Suspected bandits on Wednesday evening attacked a police station in the Ipele-Owo community in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. According to the report, the incident happened as Christians were preparing to go to church for crossover services caused panic in the community, as officers at the station and residents ran for their lives….
The operatives of Ondo State Security Network Agency aka Amotekun Corps, have arrested 39 suspected terrorists who allegedly fled Sokoto State following the “powerful and deadly” United States airstrikes targeting militants linked to the Islamic State (IS) group in North-western Nigeria. The Commander of Amotekun Corps in Ondo State, Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed this on Tuesday…
The police in Ondo State have arrested a 37-year-old ex-convict for alleged beating of his girlfriend, Joy Jimoh, to death. The suspect, identified as Ademola Omokinwa, allegedly attacked Joy after she demanded the refund of N100,000 he had earlier borrowed from her. Confirming the incident, Olayinka Ayanlade, the Police Public Relations Officer in the State,…
A 16-year-old girl has narrated how her 53 years old uncle subjected her to repeated sexual assault and forced her to terminate two pregnancies in Okeodunwo Street, Igbado, Ondo town, in Ondo State. The victim, according to a police source, alleged that her uncle sexually assaulted her almost daily, concealing the abuse by cleaning her…
The Ondo State government has banned private schools from organising graduation ceremonies for pupils of nursery and primary schools, as well as students of Junior Secondary School in the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Professor Igbekele Ajibefun, on Wednesday, said this was part of the decision of the state government to sanitize the education…
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested 29-year-old Bello Azeez for allegedly faking his kidnapping to extort money from his family and acquaintances. DSP Olushola Ayanlade, the command’s spokesperson, revealed in a statement on Saturday that Azeez, a native of Ipele in Owo Local Government Area, hatched the scheme after his father refused to lend…
The Ondo State Police Command has explained how a motorcyclist aided kidnappers to perpetuate abduction in the state. Police detectives disclosed this while speaking on arrested seven suspected kidnappers of Omoniyi Samuel, a lecturer at the state-owned Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko. According to the police, one of the abductors, aged 45 years, is the commercial…
The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the death of the Divisional Police Officer in-charge of Kajola Police Station in Odigbo Local Government Area, Nimrod Anaka. The command’s spokesman, Ayanlade Olushola, confirmed this on Wednesday. Olushola did not give further details of the officer and what led to his death. “I can confirm that the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday adjourned till August 19 the trial of five suspected members of terrorist gang allegedly responsible for the Catholic Church killing in Ondo in 2022. They were arraigned for their alleged involvement in the June 5, 2022 attack at St. Francs Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State which…
Troops of the Nigerian Army operating under Operation Hadin Kai on Monday apprehended a suspected foreign terrorist while attempting to infiltrate a security perimeter in Yobe State, just as it arrested two men sent by an inmate of a prison in Lagos State to purchase arms in Ondo State for bandits in Zamfara State. The…
