Tag: Ogun State

Ogun PDP Guber 2023: Former Atiku’s spokesman, Sowunmi, ’emerges’ PDP candidate

Aminu Imam

…Defeats Jimi Lawal, former el-Rufai’s aide A former spokesman to ex vice-president Atiku Abubakar, Segun Sowunmi, yesterday ’emerged’ the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Ogun State. Sowunmi contested the election with two other aspirants, Jimi Lawal, who was a former Special Adviser to Kaduna State governor, Nasir el-Rufai, and Hon. Ladi Adebutu. Sowunmi polled 554 votes to defeat his closest rival, Lawal, who scored 30 votes, while Adebutu polled 15 votes. The election, which was held at the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ),…

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Teenage boys slaughter girlfriend, burn her head for money ritual in Ogun

Aminu Imam

There was pandemonium in Oke Aregba area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, after some teenage boys were caught burning the head of a girl, said to be in a relationship with one of them, for money ritual. In the early hours of Saturday, one Segun Adewusi, who is the community security guard, had observed that some four boys were burning something suspected to be the human head in a local pot on the road. gathered that the security guard immediately alerted the police at Adatan station, who went to…

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Ogun: Police raise alarm over fake Internet fraudsters’ list

Aminu Imam

The Ogun State Police Command has raised alarm over a viral fake compiled list of suspected internet fraudsters in circulation. In a released statement, the State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the viral list circulating on social media did not emanate from the State Police Command as being claimed by some persons. The list had 31 persons purportedly drawn from Sagamu, Ago-Iwoye, Ijebu, and Abeokuta, and signed by one Assistant Commissioner of Police, Yahya Wakilu. Abimbola said the PPRO said the command suspected that the fake…

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‘Ogun State has highest number of yahoo-yahoo boys’, says Governor Abiodun

Aminu Imam

The Ogun State Government has admitted that it parades the highest number of internet fraudsters known as ‘yahoo-yahoo’ boys in the country, with a declaration that it is determined to stop the menace. Governor Dapo Abiodun made the disclosure on Friday, while speaking at the launch of ‘OP-MESA’, a joint security outfit, explaining that the reason behind the rate was the existence of a high number of institutions in the State. The Governor explained that, because of this, his administration has concluded arrangements for the establishment of a State Commission…

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Buhari inaugurates 5 projects in Ogun, promises more infrastructure

Aminu Imam

…Pays condolence visit Late Shonekan’s family in Lagos President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday inaugurated five key projects in Ogun State, assuring Nigerians that two major federal roads under construction, the Sagamu-Benin expressway and the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, would be commissioned before the end of 2022. The President was on a one-day presidential visit to the State to inaugurate some projects by Governor Dapo Abiodun’s administration. Addressing residents of the State, the President heaped praises on Governor Abiodun, for delivering visionary and trail-blazing projects for the people, even in the midst of prevailing…

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Policeman robbed at Ogun checkpoint loses his service weapon

Aminu Imam

A policeman has lost his AK-47 rifle to some hoodlums who attacked a checkpoint in Ado Odo-Ota local government area of Ogun State. An officer reportedly sustained an injury in the attack, which happened along Obasanjo-Itele road, on Sunday , when the hoodlums were said to have struck at about 3:11 am. It was gathered that one ASP Nasiru Azeez, Inspector Olabisi Lawrence and Inspector Atari Friday, were on duty at the checkpoint when the incident occurred. A reliable source said Inspector Friday sustained the injury on his head while…

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LG polls: “Anybody who goes to court will be expelled from APC” – Ogun Governor

Aminu Imam

The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has cautioned that aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), who challenged the outcome of the primaries in court will be expelled from the party. This warning was issued by the governor yesterday, when he led the APC team on a campaign tour to his Ikenne local government area. Speaking further, Dapo Abiodun expressed concern that some aspirants from his local government had dragged the party to court to seek redress. This, according to the governor, is an anti-party activity that would not be…

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Ogun: Police arrest woman for selling daughters for N300,000

Aminu Imam

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old mother, Blessing Ebuneku Agoro, for selling her two biological daughters – Semilore Agoro (4 years) and Deborah Agoro (2 years) for N300,000. The woman was said to have sold the children without the knowledge of her husband, Oluwaseyi Agoro, who reported the matter to the Police. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, (PPPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, told newsmen yesterday that the husband reported at the Redeemed Camp Divisional Headquarters that he travelled for some time and returned on Tuesday without…

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Human trafficking victims to get free legal services in Ogun

Aminu Imam

Human trafficking victims to get free legal services in Ogun The Ogun State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Akingbolahan Adeniran says respite will soon come to the victims of human trafficking, as they will get free legal services through the creation of Ogun State Public Interest Law Partnership (OPILP). Adeniran, who made this revelation in Abeokuta during the fourth meeting of the State task force on Human Trafficking, added that OPILP would be partnering with private legal practitioners, to render free legal services, (Pro-Bono), to indigents and victims of human…

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Family of kidnappers nabbed in Ogun

Aminu Imam

A kidnap syndicate made up of members of the same family has been apprehended by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command. This was disclosed by the spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement yesterday. He said the family members were nabbed following a series of kidnap cases within Sagamu and its environs in the year 2020. According to him, “The Command’s Commissioner, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, gave a marching order to the Area Commander and all the Divisional Police Officers in Sagamu to fish out…

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