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  Barely 24 hrs after two members of a kidnap syndicate were gunned down in Itori area of Ewekoro local government, men of Ogun state police command in another bloody encounter have arrested one member of a kidnap syndicate while one was gunned down at Ilala forest in Imala area of Abeokuta North local government area of Ogun state.  The gun battle between the police and the kidnappers was as a result of information received by the police at Imala divisional headquarters that six armed kidnappers were sighted in the forest. Upon the information, the Dpo Imala ddivision, CSP Bernard Ediagbonya quickly mobilized his men, the hunters, vigilante men, so safe corps as well as Fulani youths and stormed the forest. On getting to the scene, the hoodlums, who sighted the team from afar opened fire on them, and the team engaged them in gun duel. In the process, one of the hoodlums was gunned down,  while another one who identified himself as Usman Maidama was arrested. Other members of the gang

 CCC El-Morijah cathedral Ijaba Ota Ogun state on Sunday 29th August 2021 conferred a life patron award on chief Ibrahim Fayomi (Olumako). At the award presentation ceremony, the pastor in charge of the parish said the award was giving in recognition of chief Fayomi selfless service to humanity and contributions towards the development of the church.  While reacting to the award presentation, chief Ibrahim Fayomi stated that the award came as a surprise to him as he was not informed of such presentation as he was only invited to come and present awards to some awardees.  On getting here, I was told I am also part of the awardees. This really caught me by surprise and I give glory to God for this great honor which will surely make me do more.  Most people believe I am wealthy hence the reason why I give to people a lot. Some even say it is money ritual but I want to tell you here today that I give not because I am wealthy or I don't know what to do with my money. The reason why I lo

  Two members of a suspected kidnap syndicate on Sunday 29th of August 2021, lost their lives when they engaged men of Ogun state police command in gun battle in Itori area of Ewekoro local government.  The two suspects met their Waterloo when policemen in Ewekoro divisional headquarters received an information at about 7:30 am, that some armed hoodlums with face mask were sighted hibernating in a bush at the back of ICT polytechnic Itori. Couple with the fact that many suspected kidnappers have been traced to the same forest before, the anti robbery team of Ewekoro division was quickly dispatched to fish out the hoodlums.  On sighting the policemen, the gang opened fire on them and the policemen engaged them in gun battle which lasted for about 40 minutes. At the end of the encounter, two members of the syndicate were gunned down while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot injuries.  Recovered from them are; one locally fabricated shot gun, two live cartridges, two battle axe

A 33 years old man, Imoleayo Adekoya has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for unlawfully having carnal knowledge of a 27 years old lady (name withheld). The suspect was arrested on Saturday 28th of August 2021,following a report lodged at Sakora divisional headquarters shagamu, by the victim, who complained that while she was coming from Ipoji area, she was accosted by the suspect who accused her of not greeting him. She stated further that she apologized to him not to be annoyed, that it was because she didn't know him. But surprisingly, the man pounced on her and started beating her and dragged her to the back of his house where she forcefully tore her clothes and had sex with her despite her shouting and struggling.  Upon the report, the Dpo Sakora division CSP Rowland Dahunsi, quickly detailed his detectives to follow the victim who was accompanied to the station by her father, to the scene where the suspect who was identified by the victim was promptly arreste

  Two mobile policemen couldn't hold back their tears as bodies of latest attack victims were displayed at the Plateau State Government House on Wednesday, August 25.   Over 30 persons were killed when gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias attacked in the early hours. Angry youths stormed the Plateau Specialist Hospital where the corpses of the victims had been deposited and evacuated them into van.    The protesting youths later proceeded with the corpses to the State House of Assembly blocking all roads leading to the area.   Despite the address by the Speaker of the House who pleaded for calm, the youths were not satisfied with the response and proceeded to the Government House where the corpses of the victims were displayed

  Residents of Agege and it environs have alerted the police and other security groups to be on ground tonight in order to give residents in the area rest of mind by providing security.  Everyone around Amoo, Agbotikuyo, Magbon and other closed environs are scared of what might happen again tonight with the counts, there are over 28 Vehicles damaged, 4 Cars belonging to Late chief Matt In Amoo street, some Benz parked beside the mosque and a Car painter who brought a customer Benz home got destroyed as well, shops in the street including a decoration shop glasses was destroyed,evidence of this can be seen if you visit Amoo street in orile Agege Lagos. Pls and pls let's come together and find a permanent solution to this. Its getting worst and tomorrow might be too late lamented of the resident who witnessed the unrest earlier this morning.  Another resident said, government should  stop playing politics and attend to the critical situation on ground.

In furtherance to bush combing operation in search of kidnappers terrorizing different parts of Ogun state,  men of Ogun state police command in the early hours of Saturday 21st of August 2021, engaged suspected kidnappers in gun duel at Bere forest in Onigaari area along Lagos-Ibadan Express way. This is as a result of information received by the command from members of the public that the AK 47 bearing hoodlums numbering about six were sighted in the forest, possibly waiting for the appropriate time to strike. Upon the information, the commissioner of police CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun quickly deployed the command's tactical teams, coordinated by the DPO Owode Egba division, CSP Olusola Oniyiku  to the forest in search of the hoodlums. While the combing was going on, the hoodlums on sighting the policemen, opened fire on them, and gun battle ensued between them.  At the end of the encounter, one of the bandits was shot dead on the spot, while others escaped with varying degrees of g

Friday 20th of August was a memorable day for the entire people of Egushi Ota Awori kingdom as the first ever Egushi Isese day was celebrated in style.  The very colorful event was held at the Otuku deity shrine located within With God Community, Egushi Ota, Ogun state. The event which kick started on Thursday 19th August 2021 started with the worshiping of god of iron popular known as Ogun bibo in Yoruba language.  On Friday 20th August 2021, it was time for the main event where different cultural heritage and values were showcased. The local hunters, vigilante groups and traditional worshipers all offered prayers for the community while also displaying various traditional dance steps.  In his speech, the Elegushi of Egushi Ota Awori kingdom, H.R.H Maroof Adio Alagbe, gave narratives of how the kingdom was founded over 300 years ago and how their forefathers moved from Ile Ife to settle down in Ota with three different deities which Otuku was one of them. The mornach further stated th

  Detectives of Ogun state police command, have arrested four members of a syndicate who specialized in robbing and killing POS and UBER operators.   The suspects, Kehinde Saliu Jelili aka Oluomo, Abiodun Akinola, Johnson Fakeye and Jamiu Akinola were all arrested following a report lodged at Onipanu divisional headquarters on the 18th of April 2021, by one Aanu Salaudeen who reported that, she is a POS attendant to one Abiodun Odebunmi a POS operator, and that her boss left his office at Aparadija the previous day, to meet a customer with a cash sum of four million naira to be used for POS transaction. She stated further that the said Abiodun Odebunmi has not been seen since then, and all call made to his line has not been going through. According to her, they have earlier done a transaction of 1.5 million naira with the person who invited his boss the previous day, and that it was the same person, who called his boss to meet him at ojuore to do another pos transaction of 4million nai

  It was another day to put smiles to the faces of the less privileged in our society most especially widows and the blind which has been responsibility been shouldered solely by Olu Block Foundation, a foundation which has been helping the needy for some years now.  Today's event was a special one as more less privileged persons benefited from the palliative been distributed today.  The program which started with a prayer session later had the founder Ibrahim Fayomi, (Olumaco) addressed hundreds of widows and blind assembled to enjoy the kind gesture of the foundation.  In his words, Olumaco expressed disappointment in some politicians most especially Honorable Jimoh Olusola Ojugbele who promised the foundation the sum of #200,000 while Yomi Olojeloju his media aide promised the sum of #,50,000 but never fulfilled such promise which was made publicly during the foundation official launch in July.  Olumaco further stated that all efforts to get through to honorable Ojugbele proved

  Former governor of Ogun state senator Ibikunle Amosun today paid a condolence visit to the residence the late father of Ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun to condole with him over the death of his father. However, He disappeared without seeing the Governor so as to physically condole with him. After signing the condolence register, Ibikunle Amosun left before the arrival of Governor Dapo Abiodun to his father's house this morning.

  The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has appealed to the leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), to end its ongoing indefinite strike in the interest of the general public. Prince Abiodun, who made this appeal at the Annual General Meeting of the State branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), described the strike as unfavorable, saying it would hinder government’s fight against the rise in the infection of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the country. Represented by his Commissioner for Health, Dr. Tomi Coker, Abiodun said the prevailing economic circumstances which had affected all sectors of the economy, called for reflection from both government and NARD, imploring the striking doctors to put the lives of Nigerians first. “This event also provides us an opportunity to talk about the ongoing strike by the National Association of Resident Doctors which is a sub-sector of NMA. Let me say that, as a government, we appreciate the genuine conc

  Detectives from the Special Fr*ud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested a 35-year-old fr*udster, who hacked into the server of a Nigerian bank to steal N1.87 billion. The suspect, Salau Abdulmalik Femi, who is the kingpin of a syndicate that specialises in hacking into the servers of banks and corporate agencies, was arrested after he hacked the Flex-Cube Universal Banking System (FCUBS) of a first generation bank. The spokesman of SFU, Ikoyi, Lagos, DSP Eyitayo Johnson, in a statement, said the suspect, using application software, created fictitious credits totalling N1.87bn on the accounts of three of the bank’s customers. DSP Johnson said the suspect successfully consummated debits (outflows) amounting to N417.5m through internet banking transfers to other banks. He said the unit, while acting swiftly on a petition from the bank; contacted the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the deposit money banks which customers were beneficiaries of the fr*udulent funds a

Men of Ogun state police command on Tuesday 10th of August 2021 arrested three suspects for looting a warehouse belonging to Sky Industry Limited situated at OPIC Estate Agbara in Ado odo ota local government area of Ogun state.  According to Dsp Abimbola Oyeyemi,PPRO, Ogun State Police Command, the suspects, Jelili Waheed, 33, Otun Taye 44 and Olu Adeniran 46 were arrested following an information received at Agbara divisional headquarters that some hoodlums are vandalizing and looting the warehouse of the company.  Upon the information, the Dpo Agbara division SP Saleh Dahiru mobilized his detectives to the scene where the three members syndicate were rounded up at about 4:pm.  Recovered from them is one Iveco Truck with registration number AKD 747 XZ which they used to convey one Forklift, one 300KVA Generator and one 25 KVA Generator property of the company.  Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun has ordered a thorough investigation into the past activitie

  It was a thug of war last night around past eight as unidentified armed men suspected to be cultist dive into  Mariam street in Ago Iwoye Ogun State and exchange of bullets began. Students, passers-by and residents were left in disarray as everyone took to their heels.  The gun battle lasted for minutes and five students were reportedly shot while one Damola from Plant Science, a 300L student lost his life after he was rejected at an undisclosed hospital. He died on his way to Ijebu Ode for treatment.  It took the intervention of the Amotekun boys and the Nigerian Police to bring normalcy to the community.

  Operatives of Ogun state police command on Tuesday, 10th of August 2021, apprehended a herdsman who simply identified himself as Mohammed, with one AK 47 riffle.  The suspect was arrested following an information received by the Dpo Imeko divisional headquarters, that two young fulani boys were sighted at CAC Oha forest Iwoye Ketu in Imeko Afon local government area with Ak 47 riffle.  Upon the information, the Dpo quickly mobilized his men, other stakeholders like the hunters, Vigilante men, so safe corps and stormed the said forest. After hours of combing the forest, one Mohammed was seen hiding in the bush with one AK 47 riffle, and he was promptly arrested.  The arrested armed boy is strongly suspected to be member of kidnap syndicates who have been terrorizing the area for quite some time now.  Meanwhile, the commissioner of police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet

  An administrative staff of college of health technology Olawale Jamiu has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for having unlawful carnal knowledge of a student of the college (name withheld). The 39 years old randy college staff was arrested following a report lodged at Ilese ijebu divisional headquarters by the management of the college. They reported that the victim was raped when she went to collect her school file from the office of the suspect. On getting there, the suspect dragged the victim into the file room and forcefully had sex with her. The victim there and then reported the incident to her guardian who in turn reported to the authority of the school.  Upon the report, the Dpo Ilese division csp Amuda Ajibola quickly detailed his detectives to the college where the suspect was promptly arrested. On interrogation, the suspect who initially denied the allegation was dumbfounded when confronted with the apologetic message he sent to the victim after his devilis

  Ibrahim Fayomi a.k.a (Olumaco) today joined millions of well wishers across the world to celebrate the birthday of the distinguished senator, Adeola YAYI.  Olumaco in his words eulogized senator YAYI  as a shining example who every politician should emulate. According to him, the distinguished senator is a person people tend to follow his example which is key to being a better persons. I want to use this medium to say a  Happy birthday to the one who goes before us and blazes the trail for success said Olumaco.

  As the 2023 general elections draws nearer, the political calculations in Ogun state has began while political supporters  are already rolling the drums of support for their preferred candidates.  One of such support is the unveiling of the Ogun West2West agenda which is been sponsored by Ibrahim Fayomi popularly known as Olumaco. The Ogun West2West agenda is a political movement which is formulated to give a staunch support to Senator Adeola Olamilekan who is popularly known as Yayi. While addressing pressmen at the official unveiling of the movement, Olumaco stated that the developmental stride which Senator Olamilekan Yayi brought to Lagos west senatorial district is supposed to be enjoyed in Ogun west senatorial district which Yayi is also a stakeholder  and son of the soil.  Olumaco further stated that as a strong supporter of the lawmaker, he believes there is no other candidate that can match the achievement of senator Yayi in Ogun west senatorial district and as such there is

  New Generation Club, Lafenwa Itele Titun Ota have confirmed that the club anniversary which is scheduled to hold on Sunday 8th of August 2021 will still go ahead as planned.  Confirming the news to Daily Advocate News earlier today, the prescribed authority of Lafenwa Itele Titun Ota, Chief Safaru Edunjobi said contrary to rumors going on in some quarters that he did not approved such event, he gave the event full support together with his council of chiefs.  Chief Edunjobi further stated that the club contacted him before fixing the date and that proper approval was duly followed with a letter from the Ado Odo Ota Local Government.  He urged residents to ignore rumor of cancelation or postponement of the said event which will hold at Lafenwa Itele Titun Ota motor park.  Speaking with members of the Club, New Generation members provided to our correspondent, the letter of approval which they got from the local government which gave them the go ahead with the event. When we heard the

    A 40 years old man Michael Salako was on the 28th of July 2021 arrested by men of Ogun state police command for beating a motorcyclist popularly known as Okada to death at lafenwa area of Abeokuta.  The suspect was arrested following a distress call received by the Dpo Lafenwa divisional headquarters, at about 12 noon, that an Okada rider has been beaten to death at Sanni street, Lafenwa Abeokuta. Upon the distress call, the Dpo CSP Samuel Aladegoroye, mobilized his men and moved to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.  On interrogation, the suspect, who claimed to have known the deceased in their community informed the police that he asked the deceased to take him somewhere with his motorcycle the previous day and the deceased refused. He stated further that when he saw him on that fateful day, he was trying to question him for his reasons for refusing to take him out the previous day and that led to fight between them. While the fighting was going on, the deceased c