Crime & City Diary
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Police parade man who killed Imam but claims he shot antelope
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly killed a 78-year-old Imam of Alaguntan village, Adegun Yusuf at Orile-Owu in Ayedaade Local Government Area of the state. The suspect, Suleiman Jimoh (28), who is also a resident of the village while being paraded alongside other suspects at the Police Command Headquarters, Osogbo on Tuesday, however,…
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DSS uncovers plot to bomb worship relaxation centres
The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has uncovered plots by some groups to plant bombs in public places, including worship and relaxation centres. The DSS made this known in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Peter Afunaya on Tuesday. According to the security organisation, the orchestrators of the attacks are planning on hitting during and after…
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Four children electrocuted in Ondo
The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the death of four kids who were electrocuted in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the state Police Command, Funmilayo Odunlami, said an electric cable fell on the metal container shop inside which the deceased were playing, killing them. She said the command has commenced investigation into the matter. Two of…
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Second defendant in Adegoke’s murder trial slumps as court resumes sitting
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo on Monday adjourned the trial of the owner of Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife, Dr. Rahmon Adedoyin and his six staff over alleged murder and interference with the corpse of Timothy Adegoke, an MBA student of Obafemi Awolowo University. The adjournment was due to the ill health of the second…
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NDLEA arrests Ukatu, the drug baron behind N3bn Tramadol linked to Abba Kyari’s team
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday narrated how men of the Intelligence Response Team led by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, cornered 190 cartons of Tramadol they seized from a suspect. This was disclosed in a statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi. According to Babafemi, this was discovered after the NDLEA arrested suspected billionaire…
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Angry youths protest in Ondo over death of village head, two others in motorcycle accident
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure Some aggrieved youths in Kajola, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Saturday accused the police in the area of being responsible for the death of a village head (Baale) and two other men. The three men were alleged to have died in a motorcycle accident along the Lagos/Benin Expressway on Saturday evening, apparently after…
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Boyfriend attacks housewife with machete in Ondo, culprit on the run
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure A housewife, Funmilola Osundare is currently on admission at the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Owo, Ondo State after she was allegedly macheted severally by her boyfriend in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The victim was said to have been invited by the boyfriend, who is now on the run to his rented apartment in ljapo, GRA, Akure three…
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