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Police arrests 22 suspected cultists in Ogun

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Police operatives in Ogun have arrested 22 suspected cultists in different parts of the state in the last 48 hours.

The spokesman for the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abeokuta.

He said the command had set up a special squad, headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations to checkmate the disturbing activities of cultists across the state.

He said the suspects comprising members of the Aiye and Eiye confraternities were arrested at the various hideouts in Lafenwa and Oju Ogbara area of Sapon in Abeokuta.

President Muhammadu Buhari had last week ordered the police to end killings by cultists in the state.

The President’s directive followed the killing of 15 persons during cult clashes in many parts of the state.

Oyeyemi said: “Some of the suspects were also apprehended in Sagamu during a similar operation carried out by the squad.

“All the arrested suspects are currently being investigated to ascertain their roles in the cult war that had engulfed the state recently, which claimed the lives of some cult members.”

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Police arrests woman for setting daughter ablaze in Ogun

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Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested a woman simply identified as Aisha Tijani for allegedly setting her 10-year-old daughter ablaze.

Tijani, a single mother of five, was picked up by police officers on Sunday after a report was lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by one Moroof Ayinde who stays in the same compound as the woman.

The spokesman for the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident to journalists on Tuesday in Abeokuta, said Ayinde told the police that the suspect poured petrol on her daughter because the girl disobeyed her instructions.

Oyeyemi said: “The complainant claimed that the woman got annoyed because the victim took a phone she seized from one of her siblings and handed it over to the sibling.

After receiving the report, the DPO Mowe division, CSP Folashade Tanaruno, quickly moved to the scene with detectives and got the suspect arrested.

“The victim who was badly burnt was rushed to the nearest hospital from where she was referred to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital for proper medical attention.

“On interrogation, the suspect, who claimed to have been separated from the father of the children, told the police that she didn’t know what came over her when she was carrying out the wicked act.

“The state’s Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) for further investigation.”

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Ogun reads riot act to religious organizations over noise pollution

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Ogun state government has read the riot act to religious organizations and relaxation centres in the state over noise pollution.

On Tuesday, the state ministry of environment took a tour to the Sango Otta area and its environs, warning religious houses and relaxation centres to desist from any act that could cause noise pollution in their areas of operation.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment, Hon. Farouk Akintunde, who led the tour maintained that the state government would not condone infringements on the rights of citizens, stating that every religious house must operate in compliance with the laws of the state.

He enjoined residents to lodge complaints of noise pollution to the Ministry promising a swift response to such complaints.

“Religious organisations within residential areas should maintain 60-degree decibel noise level during the day and 40-degree decibel at night, organisation that defiles this rule will be prosecuted accordingly”, he warned.

Akintunde while addressing the founder of a church who had been served an abatement notice on the ground of noise pollution, pointed out that noise pollution could cause high blood pressure, hearing loss, mental health disorder and deprive residents of sound sleep, among others.

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EFCC arrests alleged fraudsters at ‘Yahoo Boys Awards’ in Ogun

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos State Command, have arrested 60 suspected internet fraudsters during an awards ceremony at the Conference Hotel in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday.

The anti-graft agency said the suspects were arrested at an event, tagged: “Peer Youths Awards”, which was allegedly organised to reward high-level internet fraudsters.

Items recovered from the suspects at the point of arrest include: exotic cars, electronic devices, laptop computers and mobile phones.

According to Uwujaren, the suspects will soon be charged to court.

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Gunmen abduct youth leader in Ogun

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Gunmen on Thursday kidnapped the Coordinator of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) in Odogbolu local government area of Ogun State, Olamilekan Okunuga.

Eyewitnesses told journalists the youth leader was around Ogere in Ikenne local government area of the state while returning from Ibadan.

The Chairman of the NYCN, Abduljabar Ayelaagbe, who confirmed the incident to journalists on Sunday, said the hoodlums had contacted the victim’s family and demanded N30 million ransom.

The spokesman of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident.

He said one person has been arrested in connection with the abduction of the youth coordinator.

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Police warns against night prayer in Ogun

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The Ogun State police command on Sunday warned the residents against organizing night prayer sessions, especially at forest areas in the state in order not to fall prey to kidnappers.

The command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who made the call in a statement in Ota, expressed concern that some people in the state are still organizing night prayer sessions despite the command’s warning on the danger of such practice.

He said: “However, in as much as the command is not oblivious of right to freedom of religion, it is worthy of note that the present security situation in the country does not encourage prayer sessions in isolated places.”

He appealed to the people of the state to refrain from creating opportunities for kidnappers to operate, saying the command was working assiduously to rid the state of criminals who had turned kidnapping into business.

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Three kidnap victims freed in Ogun

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Three kidnap victims have regained their freedom in Ogun State, an official disclosed.

The police in Ogun State said they have rescued three victims of a kidnap syndicate who were abducted.

The victims identified as Jibril Afolabi, Amusat Taofeek, and Balikis Mohammed were kidnapped along the Siun-Ajura road in Ogere Remo area of the state.

Ogun police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who made this known on Friday, said they were travelling from Ilorin to Owode Egbado when some gunmen stopped them and dragged them into the bush while other passengers escaped.

Mr Oyeyemi said the rescue operation was made possible via a combined effort with the local vigilantes and hunters, adding that no ransom was paid.

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Police nabs three suspected cultists in Ogun

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Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested three suspected cultists for allegedly threatening to kill a man who declined their request to join the group.

The spokesman of the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the suspects are members of the Eiye confraternity.

The suspects are – Olajide Shittu (32), Emmanuel Fidelis (29), and Sunkanmi Ifelodun (39).

Oyeyemi said: “Their target (Teslim Lateef) stated further that they promised to eliminate him since he has known them to be members of their group so that he will not expose them.

“On the strength of the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Ajuwon Division, SP Andrew Akinseye who has been monitoring the suspects led his men to their hideout where the three suspects were apprehended.

“They have all confessed to being members of Eiye cult group and that they were trying to recruit more members into their fold.

“The Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun, has ordered the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence for further investigation.

“The CP also warned cultists in the state to make use of the opportunity given to them by the command to renounce their membership of those evil groups before the long arm of the law caught up with them.”

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One dies in Ogun fuel tanker explosion

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One person was confirmed dead on Tuesday in a fuel tanker explosion in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

An unspecified number of people were injured while several cars and houses were razed in the incident,

The tanker explosion, which occurred at about 8:15 a.m. along the Presidential Boulevard Road in Kuto, Abeokuta, was said to have thrown the area into confusion

Eyewitness told journalists at the scene that the accident occurred when the tanker which carried 33,000 litres of fuel had a brake failure and crashed into the cars before bursting into flames.

According to them, the tanker was coming from Sagamu-Siun-Oke-Mosan Road had climbed the overhead bridge and suddenly lost control while descending from the bridge.

The tanker reportedly hit a motorcycle which was in motion before ramming into some commercial vehicles waiting for passengers at the end of the bridge.

The fire spread to a few offices around the area and caused pandemonium as many motorists tried to escape from the carnage.

‌Some parents whose kids were on their way to schools were also thrown into panic as they rushed to the scene to see if their children were affected in the incident.

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End SARS: Crisis as protesters, custom officers killed in Ogun

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There was chaos along Owode-Idiroko road in Ogun State on Tuesday, following the reported killing of a protester and an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), DAILY POST reports.

Another officer of the NCS was said to have sustained injuries in the melee.

It was gathered that the crisis was triggered when a bullet allegedly fired by one of the customs officers while chasing suspected smugglers hit a yet-to-be-identified protester and he died immediately.

DAILY POST reported earlier that residents of the border area seized the opportunities provided by the End SARS protest to call for an end to customs killings.

Unfortunately, one of the protesters was killed in a similar situation.

Angered by the ugly incident, the youths reportedly attacked the NCS officers, with sticks, killing one and injuring another as others scampered for safety.

Contacted, the Ogun 1 NCS Area Command Spokesperson, Hammed Oloyede, confirmed the incident to DAILY POST on Tuesday.

However, Oloyede did not agree that the NCS officers killed a protester.

Oloyede told our correspondent that, “It is not a matter of somebody was killed, our officers were attacked by hoodlums. One has been killed, another one sustained gunshot injuries.

“Hoodlums attacked them in their large numbers. The officers did not even go on patrol, they were just at their patrol base observing caution because of the situation in the country.

“They were in camp and the hoodlums just attacked them,” Oloyede stated.

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Ogun guard allegedly hires area boys to rob employer

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Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 47-year-old security man, Adamu Ibrahim, for allegedly hiring area boys to rob his employer.

However, the area boys, Ajibola Yusuf and Bakare Ifakayode, leaked the information to the police.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday.

Oyeyemi explained that Ibrahim was a guard attached to the Inspiration Filling  Station at Matogun, Agbado, in the Ifo Local Government Area of the state.

According to Oyeyemi, the two area boys reported at the Agbado divisional headquarters that they received a phone call from the suspect that the manager of the filling station would be leaving the station around 8pm with huge sums of money running into N3m.

He said, “They reported further that the suspect, who described the manager and his motorcycle to them, instructed them to ambush, rob him of the money and kill him so that nobody would trace the incident to them.

They stated further that the suspect believed that being area boys, they would be useful for him to realise his devilish plan. But they said though they are area boys, they are not armed robbers.

“Upon the information, the DPO Agbado division, SP Kehinde kuranga, asked them to continue playing along with the suspect, while he detailed his detectives to be on his trail.

“The suspect continued calling the duo and giving them the description of the manager and the route he would be passing through, when the police swooped on him and got him arrested.

Initially, he denied planning any robbery with anybody, but when confronted with his supposed accomplices, he owned up to the crime.

“On further interrogation, he confessed to the police that the two people he contracted resembled those who had earlier robbed the same station years ago and that was the reason he thought he could confide in them to carry out another robbery which he would benefit from.”

The PPRO, however, said the state Commissioner of Police, Edward  Ajogun, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation.

He said the commissioner appealed to members of the public, especially business owners, to always do background checks on anyone they wanted to employ in order not to employ criminals.

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