By Kemi Olaitan
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested some members of criminal gangs involved in killings, kidnappings, and other atrocities in the Ibarapa area of the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mrs. Ngozi Onadeko, led other top police officers to parade the suspects and others arrested by men of the command in Ibadan on Wednesday.
The CP said, “On January 2, 2021, at about 1955hrs, some members of a notorious kidnapping syndicate who have been terrorising members of the public in the Ibarapa axis of Oyo State invaded Subawah Filling Station located along Idere Road, Igboora, with sophisticated firearms such as AK-49 rifles, cutlasses, and other dangerous weapons. In the course of the attack, the kidnapper shot indiscriminately in different directions, and in the process, two young girls who were later identified as Bababtunde Omowumi and Toriola Kudirat were hit by stray bullets and died on the spot.
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Fri Feb 12 2021
The Oyo State Police Command has paraded 26 suspected kidnappers who have been terrorising Ibadan and Ibarapa areas of the state.
Some of those paraded are alleged to have murdered their victims after collecting ransom from their families.
Also paraded were 13 suspected armed robbers; a 72-year-old pastor of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Jimoh Odunayo, who allegedly defiled a 13-year-old girl; and a 56-year-old lawyer, Remi-Oladiti, who also defiled a 14-year-old girl.
The state’s Commissioner of Police (CP), Ngozi Onadeko, who paraded the suspects on Wednesday, said some of them participated in the kidnapping and murders of Oluwole Agboola in Akinyele Local Government Area; and a local government Chairman, Hon Adeleke Jacob Olayiwola.
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The Oyo State Police Command has arrested some members of a gang allegedly involved in killings, kidnappings and other atrocities in the Ibarapa area of the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko, led other top police officers to parade the suspects and others arrested by men of the command in Ibadan on Wednesday.
The CP said, “On January 2, 2021 at about 7.55pm, some members of a notorious kidnapping syndicate, who have been terrorising members of the public in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State, invaded Subawah Filling Station located along Idere road, Igboora with sophisticated firearms such as AK-49 rifles, cutlasses and other weapons. In the course of the attack, the kidnapper shot sporadically in different directions and in the process, two young girls who were later identified as Bababtunde Omowumi and Toriola Kudirat, were hit by stray bullets and died on the spot.
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Command in Anambra State, said on Wednesday that 83 persons died in the 245 road traffic crashes recorded in the State in 2020.
The Sector Commander, Mr Andrew Kumapayi, told newsmen in Awka that the number of crashes was high compared to the 194 recorded in 2019, NAN reports.
Kumapayi said that out of 576 persons involved in the crashes, 493 persons sustained some degree of injuries, while 83 died.
“From the data, there was an increase in road traffic crashes in 2020, compared to what was recorded in 2019.
“It was in June 2020 that we recorded the highest fatality. Out of nine fatal crashes, 15 deaths were recorded.
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Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested the suspected killers of an Ibadan farmer, Mr Wole Agboola; a petrol station owner in Igbo-Ora at Ibarapa Zone, Alhaja Sherifat Adisa, as well as the abductors of the chairman of Igangan Local Council Development Area (LCDA), also in Ibarapa, Mr Adeleke Jacob Olayiwola, among others.
Speaking during the parade of the suspects at the police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan, on Wednesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Ngozi Onadeko, recalled that Honourable Olayiwola was kidnapped on Iganna-Ado Awaye Road, with a demand of N5.5 million as ransom.
The police boss said operatives of the command swung into action immediately the council boss was set free after the kidnappers had collected the ransom.