Ogun State

In Oshoku Village, Ijebu North Local Government Area, Ogun State, a 20-year-old man going by the name of Ridwan is accused of ritually killing his father, Ishau.

This was said in a statement released on Friday by Soji Ganzallo, Commander of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, via Moruf Yusuf, Director of Information and Public Relations.

According to the statement, the suspect was arrested during a routine patrol of men of the So-Safe Corps at about 12 a.m. on Thursday when they heard a strange noise in a building which prompted them to verify what was happening which led to the discovery of the lifeless body of the victim.

The statement read, “At about 12:00hrs on Thursday, August 31, 2023, officers of the Corps on routine patrol heard a strange noise in a building while at Oshoku Village in Ijebu North Local Government Area.

“The Officers entered the building to confirm what was happening, but to the officers’ dismay, they found a man’s body lying lifeless in a pool of his own blood and the alleged killer fled the scene.”

With the commander’s instruction, the corps launched a manhunt on the alleged killer and he was nabbed in a bush where he was hiding.
The suspect confessed to killing his father for the purpose of the ritual.
“Ganzallo instructed the Zonal Commander, Ijebu Zonal Command, ACC Marcus Ayankoya, to get the suspected killer Ridwan arrested under 24hrs. The suspected killer was nabbed where he was hiding in a bush.
“He confessed to having killed his father, Ishau, with a rope tied to his neck and a knife used to remove the needed parts of his body for ritual purposes.

“The alleged killer told the officers of the corps that he only removed the private part, larynx, and just four teeth of his father as requested by a ritualist he identified as Baba Kekere.
However, efforts made by the corps to get the details of the ritualist who instructed the suspect to get the body parts for rituals proved abortive as the suspect did not disclose the location of the ritualist.

He was therefore handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
“Ganzallo further revealed that when he was asked about the whereabouts of the ritualist, he refused to give details.
“The alleged killer had been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Ogbere Divisional Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution,” the statement concluded.

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A proposed increase in the ticket price has caused some commercial motorcycle riders in Ogun State to disagree with their unions, the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria, Riders and Owners of Motorcycle Organisation, and Articulated Motorcycle and Riders Association of Nigeria.

ANAEDOONLINE Metro learned that Okada passengers in several parts of the state, including Ibafo, Magboro, Aseese, and Arepo, had rejected the alleged introduction of a new N100 ticket, dubbed the “Maker Ticket” and carried by some individuals suspected of being union agents.

Some of the riders told our correspondent that the tickets they paid for every day amounted to N600 but expected to rise to N700 due to the additional ticket.
An Okada rider, Joseph Nwaka, said the three unions allegedly plotted with some area boys to forcefully issue them the ticket, making the current situation unbearable for them.

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“The situation now is hard and you want us to be paying N700 per day instead of the initial ticket rate of N600. We also have families. The increment of this ticket is too much,” Nwaka said.
Another motorcyclist, who identified himself simply as Joseph, said, “They want to increase the money to N700 and people did not agree. We are not seeing any benefit from the levy. We suffer every day. It is not easy.”

Contacted, the Chairman of ACOMORAN, Folorunsho Balogun, told our reporter that he was aware of the increment.
Balogun said the unions knew nothing about the said area boys allegedly harassing the riders over the introduction of new tickets.

“I’m aware of it but the directive came from the local government chairman. We’re just a union. Any question you want to ask about the ticket should be directed to the local government chairman,” he said.

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According to reports, a group of senior secondary school students in Ogun State attacked Kolawole Shonuga after she caught one of them cheating on an exam.

The event took place on Tuesday at Isanbi Comprehensive High School, Ilisan-Remo, in the state’s Ikenne Local Government Area, our correspondent learned on Sunday.
Further information revealed that Shonuga found a student cheating and confiscated his paper while supervising the combined exam for the SS 1 Art class pupils.

According to reports, the students beat up the instructor at the school’s gate after school hours because they were upset over the teacher’s behavior.

Our correspondent gathered that policemen from the Remo Division later arrived at the scene and arrested about 10 of them.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Omotola Odutola, confirmed the incident
Odutola said Shonuga made a formal report on the alleged assault at Remo Police Division.

She also confirmed the arrest of 10 suspects.
While a police source hinted that the suspects had already been arraigned in court for assault, the PPRO did not confirm this.

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The state Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, Felix Agbesanwa, frowned at the incident and insisted that the students must face the full wrath of the law to serve as a deterrent.

Agbesanwa said, “The incident is true and I have been briefed. Our stand is that any student who raises his hand against his teacher should face the full wrath of the law.
“There is no going back on that. No student must raise his hands against the teacher, whether Ogun Teach teachers or permanent teachers, a teacher is a teacher.
“They must be made to face the law to serve as deterrents. I learnt they have been charged to court already.”

The state government has also condemned the act and vowed that it would not condone acts of indiscipline by learners across the state.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Science and Technology, Prof Abayomi Arigbabu, handed down the warning in Abeokuta, the state capital while receiving the new Executive of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria.
“I am using this opportunity to advise parents to talk to their children, they should warn them because we won’t tolerate any indiscipline from any child. Any student that misbehaves in school will be dealt with appropriately,” he said.

In October 2021, no fewer than four cases of assault on teachers were recorded in different public schools in the State, forcing the government to introduce a compulsory undertaking signed by all the students and their parents to curb hooliganism.

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Two village chiefs and four other individuals have been remanded in the Ibara Custodial Center by an Ogun State Magistrate’s Court in Abeokuta for allegedly invading the Ogun State Broadcasting Corporation’s property.

The 24.253 hectares of land are located in the state capital of Abeokuta’s Olorunsogo town on Oba Road.
Olalekan Odemuyiwa and Segun Konigbagbe, the respective village leaders of Agejo and Ake, were remanded by the magistrate, Morenikeji Osibajo.
The local government area of Obafemi-Owode contains the communities.

Wasiu Ogunsina, 51; Kabiru Olafenwa; Babatunde Odemuyiwa, 61; and Dare Awodele are the other participants.

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The defendants would be held for 30 days while waiting for the Directorate of Public Prosecutions to issue legal counsel, according to Magistrate Osibajo.

The police prosecutor, Inspector Adekanmi Adeusi, attached to the Task Force and Anti-Land Grabbing Unit, noted that the matter was reported through a petition by the management of the OGBC to the office of the Secretary to the State Government on June 19, 2023.
Adeusi stated the defendants entered the land and sold and developed some parts, thereby preventing the OGBC from using it.

The management of the broadcast station called for the retrieval of the land to prevent further loss to the illegal occupants.
Magistrate Osibajo, however, adjourned the case till August 15, 2023.

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Early on Monday, a head-on collision between two commercial motorcycles in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State left four people injured, including the two riders and passengers. This caused uncertainty for the locals of Mubarak Street, Alagbole Akute Road.

ANAEDOONLINE  Metro learned that a motorcycle rider who was traveling from Akute to Alagbole drove to the opposite side of the road in an attempt to avoid a pothole at the bus stop without realizing that another rider carrying two passengers was approaching.

They finally came into contact.

While navigating through the spot to avoid crushing students and other commuters who were waiting for commercial buses at a nearby bus shed, the other rider conveying two passengers rammed into an open channel, leaving the three people on the bike with broken legs and ankles.

Our correspondent who was at the scene of the accident reported that commercial motorists and fellow motorcyclists passing by had to park and carry the rider and the bike out of the road to a nearby shed where they rendered him first aid.

Meanwhile, at the other end of the road, both the rider and the two passengers were seen groaning in pain inside the channel after sustaining broken legs and one with mild knee bruises just as some residents also gathered to help them out of the channel.

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Speaking with ANAEDOONLINE Metro, a resident simply identified as Wale, said the speeding of the motorcycles in the area was rather unbecoming, adding that residents were already planning on mounting a speed breaker to reduce the rates of crashes in the area, especially during rush hours.

He said, “Their speed is too much. We usually have pupils using this part of the road when going to school in the morning. The other rider almost hit the pupils on the side of the road.

“As concerned residents, we are already working on erecting two-speed breakers. This will reduce the unnecessary speed of the commercial motorcycles in this place.”

Meanwhile, three of the people with serious injuries were taken to a nearby hospital for medical attention.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Oyeyemi Abimbola, could not be reached for comment on the incident as his mobile phone rang out as of the time this report was filed.

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