The Ogun State Police command has advised the public, especially those who lost their vehicles/motorcycles to theft or abandoned around the city to report at Imeko Divisional Headquarters for identification and claims.
According to Police Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, the vehicles in the divisional headquarters are: one Picnic, one Passat station wagon and eight Bajaj motorcycles.
A Lagos-based surveyor, Mrs Halima Awosika has petitioned the Ogun State Police Command over alleged breach of agreement in a surveying contract and land deal.
In a petition written by Awosika’s lawyer, Latif Rashidi &Co and dated January21,2019 said the Olaogbe Family of Igbesa community in Ogun State had engaged Awosika to carry out a perimeter and layout plan of 1,250 acres of land belonging to the family, but failed to honour the termsof agreement after Awosika paid a sum of N1.5 million to the family.
He accused the family of reneging on its agreement duly signed by its leadership and threatening Awosika, who demanded a refund of money she paid to cement the contract.
The petition reads: ‘’Our client(Awosika) on May 16, 2013 entered into an agreement with the Olaogbe Family of Igbesa, Ogun State, to carry out a permeter and layout plan of about 1,250 acres of land at Itamobaland in Ishaku , Igbesa in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area, belonging to the family.
‘’When the agreement was duly executed between our client and the family, our client paid the sum of N1.5 million cash to the family as fee of permission to access aside from other sundry expenses incurred by our client running into thousands of naira that were not recorded.
‘’Eventually, our client mobilized to site. Not quite long , the family stopped her from continuing the assignment and surreptitiously brought in anothersurveyorto carry out the perimeter survey and layout plan. This is clearly in breach of clauses of the agreement duly signed by both parties
‘’After the breach of the agreement, we had series of consultations with the family, but they were very deceitful. After several peaceful and oral negotiations with the family , we wrote a letter to them dated February 30,2016. As at the time of this petition, there was neither an acknowledgement nor feedback to our letter.
‘’After patiently for another two years without meeting our demand, we wrote another letter on behalf of our client to the family dated November 2,2018. Thisletter to did not see the light of day ast at the time of this petition. This shows that the Abiodun Olaogbe Family is nothing but a very cunny and deceitful family readily milking the vulnerable ones in the society.
‘’Our demand on behalf of our client has been 50 acres of land instead of the 1,250 acres as agreed in the executed and breached agreement.
‘’We wish to put it on record that further demand for the land by our client has met the force of threat to life by members of the Abiodun Olaogbe Family. They told our client to desist from asking for her entitlement otherwise, she should be satisfied with whatever she sees behind it.’’
Responding, a top member of the family, Chief Alani Akinogun explained that a suit over the ownership of the land had prevented Awosika from continuing with the contract.
He said: ‘’It is not true that our family had breached our agreement with the woman (Mrs Awosika) concerning the survey contract. Instead, what really happened was that a faction of the family had challenged our ownership of the land in court and the suit is still ongoing at Ota High Court.
‘’It was the court that has restrained both parties from carrying out work on the land and we have only complied with the ruling by asking her to suspend work on the landed property. She was not threatened and her job has not been given to another surveyor.’’
The police in Ogun State have arrested two suspected hoodlums, said to have robbed two policewomen.
The suspects, Hafiz Omidokun, 29, and Peter Babalola, 27, were apprehended yesterday at Iyana-Ilogbo where they allegedly waylaid the policewomen’s vehicle and held them hostage with a locally-made pistol, said spokesman Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement yesterday.
He said the victims were in a vehicle belonging to one of them en route to Sango Ota from Ifo when the incident occurred.
“After collecting their bags and phones, the suspects were about to mount their motorcycle when the two officers engaged them in a fight and raised the alarm.
“Sensing danger, the suspects fled, but were chased by the policewomen, assisted by passersby.
“The suspects attempted to snatch another motorcycle when they realised that they were about to be caught, but were arrested there.
“A mob soon made to lynch them, but the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Sango, Oyedele Nasirudeen, a Chief Superintendent (CSP), who was earlier contacted, arrived on the scene with a patrol team and rescued the suspects.
“A locally-made pistol, an expended cartridge and a motorcycle were recovered from them. Police Commissioner Ahmed Illiyasu has ordered the transfer of the case to the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS) for discreet investigation,” Oyeyemi said.
A magistrate court sitting in Odeda, in Odeda Local Government Area, Ogun State, on Friday dismissed the sexual abuse case against the Director of Stephens Children Home, Abeokuta, Rev. Isaac Newton – Wusu, for lack of merit.
Two ex-female inmates of the home had alleged that while their stay there lasted, Newton – Wusu severally abused them sexually after he had carefully drugged them to sleep. The alleged offences were said to have been committed between 2010 and 2013.
And following complaint to the Police in respect of the allegations by Concerned Past Students of Stephens Children Home (COPASSTECH), the Ogun State Police Command charged the Director to a magistrate court in Odeda where an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Austin Ozimini was the Police prosecution while Mr. Samuel Nwaji, served as counsel for the accused Director (Isaac Newton – Wusu).
But delivering his judgment in the case that lasted about a year, Magistrate B.O Ilo, struck out the suit on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) which stated that the case was borne out of “power tussle” within the management of the Home.
Also, the Magistrate added that the DPP found out that the account of the two principal witnesses in the case in respect of the allegations, were contradictory hence the need to resolve the matter in favour of the accused.
…We’ll restore order, arrest perpetrators of violence – Police
Six persons, including a bricklayer and whose name is yet to be verified, were said to have been gunned down and several others injured in a renewed gun war that erupted between suspected members of rival cult groups in Ijebu – Igbo, Ogun State.
The gun battle which began around 5:30pm on Sunday at Oke – Sopen road leading to Station bus stop, spilled into Oke – Agbo area and Ojowo, with gunshot booming intermittently all through the night and escalating in the early hour of Monday.
While four persons were said to have been shot dead and several wounded during the clash on Sunday evening, two others got killed in a pre – dawn reprisal attacks launched by one of the feuding cult groups.
There was pandemonium. Residents and visitors scampered to safety in fear and it was learnt that some of the victims were caught in a cross – fire.
A source in Ijebu – Igbo told The Nation that three persons, believed to be members of the same family, were killed in front of their father’s house in Ojowo, another killed near the Amazing Graze Petroleum Station while two others were shot dead at Odobalogun – all in Ijebu – Igbo town.
It was also learnt that a detachment of soldiers, Operatives of the Federal Special Anti – Robbery Squad(F-SARS), Anti – cult unit of the Ogun State Police Command, Anti – Riot Policemen and regular armed policemen deployed in their hundreds to the volatile town since yesterday evening, were sighted this morning labouring to restore order.
The Nation gathered that violence erupted between two rival cult groups in Ijebu – Igbo, the Headquarters of the Ijebu North Local Government Area, around 5:10pm shortly after the end of two deparate political meetings in the seedy town by an equally rival politicians in Ogun East ahead of the 2019 general elections.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the cult clash, said the Area Commander, Ijebu Police Area Command, the Divisional Police Officers in Ijebuland,
Operatives of the Federal Special Anti – Robbery Squad(F-SARS), Anti – cult unit of the Ogun State Police Command, Anti – Riot Policemen and regular armed policemen have have all been deployed the area to restore order.
Abimbola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), added that normalcy had returned and advised people not to panic; assuring that the perpetrators of the violence would be arrested soon.
Tearful Olubunmi Funke, a single mother, on Tuesday disclosed that she sold her three years old daughter to one Abibat Oyesanya, a member of child trafficking ring to enable her offset a crippling debt burden.
Funke who said she even took to prostitution to raise money to pay the debt when her husband sent her away from matrimonial home, added the syndicate who allegedly specialized in child stealing and kidnapping in South West, bought the little girl off her for N280,000.
She made the disclosure to reporters at Eleweran, the Ogun State Police Command Headquarters where she was paraded along with two other women, Abibat Oyesanya Morenike Shittu in connection with trading in children.
“I gave out my three year old daughter to Abibat Oyesanya who is into local adoption business. But she promised me that I would be allowed to visit my daughter once in three month.
“I am a prostitute. I engaged in prostitution after my first husband sent me packing. So, I decided to give out my daughter to woman who gave me N280, 000. I used the money to offset my debt.
“The woman also requested for more children based on more demands for those adopting children. That is why I kidnapped the baby girl in Bodija, Ojurin, Ibadan, and brought it to the woman.”
The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, said the Police in the state were committed to flushing out criminals, adding that the suspects were arrested as part of “ember month mop-up operations of the Command.”
Ahmed also paraded a self-styled prophet, Darasimi Rotimi and his accomplice, Ibikunle Sunday who allegedly killed one Sara Olowokere and harvested her body parts for rituals.
The Commissioner said Darasimi and Ibikunle killed Olowokere in Sango area of the state and “dissected her body, remove the head, wrist, heart, breast and the private part.”
According to him, the suspects buried the remains of the victim at Alafia street off Alagbola area of Ijoko – Ota.
Although, Ibikunle, a 40-year old Okada Rider, admitted to killing the victim but the self-acclaimed Prophet Darasimi from Cherubim and Sheraphin, Ijoko, denied his involvement in the act.
“I don’t know anything about the incidence. I am ready to die,” Darasimi said.
However, the accomplice said: “I hit a plank on her head. When she died we now shared her parts. I took her head. Ogo-eri and Darasimi took other parts of the body away. They said the parts are essential ingredients for ritual.
“No mind him. He is just lying. If you commit an offence and confess, God will definitely forgive you. I regret my action. I hope the government will temper justice with mercy.”
The Ogun state Police Command has arrested one Tohebat Adebayo for simulating own kidnap in conspiracy with her boyfriend, Afolabi Ogunremi ( 30).
Tohebat, 20, was said to have stage managed her abduction ostensibly to raise N200, 000 and fund her forthcoming birth day bash.
It was learnt that she left home for Lafenwa market, Abeokuta, but never returned which prompted the parents to go searching for her and later reported the case at the Lafenwa Police Divisional Headquarters.
In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that an unknown man called the parents to inform them on phone that their daughter has been kidnapped.
Abimbola added that the caller demanded the sum of N200, 000 as Ransom from the girl’s parents to effect release from the kidnappers.
“Based on the report by the parents, the Divisiobal Police Officer, kayode Ayilara, led detectives to an abandoned house inside the Government Reservation Area where the girl was being kept.
“The discovery led to the arrest of Adebayo who happened to be the security man in the house.
“On interrogation, Adebayo claimed to be the boyfriend of the girl and that they both planned to simulate her kidnap in order to raise money for her forthcoming Birthday from the parents,” Abimbola said.
According the Police Image Maker in the state, the commissioner of police, Ahmed iliyasu, has ordered that the case be transferred to the Command’s anti-kidnapping and cultists for further investigation.
The Ogun State Police Command said it has arrested one Abiodun Joseph for kidnapping two children – Tobiloba Aleshiloye(12) and Yussuf Kudus( 8).
The suspect who resides at Cananland in Sango Ota, was said to have abducted the two children on September 15, 2017 and took them to unknown place where he started heckling the parents of the children to pay the sum of N150,000 per child as ransom for their freedom.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who made this known to The Nation in a statement, stated that the case was reported at the Agbara Division where Detectives were detailed to trail the suspect.
Abimbola noted that upon Technical investigation conducted at the hideout of the suspect in a hotel at the Ojoo area of Ibadan and subsequent swoop on the area by the Police, led to the arrest of the suspect and rescue of victims unhurt.
The Police Image maker in the state added that the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu has directed that the case be transferred to the Anti-kidnapping/Cultist Unit of the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID) while the children have been re-united with their parents.
He appealed to members of the public to take security of their children serious to avoid their being victims of kidnappers.
The Ogun State Police Command on Friday said it has arrested 32 years old Olatunde Akapo for allegedly beaten his neighbour to death with lethal “charm.”
The victim, Augustine Ode (42), was said to have been struck with the dangerous charm by his assailant, he slumped and died afterwards.
The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement said the suspect was arrested following a complaint by the deceased’s brother who reported the case at the Ibogun Police Division.
“The deceased’s brother said the brother was having a minor disagreement with his neighbor which degenerated to a fight and in the process, the suspect rushed into his room, came out with a charm with which he used to beat the deceased.
“As a result of which the deceased fell down and subsequently died.
“Upon his report, the DPO Ibogun Division, Nicholas Tamuno- Inam led detectives to the scene at Alapako Eke and the suspect was promptly arrested.
“The remains of the deceased have been deposited at Ifo General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
“The Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has directed that the case be transferred to Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution of the suspect,” Abimbola stated.
The Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday discovered suspected human parts buried inside a church located at Ota area of the state.
The Command also police arrested 77 years old pastor, Samuel Babatunde, and three others in connection with the discovery.
Babatunde is said to be the founder of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Itedo Isinmi Ayo Parish, Egan Road in Iyana-Iyesi area of Ota.
The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, who paraded the Pastor in Ota, before reporters, said the discovery followed the arrest, on Saturday, of a suspected serial kidnapper, Jeremiah Adeola.
Iliyasu added that Adeola, 32, specialised in abducting children and had confessed that the pastor of the ‘Aladura’ church was a receiver of the abducted children.
According to the Police Commissioner, another suspect – a 43-year-old herbalist, Haruna Afolabi, was the one who allegedly buried the human parts at the entrance of the church.
He explained that the Operatives attached to the Police Area Command in Ota on Sunday received intelligence on Adeola about his alleged criminal conduct and eventually apprehended him.
“On the strength of the intelligence, detectives from Ota Area Command were detailed to effect the arrest of the suspect; and at about 10:20am of the date, their efforts paid off when the said Jeremiah Adeola was promptly arrested.
“On interrogation, he confessed being a serial kidnapper and mentioned a prophet of a white garment church as the receiver of the kidnapped children.
“Upon his revelation, he was taken to the house/church of the said prophet at Iyana-Iyesi Ota, where one Prophet Samuel Babatunde, 67 years, a pastor in charge of the church and one Haruna Afolabi, 42 years, a traditional worshiper, were arrested.
“The floor of the church was dug as described by the first suspect, and parts suspected strongly to be human parts were dug out there in,” Iliyasu said.
He noted that the police would conduct forensic investigation into the case, assuring that those found culpable of the crime would also be brought to justice.
“Ogun State will never be a safe haven for criminals,” he said.
However, the arrested pastor Babatunde had denied the allegation levelled against him, saying the items found in his church were remains of a pig buried there.
The Pastor explained that he buried the animal there to attract bright fortune, prosperity and comfort on worshippers at the church.
Babatunde revealed that he met Adeola at a prayer mountain in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, but never had any ritualist dealing with him, accusing Adeola of having psychological problems.
But Adeola insisted that Babatunde was the receiver of some kidnapped children and that the pastor paid him N50,000 each for two children supplied to him.
Adeola added that one Olaniyi, still at large, introduced him to kidnapping business in 2013 in Ibadan, where they often kidnap their victims via a commercial vehicle.