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  • Ogun Police burst child-stealing syndicate

    The Police in Ogun state have arrested three members of child – stealing syndicate; who steal children from unsuspecting parents.

    The suspects are Kate Njoku, Joy Okorie  and Onyeka Joseph (male).

    Temidayo Ajayi, one of the children recovered from the suspects was abducted with his brother in Sagamu July 2018.

    He has since been reunited with his parents while efforts are on to recover his brother from the gang.

    Members of the syndicate were found to have succeeded in stealing eight children from different locations across Ogun State and sold them to their prospective buyers in Anambra State.

    The syndicate’s mode of operation entails using two of their members to disguise as couple looking for an apartment to rent, most especially in a place where the target children reside.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who made these known in a statement on Wednesday, said the manhunt launched for members of the syndicate led to the arrest of the three.

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    Abimbola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), added that the anti-kidnapping/cultist unit who were given the mandate to crack the syndicate, embarked on high technical investigation which paid off when the principal suspect, one Mary Paul was tracked to Ondo State where she is on trial and remanded in prison custody.

    According to the Police spokesperson, following a synergy with the Ondo Command, relevant information was extracted, leading to the arrest of three other members of the gang directly involved in stealing of eight children across Ogun State.

    “Three out of those children were subsequently recovered from them.

    The suspects have all made useful statements to the Police on how they stole the children and sold them to their accomplices in Anambra State.

    The Commissioner of Police, Bashir Makama, has ordered a thorough investigation of the case with the view to bring other members of the syndicate to book.

    He equally appealed to parents to take the security of their children serious by not leaving their wards to the care of a total stranger,” Abimbola stated.

     

  • Pastors held for ‘killing’ in-law in Ogun

    The police in Ogun have arrested two self- acclaimed pastors of God of Possibilities Church for allegedly killing their brother-in-law, Peter Chukwuyem.

    The suspects, Chukwuka Stephen, 43 and Ejim Stephen, 39, both brothers, committed the alleged offence on February 5 but were arrested February 24.

    It was gathered that the deceased married the suspects’ elder sister and brought them to live with his family from their village in Delta State.

    The suspects were said to have converted the frontage of the man’s home at Papa Ibafo in Ogun State to a church, which the deceased found unpleasant and chased them away.

    As a result of that, the brothers nursed animosity for their sister’s husband and allegedly butchered him at his farm on the evening of February 5.

    Police spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) said the suspects initially denied committing the crime but when they were confronted by the man’s children, they opened up.

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    Oyeyemi said: “On February 5, the deceased went to his farm with two of his teenage daughters in the morning and met the two suspects at the farm because, of the presence of the girls, they were unable to do anything to him for fear of being exposed.

    “In the evening of the same day, the deceased went back to the farm alone and the suspects who have been waiting for him at the farm accosted him and matcheted him to death.

    “It was when the deceased didn’t return on time that his wife traced him to the farm and met his dead body.

    “She subsequently went to Ibafo police station where she lodged complaint. The two brothers were later arrested by the police at Ibafo on account of the two daughters of the deceased who informed the police that they saw the two of them earlier in their father’s farm.

    “On interrogation, the two suspects denied killing their brother in-law but when they were confronted by the two daughters of the deceased, they confessed to the crime.

    “They said they did it because he deprived them of continuing using of his frontage for their church activities.

    “The corpse of the deceased was subsequently removed and deposited at the General Hospital mortuary for post mortem examination.

    “The Commissioner of Police Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for proper investigation and prosecution.”

  • Ballot box snatching: Police on red alert in Ogun

    Ogun state Police Command Friday warned that it would deal decisively with any person who foments trouble during Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections.

    The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) told The Nation that the Police is fully prepared to foil any attempt at ballot box snatching.

    DSP Oyeyemi who gave the assurance in Abeokuta Friday said the Police have been put on red alert and would deal decisively with anybody that causes trouble.

    He urged citizens of the state to be law abiding as they exercise their civic responsibilities.

    He assured citizens of the state of their security during and after the conduct of the governorship and state assembly elections.

    According to DSP Oyeyemi, the Police is capable and fully prepared to curtail violence and ensure that the elections are without hitches.

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    Although he gave no figure, the Police spokesperson assured that they have enough men and officers on ground to cover the entire state.

    “We have additional three Commissioner of Police (CPs) to supervise the conduct of the elections. Each of them would take charge in the three senatorial districts, Ogun Central, Ogun East and Ogun West.

    “An Assistant Inspector General of Police is the overall head and they have been mobilised to be on red alert,” he said.

    “Anyone who wants to foment trouble should have a rethink. We would not fold our arms and allow breakdown of law and order in any part of the state,” he said.

  • Man rapes six-year-old girl

    The police in Ogun State have arrested a 44-year-old man who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s six-year-old daughter.

    Rafiu Moruf, the police said, was arrested on Monday after the victim’s mother knew about his alleged exploits on the minor.

    Moruf, said to be living with his wife behind Aferiku Secondary School, Idiroko allegedly penetrated the child sexually leaving injuries in her private part.

    In a statement by the spokesman for the command Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), the girl opened up to her mother after the latter noticed she was acting strangely.

    “Upon close examination, the woman discovered semen inside the girl’s private part. She questioned the girl and she revealed that the suspect took her into his room and had carnal knowledge of her.

    “The woman reported at the Idiroko Police station and detectives went to the suspect’s house where he was promptly arrested.

    “On interrogation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the crime. The victim has been taken to hospital for medical treatment and report.

    “The Commissioner of Police Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Anti Human trafficking and Child labour Unit of the State Criminal investigation and intelligence Department (SCIID) for proper investigation and prosecution,” Oyeyemi said.

  • Man ‘kills, buries’ lover over N.5m

    The police in Ogun have arrested 47-year-old Kazeem Adebayo who allegedly killed his lover and buried her inside his room so as to steal her aged mother’s N530, 000.

    Adebayo, the police said, committed the alleged offence on January 24, at his residence in Ijebu Igbo.

    He was said to have invited the deceased Abosede Adesanya, 30, a mother of five children, whose 84-year-old mother, Amoke, recently sold land to buy another one where they could build a two-bedroom flat.

    According to the police, Adebayo was one of the signatories to the sale of the land and had told the old woman he would assist them in getting a good land where she and her daughter can build their home.

    Unknown to the women, Adebayo allegedly had a plan to fleece them of the money which he actualised by phoning the deceased to come to his place with the money that he had seen a good land for them.

    “She told her mother and left the house with the money to her lover’s place. When she got there, he hit her on the head with a stick, killed her, buried her in a shallow grave inside his room and took the money from her.

    “He was owing someone N30, 000 and so, he went and paid off the debt, then hid the rest of the money in his ceiling.

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    “When night fell and the old woman did not see her daughter, she called her phone but it didn’t go through. She called the suspect and he denied ever calling her. He claimed he has not seen her and so, the woman reported at the Ijebu Igbo Police Station the following day being January 25.

    “Policemen were sent to the suspect’s house. He denied seeing the lady. The case was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) and findings led detectives back to the suspect in whose room, a shallow grave was uncovered which was dug and the deceased was seen inside.

    “It was at this point that the suspect confessed to killing the deceased and that he took possession of the N530,000 on her. He confessed further that he used a dub to hit her on the head which led to her death and subsequently buried her in his house so that no one will know.

    “He also confessed that he used N30, 000 out of the money he took from the deceased to settle an outstanding debt while the remaining N500,000, which was in his ceiling, he told a friend of his to take it out to avoid any search that would implicate him.

    “We are currently on the trail of that friend and will get him soon. The corpse of the deceased has been deposited in the mortuary. The suspect would be prosecuted at the conclusion of investigation,” said Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesman for Ogun Police Command.

     

     

  • Police arrest man for sleeping with daughter

    Police in Ogun State have arrested a 45 year old man, Idowu Owolabi, for unlawful sexual relationship with his 21 years old biological daughter.

    Owolabi who lives at Papa Olosun area Of Oja-Odan area of the state with his daughter – victim, was arrested on Monday following a complaint by her  at the OJa-Odan Divisional Police Headquarters.

    She reported that  she followed her father to a farm at Fagboun Village in Oja Odan area  and while in the farm, the father got hold of her and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her right in the farm in March 2018.

    She added that after the first incident, it became a routine affairs since then, even as she alleged that the father had continuously threatened to kill her if she dares tell anybody about the illicit sex, according the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Wednesday evening.

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    Abimbola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) stated that upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer,  Oja-Odan,  Olayemi Jacob, led his detectives to the suspect’s resident and arrested him.

    The Police Spokesperson added that when interrogated, the suspect who was said to have married to three different women, confessed to the committing the alleged crime but blame it all on devil.

    However, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has given directive that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence department for proper investigation and possible prosecution.

  • NANS lauds PRO, Police Command over international award

    The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has lauded DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ogun for the recent international award and recognition as “Best Police PRO in Nigeria.’’

    The award was presented recently at the 15th Conference of Security Watch Africa held on Nov. 15 in Banjul, Gambia.

    NANS National Public Relations Officer, Mr Bestman Okereafor, made the commendation in a statement on Monday in Enugu.

    According to Okereafor, NANS joins lovers of security in congratulating a hardworking and dedicated Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi.

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    “This award is a victory to us all who are looking forward for a reformed and effective Nigeria Police.

    “We say big congratulations to Nigeria Police, Ogun Command under the leadership of Mr Ahmed Iliyasu and the command’s Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC).

    According to NANS, the great achievement had been made possible through collective efforts.

    “NANS is imploring Nigerians,specifically residents of Ogun to remain peaceful as well as steadfast in dissemination of information to the police and other security agencies.’’

    NAN

  • Man, 38, ‘rapes’ six-year-old girl

    The police in Ogun have arrested one Abiodun Ojo, 38, for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl.

    Ojo was arrested on Sunday at Magbara Village, Idiroko.

    The suspect said to be co-tenants with the victim’s parents, lured her to a bush path under the guise of sending her on an errand.

    He was said to have forcefully penetrated the minor whose screams attracted the attention of local guards.

    The guards, it was gathered, rescued the victim, beat up the suspect and alerted the police at Idiroko Division.

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    Confirming the incident, the command’s spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) said the victim and suspect were taken to the hospital for treatment.

    He said the Police Commissioner Ahmed Illiyasu has directed that the case be transferred to the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Labour unit, State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further action.

     

  • Tension mounts as thugs attack Ogun Deputy Speaker’s Office

    … Destroy four buses, others

     

    Deputy Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly (OGHA), Hon. Kunle Oluomo, escaped unhurt on Tuesday morning when dozens of armed gang suspected to be political thugs, invaded his constituency office in Ifo, demanding his whereabouts.

    The suspected thugs who were furious for not seeing him after thoroughly ransacking the constituency office located near Ifo market along Lagos – Abeokuta road, vandalized the window panes of campaign office, items and four buses that convey school children to and fro schools within Ifo Local Local Government.

    The Nation gathered that Oluomo representing Ifo constituency 1 at OGHA, and who sighted the approaching hoodlums in good time and hurriedly hid himself, escaping them before they surged into the office ransacking and smashing items.

    As at 4:pm, tension still pervaded the volatile Ifo town because of the hoodlums even as heavy presence of armed Policemen and soldiers were sighted keeping vigil at the area to forestall a major breakdown of law and order.

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    The Nation called the state lawmaker on phone and he confirmed the attack on his office and four buses when the hoodlums could not locate where he hid, but disclosed that the Police has taken him to the Sango Divisional Police Headquarters along with the vandalized buses.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said he was not aware of the incident, promising to call back upon inquiry but never did as at 4:54 pm despite reminder calls placed to his mobile line.

  • Man arrested for ‘rupturing’ Ogun Prince’s anus in homosexual act

    Two men – Okon Bassey and  Ademola Adekunle, have been arrested in Ogun State by the Police in connection with homosexuality.

    Bassey and Ademola were arrested following a complaint by Bassey who reported at the Onipanu Divisional Headquarter that Ademola was threatening his life with violence but there was a twist to it when allegation of homosexual practices between the two cropped up.

    In a release by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, when detectives detailed by the Divisional Police Officer, Onipanu, Sangobiyi Johnson, arrested Ademola last Wednesday, he confessed to being  introduced to Bassey by one Mandela for homosexual dating.

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    Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), stated further that Ademola had explained how Bassey promised him N20,000 if he agreed to be his sex partner.

    According to Ademola, the said Bassey has had sex with him three times and  which had left him bleeding profusely from the anus since, while the agreed N20,000 was not paid him.

    “Upon the confession, the two of them were promptly arrested and detained. Ademola was taken to hospital and medical report confirmed that his anus has been violently tampered with.

    “The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has given directives for the  transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution,” Oyeyemi stated.