THE Police Command in Osun says it has detained eight suspects for prosecution over the alleged mutilation of a 16-year-old boy’s scrotum in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area. The command’s Spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, made this known in a statement on Monday, in Osogbo. Ojelabi said three of the suspects, …
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An Osogbo-based cleric, identified as Femi has been accused of having non-consensual sex and impregnating his stepdaughter when she was 13 years of age. The allegations were brought against Femi by his 16-year-old stepdaughter, name (withheld). The victim, aged 16, had approached a Non-Governmental Organisation, the World Institute for Peace, …
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A herbalist based in Oba-Oke, Osun State, Ganiyu Kehinde, arrested by the police for killing his friend, Emmanuel Collins, has said he committed the act in a bid to get human parts that would be used for money rituals. Kehinde was among the suspects arrested across the state for various …
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A 39-year-old fruit seller, Dolapo Babalola, has confessed on how he killed his cousin and four of his friends for rituals at Okeigbo, in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Babalola, who was paraded alongside 18 other suspected criminals, said that he used their body parts for rituals. While …
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THE Osun State Police Command issued a warning that criminal activity would not be allowed anywhere in the state as it paraded some suspects detained for a variety of offenses on Monday. Newsextra24 reports that the state Deputy Commissioner of Police, Hope Okafor, who presented the suspects to the media, said that they …
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AN Osun State monarch, the Alamo of Ayegbaju Ijesa, Oba Abideen Adeyemi, narrowly escaped an attempt on his life in Ilesa on Saturday. A source who did not wish to be named revealed to Trojan News Media that yet to be identified gunmen opened fire on Oba Adeyemi and his …
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The Osun Police Command says it will henceforth sanction its officers attached to government officials caught carrying out domestic duties for their principals. The warning is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, and made available to newsmen in Osogbo on Monday. Opalola explained that …
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The Osun State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old man, Kehinde Adekusibe, for his use of hateful words on the microblogging site, Twitter. The Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed the arrest on his verified Twitter handle, @Princemoye1, on Thursday. The statement, titled, “Osun Police …
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THERE was a noticeable presence of police operatives at some strategic locations in Osogbo, Osun State capital, on Monday, following a violent attempt to seize a radio station in Ibadan by some agitators for the Yoruba nation. Our correspondent who moved around Osogbo, observed police presence at Ota Efun motor …
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The Osun State Police Command on Friday said two suspects arrested in a vehicle where guns were found at the entrance of the venue of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Osogbo, were still under investigation. Newsextra24 had reported that a car carrying some persons and guns was intercepted at …
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