THE Ogun State Police Command on Friday announced the arrest of a seven-man gang accused of terrorising travellers along the Sagamu/Ijebu-Ode expressway. The gang is believed to be responsible for multiple kidnappings between May and September 2024. The suspects paraded include Azeez Abolaji Alese, identified as the gang leader, along …
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A 34-year-old man, identified as Segun Adegbite, was found macheted to death at a construction site near WitchTech Factory on the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. The state police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, confirmed this to Newsextra24 on Tuesday. Odutola stated that the incident was reported to the Sagamu division of the command by …
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THE Police Command in Ogun has confirmed that one Lanre Ogungbe, 32, was discovered dead in a hotel room at Soyoye in Abeokuta. SP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s spokesperson, confirmed in a statement on Friday in Abeokuta the incident occurred at 2 p.m. on Thursday. Odutola explained that a bottle …
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THE Command Monitoring Unit, Eleweran of the Ogun State Police Command has arrested a notorious land speculator/grabber named Ambali Daudu (77) who from police reports has been terrorising and selling off other people’s landed property. Mr. Ambali Daudu who claimed to be the Baale of Daudu Village in the …
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AN officer of the Ogun State Police Command has allegedly shot dead a betting agent, identified simply as Aanuoluwapo, in the Imala area of Abeokuta, the state capital. Rsports said that Aanuoluwapo, a graduate of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic in Abeokuta, operated a Bet9ja shop in front of a popular hotel …
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THE Police Command in Ogun says it rescued three Indians and a Nigerian abducted on Sunday by suspected gunmen at the Delabo axis of the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway. The Commissioner of Police (CP), Abiodun Alamutu, disclosing this at a news conference held at the command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, on …
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THE Ogun State Police Command has launched a search operation to recover the body of Francis Danjuma, the 32-year-old son of a police officer, who allegedly drowned in the Ogun River. Danjuma, who resided in the Isheri Olofin community, was said to have left his house around 2:00 p.m. on …
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A Point of Sale (POS) operator, Mutiu Salako, has been fatally shot by motorcycle-riding gunmen in Oke Lantoro, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Trojan News reports that the incident, which took place at around 6 pm on Sunday, initially sparked rumors of a cult-related attack. However, the Ogun State Police Command, through its …
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POLICE operatives from Ajuwon Divisional Headquarters have arrested a landlord simply identified as Adesina, for allegedly defiling and impregnating his tenant’s daughter at Akegbeyale Street in Ifesowapo Akute, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. Police Spokesman, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident, saying the case had been transferred to the …
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THE Police Command in Ogun said it has killed two suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway in a gun duel. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday, in Abeokuta, by SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson. Odutola said that the suspects were killed during a rescue …
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