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  • Ogun: Man kills wife for alleged adultery

    Ogun: Man kills wife for alleged adultery

    Ogun State Police Command have arrested Femi Adebowale for killing his wife Kuburat Adebowale  to death following suspicion that she was cheating on him.

    The couple lived at 15 Campbell Street Agbado in Ifo local Govt area of Ogun State where the incident occurred last Monday.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said the husband  was  following a complaint from the younger brother of the deceased identified as Shakiru Alao who informed the Agbado Police Division that his sister has been beaten to death by the husband over allegation of adultery.

    Oyeyemi added that the Divusional Police Officer in Agbado, Sunday Omonijo, upon receiving the information, led Police Officers to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested while the remains of the deceased were deposited at the Ifo General Hospital mortuary for autopsy.

    The man was said to have beaten his wife to death during argument over inadequate money given to her for a naming ceremony of her brother’s child.

    According to the Police Image maker, the suspect in his statement alleged that his wife has been engaging in act of infidelity to the extent of dating their next door neighbor.

    Oyeyemi added that the suspect confessed to giving the deceased the sum of N10, 000 for her younger brother’s naming ceremony, but she complained it was not enough and that it was her adulterous practice that made him declined giving her more money.

     

     

  • Police arrest two brothers for killing Septuagenarian

    Police arrest two brothers for killing Septuagenarian

    The Ogun State Police Command have arrested two brothers – Mathew Elegbede (27) and Sunday Elegbede(33) over the murder of 73 years old man, Pa Odeyemi Adebari in Agbara area of the state.

    One of the suspects, Matthew,  had last June 12 broke into the apartment of a tenant in the house of the deceased which prompted the tenant to raise an alarm and  when the deceased  challenged Matthew for his action, he was said to have beat a retreat only to re-appear at the scene later along with his elder brother, Sunday,   armed with cutlass, they attacked the Septuagenarian, inflicting grave injuries on him.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement  said the two bothers were arrested by the Divisional Police Officer, Agbara Division, Adegbite Omotayo, and his team following a complaint by the deceased’s son who reported the incident at the Agbara Division.

    Abimbola, Assistant Superintendent of Police(ASP), added  that the two brothers attacked the man with machete and inflicted  injuries on him. 

    According him, the man  was taken  to the hospital and admitted for treatment,  but died  four days later  as a result of the injuries   sustained while the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has directed that the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspects.  

  • Police arrest five for murder of hotelier in Ogun 

    Police arrest five for murder of hotelier in Ogun 

    The Ogun State Police Command have arrested five people over the killing of a popular hotelier, Chief Akanni Famuyiwa (73).

    The suspects, whose age ranges from 17 to 20 years, are Dare Abiodun, Femi Ayinla, Abduliamin Akinlotan, Jamiu Akeweje and Gbenga Ojo.

    The suspects were alleged to have attacked  Chief Famuyiwa, who until the killing was  the Director of MAFLAND HOTEL,  at the residence of one of his wives located  at the Arigbajo area of  Ifo Local Government Area of the State last  June 14.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement, said the hoodlums,  about eight of them, broke into the residence of the victim’s wife at about 5:00 am and held everybody hostage.

    Abimbola added that the hoodlums over powered the Septuagenarian, stabbed him on his left hand and snatched a bag containing the N500, 000 cash and two handsets.

    According to the Police Image Maker in Ogun State, the victim was taken to the hospital by residents but gave up the ghost on the way following profuse bleeding.

    Abimbola said when the Command got the report of the incident, the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, directed the Diviaional Police Officer,  Ewekoro, Vincent Egwuonu,  to arrest  the suspects.

    According to him, following intelligence on the suspects, they were arrested from their hideouts.

     

  • Police arrest four for expressway robbery 

    Police arrest four for expressway robbery 

    The Ogun State Police Command has arrested four member robbery syndicate while robbing victims at the Sagamu Interchange stretch of the Lagos – Ibadan expressway.

    The suspects were said to have attacked their victims last Sunday night in bids to dispossess them of the belongings but following a tip off to the Police, the Divisional Police Officer, Sagamu division, Mr Moses Aduroja, led a team of Anti–Robbery squad to the scene  and apprehended four of them.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, gave the names of the suspects as Sulaiman Fatai (21), Ayobami Alao(21), Yusuf Sodiq (20) and Emmanuel Adeleke (18).

    Abimbola added that cutlasses, iron rod, knife, and other dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects.

    According to him, the suspects claimed they usually come from Oshodi in Lagos to carry out robbery operation at Sagamu interchange.

     

  • Police arrest auto dealer for killing motor boy

    Police arrest auto dealer for killing motor boy

     

    …I shot victim mistakenly – Suspect

     

     

    The Ogun State Police Command on Monday paraded a popular motor dealer in Abeokuta, the State capital, Mr Olatunbosun Tunde, over the death of a motor boy identified as Rasaq.

    Olatunbosun allegedly pulled his Avar Pump Action gun at a Car Wash located in Leme area of Abeokuta and shot Rasaq at a close range. The boy slumped and died immediately.

    The suspect had taken his unmarked Toyota Sienna Car to the car wash for cleaning and it was gathered that he wanted to drive out after his vehicle was washed, but couldn’t as a truck that parked by, obstructed him.

    The auto dealer who adorned a military camouflage knicker at the time the alleged crime was committed, angrily  walked up to the motor boy inside the truck and a heated argument ensued upon demanding why he was obstructed.

    The motor boy had told the suspect that he was not the driver but would call his master’s attention to it so as to enable him drive the truck out of the way.

    It was learnt that a furious Olatunbosun who was not satisfied with the motor boy’s explanation momentarily withdrew to his car, pulled a gun and fired at Radaq, killing him in cold blood.

    The  Commissioner of Police in the State, Ahmed Iliyasu, who paraded Olatunbosun before journalists at Eleweran, the Command Headquarters, said the suspect killed the victim last April 29 at a  car wash around 9.45am.

    Iliyasu added that after committing the crime, the suspect fled to neighbouring country of Togo but Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) discretely lured him back to Nigeria and arrested him few hours later.

    According to the Police Commissioner, “preliminary investigation so far revealed that the suspect (Olatunbosun ) is a leader of a notorious armed bandit terrorizing Abeokuta and its environs. His gang is said to be into snatching of vehicles, kidnapping and impersonating as military officers to dupe unsuspecting members of the public, but the game is up now.”

    Iliyasu listed one Avar Pump Action gun with serial number 15 – 0083, 43 live cartridges, two camouflage army trousers, one camouflage army knicker, an army jungle cap and seven pairs of different vehicle numbers as items recovered from him.

    But speaking with journalists, the suspect confessed to committing the crime but said it was a mistake.

    He alleged that the victim attempted to wrest the gun from him and that in the ensuing struggle for it, the Pump Action went off and struck the victim dead.

    He said: “I am a car dealer, and  I travel to Republic of Benin and purchase tokunbo cars for sale in Abeokuta. Many people me because I had assisted them to buy cars.

    “I am not a soldier, but trained as a merchant navy at the disbanded academy in Iperu Remo. I got the camouflage knickers from the academy.

    “I regretted killing the boy. The boy was struggling with me for the gun and in the process; it went off and killed him. I never knew the boy was not the driver of the truck.”

    Also paraded along with the auto dealer are 10 other suspects of crimes ranging from armed robbery, murder, kidnapping to impersonation.

    The suspects are Yusuf Mustapha, Lekan Lukman, Olamilekan Ibrahim, Sunday Akpabio, Sunny Tijani, Friday Ekepe, Friday Okeifi and three others.

     

  • Man ‘beheads’ 72-year-old woman over land dispute

    Man ‘beheads’ 72-year-old woman over land dispute

    A 23-year-old man, Adeoye Ikugbayigbe, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly beheading a 72year-old-woman, Funmilayo Shada, following an argument over land.

    Ikugbayigbe was arrested after the deceased’s son Ekundayo Shada reported the matter to the Abigi Divisional Headquarters Monday.

    According to Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Ekundayo was on his way to meet his mother at their farm when he saw Ikugbayigbe on the road holding a polythene bag.

    Oyeyemi said: “As soon as Ikugbayigbe sighted him, he dropped the bag and ran into the bush. This aroused Ekundayo’s suspicion and he quickly ran to check his mother but could not find her. He later came back to check the bag dropped by the suspect only for him to discover his mother’s severed head and her wrist in the said bag.

    “He quickly reported the case to the police and the DPO Abigi Division, SP Komolafe Omoniyi led detective to the scene, combed the surrounding bush and finally got the suspect arrested.

    “On interrogation, he confessed to the commission of the crime claiming that he has been having a running battle with the deceased over a portion of land. The severed head and the remains of the deceased have been deposited in the mortuary while the cutlass he used has also been recovered”.

    “The Commissioner of Police (CP) Ahmed Iliyasu has ordered that the suspect be transferred to Homicide section of State Criminal Investigation and Intelligent Department (SCIID) for further investigation.”

     

  • Police arrest man for selling step – daughter’s head, hands  to ritualists

    Police arrest man for selling step – daughter’s head, hands  to ritualists

    The Police in Ogun State have arrested one Korede Odubela for selling the head and hands of his step-daughter, Amudalat Oshimodi, to ritualists.

    Odubela was said to have strangled the girl to death, harvested her head and hands before selling them to ritualists.

    Also arrested in connection with the ritual murder of Amudalat, is Lekan Lawal, who allegedly assisted Odubela to strangle the victim at  Imosan area of  Ifesowapo Local Council Development Area of Ogun State.

    The duo who confessed to committing the crime, were paraded Tuesday at Eleweran, the Headquarters of Ogun State Police Command, by the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu.

    Iliyasu said the suspected choked the victim  to death and later sold  her head and hands  to ritualists.

    Odubela who admitted the crime, told reporters that he and Lekan carried out the heinous crime.

    Odubela said: “it is true that Lekan Lawal and I connived to kill my step-daughter. The girl was 16 years old, she was always stealing her mother’s money.

    “And the mother said we should kill her as a sacrifice for the other children she had. Since she normally sleep at the door post outside.

    “So, on the fateful night around 12 midnight, I invited Lekan Lawal, and he held the girl by the neck and strangled her while I held her legs. That was how she died.”

    According to him, his step -daughter’s head was sold to one  Seun, a herbalist at N3,000.

    The Police Commissioner told reporters that  the case was still being investigated while the remains  of Amudalat has been deposited at the morgue of State Hospital, Ijebu Ode.

  • Trailer knocks down fleeing robbers on expressway

    Trailer knocks down fleeing robbers on expressway

    Ill luck befell two robbery suspects in Ogun state as a moving truck knocked them while fleeing from police operatives attached to the Ibafo Division of the Ogun State Police Command.

    The two robbers were arrested along the notorious long bridge towards by Isheri end of the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway on Thursday.

    The robbers who were robbing some road users in front of the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministry, had fled upon sighting the Police but arrested when a moving truck on the Expressway knock down two of them while being chased by the Police.

    The suspected robbers seriously wounded before they were eventually arrested alive, are Sola Bilaminu and Ibrahim Sandi – both of no fixed address.

    Stolen items and their operational motorcycle used for the robbery attack on victims were also recovered by the Police.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the victims of the robbery operation have identified the suspects as those who attacked them while the stolen items have also been returned to the owners.

    Adejobi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said the Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, lauded the Police operatives for their commitment and courage while the suspects would be transferred to the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) in Abeokuta for investigation.

    According to him, Ali has directed that the Ogun state stretch of the expressway should be adequately policed regularly to protect road users who ply it by night.

    “We are assuring the good people of Ogun State and all road users in the state of adequate security of lives and property as police teams have been detailed to police the major expressways within the state,” Adejobi said.

     

  • Arepo residents accuse military of murdering three men

    Arepo residents accuse military of murdering three men

    • We are not aware, say Army, Navy

    Some residents of Arepo, a Lagos-Ogun border community yesterday took to the street in protest against the alleged murder of three men by the military.

    It was alleged that about seven personnel of the military component of the joint task force on anti-pipeline vandalism on Sunday rounded up the three men identified as Biodun Mohammed, 24, Body and Chicago.

    The security agents were said to have taken the trio, who were picked at a beer parlor in the area into a bush where they allegedly shot them and abandoned their corpses in Voera Estate.

    The aggrieved residents who found the decomposing bodies of the three men, it was learnt, caused chaos in the area, denying motorists access, a situation that caused bedlam on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

    It was gathered that all three bodies had bloodstains on their heads, while two of the bodies, arrest found in the creek, demarcated by a wooden bridge  from the location of the third body.

    The residents accused the military of killing the victims inside the bush to pass them off as vandals.

    They also claimed that the security agents go beyond their assigned duties in the area by exploiting and extorting innocent people.

    Both the Nigerian Army and the Navy have denied knowledge of the deaths, insisting their men involved in the operation did not report any arrest nor deaths.

    The Nation contacted the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral Ralph Osondu and the 9Brigade Commander, Gen. A. Biu who both said they were unaware of the incident.

    Osondu said: “I am not aware of any such incident. I was with my commander today and he did not mention anything like that. Besides, I have told you before that that operation is under the Defence Headquarters. I only perform advisory role and I am not permitted to comment on the operation unless directed to do so. But I have not heard anything like that at all.”

    Several telephone calls to the Ogun State Police Command’s spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi were not answered as at press time.

    Mohammed was said to have been a furniture man in Shagamu were he resided and only visited to spend the holiday with his family.

    According to the late Mohamed’s wife, Motunrayo who claimed she had confronted the soldiers, two of the personnel are Jason and Ola.

    “It was around 7pm on Sunday. The military officers numbering about seven came to the restaurant where my husband was with his friends. I can identify two of them as Jason and Ola. I asked them what his offence was, but Jason asked me to keep quiet.

    “He pointed a gun at me and threatened to shoot me if I moved closer. He did not allow my husband or his friend to utter a word. They took them away and since then we have not seen them.

    “I went to report at the soldiers’ base in Ebute and they said they were not holding my husband. But this morning, some landlords in Voera Estate, where he was killed came to inform me that they had found his corpse in the bush.”

    The deceased’s mother, Safura, said her son was murdered in cold blood, crying for justice.

    “I was the one that called him on Saturday evening that he should come to Arepo to celebrate Easter with us and he did.

    “On Sunday morning, he washed his clothes and ate. In the evening, he went to the restaurant to rest where he was arrested. The soldiers took them from there and went to execute them in the forest.