Two suspected land grabbers have been arrested for invading the Idiagbon community in Ado Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun state with offensive weapons. The state police spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement released on Tuesday November 9, said the suspects identified as Olaolu Fashina and Akinshola Oluwasanmi were nabbed on Monday November 8 after Onipanu Ota Divisional Police Headquarters received a distress call. Oyeyemi said the police were told that the village was under attack by men suspected to be …
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As students in exiting classes prepare to resume for academic activities nationwide on Monday, August 3, the Ogun state government has mandated all students in boarding houses to undergo Malaria and COVID-19 tests as that would make them admissible into their boarding houses. In a statement released today August 1, Ronke Soyombo, the Special Adviser to the governor on Primary and Secondary Education, said all boarding students must stay in school hostels only as private hostels would not be allowed to accommodate …
A 38-year-old man has been arrested by men of the Sango Ota police division for allegedly attempting to rape a 13-year-old girl, Timilehin, at Abe Igi Ewupe Ota in Ogun state on Tuesday, July 7. The mother of the victim, Ms. Caroline, who spoke with LIB, said she sent her daughter on an errand and the accused who is a married man, allegedly dragged her into his house and attempted to rape her. I sent my daughter somewhere around our …
The police in Ogun state have arrested a 57- year-old man, Joseph Akporugo, and his wife, Janet, for allegedly maltreating their seven-year-old granddaughter on allegation she used her witchcraft to kill her biological father. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Opeyemi Abimbola, says the little girl’s plight came to the open after she walked into the home of a police officer living close to their home in Awa-Ijebu area of the state and showed him the wounds and scars all over …
44-year-old Pastor Oluwafemi Oyebola of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Ogo Oluwa parish in Ogun state, has been arrested by men of the state police command for allegedly raping his daughter on several occasions, getting her pregnant three times and forcing her to go through abortions each time. The accused pastor was arrested following a complaint by his 24-year-old daughter. The victim had reported at the Owode-Egbado divisional headquarters that her father has been forcefully having sex with her since 2015 shortly …
54-year-old pastor, Niyi Omowodun, pictured above, has been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl at Ejigun Agbede Itele Ota in Ado-Odo local government area. The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was arrested on Monday, June 29 following a complaint from the father of the victim at Itele Divisional headquarters. Abimbola said the aggrieved father told the police that while he was at his working place, he …