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  • Court docked man for N.26m fraud

    Court docked man for N.26m fraud

    A 49-year-old man, Ademola Adelesi, who allegedly collected N260,000 under false pretences to supply  three trucks of granite to one Olaide Oduwole was on Thursday docked  in an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun.

    Adelesi, who lives in Tolani Street, Iyana-Ilogbo, Ota, is facing a two-count charge of stealing and obtaining money under false pretences.

    The prosecutor, Cpl. Abdulkareem Mustapha, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on July 27 at Canaan Land, Living Faith Church, Ota.

    Mustapha said that the defendant collected N260, 000 with the pretext of supplying three trucks of granite to Oduwole.

    He said that the offences contravened Sections 383(1) and 419 of the Criminal Code Vol.1, Laws of Ogun, 2017.

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    The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

    The chief magistrate, Mrs B. B. Adebowale, granted the defendant bail of N100, 000 with two sureties in like sum.

    She said that the sureties must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and swear to an affidavit of means.

    Adebowale also ordered that the sureties should provide evidence of tax payment to Ogun State Government and submit four recent passport photographs to the court.

    She adjourned the case until January 15, 2018 for hearing.

    NAN

  • Woman docked over alleged theft of N5m

    A 41-year-old woman who allegedly stole N5 million worth of building materials from her employer was on Friday charged before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun.

    The accused, Funmilayo Alabi, who lives at No. 29 Adetoun Street, Iyana -Ilogbo, is facing a charge of stealing.

    The Prosecutor, Sgt. Chudu Gbesi, told the court that the accused sold building materials worth N5 million to customers on credit without the consent of her employer, one Raul Sallau.

    The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    The offence contravened Section 390 (6) of the Criminal Code, Law of Ogun State, 2006.

    The Magistrate, Mr S. O. Banwo, granted N1.5 million bail to the accused with two sureties in like sum.

    He adjourned the case until April 3 for hearing.

     

  • Iyana-Ilogbo Ogun ritual killers den: Police arraign petrol dealer, two others

    Barely one month after a ritualists’ den was uncovered in an abandoned Ayokunnu Filling Station in Iyana Ilogbo axis of Sango Ota, Ogun State, police have arrested the owner of the filling station, Alhaji Fatai Ayokunnu.

    It was learnt that the popular businessman was arrested penultimate week after a manhunt. Two suspects, Babatunde Taofeek and Hammed Hassan, were earlier arrested with a lifeless body at the scene.

    It was learnt that the suspects were arraigned in a court in Ota, a suburb of Ogun and have been remanded in prison custody.

    Pandemonium broke out in Iyana Ilogbo community on April 2, 2016, when angry residents stormed the filling station after the ritualists’ den was uncovered.

    It was learnt that the suspects were exposed in their futile attempt to recapture two persons who had initially been taken to the den to be killed for ritual purposes.

    Vigilant passers-by were said to have contacted men of Sango Ota Police Division, who swung into action and apprehended the suspects. Other members of the ritual gang were said to have escaped.

    A search conducted by angry residents on the building led to the discovery of decomposing human parts.

    Confirming the arraignment of the suspects, the spokesman of Ogun Police Command, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi said: “Yes. The owner of the filling station was arrested a few weeks ago. He has since been arraigned before an Ota Magistrate’s Court alongside two other suspects arrested with a lifeless body at the abandoned filling station.”

  • Provide transformer for Iyana-Ilogbo

    Provide transformer for Iyana-Ilogbo

    IYANA Ilogbo is a community in Ogun State. The people of this place have been suffering for the past two years without complaining, thinking that our problem will one day be solved.

    Our problem is that we have been living in darkness, and this situation has created many hardships for us. We do not feel as living in a modern society.

    The only solution to our problem is the provision of a transformer that will give us regular electricity in the area. The community cannot put this in place on its own because of financial stringency.

    The only person that can bail us out of this mess is my energetic and hardworking governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun.

    He has given transformers to money communities in Ogun State. He will give us one at Iyana Ilogbo. He will surely do it because he does not want suffering for his people.

    Major Ajayi Ayomide,

    CDA , Iyana  Ilogbo,

    Ilogbo, Ogun State.