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  • Bank drags employee to court for alleged N4m fraud

    Bank drags employee to court for alleged N4m fraud

    An Iludun-Oro Micro Finance Bank, Irepodun local government area of Kwara state has dragged one of its employees to an Ilorin Magistrate Court, for allegedly defrauding the bank of a sum of four million Naira.

    The accused named Dupe Abolarin and aged 47, was a cashier at the Isan-Isin branch of Isin local government area of the state.

    In the case file number MCIA/840C/2016, the accused who hails from Eruku, Ekiti local government area of the state, was accused of criminal breach of trust.

    It was gathered in the police First Infromation Report (FIR) that “on December 1st, 2016 that the bank lodged a complaint against the accused who is an employee of the bank.”

    It was also gathered that the accused had confessed to the commission of the offence.

    Police FIR reads: “That the Mrs. Abolarin was posted to Isanlu-Isin branch as officer in charge of cash centre; that she defrauded the bank and customers to the tune of N4, 089,267. After verification, it was discovered that there was no remittance of the said amount of money into the bank’s coffers which she acknowledged.

    “That in the course of investigation at the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Ilorin, Kwara state capital she made a confessional statement agreeing to have committed the offence.”

    The accused, before her arrest and subsequent transfer to the Kwara state police headquarters in Ilorin, was said to have bolted away.

    The case up Wednesday for mention. Magistrate I.O Olawoyin adjourned the case to January 10th, 2018 for hearing.

  • Olomu of Omu-Aran dies

    Olomu of Omu-Aran dies

    Oba Charles Ibitoye, the Olomu of Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara, has joined his ancestors.

    His demise was confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Omu-Aran on Saturday by Chief Festus Awoniyi, the Petu of Omu-Aran.

    Awoniyi broke the news of the monarch’s passage shortly after the meeting of the Olomu-in-Council on Saturday in Omu-Aran.

    Oba Ibitoye was reported to have died at the age of 65 years after a brief illness.

    NAN reports that the rumour of his death which became viral on social media early on Friday, had thrown the community into atmosphere of tension and anxiety.

    Awoniyi disclosed that the Elemosho of Omu-Aran, Chef Jimoh Olaiya and his team had been instructed to announce and move round the town to clear the markets as a tradition.

    According to Awoniyi, a curfew has been imposed from 9.00 p.m and 5.00 a.m with effect from Saturday.

    “We just finished our meeting at the palace where the news of Olomu’s demise was officially broken.

    “There will be no buying and selling for three consecutive market days and a curfew imposed as a mark honour for the late Olomu,” he said.

    Oba Ibitoye, who hailed from Ikoja Compound in the town, is from Ijawusi Ruling House.

    He ascended the throne in January 1993 after the demise of Oba Suleiman Durotoye Abegunde.

    The monarch, who was a retired civil servant with the State Ministry of Finance, is survived by his wife, Olori Omowumi Ibitoye and four children.

    In his reactions, Chief Bisi Adeyemi, the President, Omu-Aran Development Association (ODA), said that the association was in the process of notifying the council chairman and the State Governor for official announcement.

    Also reacting, Chief Jide Adebayo, a community leader and former Executive Director of NAN, said that Oba Ibitoye would be missed for his exemplary leadership style.

    “He is a kind hearted, industrious and a leader per excellence.

    “He was always concern and passionate about peace, unity and development of the community,” Adebayo said.

     

  • 250 Kwara students get N7.5m scholarship awards

    250 Kwara students get N7.5m scholarship awards

    No fewer than 250 indigent students of Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State in public secondary schools and tertiary institutions have benefited from N7.5 million scholarship awards since 2015.

    The awards were instituted by a non-governmental organisation known as Bayo and Bunmi Babalola Foundation.

    Speaking during presentation of the awards in Omu Aran, headquarters of the local government, the coordinator of the foundation, Sunday Babalola, an engineer said that education is a means of emancipating the people.

    The former Kwara state governorship aspirant, said that the gesture was aimed at assisting indigent students in the area to accomplish their potentials, added that education is a tool of building a vibrant society and making enlightened people who would know their rights and fight for their rights.

    “With about 10.5 million children out of school in the country, it means they won’t be able to contribute anything to the society in future. Education forms the basis of development. The only solution is to get people educated and invest more money into it.

    “What it takes to actually go to school is not much, but in spite of that you find out that a lot of people could not go to school because of this little which the government could not provide. We are spending about N7.5 million this year to give scholarship to about 250 students

    in public schools,” he said.

    Babalola., a petroleum engineer, said that categories of beneficiaries were students of junior secondary school (JSS), senior secondary school (SSS) and tertiary institutions from the local government, adding that the scholarship and philanthropic programme was started since 2015.

    “In 2015, there were a total of 103 beneficiaries which included 32 from tertiary, 81 from WASCE, 35 from JSS 2 and 56 from SSS 2, while a total of 219 beneficiaries comprising 81 tertiary, 35 JSS and 103 in SSS categories.

    “We see indigent students who could not have gone to school unless they receive some form of help. We think we should contribute something in our own little way, our own quota to the society to the indigent students, particularly when we think the government is not doing well or should be complemented ad far as education is concerned. So, we decided to do whatever we can to help the society.

    “A society that’s not educated is bound to suffer in a lot of ways. When people are not educated, they are easily cheated,” he said.

    He promised that the foundation would continue to put smiles on faces of the people in humanitarian ventures, added that Bayo and Bunmi Foundation had also provided bore hole to Christian College, Omu Aran, the same local government.

  • Police arrest 4 suspected kidnappers in Osun

    Police arrest 4 suspected kidnappers in Osun

    The Police in Osun on Tuesday arrested four members of a suspected five-man kidnapping gang after engaging them in a gunfire in Erin-Osun in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.

    Presenting one of the suspects to newsmen in Osogbo, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Folasade Odoro, said the suspects were arrested while on their way for a kidnapping operation on Tuesday.

    Odoro said the police had been on the trail of the gang for a while before luck ran out of the hoodlums, as four out of the five members of the group were arrested by the police, while one of them escaped with gunshot wounds.

    She said the kidnappers had been terrorizing the people of the state.

    Odoro said the suspects had perpetrated series of kidnapping across the state before they were apprehended, adding that the gang had in its last operation kidnapped a seven-year-old girl and collected a ransom of N250,000 from her parents.

    “A seven-year-old girl was kidnapped at Dada Estate, Osogbo, when her mother packed her vehicle to buy some items at the market.

    “They took both mother and daughter hostage but later dropped the mother along the expressway and took the girl away.

    “The kidnappers later contacted the parents of the girl and requested for N250, 000 as ransom, which the victim parents paid before their daughter was released.

    “Meanwhile, we did not stop our investigation nor rest on our oars, as our investigation led to their arrest this morning.

    “In the course of our investigation, it was further revealed that the suspects had also kidnapped a seven-year-old boy from Ogbomoso, a development that led to the collection of N3 million from the parents of the victim.

    “But unfortunately for them this morning, our men stumbled on them and arrested them while they were going for another operation.

    “Though there was an exchange of gunfire between them and our men, the development led to three of the suspects and they sustained wounds.

    “As I am talking to you now, three of the suspects who sustained gunshot injury are receiving treatment in the hospital,’’ the police spokesman said.

    She said the suspects would be charged to court after the conclusion of the investigation and that the police was also on the trail of the fifth member of the gang who escaped with a gunshot injury.