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  • Oyo CP dismisses allegations of ballot box snatching in Ibadan

    The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Shina Olukolu, yesterday dismissed reports of alleged ballot box snatching during the governorship and state assembly polls in the state.

    A former Oyo State governor, Rashidi Ladoja, and the governorship candidate of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Sarafadeen Ali, had complained of ballot box snatching in some areas in Ibadan.

    The duo alleged that ballot box snatching incidents occurred at Agbeni, Ojagbo, Iwo road and some areas in the Ibadan-North LGA.

    However, in a telephone interview with NAN, Olukolu said he had been to some of the areas mentioned and no issue of ballot box snatching occurred.

    The CP said the reports were false and that the politicians making such claims were only trying to outsmart one another.

  • Police probe death of female student at UI

    Police probe death of female student at UI

    The Oyo State Police Command has commenced investigation into  the death of  Miss  Deborah Effiong,  a 100-level Law student at  the University of Ibadan.

    The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr Abiodun Odude, made this known in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ibadan.

    Odude said police investigation into the incident followed the report by the university’s authority.

    He gave an assurance that the outcome of the investigation would be made public as soon as it was completed.

    The University of Ibadan had on Wednesday issued a statement through its Director of Public Communication, Mr Olatunji Oladejo, announcing the death of Effiong.

    Oladejo expressed the regret of the university management over the sudden death of the student at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

    “Her sudden death, however, remains a mystery and it is in the light of this that the University Management wishes to state that the cause(s) of her death are still being investigated by the appropriate authorities.

    “Her parents had been duly contacted by the relevant key officers of the University on the loss.

    “It is pertinent to state that by the tradition of the Queen Elizabeth II Hall where she was a resident, an event tagged “Fresher’s/Finalists’ Week’’ was organized by the Hall’s Executive Committee.

    “The first day being Monday, 01 May, 2017 featured ‘’Health Day’’ in the morning and ‘’Movie Show’’ at 7.00pm.

    “Her colleagues reported that the deceased was seen at the Hall Cafeteria, the venue of the Movie Show and it was reported that her ‘’normal self’’ was seen at about 8.40 pm.

    “Thereafter, she received a telephone call from a fellow; she left the venue of the movie show to meet the caller.

    “The fellow had been identified after her death by the Campus Security Service,’’ Oladejo said.

    He further explained that on getting back to the venue of the movie show, her colleagues stated that she suddenly became hyperactive and developed a strange attitude.

    Oladejo added that her colleagues said  Effiong danced abnormally and excessively in the cafeteria after the meeting.

    “It was further revealed that she left the venue of the movie show and, thereafter, there was a bang, which her colleagues explained, she jumped from a dangerous position in the Hall.

    “She was later found by her colleagues in a seemingly helpless condition in the precinct of the Hall and immediately, she was rushed to the university’s health centre by her colleagues and porters on duty.

    “She was later referred to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, for further medical attention where all efforts to save her life proved abortive,’’ Oladejo said.

    Effiong was said to have died overnight at the tertiary health institution.

     

  • Oyo Lawmaker’s killers: We are robbers, not assassins

    Oyo Lawmaker’s killers: We are robbers, not assassins

    *as police parades four suspect, declares three others wanted

    One of the four suspects arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Gideon Aremu, on July 1, 2016, Ayobami Adedeji (23) has disclosed that they were mere robbers and not assassins as it was insinuated.

    Adedeji and three other suspects; Adediran Oladapo (31), Kareem Isiaka, and Sodiq Adedeji (20) were paraded by the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade at the Police Command headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan on Monday.

    The lawmaker from the Labour Party, representing Oorelope constituency, was until his death the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Public Relations and Security.

    He was killed in front of his house in Alakia area of the state as he alighted from his car to open his gate. Three gunmen on a motorcycle were said to have trailed him to the house and shot him severally after a brief argument according to family source.

    In an attempt to quicken the arrest of the killers, the state Governor Abiola Ajimobi placed a N5m bounty on the heads of the gunmen responsible for the murder of the lawmaker.

    Narrating how the lawmaker was killed, Adedeji said they did not know the status of late Aremu before one of them called ‘Abbey’ shot him after collecting his mobile phone and money.

    According to him, we met at our usual Awo joint in Beere area, Ibadan, to carry out a robbery operation at Adegbayi, Ibadan on that fateful day.

    “We did not track the lawmaker to his residence but it was one of us called Abbey that his mother reside in Adegbayi that brought the job to rob the lawmaker to us. I did not know why Abbey shot him, but the only thing they gave me was N40,000 which was my share of the operation.” he said

    Adedeji who also confirmed to be an ex-convict said he is was jailed last year for selling Indian Hemp but was later pardoned after spending a year at the Agodi prison in Ibadan by the State Attorney General.

    The suspect claimed that he became friends with Abbey, Kola Mission, Yusff Ikire at Awo joint, around Ogunmola compound in Beere after he was released from prison.

    He noted that on the day they killed the lawmaker, they took off from the Awo joint after consuming Indian Hemp served to them by one Dele Awo.

    But one of the arrested suspect, Sodiq Kareem, who is a criminal receiver claimed that he was not aware that the killed lawmaker’s phone he bought was a stolen one.

    “It was Kola and Yusuf that sold the lawmaker’s phone to me for N12,500 but I could not make use of the phone because it was locked and has a security code, so I gave it to Kareem Isiaka aka Alfa to unlock for me or sell. Alfa sold it to Adeniran Oladapo for N16,000” he said

    Also, Alfa confirmed collecting the phone from Sodiq to sell but did not know that it was a stolen phone.

    Oyebade said that the arrest was made possible by a combined team of Intelligence Response Team of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and detectives from the Oyo State Police Command.

    “The suspects did not have the knowledge of the status of the lawmaker. As robbers their intention was to rob him of valuable property in his possession. The victim was killed because they thought he could identify them due to a torch flashed on them during the operation.” he said

    The police boss declared wanted three of the fleeing suspects which includes; Abbey, Kola Mission, and Yusuf Ikire, adding that anyone with useful information that could lead to their arrest should contact the police command.

    He saluted the patience of the family of the victim, the understanding of the state government and the people of the state.

    Oyebade assured that no criminal will commit crime of any magnitude in the state and get away with it.

    Lauding the effort of te police, The lawmaker representing Ibadan North State Constituency II, Mr Olaleye said the effort of the police in the arrest of his colleague is very commendable.

    “It is very clear to the world now that Honourable Aremu was not killed politically but by arm robbers. It’s not up to two months now and they have expose the face of this evil perpetrators and am sure those that flee too will soon be caught” he said

    Also, Oyebade commissioned‎ the Secretariat of the Police Officers Wife Association (POWA) and a new police station in Ogungbade, Ibadan.

  • Police parades quack doctor for procuring abortion

    Police parades quack doctor for procuring abortion

     *recovers 226 stolen cements

     A 26 years old fake doctor, Akilapa Johnson has been arrested by Oyo State Police command for procuring a life threatening abortion for 23 years old Barakat in Ibadan.

    The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Leye Oyebade disclosed this ‎while parading Johnson along with 14 other suspects at the command’s headquaters in Eleyele, Ibadan, Oyo State capital.

    According to him, Barakat was lured, counselled to abort the five month old pregnancy.

    “The abortion was carried out in the suspect’s one bedroom apartment which served as clinic located in a slum at Sasa, Ibadan. Shortly after the abortion, victim developed serious complications which resulted in her being admitted at the UCH where she is presently lying ill. Investigation revealed that the fake doctor, an Ordinary level holder, was only trained as a paramedic nurse and a first aider.

    “In spite of his limited knowledge of medicine, the suspect had consistently treating unsuspecting patients who mistook him for a qualified doctor. Exhibits recovered from the suspects are; two pieces of stethoscope, two pieces of plata of Paris bandage, four pairs of hand glove, injection and syringe” he said

    The suspect, Johnson, who admitted to the crime said he had his training as a paramedic nurse in Portharcourt.

    “It was one Azeez that brought Barakat to my house for the abortion. It was after the pills she took that she develop the complication. I am regreting my actions now. I am only looking for a means of survival.”

    Also, the police command have recovered 226 stolen bags of cements from one Babatunde Umoru and Mohammed ‎Umoru at a stop and search by the command’s Swift Response Squad along Lagos/Ibadan.

    Oyebade said the duo were arrested when co‎nveying the stolen cement in a lite ace bus with registration number GBR 25 XA from Elebu to Oko-Ado area, Ibadan.

    He said” During investigation it was discovered that the bags of cement found in their possession were stolen from the block industry of ‎one Lawal Amubieya at Akala area, Elebu, Ibadan. Further investigation revealed that the suspects who specialised in breaking into block industries and construction sites and stealing bags of cement confessed to have stolen over 200 bags from two construction sites at Odo-Ona Apata and from a block inductry at Elebu area between May and June, 2016. ”