Ondo State

Amotekun Arrests 62 Suspected Criminals in Ondo

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Amotekun

On Monday, 11th December 2023, the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as the Amotekun, paraded no less than sixty-two individuals who are purportedly involved in a range of criminal operations around the state. The suspects were detained in several locations throughout the state’s eighteen local government districts, according to the state security corps. The State Commander of the Corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, paraded the suspects at the agency’s headquarters in Akure, the State Capital, and explained that the arrests were a part of the corps’ efforts to make sure the holiday season was free of crime. He claimed that with the help of other sister security agencies, Amotekun was able to make the arrests. Read also: Kaduna: Bandits Killed Two, Nine Rescued  NTA Looses Veteran Newscaster Legislators Promise N350 Million to Restore Kaduna Community “Distress calls received, surveillance activities of Amotekun men, and all the security agencies in the state, inclusive of the Police, the NSCDC, the DSS, and the Nigeria Army, in various joint operations, led to the arrest of these suspected criminals,” Adeleye stated. “This ember month patrol is strategic because we are committed to ensuring the safety of people travelling via the state’s highways as well as the lives and property within Ondo State. All told, we were successful in apprehending roughly fifteen kidnappers. A few of them were armed.” “However, the sharp-eyed agents managed to apprehend a few of them, particularly in Akure North Local Government’s Ala/Dada/Ago Oyinbo axis. Additionally, there are some alleged kidnappers terrorising the Elegbeka axis in the state’s Ose LGA. Among them are armed robbers who were actually apprehended in the city of Akure as well as individuals who specialise in shoplifting.” The commander mentioned that one Usman Garuba, who was detained on charges of kidnapping and arson, was among the suspects. It was claimed that the suspect, an ex-convict, had set fire to a community. “Garuba was apprehended in the vicinity of the Ala/Dada/Ago-Oyinbo axis. He has successfully abducted more than nine victims and demanded a ransom. He once led five other people back to a village at night and set a community on fire because the villagers had tried to resist him. Thus, he is in our care and was previously incarcerated,” Adeleye said.

9-Day Old Baby and Mother killed in Ondo State

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9-Day Old Baby and Mother killed in Ondo State

Mourning ensued amongst the residents of Aiyedun Quarters, in Akure South Local Council of Ondo State, following the tragic incident of the death of a nine-day-old baby and her 30-year-old mother. The mother, identified as Bose Sanusi who christened her baby on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, was in her house – a one-bedroom detached bungalow – together with her baby when an overhead water tank crashed into the building. However, the baby’s grandmother and elder brother narrowly escaped because they were in the kitchen, which was unaffected by the collapse. The lifeless bodies have since been evacuated and deposited at the mortuary, at the State Specialist Hospital. Confirming the incident, the Spokesperson for the State Police Command, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said a 30-year-old mother and her daughter were killed in the incident. According to her, an investigation has begun to figure out the reason for the collapse of the overhead water tank. Correspondingly, a Niger State High Court in Minna presided over by Chief Judge Halima Abdulmalik, has sentenced one Stephen Jiya to death for setting his mother ablaze, resulting in her death. Delivering this verdict, in a case of culpable homicide against Jiya, the Judge found him guilty of the offence, punishable under Section 221 of the Penal Code which attracts the death penalty. Jiya was arraigned by the Office of the Attorney General of Niger State for setting Comfort Jiya, a retired Director in the Niger State Ministry of Education, ablaze, in December 2021. Jiya was arraigned before Justice Abdulmalik Halima on September 14, 2022, while hearings on the case commenced on November 23, 2022. Abdulmalik made known that all pointers indicating the convict was responsible for the crime were established by the prosecutor and that all the evidence, and prosecuting witnesses that testified were able to prove that the convict was culpable. The judge said: “The prosecutor has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt against the defendant, and I, hereby, find you, Stephen Jiya, guilty of the offence of culpable homicide, which is contrary to Section 221 of the Penal Code.” “In the circumstances, the sentence of the court upon you is that you should be hanged by the neck, electrocuted, executed, or injected with lethal injection until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul.”