Crime & City Diary
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Three arrested in Ondo over alleged self-kidnap plot
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly staging a fake kidnapping to extort money from a family. Police spokesman, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka Olushola, said in a statement on Thursday that the case was initially reported as the abduction of a 22-year-old truck driver, Tobi Oluwatuyi, at Ilu Abo in Akure. According to…
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Residents march for justice over 2022 murder of young lady in Ekiti
By Boye Oyeyemi – Residents of Olorunsogo community in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, staged a remembrance march on Wednesday, calling for justice over the 2022 murder of Felicia Oluwadare. Speaking to newsmen, community leader Obembe Olanrewaju said Felicia, daughter of Mr Timothy and Mrs Folasade Oluwadare, was abducted alongside her mother on 21 November 2022 while travelling on the Lagos–Ibadan…
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Kidnapped JCI president regains freedom in Oyo
By Adejayan Gbenga – The president of Junior Chamber International (JCI), Ibukunoluwa Otesile, has regained her freedom days after being abducted in Ibadan. Otesile, who also serves as the deputy coordinator of the Child Protection Network (CPN) in Oyo State, was taken last Thursday outside her father’s residence in the General Gas area of Ibadan. Security sources confirmed her release…
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Delhi Police deports 32 Nigerians linked to expansive drug network in India
Thirty-two Nigerian nationals have been deported from India following a large-scale police crackdown on a transnational drug trafficking and money-laundering network operating across several major cities. The deportations come after Delhi Police, working with the Telangana Police’s EAGLE unit, arrested 50 Nigerians late last month in what authorities described as one of India’s biggest coordinated operations against foreign narcotics syndicates.…
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Family petitions Osun police to reopen investigation into killing of Amotekun officer
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The family of Omitunsin Abiola Isaac, an operative of the Amotekun Corps in Osun State, has petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, to reopen and continue investigations into his killing on 26 July 2025 in Ijeda-Ijesa, Oriade Local Government Area of the state. The petition, filed by G. Olabode & Associates on behalf of…
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Fatal collision near secretariat claims 3 lives on Lagos-Ibadan expressway
Three persons have died, while two others sustained injuries in a fatal road accident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The crash occurred when a car heading towards Berger on the Otedola Bridge collided with a truck near the Secretariat axis of the expressway. Confirming the incident in a statement shared on its X (formerly Twitter) handle, the Lagos State Traffic Management…
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Worshippers now guarded by armed personnel – Apostolic Faith Church
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Apostolic Faith Church says it has intensified security around its worship centres amid growing concerns over attacks on religious institutions across the country. This was disclosed by Prof. Joseph Oba Fatoba, a member of the church’s Board of Trustees for West and Central Africa, during a visit to the Ondo State Council of the Nigeria…
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Sheikh Gumi labels kidnapping ‘lesser evil’, urges dialogue with bandits
Kaduna-based Islamic cleric Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has described the abduction of schoolchildren as a “lesser evil” compared with the killing of soldiers, stressing that while both acts are condemnable, they differ in severity. In an interview with the BBC published on Tuesday, Sheikh Gumi said his statement reflects a moral hierarchy rather than an endorsement of criminality. “Saying that kidnapping…
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Three remanded over alleged armed robbery in Ekiti
By Boye Oyeyemi – A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has ordered the remand of three men—Ayeni Oluwasola, 41; Tope Agbaje, 48; and Godwin Pius Anawo, 58—over alleged involvement in an armed robbery incident. The prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the allegations against the defendants related to conspiracy, armed robbery, and receiving stolen items linked to…
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Suspected kidnapper arrested while withdrawing N1m ransom in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnapper, Godspower Cletus, who was caught while attempting to withdraw a N1 million ransom allegedly collected from the husband of his victim. Findings revealed that Cletus stormed the residence of Mrs Farimoyo Endurance in the Odudu area of Akure, where he was said to have…
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