Crime & City Diary
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Morning blaze destroys four shops at Ibadan’s Saki Garage
By Adejayan Gbenga – No fewer than four shops were gutted by fire in the early hours of Friday at Saki Garage, opposite Trans Amusement Park, in the Bodija area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The inferno, which started around 2:07 a.m., destroyed four out of eleven shops in the vicinity. Though properties worth millions of naira were lost, no casualties…
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Amotekun arrests ex-convict, five others for theft in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested a 56-year-old ex-convict, Ayo Akinpelu, and five others for various theft-related crimes across the state. Akinpelu, a native of Ondo Town in Ondo State, was apprehended in Ipetu-Ijesa, Oriade Local Government Area, for allegedly stealing two goats. According to a statement signed by Amotekun…
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Court sentences captured Ansaru commander to 15 years in jail
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court has sentenced Mahmud Usman, arraigned for terrorism by the Department of State Services (DSS), to 15 years’ imprisonment. According to the DSS, Usman is the commander for the Ansaru terrorist organisation, which engages in illegal mining to purchase weapons. The DSS arraigned Usman, also known as Abu Bara, on Thursday, alongside his…
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Mob lynches popular okada rider in Akure
By Boye Oyeyemi – Residents of the Ajipowo area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, were thrown into panic on Thursday after a commercial motorcyclist, Tunde Ilesanmi, popularly known as “Dudu,” was beaten to death in a mob attack. Eyewitnesses said the middle-aged rider was accused of joining two men in an overnight robbery. The suspects reportedly fled, leaving him…
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Suspected bandits abduct factory owner in Kwara Community
Oluwatoyin Hawal Momolosho – Tension gripped the Gbugbu Community in the Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State after armed men abducted the owner of Yashashi Pure Water Company in a daylight raid on Thursday. Residents said the attack, which happened while people were going about their normal activities, has deepened fears that insecurity is fast spreading into the state.…
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Police arrest man parading himself as “Obi of Lagos”
The police in Lagos have arrested a 65-year-old man, Chibuike Azubike, for allegedly parading himself as the “Obi of Lagos”. According to a statement by the police, Azubuike was arrested with three other accomplices as they attempted to organise a fundraising ceremony and an “unlawful installation”. Their arrest follows online protests by individuals and groups who expressed dismay at the…
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Fake colonel arrested for ₦1.37m job scam in Ondo
Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly posed as a senior army officer to defraud unsuspecting victims of over ₦1.37 million in a bogus employment racket. Police spokesperson DSP Ayannlade Olayinka Olushola said the suspect, identified as Abdullahi Saliu, was tracked down by operatives after he allegedly paraded himself as a colonel in…
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NUJ demands justice for slain journalist in Ibadan
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State Council, has called on the state police command to identify and prosecute those behind the killing of its member, Ojo Peter. The demand was contained in a statement signed by the union’s Acting Chairman, Olusola Oladapo, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday night. Peter, a former reporter…
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NSCDC inspector killed in Edo buried in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps officer, Inspector Oluwatosin Sunday, who was killed during an operation in Okpella, Edo State, has been buried in his hometown, Isua Akoko, Ondo State. Sunday’s remains were laid to rest on Tuesday in the presence of relatives, friends and officers of the corps. During the funeral, the Ondo State…
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Oyo police rescue kidnapped Egyptian national in Ibadan
By Adejayan Gbenga – The Oyo State Police Command has rescued an Egyptian national who was kidnapped on Monday morning in the Alomaja area of Idi-Ayunre, Ibadan. Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday, disclosing that the victim was abducted on September 8 but freed within 24 hours without any ransom being…
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