Crime & City Diary
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APC demands probe of teenager’s killing in Osun, distances Oyebamiji from violence
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the killing of a 14-year-old boy, Ezekiel Olapade, in Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area, describing the incident as wicked, inconsiderate and barbaric. In a statement issued on Monday by the party’s Director of Media and Information, Mogaji Kola Olabisi, the APC called on…
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Court plays El-Rufai’s Arise TV interview as DSS testifies against ex-Kaduna governor
The trial of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, over alleged unauthorised access to a telephone conversation involving the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, continued on Monday at the Federal High Court in Abuja, with the court playing a video recording of an interview at the centre of the case. During the proceedings, activist and lawyer Deji Adeyanju testified…
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TICC demands arrest of suspect over teenager’s killing in Osun
As victim’s father recounts incident By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Imole Campaign Council (TICC) on Monday called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of a suspect identified as Saheed Kareem, popularly known as “Tanfeani,” following the killing of a 14-year-old boy, Ezekiel Olapade, during a violent attack in Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State. Addressing a press…
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They came for my husband but took me instead — Ondo kidnap victim
By Boye Oyeyemi A 35-year-old woman, Mrs Morenike Falona, who recently regained freedom after spending four days in captivity, has narrated her experience in the hands of suspected kidnappers who abducted her from her residence in Ode-Irele, Ondo State. Falona, wife of a motorcycle dealer, was kidnapped last week but was rescued through a security operation. She was briefly hospitalised…
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36-year-old woman arraigned for allegedly threatening to harm couple in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi A 36-year-old woman, Blessing Abe, was on Monday arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Akure, Ondo State, over allegations of threat to life, malicious damage of property and theft. The defendant was docked on a three-count charge following a complaint lodged by a couple, Dr. Oladapo Omoseebi and his wife, Elizabeth. The police prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin,…
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Court sentences three men to death for armed robbery in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced three men, Uche Onu, Ekene Okorie and Celestine Eze, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of armed robbery. Justice William Olamide delivered the judgment after holding that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and established that the convicts acted together in carrying out…
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Kidnappers flee into bush as police foil abduction attempts in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi Suspected kidnappers on Sunday fled into the bush after operatives of the Ondo State Police Command foiled two separate abduction attempts in Owo Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement by the spokesperson for the command, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, the swift intervention of security operatives led to the rescue of all victims, including a…
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Fulani group asks Tinubu, Makinde to caution Igboho over remarks
By Adejayan Gbenga A Fulani socio-cultural organisation, the Concerned Fulani People of Nigeria, has called on President Bola Tinubu and Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to caution Yoruba nation agitator Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, over what it described as inflammatory remarks directed at Fulani communities in the state. The group made the call in a statement issued…
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LG chair, police refute claims of Igboho abductees’ release, urge against misinformation
By Adejayan Gbenga Conflicting reports have continued to trail the fate of victims abducted in Igbope, Oorelope Local Government Area of Oyo State, following claims that they regained freedom after an ultimatum issued by Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho. Social media posts and viral videos over the weekend suggested that the abducted family had been…
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Police probe death of 71-year-old church leader in Ondo hotel
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Police Command has commenced investigation into the death of a 71-year-old church leader, Omotayo Ezekiel Fajana, whose body was discovered under suspicious circumstances in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Government Area. The development was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, while speaking on Sunday with Western Post. According to the police,…
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