The Ekiti State Police Command says it has foiled a planned kidnapping operation in Ayede Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area of the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said two suspects were arrested in connection with the plot while attempting to sell stolen cows, with the proceeds …
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The Ekiti State Police Command has described as false and mischievous a social media report alleging that passengers in a bus travelling from Ado-Ekiti to Ibadan were kidnapped at Aramoko-Ekiti on Sunday. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Sunday Abutu, in a statement issued on Monday …
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Bose Akinyemi has emerged the first female Commissioner of Police ever produced by Ekiti State. The Ekiti State lady was among those recently elevated to the position of Commissioner of Police by the Police Service Commission. According to a write-up on an online platform, cited by Eagle Online, “the renowned …
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THE Police Command in Ekiti has declared a 34-year-old woman, Mrs Tolulope Orimogunje of Salaqua Street, Adin Quarter, Ilawe-Ekiti, missing. This was contained in a statement on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, by DSP Sunday Abutu, the command’s Public Relations Officer. “The woman left home to an unknown destination on April 30, …
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THE Ekiti State Police Command has arrested eight suspected motorcycle snatchers. A statement by the police spokesperson, DSP Sunday Abutu, said the suspects were arrested by the Rapid Response Squad of the Command. The statement reads: “Due to the recent incessant robberies especially snatching of motorcycles within Ado-Ekiti and other …
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THE police in Ekiti State have arraigned one of the alleged kidnappers, Bubuga Lede, 25, who murdered two traditional rulers in Ekiti State. The court ordered the defendant to be remanded at the Correctional Custody in Ado-Ekiti for 30 days. Police prosecutor, Inspector Osuolale Yomi, informed the Magistrate Court that …
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A suspect arrested over the alleged involvement in the murder of two traditional rulers in the Ikole axis of Ekiti State, Baboga, has confessed how he and members of his gang murdered the monarchs. Bogoa, a herdsman, confessed after he was paraded before journalists on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti by the …
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EKITI State Police Command has paraded one Alhaji Baboga for his alleged involvement in the killing of the two traditional rulers in the Ikole axis of Ekiti on Monday, January 29, 2024. Addressing journalists on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the Assistant Inspector General of police, AIG, in charge of Ekiti, Dare …
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IN a significant crackdown on criminal activities, the Ekiti State Police Command has apprehended five suspected kidnappers in the Iju-Ikere boundary area of the state. The arrests were announced in a statement released on Tuesday by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abutu Sunday. This development follows a distressing incident on Monday, …
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