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A 40-year-old woman, Abiodun Oluyade, who killed her mother by setting her ablaze after pouring petrol on her, has sought to be forgiven.

Oluyade told an Ondo Chief Magistrates’ Court that there was nobody to cater for her son and husband, whom she said were both sick.

She said it was the devil that pushed her to commit the crime on June 13th, 2024 at about 7 am at No. 1, Okedoko Street, in Ondo town.

Her 86-year-old mother, Olawanle Oluyade, who was badly burnt, died a few days later while receiving treatment.

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A pastor had reportedly told the suspect that her mother was behind her predicament and that she would only be freed upon her mother’s death.

She sought to be forgiven when she was arraigned before the court but her plea was not taken.

She said: “It was the handwork of the devil, although something told me to do it and I will be free. Please forgive me, my son and my husband are sick. There’s nobody to take care of them.”

Police prosecutor, Inspector Moremi Akao, informed the court that the offences contravened Section 315 and were punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap 37 Volume 1 Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.

Presiding Magistrate, Mosunmola Ikujuni, remanded the suspect to a Correctional facility pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

She adjourned the case to August 5, 2024, for DPP’s advice.

A 300-level Computer Engineering student of Al-Hikmah University, Igbaja in Kwara State,  Akindoyo Gideon, has been kidnapped while working inside his father’s cassava farm at Lumeko village, Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. 

The motorcycle he rode to the farm was found by a search team. 

He went to the farm on June 11, 2024 and has not been seen. 

A statement by the Senate secretariat of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and signed by Henry Okunomo, urged security agencies to help find Gideon. 

The statement said Gideon might have been abducted due to the lingering communal crisis between Irele and Igbobini communities. 

It urged leaders of the two communities to find the missing student dead or alive . 

According to the statement: “Information gathered from the National President of Irele Local Government Students and a community leader Dr. Adekugbe Erik, said Gideon traveled home to gather foodstuffs from his community, only to be abducted while working on his father’s farm. 

“The community leader reported that the student’s disappearance coincided with an attack by the Igbobini community, resulting in destroyed homes and properties. 

“We categorically demand that the leadership of both Irele and Igbobini communities produce the student, either dead or alive, within the next 72 hours. failure to do so will compel us to relocate the NANS secretariat to the affected communities, where we will remain until the student’s safe return is secured.” 

Mother of Gideon, Mrs Janet Akindoyo, said her son was yet to return home from farm. 

“He has not returned, search party saw his motorcycle where he parked it but we haven’t seen him . I’m appealing to the security and the people to help find him,” she appealed . 

Ondo Police spokesman, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the incident, said policemen have been deployed to the forest in search of the missing student.

No cholera outbreak has been recorded in Ondo State since disease broke out in other parts of the country recently. 

Two cases were recorded in in January this year at Okitipupa local government area but they were successfully curtailed. 

On Wednesday, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Ajaka, said a surveillance network to respond against any outbreak of cholera has been activated across the state. 

Dr. Ajaka stated that the state has strengthened  the Rapid Response Team including the PHC coordinators, lab focal persons, Disease Survellance officers across the state. 

According to him: “The surveillance team was also strengthened  by the COPREP program with community informants as well as contact tracers trained and placed on stipends for eight months.” 

He did not pick to answer any enquiries if any outbreak has been reported between Wednesday and as of the time of filing this report.

Ondo State Government said it has requested a Certified True Copy(CTC) of the court judgment which scrapped the 33 Local Council Development Areas created shortly before the demise of late former Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.

It said a meticulous study and analysis would be undertaken, culminating in a comprehensive legal opinion.

Ondo Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olukayode Ajulo, in a statement, said all necessary measures, by the laws, would be taken to safeguard the interests of the citizens and foster peaceful coexistence,

He said he remained steadfast in his commitment to prioritizing the well-being and welfare of Ondo citizens.

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An Ondo High Court had on Thursday declared the creation of the 33 LCDAs as unconditional and illegal.

Justice Adegboyega Adebusoye, who delivered the judgment, said the creation of the LCDAs was inchoate, null and void, unconstitutional, and illegal.

He said the former administration did not comply with sections seven and eight of the 1999 constitution.

Justice Adebusoye upheld that there was no equitable distribution of the council areas among the 18 local governments saying that it was illegal for the late former Governor to sign a law outside the state.

A man identified as Eric and his yet-to-be identified lover have died while having sex at an apartment located at Ayeyemi area of  Ondo town, Ondo State.

The incident was said to have happened last Thursday.

Ondo Police Command on Sunday said it had commenced investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a man and his girlfriend in the State.

Witnesses said the deceased lovers were found stuck together in a sexual position and they were both naked.

The witnesses said it was a doctor that separated them.

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Another witness said both lovers were electrocuted while having sex.

According to the witness: “The generator running on their premises was still on and a phone was seeing charging on a socket placed on the bed. It may be possible that they had contact with a naked wire, resulting in their electrocution.”

“It was relatives of the man that found them dead when they checked on him after he didn’t answer his phone calls the following day.  They looked through a window, spotted the bodies, and then broke down the door to enter.

Ondo Police spokesman, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, who confirmed the incident , said investigation has commenced into the incident.

” The man and the woman are lovers known by both relatives. They died in the room but they were not stuck together. We are yet to know the cause but  investigation had commenced.

A 45-year old woman identified simply as Abiodun and popularly called Iya Sunday, has set her mother ablaze in a bid to kill her.

Abiodun was told by a pastor that she would only be free from spiritual bondage after the death of her 86 years old mother.

Witnesses said the suspect poured petrol on her mother and set her ablaze at about 5 a.m. on Friday.

The incident occurred at Surulere, opposite Anglican Cathedral Church in Ondo West Local Government Area.

Gory picture of the victim showed that she sustained severe burns all over her body.

She was said to be receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.

An eyewitness, Sola Oladele, said the suspect came to her mother’s house in the early hours of Friday.

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He said she called out her mother before pouring petrol on her and setting her ablaze.

The witness said: “What happened between them before the incident, we don’t know. But the suspect has been arrested by police at the Enu-Owa division for further investigation.”

Abiodun said her action was informed by the fact that she was told her mother was behind her predicament.

She said: “I went to my mother’s house around 4 a.m. and sat outside. When it was 5 a.m., I called her out from the house.

“Immediately she came out, not knowing what was happening, I poured petrol on her body and set

her on fire.

“It all started when I went to one pastor for prayer and he told me that my mother was behind what was happening to me.

‘I did not believe it at first. My mother also took me somewhere to see one woman. But after my mother left, the woman also said the same thing.

“I burnt my mother because of what I heard from the pastor and the woman, that I can only be free from bondage when my mother is dead.”

Police sources said the case would be transferred to the Police Headquarters in Akure for further investigation.

A 45-year-old woman simply identified as Abiodun and popularly called “Iya Sunday,” has set her mother ablaze in a bid to kill her.

Abiodun was told by a Pastor that she would be free from a spiritual bondage after the death of her 86-year-old mother.

Witnesses said the suspect  poured petrol on her mother and set her ablaze on Friday morning around 5am.

The incident happened at Surulere, opposite Anglican Cathedral Church in Ondo West local government area of Ondo State.

Gory picture of the victim showed that she sustained severe burns all over her body and receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.

An eyewitness, Sola Oladele, said the suspect came to her mother’s house in the early hours of Friday.

He said she called out her mother before pouring petrol on her and setting her on fire.

According to him: “What happened between them before the incident we don’t know, but the suspect has been arrested by police at the Enu-Owa division for further investigation.”

Abiodun said her action was because she was told that her mother was behind her predicament.

She said: “I went to my mother’s house around 4 a.m. and sat outside. When it was 5 am, I called out my mother from the house. Immediately after she came out, not knowing what was happening, I poured petrol on her body and set her on fire.

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“What started it is that I went to one Pastor for prayers and he told me that my mother is behind what is happening to me. I did not believe it at first. My mother also took me somewhere to see one woman. After my mother left, the woman also said the same thing.

“I burnt my mother because of what I heard from the pastor and the woman, that I can only be freed from bondage when my mother is dead.”

Police sources said the case would be transferred to the Police headquarters in Akure for further investigation.

Ondo state-owned University of Medical Sciences has entered into a partnership with the West African College of Physicians (WACP) for the training of Medical doctors in PhD in Clinical Studies.

The national chairman and vice president of WACP, Jeremiah Aboi Madanaki, said the partnership with UNIMEDS sought to provide a PhD that would make available a set of skills that were complementary to the professional training of medical doctors in Nigeria in particular and West Africa in general.

Madanaki explained that WACP was a specialized agency of the West African Health

Organizations are charged with the responsibility of training postgraduate medical doctors.

He said the institution trained doctors in six specialties Family Medicine, Community Health, Laboratory Medicine, External Medicine, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics.

His words: “We already have what we call the fellowship program which is the professional training of the doctors to allow those human resources to provide high-quality services.

“What we seek in the PhD in clinical studies is to look at those complementary skills that could actually further enhance what we do as professional doctors.”

Vice Chancellor of UNIMEDS, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi, said the institution has the resources in terms of human resources and infrastructures to embark on the programme.

Prof. Fatusi said the curriculum to implement the programme was ready based on the Nigeria University Commission (NUC) criteria

He said: “UNIMED is the first university that WACP is signing this MOU with. In a world where there is a greater drive for the science research component, that is where this complementary partnership is coming in and we are very ready as a university because we have the resources in terms of human resources and infrastructure.

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“I want to say that we have also started test-running this because we have the pilot programme. We are proudly again the only university in West Africa to have signed a partnership with the West Africa College of Surgeons which is the brother to WACP.

“WACP is coming in just to deepen, to strengthen, and to broaden what we are doing. The advantage of this partnership is that if people come to do this postgraduate, they don’t need to rely on just our staff to be their supervisor, we are bringing in all the expertise that is available in WACP, to support this. It is beyond what you can get in any university because of that unique partnership and strength that we are bringing in and the wild dimensions of experience and expertise that are going to come to this partnership.

“It is a partnership like none and a partnership that will drive the health professionals in Nigeria forward and everyone will be a winner, not just in our university and in WACP, but also in our nation and entire countries across West Africa.”