Tag Archives: Ogun

Man apprehended with human skull in Ogun

Man apprehended with human skull in Ogun

A54-year-old man identified as Adelani Oriyomi, has been apprehended by men of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, otherwise known as So-Safe Corps, while allegedly attempting to exhume a human skull at a tomb in Kere, Obada-Oko, Abeokuta, Ogun State at about 2.35am on January 21, 2025.   A statement issued by the Commander of So-Safe Corps, …

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Ogun FMC staff commits suicide by jumping into well

Ogun FMC staff commits suicide by jumping into well

Adeniyi Oluwaseun, the acting Head of Audit Department at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State has committed suicide by jumping into a well.   The incident occurred in the Obantoko area of Abeokuta on Sunday, January 19, 2025.    It was gathered that Adeniyi took his own life after having dinner.   An unconfirmed report stated that …

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Pastor shot de@d and his head severely macheted by suspected assassins in Ogun

Pastor shot de@d and his head severely macheted by suspected assassins in Ogun

The police in Ogun state have launched an investigation after 54-year-old Yomi Adetula, a prophet with the Celestial Church of Christ’s Eagle parish was shot by unidentified gunmen who opened fire during an active church service and then escaped this morning January 19.    The police in Idiroko division received a report that at 10.30am someone had been k!lled at …

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16-year-old boy arrested for stealing church roofing sheets in Ogun

16-year-old boy arrested for stealing church roofing sheets in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old boy, Ademola Bolu, for allegedly stealing aluminium roofing sheets worth N180,000 from the Christ Light Deliverance Ministry Church in Orile-Ilugun, Odeda Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesperson of the command, CSP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday, January 18, 2025, said that Bolu, along …

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29-year-old mother of one slaughtered on her farm in Ogun

29-year-old mother of one slaughtered on her farm in Ogun

A 29-year-old mother of one, Mrs Gloria Peter Ajine, was brutally m8rdered by unknown assailants while harvesting vegetables on her farm in Ilewo Orile in Abeokuta North, Ogun State.   According to Punch, Gloria had gone to her farm that afternoon to gather vegetables in preparation for the market day on 16 January 2025 but never returned home.   She …

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Man st@bs and attacks his wife with hot oil in Ogun

Man st@bs and attacks his wife with hot oil in Ogun

The police in Ogun state have arrested a man identified as Sholola Kazeem for attacking his wife, Sholola Mutiat, with hot oil, severely peeling her skin in the process.   Sholola also st@bbed the wife in her head with a knife before neighbours rescued and rushed her to the hospital in Ring Road community in Owode Egba, Ogun State where …

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Man arrested for allegedly defiling his four-year-old daughter in Ogun

Man arrested for allegedly defiling his four-year-old daughter in Ogun

The police in Ogun state have arrested a man identified as Idowu Adebanjo, for allegedly d#filing his four-year-old daughter in the Okunsanya Ijebu Igbo area of the state.   The victim’s mother, Aderonke Adebanjo, had visited the police on January 15, to report her husband for his alleged dastardly act.   The police acted on the report and arrested the …

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Police arrest man for allegedly poisoning cows in Ogun

Police arrest man for allegedly poisoning cows in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man, Samuel Egbetokun for allegedly poisoning cows in the Alabata community of the Odeda Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesperson of the command, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday stated that the suspect had laced cassava with rat poison and tossed it to the …

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Security guard arrested for allegedly stealing company?s property in Ogun

Security guard arrested for allegedly stealing company?s property in Ogun

Operatives of the Onipanu Division of the Ogun State police have arrested a 59-year-old security guard, identified as Olaitan Matthew, for allegedly stealing electric motor parts belonging to a company he works for.   Matthew, who works as a security guard at the company located in Tomori, Animashaun Estate, in the Ota area of the state, was arrested at about 4:30 …

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Protesting MAPOLY students allegedly attack Ogun Deputy Governor’s convoy

Protesting MAPOLY students allegedly attack Ogun Deputy Governor's convoy

The Deputy Governor of Ogun State reportedly escaped an attack by irate students during a protest in Abeokuta.    The students, from the state-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), were demonstrating against the management’s decisions, including an alleged tuition fee hike, delay in mobilization for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), and the dissolution of the 2023/2024 Students’ Union Executives.   …

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