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Edo Communities Protest, Give Obaseki 30 Days Ultimatum To Fix Failed Teboga Road

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3 years ago

November 16, 2022

Residents of Teboga and Uteh communities in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, Wednesday, gave the state government a 30-day ultimatum to fix the road leading to their communities.

They threatened that, if it is not done, they will continue to barricade the ever busy road leading to Aduwawa axis of the state.

They gave the ultimatum when they barricaded the Teboga road, leading to Aduwawa axis of Benin City in protest of the bad roads leading to their communities.

Addressing newsmen, Elder Enabosi Edward, chairman, Iwogban North landlords and landladies association, said Iwogban-Uteh-Teboga road has remained in a very sorry state for several years with the government making promises of fixing it but all to no avail.

He said having waited patiently for the government to fix it and nothing is being done to that effect, they decided to block the road to register their grievances.

“This Iwogban-Uteh-Teboga road has been taken over by erosion. We have even made covet through our own self help so that we can access our homes.

“All along, we have been talking with the government. People who claimed to be government officials have been coming to inspect the roads and when they come, they promised that the road has been awarded and that they are coming to work on the road. They just promised and they did nothing

“During election, we mobilized our youths and every other persons to go and vote for the governor hoping that this road will be constructed because he has so assured us, but now, nothing is done”, he said.

Elder Enabosi said they have made frantic efforts to reach the appropriate authorities to construct the road and it has not yielded any positive result.

“We have gone to the secretary to the state government to remind him and if we go to the governor’s office, they will refer us to the ministry and they will so assure us that the road has been captured already, yet nothing is done by now.

“Of recent, about three weeks ago, some government officials came and said that we should go and plant bamboo in a gully that is above 15 feet deep because the road is so bad.

“We do not know if they were sent by the government. We made effort to see the governor, we could not see him. We went to the Commissioner, only one of the directors told us that the place has been captured and that works will soon commenced, but with this new directive that we should go and plant bamboo, it means that there is no hope”, he said.

Also speaking a resident and landlord of one of the communities, Engr. Duke Josiah Ighomuaye, said it is painful for a landlord to be a tenant in his old age.

“Edo State government, please, Teboga is under serious threat .

“Landlords are at the verge of becoming tenants. How do you become a tenant at an old age? We beg you Mr. Governor, you can see elders sitting in the sun since morning.

“It’s gone way pass ‘becareful’. It is now an emergency. You should better declare a state of emergency in Teboga.

“It is an SOS. Please, our good governor, Mr. Obaseki, our Excellency, Philip Shaibu, the comrade, Osarodion Ogie, our dependable SSG, all the excos, you people should put heads together, intervention for Teboga is over due”, he said.

Another resident, Mrs. Patience Osayande, said they are always apprehensive whenever it rains because of the volume of flood in the community and thus pray that none of their children should fall inside the gully.

She said she is a widow and that the government should come to her aid before the only house left for her by her late husband is being swept away by erosion.

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Court Sentences Man To Death For Killing Son

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1 hour ago

January 9, 2026

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The Kano State High Court has sentenced Abubakar Alhaji Sabo to death by hanging after finding him guilty of killing his newborn son.

The Kano State Government prosecuted Sabo before the court on charges of culpable homicide and causing grievous harm.

He was accused of force-feeding the infant with a local insecticide known as ‘fiya-fiya’, resulting in the child’s death.

Sabo killed the baby after the mother, his girlfriend, refused to obey his instruction to kill the child to avoid the shame of fathering a child out of wedlock.

Following the incident, he was also found guilty of striking the girlfriend’s father on the head with a brick after he caught Sabo poisoning the baby.

During the trial, the prosecution counsel, Barrister Safiya Yalwati Yahaya, presented three witnesses, while the defendant testified in his own defence.

After reviewing the evidence presented by both parties, Justice Aisha Yau, who presided over the case, found him guilty of infanticide and sentenced him to death by hanging.

The court also imposed an additional three-year prison sentence for causing grievous harm.

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Nine Kwara Victims: Kidnappers Insist On N300m Ransom

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1 hour ago

January 9, 2026

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No progress has been recorded on the bandits demand for N300m ransom for the release of nine victims abducted in Adanla community of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara state on Boxing Day, December 26, 2025.

Coordinator of the Joint Security Watch for Kwara South Senatorial District, Zubair Olaitan, disclosed this on Wednesday.

According to DAILY POST, the bandits have so far made three contacts with the community leaders that “if the N300m is not paid, the victims will not be released.”

The bandits seized the nine victims in an attempt to abduct the King of the community, and his wife on Boxing Day, but failed.

The King, David Olarinoye, was away to Igbaja town for a programme when the armed bandits invaded his community.

The bandits, however, later seized nine other victims in the community and marched them to the bush.

While seven victims were abducted at the palace of the King, two others were captured on their way to the bush.

Following the abduction, the bandits demanded a N300m for the release of the abducted victims, resisting any negotiations for reduction of the ransom.

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Man Arrested In Edo For Alleged Abduction Of 4-year-old

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15 hours ago

January 8, 2026

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21-year-old ThankGod Destiny has been arrested by the Edo State Security Corps, ESSC, for allegedly kidnapping a four-year-old boy in the state.

Deputy Corps Commander, Operations, of the ESSC, Richard Balogun, who disclosed this to newsmen in Benin on Thursday, said the suspect has been handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.

Balogun, while disclosing that the incident happened on January 4, 2026 at Ikpoba Hill, Benin, said the arrest of the suspect followed an alarm raised by a commercial bus driver and a female passenger.

The ESSC commander said, “On January 4, 2026, a woman went out with her son at lkpoba Hill in Benin city. A few minutes later, the son disappeared from her sight.
This suspect identified as ThankGod Destiny had allegedly kidnapped the four-year-old boy.

“The little boy was hurriedly taken into a commercial bus going towards kings Square in Benin city.

“The driver of the bus who noticed a great difference in resemblance between the little boy and the man, however questioned where he was heading with the little boy.

“He lied that the boy is ill and he is taking him to the hospital. But later on, a female passenger asked him about his destination with the boy. He replied that he was going to buy the boy shoe.

“The various replies made the driver and the woman raise the alarm. The alarm attracted men of the Edo State Security Corps who were on patrol. The suspect was immediately arrested and the kidnapped little boy rescued unhurt.”

Balogun, who said the victim has been reunited with his family, assured that the Corps will continue to hunt for criminals in the state.