The police in Lagos state has arrested and paraded two suspected killers of a former Ogun State Permanent Secretary, Femi Egbeoluwa, and his wife, Funmi, who were murdered in their Ikeja residence on March 19, 2023. Parading the suspects before newsmen on Thursday, May 25, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspects were the slain couple’s former driver, Wale Adeyemo, and his accomplice, Kingsley Chibueze. He said Adeyemo resigned as the couple’s driver …
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Ogun State, Governor Dapo Abiodun has declared cultism an act of terrorism in the state. The governor made the declaration at the Akarigbo’s Palace in Sagamu during a stakeholder’s security meeting on Friday, May 5. “I am declaring cult members, cult activities here as an act of terrorism. I am taking these as a test of this administration’s will. “I have sounded a note of warning in times past, I am resounding a fresh note of warning to all …
Four people have been arrested after the body of a farmer, Joel Omirenya, disappeared from the Sacred Heart Hospital’s mortuary in the Lantoro area of Abeokuta, Ogun State. Omirenya, 86, was admitted to the Sacred Heart Hospital after he became ill at home. Sadly, he died at the hospital in February and his body was placed in the hospital’s mortuary. The deceased’s relatives found the corpse intact each time they visited to pay for the corpse to …
A suspected Boko Haram leader was on Sunday July 31, arrested by operatives of Department of State Services in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. Daily Trust reported that the suspected Boko Haram leader was arrested at Ijaye area of Abeokuta. It was also learnt that the suspect initially put up a resistance before bowing to the superior power of DSS operatives during the operation carried out at night. A security source told the publication that the suspected terrorist …
One of the Kuje Correctional Center escapees was on Monday, July 11th arrested by operatives of Ogun state Police Command. The escapee, 28year old Yakubu AbdulMumuni was arrested following an information received by policemen at Sango ota divisional headquarters that, the convict was sighted somewhere around Sango Ota. Upon the information, the DPO Sango Ota division, SP Saleh Dahiru quickly mobilised his men and moved to the area where the convict was apprehended. He confessed to the Police that he …
A suspected thief, Omotayo Oni, was arrested for allegedly stealing cables inside the headquarters of Deeper Life Bible Church in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspect was arrested by operatives of the Ogun State-owned security outfit, So-Safe Corps during a routine patrol in the axis around 5:30 am on Wednesday, June 22. Spokesperson of the corps, Moruf Yusuf, in a statement on Friday, June 24, said the suspect attempted to run away when the security officers wanted …