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  • Soldier, policeman, others paraded for tanker hijacking, robbery

    Soldier, policeman, others paraded for tanker hijacking, robbery

    The Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a serving soldier and a police inspector for allegedly hijacking   fuel-laden trucks on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 38 other  suspects were also paraded for offences ranging  from armed robbery, kidnapping and  stealing to  cultism.

    Addressing  newsmen at the police headquarters in  Eleyele, Ibadan, Mr Abiodun Odude, the Oyo State Commissioner of Police,  said  the suspected hijackers often wore camouflage and police uniforms to carry out their operations.

    “The alleged hijackers of fuel-laden trucks usually wore military camouflage and police uniform in their operations.

    “They were nabbed by the Federal Anti-Robbery Squad of Oyo State during one of their operations on April 15 at about 8.am after they waylaid a fuel-laden DAF tanker with registration number  APC 937 XB on a bad portion at Shasha, near Ojoo, on Ibadan-Oyo Road.

    “The suspected policeman would be recommended for dismissal from the Nigeria Police for professional misconduct,’’ he said.

    Odude said both the soldier and the policeman confessed that they actually participated in the crime.

    In another incident,  a suspect  allegedly conspired with others to abduct his  own father.

    Odude said that the kidnapping of the suspect’s  father took place at Igboora in Ibarapa Central Local Government Area on May 17 at about 6pm.

    “ The suspect said he got a share of less than N1 million in the ransom collected although he confessed that his father never offended him,’’ he said.

    He said that the suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation was completed.

    Similarly, six suspects said to be  involved in the kidnapping of  popular Ibadan-based oil magnate and Chief Executive Officer of Bovas Oil and Gas Limited were also paraded.

    Items recovered from the suspects included  firearms,  nine  vehicles, one motorcycle,  N1.2 million,  musical instruments, knife and phones.

     

  • Police parade inspector, soldier for robbery

    Police parade inspector, soldier for robbery

    A police inspector and a soldier attached to 2 Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army , Herbert Mbachu (55 ), and Corporal Sikiru Balogun ( 46 ), and seven others have been arrested by the Oyo state Police Command  for various armed robbery operations in Ibadan and other major towns in the state.

    Other suspects who were said to be specialized in hijacking fuel laden trucks on highways were the leader of the gang ,Johnson Precious (45), Lawal Olalekan (26), Sodiq Onifade (26), Timothy Ayodele (53), Oluwadare Segun (30), Gabriel Olanrewaju (39), and Gbadegesin Olawale (45).

    The police inspector was said to have deserted for about a year, having served the police force for 34 years .

    Addressing newsmen at the Eleyele Police Headquarters, Ibadan  Wednesday, the state Commissioner of Police , Mr Abiodun Odude listed as exhibits items recovered from the suspects to include the sum of N1.2million cash, two Honda Accord cars with registration numbers AKD 74 BH , and LSD 680 ES , and one Nokia C-200 cell phone.

    The state police boss noted that until their arrest , the suspects had operated in Ojoo, Iwo Road, Lagos-Ibadan expressway and other parts of the state, snatching trucks conveying petroleum product to various destinations across the country.

    Odude said ”From 2016 till date , no fewer than six of such trucks had been hijacked by this notorious gang whose members include a dismissed police inspector and a soldier both whom often operated using the military camouflage and police uniform.

    ” In one of their latest operations , the suspects on April 4, 2017 at about 0800 hours waylaid a fuel laden DAF tanker with registration number APC 937 XB at a bad portion of the road in Salsa , Ojoo area of the state and snatched the vehicle with thirty-three thousand litres of petroleum from the driver whom they abducted to an unknown destination but was dropped off afterwards.

    “Discreet investigation carried out by the Special Anti-robbery Squad led to the arrest of one of the suspects, Sodiq Onifade , from whom the victim’s handset was recovered. His arrest and subsequent confession led to the arrest of other members of gang at their various criminal hideouts.”

    In totality, the Commissioner said about 34 suspected armed robbers were arrested in the past two weeks in the state.

    Paraded also by the Commissioner of police was the leader of a six man gang of kidnappers , Mohammed Abdullahi (29) who confessed to be responsible for the abduction of an Ibadan-based popular oil magnate , the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Bovas Oil and Gas Limited sometimes in 2016 .

    Among the suspects involve in the kidnap of the Ibadan based oil magnate Abubakar Mohammed (35) , Umoru Abubakar (32) ,  Ogun Aremu ( 35) , Mutairu Mohammed (30) , and Tambaya Tukura (29).

    The Commissioner of Police explained to newsmen that the kidnap kingpin was arrested by the Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad in his criminal hideout in Ilesa  Baruba , Kwara state .

    ” The kingpin , upon his arrest confessed to have led series of robbery and kidnap operations on several occasions within the state. One of the victims of the gang was an Ibadan based popular oil magnate , the MD/CEO of Bovas Oil and Gas Ltd. who was kidnapped in 2016 and an undisclosed ransom collected from her family before being released from captivity.

    “The gang also kidnapped and eventually killed another victim , Alhaji Saliu Sale along Ago-Are , Saki after collecting a staggering ransom of six million naira from victim’s relations , ” he said.

    Also, paraded was a 20 year-old Ibrahim Aliyu Babatunde who allegedly masterminded the kidnap of his own father.

  • 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.

     

  • 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. ”

     

  • Police parades fake doctor for duping victims

    Police parades fake doctor for duping victims

    The Oyo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a fake gynaecologist, Mrs. Damilola Ojo, who defrauded three of her victims of over N23‎ million.‎

    The Commissioner of Police in the state, Leye Oyebade, while parading the suspect at the Eleyele Police headquaters, ‎said the fake doctor also confessed to consulting a spiritualist to ensure her victims believe her and give her whatever she demands for.

    According to him, she also lied to her victims that she worked at the University College Hospital in Ibadan.

    “The fake doctor and other suspects that the suspect collected money from to treat their fertility problem, also defraud them of huge sums. “

    Oyebade said she also defrauded her victims by telling them that she could facilitate their entry into oil and gas business. However, she was also gullible as another fraudster, her spiritualist, defrauded her of a huge sum too.

    “In what appears to be nemesis, Damilola was reportedly defrauded of the sum of N48m by Asifu Ajinikirun, another fraudster who claimed to be a spiritualist. The suspect was known in her church and neighbourhood as Dr. Dammy Ojo. She had worked as staff nurse in Goodswill Hospital, Oyo, where she was employed with ‘To whom it may concern’ document.” the police boss said.

    Reliving her ordeal, one of her victims, Funke Olagbaju, who resides in Oluyole Estate in Ibadan, said she met the suspected fake doctor at a church programme in December 2015 and that she fell to the suspect’s trap in her bid to have a child after 12 years of marriage.

    “I was told by members of the church that the woman was a gynaecologist at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. I have been married for 12 years without a child so I thought it was an opportunity to meet someone who could treat me. I was eager to meet her. She told me at a point that I had cyst and so on. My husband paid her N86, 000 and another N172, 700.

    She said, “One day, she said she would introduce me to oil and gas business. She said many UCH staff is into the business. I gave her N1.25m and later N100,000. She later refused to pick my call, giving me untenable excuse. I began to ask for my money when there was no way forward about the business but she avoided me until my husband heard about it and involved the police.”

    But for Mr Caleb Owokunle, a co-tenant of the fake doctor, who lost N22m to Mrs Ojo said she has a hospital beside his house in Moniya but did not suspect she was a fake doctor and a fraudster.

    “In the process, she told me that she had two fuel filling stations and that I could make a fortune from oil and gas business. I did not know what got over me because I took a loan of N2m from Nigerian Breweries where I work and gave it to her. In all, she took everything I had, worth N22m. I fell into her trickery because I did not listen to my wife who is very religious,” Owokunle said