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Police Arrest Suspected Armed Robbers, Car Thieves, Others In Osun
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EditorThe Police Command in Osun, on Monday, said it had arrested 20 suspects between November 2023 and February over alleged cable theft, armed robbery, kidnapping and membership of a secret society.
Mr Hope Okafor, Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Administration, who paraded the suspects at the Police Command Headquarters in Osogbo, said six of the suspects were arrested for armed robbery
“They also kidnapped one of their victim and alter IMEIs of stolen phones to evade police tracking.” she said
Okafor said the six suspects are: Seyi Ojo, 33, Kamorudeen Quadri, 32, Ogbemudia Sunday, 48, Fatai Toheeb, 22, David Adebayo, 43, and David Aderemi, 30.
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She said Seyi Ojo and Kamorudeen Quadri were part of a gang that robbed a family at Ijebu Jesa on Nov. 31, 2023, and after their arrest investigations revealed that they also took part in robbing and kidnapping one Sarah Olomolatan of Araromi Street, Erin-Ijesa on Dec. 7, 2023.
The police chief said that investigation further revealed that one Sunday Ogbemudia received two vehicles, a Toyota Corolla and Highlander , from the suspects while the duo of David Adebayo and David Aderemi helped the suspects to change the IMEIs of the stolen phones.
She said that one Fatai Toheeb was also arrested after both Seyi Ojo and Kamorudeen Quadri fingered him for complicity in the robbery and kidnapping of Olomolatan.
Okafor said that one Ayodele Kehinde, 39, who was arrested on Nov. 31, at Yidi Area, Ilesa Osun, for snatching motorcycles at gun point, equally implicated Ojo as one of his gang member.
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“He confessed to the fact that himself, Seyi Ojo and two others, who are currently at large, were the ones terrorising the area and that they had snatched four motorcycles, which they sold to one Olalekan Musiliu,” Okafor said.
The DCP said that four other suspects were also arrested for being members of Eiye Confraternity while another suspect was arrested for stealing electricity cables of an ongoing building project in Osogbo.
She said that a robbery suspect shot while his gang members were attempting to rob the Steel Rolling Company, Osogbo, was also arrested while seeking medial attention to treat the injury sustained from the gun shot.
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“On Wednesday at about 1:00a.m., a team of Police Anti-kidnapping operatives intercepted a four-man gang of suspected car theives on Osunjela Ilesha road while they were enroute to Kabba, Kogi State, to sell the stolen cars,” the DCP.
She said that preliminary interrogation revealed that the suspects operated under the guise of being gear box mechanics and subsequently steal their unsuspecting customers’ cars.
Okafor said that four cars were recovered from the suspects and called on residents whose property was among those recovered to come to the command, with evidence, to claim them.
She said that all the suspects would be charged to court after the completion of investigation.
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A young man identified as Khalid Bichi, was on Friday night, May 10, shot dead by yet to be identified persons.
According to reports, Khalid was trailed by the men who shot him dead in the Maitama area of Abuja
The deceased was a staff of FIRS with social media X handle @Khalid_Bichi, was on his way to get food when the unfortunate incident happened. He was rushed to Maitama General Hospital where he eventually died.
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Confirming the incident to LIB, the spokesperson of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, said the matter is currently being investigated and that efforts are being made to apprehend the killers.
The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service has disclosed that two men died in a tanker explosion which occurred on Friday night at the Ijesha end of the Cele link-bridge in Surulere area of the state.
The LSFRS Director, Margaret Adeseye, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, adding that firefighters responded swiftly to the distress call to extinguish the fire..
The statement partly read, “At approximately 23:12hrs emergency services were alerted to a tanker truck, carrying 33k litres of petrtol, losing control while navigating the roundabout to ascend the bridge. The subsequent spillage ignited into a large fire, engulfing the surrounding area.
“Prompt action by the Isolo and Bolade Fire Stations of the agency, contained the inferno, preventing further escalation.
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“Regrettably, two male individuals were discovered deceased, their bodies tragically burnt beyond recognition and handed over to the Nigeria Police Force, overseeing the necessary procedures. The Lagos State Ambulance Service also provided vital assistance throughout the operation.”
Adeseye added that efforts are underway to clear the wreckage of the involved vehicles from the road, to ensure free flow of traffic and to enable investigative procedures.
The PUNCH reported in April that five people were confirmed dead and over 70 cars burnt in a tanker explosion at the Eleme section of the East-West Road in Rivers State.
The incident was reported to have followed the collision between a petrol-laden tanker and a heavy-duty truck, spilling the content of the tanker which burst into flames.
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Kogi University Lecturer Stripped Over Alleged Sexual Harassment
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EditorA lecturer at Federal University in Lokoja, Kogi state, on Friday, May 10, was stripped near naked over allegations of sexual harassment of a female student.
The lecturer whose full name is yet to be ascertained, incurred the wrath of some other female undergraduates of the English Department, where he teaches. They insisted that he must be publicly ‘disgraced’, claiming that ‘his cup was full’.
The lecturer who was stripped to his boxers, was saved from further embarrassment by the combined efforts of the school security unit, at the Adankolo mini campus of the institution.
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The Nation reported that during the interrogation, the lecturer implicated his colleagues, including the Head of the Department (HOD), claiming that they usually provide him with names of female students to either “pass or fail” based on their level of intimacy or absence with them.
When contacted, the school’s spokesperson, Daniel Iyke, said that the management is aware of the development and had immediately set up machinery to investigate the case.
Iyke said: “The thing is that the university has its own internal mechanism in taking care of it.
“The report has been brought to the attention of the vice-chancellor, and he has set up a body to look into it. This was done immediately and the report or outcome will be made known as soon as it comes out. At this point, this is all I can volunteer.”
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