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  • 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.

  • FUNAAB sacks 23 staff over festering internal crisis

    FUNAAB sacks 23 staff over festering internal crisis

    The crisis at the Federal University of Agriculture (FUNAAB), Abeokuta, Ogun State, have worsened as its Governing Council allegedly sacked 18 staff of the university.

    Also, the Vice – Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, in separate move, allegedly relieved  five others  of their appointments.

    The decision to sack the affected university workers was reached at a meeting chaired  by the Chairman of the Council, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, who is reportedly being  investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).

    The Nation learnt that those sacked included three members of Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities; Lasun Somoye, Abdusalaam Sobbor and E.A. Bankole.

    The trio were said to have written a petition against the management of the institution to the anti-graft agency – the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) relied upon to interrogate the Vice – Chancellor and others recently.

    Also, the trio were earlier placed on suspension by the management of the institution since August 22 with half salary before the bigger hammer fell on them last Thursday.

    Others relieved of their jobs include three medical doctors – Dr Ajayi A.O., Dr Olaniran I.O. and Dr O.O. Salami, two health workers – Mr Oyero, a laboratory scientist and Miss K.O. Adeyemi, a medical record officer.

    According to the letter dated November 10, 2016 and signed by the School registrar, M.O. Ayoola, the school said the decision followed a re-organisation in the University system.

    “Due to re-organisation in the University system, the Governing Council has directed that your services are no longer required. Your appointment as… is therefore, terminated with immediate effect.

    “Please hand over all University property in your possession to the Head of your Department/Unit immediately, while your Staff Identification Card should be submitted at the Establishment and Human Resources Directorate of the Registry. Please note that you will be paid one month’s salary in lieu of notice,” the letter reads in part.”

    The Head, Directorate of Public Relations of the Institution, Emi Alawode, when contacted promised to send the university’s reaction but is yet to respond as at the time of filling the report.

  • Two suspected ritualists arrested as police raid den

    Two suspected ritualists arrested as police raid den

    Operatives of the Assistant Inspector General of Police’ (AIG) Zonal Intervention Squad (ZIS), Onikan, have arrested two suspected ritualists in Ogun State.

    Taiwo Adeleke, 47, and Kayode Oseni, 52, were apprehended at Abule Ifa, in Obafemi Owode after detectives uncovered the alleged ritualists’ den used by criminals to fleece people of their money.

    According to the zonal spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, a Superintendent of Police  (SP), policemen had mounted on surveillance on the activities of the culprits, following a tip off.
    Adejobi said that the den, a massive ediffice, had names of prominent persons who might have fallen victims to the suspects inscribed on it.

    Also seen at the place we’re fetish materials/structures, charms, figurines and shrines, said Adejobi.

    He said: “The AIG Abdulmajid Ali led a team of senior officers including the Commissioner of Police (CP) Ogun State, Ahmed Iliyasu, Deputy Commissioner Operations Zone II, Suleiman Balarabe, a DCP,  ZIS Commander, Gbenga Megbope, a Chief Superintendent  (CSP) and Commander 16 Police Mobile Force, among others to the scene for on-the-spot assessment.

    “They also designed possible legal means to take over the dangerous den and dislodge the syndicate.

    “The AIG reiterated his readiness to set all machineries in motion to tackle crimes and criminality within the zone, assuring resents of effective policing. He urged them to be more vigilant and to challenge people who come around for such deals, ordering that those arrested be prosecuted.”

  • Ogun Police arrest ‘kidnapper’ of minor

    Ogun Police arrest ‘kidnapper’ of minor

    A suspected kidnapper of a four-year-old schoolboy has been arrested by policemen in Ogun State.

    Wale Ogunbadejo was arrested last Friday for kidnapping Attairu Amisu, a pupil of Abdul Rahman Academy Sabo, Obalende Ijebu-Ode, at the school premises.

    The kidnappers had gone to the school pretending to be a relative sent by his parents to pick him up. It was gathered that the school authorities handed over the boy to the purported relative, only for the child’s mother to come minutes later for the child.

    Having successfully kidnapped the minor, the criminals, it was learnt, contacted his family and demanded N5million ransom.

    It was gathered that the family immediately reported the case at the police station and a manhunt for the suspects was initiated.

    According to the spokesman for the Ogun State command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), the suspect was arrested in his hideout and the child rescued unhurt.

    He said: “The Commissioner of Police, (CP) Ahmed Iliyasu dispatched anti-kidnapping team with a matching order to rescue the boy unhurt. The team swung into action and their efforts paid off on Friday when the hideout of the gang was invaded and one Wale Ogunbadejo, their kingpin, was arrested. The boy was rescued unhurt.

    “The victim has been re-united with his family while the suspect is undergoing interrogation; serious manhunt has been lunched for the fleeing members of the gang.”

  • 100 undergo free breast cancer surgery in Ogun

     No fewer than 100 people have benefited from the free breast surgeries sponsored by the Ogun State government.
    The breakdown showed that more than 80 people have undergone breast cancer surgeries free of charge at the Onabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu; while more than 20 have enjoyed free mammogram.
    Flagging off the exercise at the University Teaching Hospital, the Wife of the Governor of Ogun State and President of the UPLIFT Development Foundation, Mrs. Olufunso Amosun the state government is fulfilling its promise to women who had early benefited from the free Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening early this month by paying their surgery bills as a means of reducing maternal mortality rate in the state.
    The governor’s wife explained that lumps removed from the breast of the beneficiaries would be taken to the laboratory for examination to know if the specimens were cancerous or not so that they could be referred upward for further treatment, advising women to embrace self-breast examination and go for regular medical check-up to know their health status in order to stay healthy and reduce health risk.
    Highlight of the programme was the official commissioning of the newly built and equipped UPLIFT Development Foundation Cancer Screening Centre at the Onabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital in Sagamu.
    Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Toheeb Adebowale and Oloyede Oyenike described the wife of the governor as a compassionate and a care-giver who has been at the fore-front of cancer campaign to save the lives of the people of Ogun State, particularly the less privileged in the society. They expressed their gratitude to the governor’s wife and the state government for fulfilling their promise of paying for their medical bills.
  • Ex-serviceman arrested for ‘robbery’

    Ex-serviceman arrested for ‘robbery’

    A member of the Nigerian Legion, an association for ex-soldiers has been arrested by policemen in Ogun for robbery.

    Benjamin Okon was arrested at Shagamu for snatching a bajaj motorcycle from one Ibrahim Ginji.

    The police alleged that the victim, who reported the matter, swiftly identified the suspect in the presence of the police.

    It was gathered that Okon, who sold the motorcycle for N70,000 had the money in his possession at the point of arrest.

    Contacted, the spokesman for Ogun command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) said the suspect was being investigated and would be charged to court.

  • Ogun traditional ruler docked for rape, abduction

    Ogun traditional ruler docked for rape, abduction

    The Baale of Jangede village in the Obafemi – Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, High chief Adenekan Olanrewaju, was on Thursday arraigned before a state Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Abeokuta for alleged stealing, abduction and attempted rape.

    Adenekan was also accused of stealing the sum of N.3m belonging to one Soleye Sotande under the pretense of selling two plots of land to him at Jangede village.

    In the charge sheet read before Chief Magistrate O.A Sofowora, the police Prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Ehiagbejiale, informed the court that the accused abducted a 15-year-old girl, identified as Abosede to a hotel at Jangede village and attempted to rape her before her miraculous escape.

    The police prosecutor  said further that the Baale also forcefully trespassed  into two plots of land in the village owned by one Oluremi Okanlawon and another half plot of land belonging to Adeoye Gbemisola and thereby committed an offense punishable under the laws.

    The Baale was also accused of having conspired with others now at large, to conduct themselves in a manner likely to cause the breach of peace by threatening to kill the duo of Okanlawon, Gbemisola and four other persons who bought land from him should they enter the village again.

    According to Ehiagbejiale, the offenses are punishable under Sections: 86, 249, 359, 361, 390(sub. sec. 9), 419, 451 among others of the Criminal Code Laws of Ogun state of Nigeria 2006.

    But Bunmi Adelabu, counsel to the accused, prayed the court to grant the Baale bail on the ground that none of the charges carries a death penalty, and also premised his prayer on the Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution which presumes an accused person innocent until proven guilty.

    “As a respectable Baale, appointed by the Alake of Egbaland, with no fewer than 15 villages under him, my client will not jump bail, he is not a miscreant. Aside from this, the bail will also afford him the opportunity to prepare for this matter very well,” Adelabu said.

    Ruling on the bail applications, however, Chief Magistrate Sofowora granted the accused a bail to the sum of N250, 000:00k  with two sureties in the like sum.

    The case is adjourned till 24th October

  • Ogun Police arrest suspect with human skulls

    Ogun Police arrest suspect with human skulls

    The police in Ogun state have arrested a cemetery worker found with two human skulls.

    Oluwatoyosi Akorede, an attendant at Ayepe Cemetery, was arrested on Sunday night at Isale Oko area of Shagamu by a patrol team led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Shagamu, Moses Aduroja, a Superintendent (SP).

    It was gathered that the suspect might have gotten the skulls by exhuming bodies of dead people.

    The Nation learnt that he confessed the items were needed to perform a ritual.

    Contacted, the spokesman for the command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) said Akorede was being interrogated to unravel the reasons for his action.

    “The Commissioner of Police (CP) Ahmed Iliyasu has directed that the suspect be transferred to the command headquarters, Eleweran in Abeokuta for further investigation.”

  • ‘Motorists to endure more hardship on Lagos – Ibadan expressway’

    ‘Motorists to endure more hardship on Lagos – Ibadan expressway’

    Travellers and motorists using the Lagos – Ibadan expressway are to  brace up for more hours of harrowing gridlock at the Ogun State stretch of the long bridge as lasting solutions to the nightmare may not come soon.

    Contractor – Julius Berger Nigeria Plc,  handling the rehabilitation, hinted on Tuesday that the five – kilometer “Long Bridge” where  major work is being carried out may not be completed earlier than November ending.

    Julius Berger’s Divisional Manager (West), Wolfgang Loesser,  gave the hint while fielding questions from reporters during a press briefing organised by the Ogun State government to inform Nigerians about steps being taken by Governor Ibikunle Amosun to ease the situation.

    Loesser, who led the team of Julius Berger’s construction firm to the meeting with the Ogun state government, in Oke – Mosan Governor’s Office, noted that the on-going work at the bridge was complex and required diligence.

    “First is the stage where we are now before we move to the other side coming from Lagos. So, that work will take at least, until the end of November”.

    “But I also want to point out that there are many bottlenecks on the road; for example, the Ogun River base. So, we are likely to experience the same problem there where we will have several stages of traffic management.

    “We can only do it if everybody is disciplined and careful to drive safely within the construction area,” he said.

    Speaking earlier, Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Arc. Lekan Adegbite, assured that the state government would create earth road by the sides to serve as alternative roads and thus, eased traffic often experienced at the Bridge.

    Adegbite, who ascribed the cause of the gridlock in that area to drivers’ impatience and indiscipline, say the the government may wield the big stick on erring motorists that drives against traffic in bids to beat the gridlock.

    According to him, miscreants appeared to take advantage of the traffic build up to attack motorists and travellers, dipossesing them of valuables.

    The Commissioner, however, aasured that the  government would deploy more law enforcement agents, and Operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) and the TRACE  to the area.

  • Quality education hinged on school-parent partnership

    Quality education hinged on school-parent partnership

    The Chairman of All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Ijebu-North, Ogun State, Mr Olusoga Adesanya has said the slide in quality education,not quantity, can be stopped if parents and schools partner together.
    Adesanya said the difference between the education gotten by the fore father’s of the country and those of preceding generations is why most students of today are cult members,as the core of quality education was missed during the process.
    He said this over the weekend in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State at the fifth anniversary celebrations and second graduation ceremony of Greater Heights Academy.
    Adesanya,who was the keynote speaker,said indications of declining quality and wastage in the education system include high drop-out and failure rates,rampant examination malpractices,poor reading and writing skills evident in the swarming population of students who repeat promotional exams every year.
    He said the partnership is because schools and parents have little understanding of each other’s interests in children and schools as most teachers do not know the goals that parents have for their children.
    He said Parents-School partnership at investing in quality education connotes the striving together of both the school and the parents to assure sound academic achievement for their wards and children and creating that partnership especially around academics is what works for student achievement.
    “Successful parent participation in education and effectiveness help parents acquire and co-opt parenting and problem solving skills necessary to build a healthy and good family and school systems work better with the children from such homes who come into them,” he asserted.
    The Proprietor and Chief Executive Officer, Greater Heights Academy, Mr Timi Owolabi said the schools mission of ‘raising in partnership with parents and guardians,God-fearing,intelligent and morally upright pupils that will impact their generation positively through provision of quality instructions and enabling environment for learning’,takes into cognisance the need for the partnership.
    Owolabi said the school have continued to maintain low teacher-pupil ratio, and encourage personal growth of their pupils, since primary education is the foundational  years through which pupils should be nurtured well as tomorrow’s leaders,hence the schools development of good study habits,moral values,self discipline and esteem among its pupils.
    He said the graduands tagged ‘The Pace Setters’ should be celebrated on their feats as graduation means moving to the next stage of life and he is confident that the students will do well in their various future careers.
    The outgoing head girl of the school, Miss Ismot Adesanya said she is glad to be moving forward to secondary school as she is privileged to be in class 2016 where the students are gifted in different fields.
    Greater Heights Academy is a creche,nursery and primary school.