    Opalola said the uncompleted building was being used by some destitutes as their abode before it collapsed.

    She said two persons: Shehu Abubakar, 45, and Muktairu Mohammed, 30, trapped under the rubbles were rescued alive, evacuated and rushed to the hospital by Osun Ambulance Services.

    The police spokesperson said that they were also responding to treatment.

    She said that normalcy had returned to the area while the Commissioner of Police enjoined the people of the state to report any building suspected to be dilapidated/distress on time for necessary actions to be taken to avoid reoccurrence.

  • Hardship: Man ends own life in Osun

    Hardship: Man ends own life in Osun

    A man identified as Femi on jumped into Osun river, not long after he complained about the hardship facing him.

    A vulcaniser, working close to the scene, who preferred to remain anonymous for security reasons, said the victim stood on the Gbodofon bridge located along Osogbo/Gbongan road around 10:30 am and jumped into the river on Saturday in Osogbo, Osun State.

    He said, “I was at a spot close to the bridge working on a customer’s tyre when I looked towards the Gbodofon bridge and I saw a man walking down from Old Governor’s Office end of the Osogbo/Gbongan.

    “He stood right in the middle of the bridge and took a plunge into the Gbodofon river. People around were seized with fear after the incident.”

    The spokesperson of Osun State Fire Service, Ibrahim Adekunle, confirmed the incident, saying the operatives of the agency were called for an emergency rescue operation when the victim jumped into the river around 10:30 am

    “We responded, but the river is overflowing at the moment. We made efforts and we are still looking for the person, but we are yet to recover the body. From what we were told, the person involved is a man,” Adekunle said.

    Also commenting, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State Command, Kehinde Adeleke, identified the victim as Femi, adding that he had earlier made an attempt to commit suicide, but was chased away by some people who suspected his movement on the bridge.

    Adeleke further said, “On July 6th, 2024, at exactly 10:30 am, a man identified as Femi, the only son of his parent and a native of Ilesha jumped into Gbodofon River.

    “According to an eyewitness, before he jumped into the river, he kept saying that a group of people had beaten him mercilessly at a (fast food joint) in the OgoOluwa area, which led him to decide to end his life.

    “During the investigation, we interviewed a man who witnessed the incident. He mentioned that Femi initially attempted to commit suicide, but was chased away. He later came back, saying he was tired of life. Shortly after, he went to the top of the Gbodofon Bridge and jumped into the river.

    “As of Saturday evening, the body of the said man has not been recovered but the effort is ongoing.”

  • Adeleke appoints new Amotekun Commander

    Adeleke appoints new Amotekun Commander

    Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has appointed a retired Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Adekunle Omoyele, as the new Corps Commander of the Osun Amotekun Corps.

    Omoyele takes over from retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, the pioneer commander of the security outfit, whose tenure has expired.

    A letter signed by Alhaji Teslim Igbalaye, the Secretary to the State Government, stated that Omoyele’s appointment takes effect from Wednesday, July 3.

    “In addition to your existing responsibility as the corps commander, Amotekun Security Network, you are expected to put to use the experience garnered during your remarkable years of active service.” the letter reads.

    The new Osun Amotekun commander retired from the Police Force in 2023 after 35 years in service.

    Until his appointment, Omoyele was the Special Adviser on Internal Security and Local Matters to the governor.

    The Western Nigeria Security Network code named Amotekun Corps was jointly formed by the South-West governors in 2020.

    The security outfit was set up to complement the efforts of other agencies to tackle crimes in the South West region.

  • Osun: 3 dead, 22 injured in Eid-el-Kabir crashes

    Osun: 3 dead, 22 injured in Eid-el-Kabir crashes

    Three persons have died in an accident that occurred in Aagba town, Osun State on Sunday.

    It was gathered that the accident involved a motorcycle and a private car.

    The driver of the private car reportedly fled the scene of the crash.

    The fatalities were three passengers being conveyed by the motorcycle.

    The spokesperson of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Osun State Command, Adeleke Kehinde, confirming the accident, said officers from the command had visited the accident scene

    “The accident involved a Toyota Camry pencil light and a motorcycle with the number plate AKD 810 QX. The accident claimed the lives of three persons on the motorcycle on the spot,” he said.

    Also, 22 people sustained various degrees of injuries in another accident which occurred in Sekona town.

    It was gathered that the accident occurred along the Osogbo-Gbongan Road.

    Adeleke, while giving details about the accident said, it was caused by a Toyota Hummer bus which had veered off its lane and had a head on collision with a vehicle coming from the opposite direction.

    “It was discovered that the Toyota Hummer bus driver slept while driving. Adult men and women including children sustained varying degrees of injuries/fractures while the Toyota Hummer bus driver sustained fractures on both legs.

    “Three persons were involved in the Fiat Van, while 19 were injured in the Toyota Hummer bus.

    “The victims were evacuated and taken to Sekona Government Clinic for first aid and were later moved to Uniosun Teaching Hospital by Government Ambulance for proper medical attention,” he added.

  • Osun ex-LG Chairman, Babatunde, five others jailed

    Osun ex-LG Chairman, Babatunde, five others jailed

    Tajudeen Babatunde a former local government chairman in Osun state , has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for conspiracy, malicious damage, and arson.

    It would be recalled that Babatunde who had served in previous capacity as a caretaker chairman of Iwo West local council development authority was sentenced by a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Iwo on Thursday.

    Babatunde  was sentenced alongside three Beninois citizens, Sunday Ajoko, Jonas John, and Kohonu Deboye, as well as Adeoye Alabi and Kasumu Ajao.

    All five were arraigned in trial suit number: MIW/68c/2019 on four counts bordering on conspiracy, malicious damage, and arson.

    According to the charge sheet, “the defendants and others yet to be apprehended were said to have, on or before the 16th day of February 2019, at Ayigbiri Orupekere farm located along Iwo/Ibadan road in Iwo, Osun State cut down about 400 palm trees and other economic trees valued about N10 million.”

    The Oosa Olaniyi family in Iwo, through its counsel, Dele Abbas, had written to the Osun State Ministry of Justice to take over the prosecution of the matter from the police, a request that was granted by the government.

    Upon concluding hearing on the matter, Magistrate Famuyide had on Wednesday convicted all the defendants but delayed reading the sentencing till Thursday.

    Reading the sentencing of the defendants during the proceedings attended by the six defendants, their counsel, Laide Yekini, prosecuting counsel from the Ministry of Justice, Mikaheel Idris, and counsel to the nominal compliant, Abbas on Thursday, Famuyide held that the prosecution proved all the allegations levelled against the defendants beyond doubt.

    All of them were found culpable on all the counts and subsequently sentenced to a four-year jail term.

    She declined to award compensation to the complainant, suggesting that the family could pursue matters around compensation before another court of competent jurisdiction.

    Despite the sentencing, the court gave Ajao an option of an N80,000 fine considering his age and ill health.

     

  • Osun APC disowns former governor, Rauf Aregbesola

    Osun APC disowns former governor, Rauf Aregbesola

    Former governor of Osun state, Rauf Aregbesola who rose to power under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) has been disowned by the party.

    Chairman of the party, Mr. Tajudeen Lawal disclosed this in a communiqué after a stakeholders’ meeting at the state secretariat in Osogbo on Tuesday.

    Aregbesola who served as the minister of interior under former president Buhari, was accused of committing various anti-party activities, including forming groups that were working against the interest of the party.

    Lawal cautioned party members not to be deceived to register with the ex-governor because the group is not recognized by the party.

    Corroborating the chairman, APC secretary in the state, Kamoru Alao, said the party’s electronic membership registration will start after National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje’s inauguration of the committee that will train the trainers at the local levels.

    He said: “We are discouraging our members who are loyal party members not to register with Aregbesola’s group because Omoluabi as a group is not a member of our party in Osun state.

    “Aregbesola, as far as we are concerned in Osun APC, he is no more a member of APC. We have taken steps three times to notify the national secretariat of the distractions from Aregbesola and we expect the national secretariat to do the needful.”

    But the Publicity Secretary of Omoluabi Progressives, Abosede Oluwaseun dismissed the anti-party allegations leveled against Aregbesola, saying: “When Aregbesola left the affairs of APC to his successor, the structure of the party was intact but that cannot be said again years later.

    “They have failed two time when they plotted to suspend Aregbesola in his ward in Ilesa East Local Government Area of Osun State.

    “We are not distracted to reposition the party APC so that we can reclaim the state from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2026,” he said.

  • APC will reclaim Osun in 2026 – Oyetola

    APC will reclaim Osun in 2026 – Oyetola

    Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, says he is confident that All Progressives Congress (APC) will defeat the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the2026 governorship election in the State.

    Oyetola said this while receiving prominent PDP members, Dotun Babayemi, a former governorship aspirant and Mr Shuaibu Oyedokun, a former National Deputy Chairman of the party, on Friday in Osogbo.

    The Minister urged members of the APC to welcome the new members into the party without any discrimination.

    “It is an irony that we lost an election over a year ago and there has been no major defection from the party. What we have is the reverse.

    “It is the ruling party that is coming to us, which shows that APC remains a party to beat.

    “We have done so well, and people are starting to see that when it comes to governance, the Progressive knows how to.

    “Alhaji Shuiabu and Dotun Babayemi were members of the APC but now they have seen the difference between progressive and conservative and they are back in to the party,’’ he said.

    In his remarks, Mr Tajudeen Lawal, the APC Chairman in the state, said  Babayemi and other defectors would enjoy equal opportunity as the old members.

    “Your decision to defect into the APC is a wise choice which was influenced by God Almighty who has been your political pathfinder as the APC is a party of the people,’’ he said.

    In his remarks , Babayemi said he joined the opposition party with his entire political network and members of his Atunto group.

    “Since Oyetola left governance, things have been terrible in Osun. We need to strive to ensure that the APC government returns to Osun. From today, it is an APC meeting from ward to local councils and to the state level,’’ he said.

    Speaking on why he left the PDP, Oyedokun said the ideals of the founding fathers of the main opposition party had been sorely contaminated.

    While welcoming the new members, Akinsola Basiru, the APC National Secretary urged the defectors not to behave like strangers, saying, “I welcome you into our party on behalf of the National Working Committee”

    APC flags were later presented to Oyedokun and other defectors.

  • Obasanjo endorses Gov Adeleke as his dancing partner

    Obasanjo endorses Gov Adeleke as his dancing partner

    Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State as his dancing partner.

    Obasanjo made the remark at the inauguration of a VIP lodge in Osun Government House, on Sunday in Osogbo.

    He, however, told Adeleke, who is usually referred to as the “dancing governor”, to focus on governing the state and do so with honesty and integrity.

    “You remember that at one time I phoned you; I told you I didn’t have problems with your dancing. I said, ‘don’t leave dancing, but as you are dancing, ensure you are working’.

    “Some people once despise you as just a dancer, but I said only happy people dance; you are my dancing partner.

    “You have to be honest with your conscience, with the people and with your God.

    “You have to be a man of character. Let people say ‘when he sees opportunity to dance, he will dance, but he is a man of integrity, he is honest and works hard. It is very important.

    “Anywhere we meet, we would dance and rejoice, if anybody wants to abuse us, they should go ahead,” he said.

    Obsanjo also commended Adeleke on his developmental programmes in Osun.

    According to him, what he heard and saw since his arrival in the state was a testimony to the good work the governor was doing.

    “You are working on roads, don’t joke with it because when we make necessary provision for the people to have jobs, the state will work.

    “Many Yoruba people want to work, but what is impeding that is the road to ply.

    “When we provide wherewithal for them, they would work. I will plead with you to continue with that.

    “You said government is a continuum and that all the abandoned projects are being completed.  God will make it good for you,” he said

    In his remarks, Adeleke said that his administration would continue to ensure that laudable projects were completed for the common use of the people.

    The governor, who noted that the VIP lodge was started by the APC government, said that he completed it due to his belief that public infrastructure should not be politicised.

    “We assure all lovers of good governance that our administration is passionate about delivering on quality pro-peole policies for the benefit of all residents of the state,” he said.

  • Road accident claims 2 lives in Osun – FRSC

    Road accident claims 2 lives in Osun – FRSC

    The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun Command, says two persons lost their lives in an accident on Gbongan-Ibadan expressway in Osogbo.

    The Acting Sector Commander, Mrs Medinat Akanbi, who made this known in Osogbo on Saturday, said the deceased were a commercial motorcyclist and his passenger.

    She said that a Sports Utility Vehicle with Abuja number plate KUJ 417 DH had a head on collision with a commercial motorcycle with number plate SGB 708 UH, leading to the death of the two persons.

    “The accident occurred around Mobil filling station when a Toyota Jeep ran over a motorcyclist riding against traffic rules.

    “The rider and his passenger lost their lives on-the-spot, while the driver of the Toyota Jeep and his partner were seriously injured and rushed to an undisclosed hospital,” she said.

    She said the remains of the deceased have been deposited at the morgue of the University of Osun Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.

    Akanbi advised road users to always comply with safety ordinance.