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Showing posts with label ONDO STATE. Show all posts
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Wednesday, 13 September 2017
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
PHOTOS: MENTALLY ILL WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL ON THE STREET IN ONDO STATE
A mentally ill woman recently gave birth to a baby girl on the street of Yaba, in Odode, Idanre local government Area of Ondo State.
The Idanre local government under the leadership of Hon. Adebiyi Ayannuola took the new baby to a motherless babies home while the mother was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for proper treatment.
The wife of the LG boss, Mrs Doyin Ayannuola, Supervisor for Health in the council, Hon. (Mrs) Aderonke Akindolire and representative of the DLGA. (Mrs Idris) on Tuesday arranged and supervised how the the baby and her mother would be given adequate and necessary care.
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Monday, 26 June 2017
RIRUALISTS' DEN DISCOVERED NEAR ONDO HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY
An uncompleted two-storey building believed to be a den of kidnappers and ritualists was on Monday discovered in Alagbaka area of Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The building is said to be owned by a retired civil servant in the state,is located a few meters away from the Ondo State House of Assembly and it is behind the popular government-owned events centre, the Gani Fawehinmi Arcade.
The discovery was made by the residents of the area who suspected that some men were always inside the building performing numerous secret activities on a daily basis.
Punch quoted a resident of the area as saying that the building has been abandoned for a long time and many residents of the area did not know the owner.
He said, “The suspects thought the gunshot was from the policemen who came for them. They quickly rushed out, but some commercial motorcycle riders in the area helped us to chase and arrest four of them, whom we later handed over to the police.”
The source added that it was the timely intervention of policemen that saved the suspects from being lynched by the angry residents of the area.
Reacting to the shocking discovery, the Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Joseph, said many suspects have been arrested in connection with the matter.
Joseph said, “We have arrested quite a number of them and we are currently interrogating them. It is after the interrogation and investigation that we can conclude whether they are ritualists or not.”
The building is said to be owned by a retired civil servant in the state,is located a few meters away from the Ondo State House of Assembly and it is behind the popular government-owned events centre, the Gani Fawehinmi Arcade.
The discovery was made by the residents of the area who suspected that some men were always inside the building performing numerous secret activities on a daily basis.
Punch quoted a resident of the area as saying that the building has been abandoned for a long time and many residents of the area did not know the owner.
He said, “The suspects thought the gunshot was from the policemen who came for them. They quickly rushed out, but some commercial motorcycle riders in the area helped us to chase and arrest four of them, whom we later handed over to the police.”
The source added that it was the timely intervention of policemen that saved the suspects from being lynched by the angry residents of the area.
Reacting to the shocking discovery, the Ondo State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Femi Joseph, said many suspects have been arrested in connection with the matter.
Joseph said, “We have arrested quite a number of them and we are currently interrogating them. It is after the interrogation and investigation that we can conclude whether they are ritualists or not.”
Tuesday, 23 May 2017
PHOTOS: POLICE HAVE ARRESTED 6-MEMBER KIDNAP GANG WHO ALLEGEDLY KILLED SURVEYOR FEMI OLATUNJI IN ONDO STATE
Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS), Ogun State Police Command, have arrested six members of a kidnap gang, who allegedly killed a surveyor, Femi Olatunji (pictured above) after collecting ransom from his family. It was gathered that the suspects namely, Fademi Henry, the gang leader, Lebile Olatunji, Ehuwa Oririe, Olotu Tosin, Oluwole Ohunayo and Peter Omogbemi Richard, reportedly lured the victim to Igbokoda in Ondo State on May 12 through phone calls.
According to The Nation, Fademi took Olatunji to Holy Trinity African Primary School, Igbokoda, where his accomplices waited.
They tied the surveyor’s hands and feet, robbed him of his Pathfinder Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), N20,000, Gionee phone and an ATM card with which they withdrew N30,000 from his account. A source said the suspects contacted the victim’s family and compelled them to pay ransom into their account. They later killed him and threw his body into a river behind the primary school. He said the family reported the case at the Ogun State Police Command.
FSARS later located the suspects’den in Igbokoda, invaded it and nabbed six after a gun battle. Parading the suspects before newsmen at the weekend, Police Commissioner Ahmed Iliyasu, described them as a “gang of inhuman beings who unleash terror and pains on people.”
"Recovered from the suspects are one Nissan Pathfinder SUV registered as EPE 603 AT, belonging to the victim; one pump action gun, one cut-to-size local double barrel pistol, seven cartridges and one Gionee phone"
According to The Nation, Fademi took Olatunji to Holy Trinity African Primary School, Igbokoda, where his accomplices waited.
They tied the surveyor’s hands and feet, robbed him of his Pathfinder Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), N20,000, Gionee phone and an ATM card with which they withdrew N30,000 from his account. A source said the suspects contacted the victim’s family and compelled them to pay ransom into their account. They later killed him and threw his body into a river behind the primary school. He said the family reported the case at the Ogun State Police Command.
FSARS later located the suspects’den in Igbokoda, invaded it and nabbed six after a gun battle. Parading the suspects before newsmen at the weekend, Police Commissioner Ahmed Iliyasu, described them as a “gang of inhuman beings who unleash terror and pains on people.”
"Recovered from the suspects are one Nissan Pathfinder SUV registered as EPE 603 AT, belonging to the victim; one pump action gun, one cut-to-size local double barrel pistol, seven cartridges and one Gionee phone"
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
KIDNAPPERS DEMAND N70 MILLION RANSOM FOR ABDUCTED OF ONDO STATE PERMANENT SECRETARY
Kidnappers are reportedly demanding for N70 million as ransom for the release of a Permanent Secretary in the Ondo State Hospital Management Board, (OSHMB), Dr. Niran Ikuomola who was abducted on Sunday evening.
Secretary of the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Roland Arohunmolase confirmed the abduction saying the victim and his driver was picked up on Sunday evening along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway, on his way to Abuja for an official engagement.
Arohunmolase also says that the leader of the kidnappers has opened contact with the association. According to him, the kidnappers have confirmed that the Permanent Secretary and his driver are with them.
The family members of the victim have been contacted and a ransom of N70 million demanded before he would be released from their captivity.
Secretary of the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Roland Arohunmolase confirmed the abduction saying the victim and his driver was picked up on Sunday evening along the Lokoja-Abuja Highway, on his way to Abuja for an official engagement.
Arohunmolase also says that the leader of the kidnappers has opened contact with the association. According to him, the kidnappers have confirmed that the Permanent Secretary and his driver are with them.
The family members of the victim have been contacted and a ransom of N70 million demanded before he would be released from their captivity.
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