The Kwara State Police Command has foiled two kidnap attempts and arrested four suspects in connection with the crimes in Ifelodun and Baruten local government areas of the state. The command made the breakthrough on January 9 and 15, 2025, respectively, when its men successfully tracked and arrested the four suspected kidnappers at different locations in Share, the headquarters of …
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Seven suspects arraigned for m8rder of final year Kwara student
Seven persons were on Monday, February 3, arraigned before a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin for the alleged m8rder of Awesu Mojisola, a final year student of Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa, in Offa Local Government Area of the state. Recall that the deceased was allegedly lured to Ilorin by one Happiness Adebayo and Timileyin …
Read More »Gunmen abduct three family members in Kwara
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted three family members in Owoyale village, Agbamu in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The victims identified as Alhaji Moshood and Alhaji Abdulkazeem Owoyale (siblings) and a woman believed to be the wife of Moshood was reportedly kidnapped in their house at about 10 pm on Saturday, February 1, 2025. …
Read More »Fake spiritualist sentenced to one year imprisonment for internet fraud in Kwara
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced a 23-year-old self-styled spiritualist, Odeyemi Oluwaseun to a year imprisonment for internet fraud. The convict was prosecuted by the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on two counts that bordered on internet fraud, impersonation …
Read More »Gunmen abduct five farmers in Kwara community
Gunmen have abducted five farmers, including a mother and daughter in Odo-Eku community in the Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community in the early hours of Wednesday, January 15, 2025, and whisked their victims away to an unknown location. A community leader simply identified as Elder Ogundeji, the …
Read More »Man commits suicide in Kwara
A yet-to-be identified middle-aged man reportedly committed suicide in Ilorin West local area in Kwara State. The man was found hanging on a tree along Eyenkorin-Ilorin road on Friday, January 3, 2024. An eyewitness, Alhaji Waheed, while giving an account of the incident, told journalists that they found a little piece of paper under the tree with a …
Read More »Local hunters rescue kidnapped wedding guests and others in Kwara
Local hunters and members of a local vigilance team have rescued five wedding guests and eight other victims that were kidnapped by gunmen along the Omu-Aran highway, at Obbo-Ayegunle in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara state. It was gathered that the victims were abducted while returning to their Odo-Owa residence from a wedding ceremony in Ope town, Kogi …
Read More »IGP visits family of man ?tortured? to death in Kwara; orders probe
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, on Sunday, December 22, visited Ilorin, Kwara State, over the de@th of a 35-year-old Jimoh Abdulquadri reportedly killed by the police. The deceased was arrested by the police operatives on December 19, 2024 for allegedly owing a fellow colleague at Olam farms in Offa, Peter, N220,000. According to reports, Jimoh of Balogun …
Read More »Poultry farmer d!es in Kwara police custody after arrest over N200,000 debt
A poultry farmer, Jimoh Tunji Abdulqadir, has d!ed in the custody of the Kwara State Police Command after he was allegedly tortured to d3ath. The victim was reportedly arrested on Friday, December 20, 2024, following a complaint by a client over a N200,000 debt that he owed. A family source said the police told them that the deceased …
Read More »Police arrest notorious interstate kidnapper, Dandolo in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested an interstate notorious kidnapper identified as Mohammed Bello aka Dandolo. The suspect was arrested in the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara state on Tuesday, December 10, 2024. The spokesperson of the command, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, December 12, said that the arrest followed actionable …
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