3 Die as Thugs Loyal to Monarchs Clash in Ogun State

Three people were killed during a clash between hoodlums reportedly loyal to two rival monarchs in the Ijoko, Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The two monarchs ─ Oba Abdulfatahi Matanmi and Oba Lasisi Ogunseye ─ had been at loggerheads for years over who had sovereignty over the community, with both sides attacking each other.

It was learnt that the community was thrown into turmoil around 3pm on Wednesday by the thugs, who reportedly wielded guns, cutlasses among other weapons.

Policemen from Sango-Ota Police Division were said to have intervened and restored peace in the area.

It was learnt that two tricyclists were injured in the melee which lasted for about two hours.

One of them, Tajudeen Adeleye, who was admitted in a hospital in the community, said he had taken some passengers to the Railway area ─ the scene of the clash ─ around 6pm when he was attacked.

He said, “I shuttle between Abule and Ijoko-Ogba Ayo. I decided to go on a last trip around 6pm. I was trying to park at our bus stop in Railway bus stop when I was attacked.”

Our correspondent who visited the community on Thursday, observed that residents were still living in fear, as most of them declined to comment on the mayhem.

Armed policemen were also seen patrolling the neigbourhood.

An eyewitness, who identified himself only as Rasaq, said the clash was fuelled by supremacy claim as the thugs belonged to rival cult groups.

He said, “The rate at which Matanmi and Ayatu’s (Ogunseye’s) boys attack one another is very disturbing. On Monday, I saw them hanging around and I sensed that they wanted to cause trouble again. They started around 3pm and three persons were killed, but I don’t know their identities.”

Another eyewitness, Segun Ogunleke, said he saw two lifeless bodies on the ground while he was scampering to safety.

“There was confusion everywhere because of gunshots. I saw two corpses on the ground. They were taken away by the police,” he said.

When contacted, the monarch, Matanmi, directed our correspondent to his counterpart, saying he had nothing to say about the killings.

He said, “Go and meet Ogunseye and his son who are attacking and killing people at Ijoko. I have nothing to say.”

Oba Ogunseye’s son, Mohammed, who spoke on behalf of his father, said the attack was between Eiye and Aiye confraternities, adding that it had nothing to do with the kingship tussle.

“For about three months now, the battle between two cult groups has been on. They have been killing one another and that was what happened yesterday (Wednesday) too. It was not an attack between us and Matanmi,” he said.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the clash.

He said, “There was a clash between two groups, but we cannot link it to kingship rivalry. Policemen have been deployed in the area and investigation has commenced on the attack. One person was hacked to death and his corpse has been deposited in a mortuary.”




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Hunter Mistakes Friend to Prey, Shoots Him to Death

A hunter, Sikiru Osideko has been arrested for allegedly shooting dead his friend, Segun Okusi, while hunting in Isara, in the Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun state.

It was learnt that Osideko, who was arrested on Thursday, July 30, told the police that he shot his friend in error, as he had mistaken him for a prey during the expedition.

Report has it that at about 4pm on Thursday, Osideko and Okusi, who were friends, as well as hunters, had gone on an expedition in a nearby bush.

It was learnt that about 30 minutes after they separated, Osideko reportedly noticed a movement in the bush and shot in the direction with his dane gun.

Okusi was said to have let out a sharp cry, which made the suspect to realise that he had shot at his friend.

Osideko reportedly rushed to the place and tried to resuscitate his friend, but to no avail.

Father Poisons His 41 Day Old Baby To Divorce Wife

A man, Kazeem Olajide has allegedly poisoned his 41-day-old daughter, Zainab Olajide in a desperate attempt to divorce his wife. The incident happened at about 7am on Friday at Toluwalase Estate, Ijoko-Abule, in the Lemode area of Ogun State. The mother, Abosede Ogundare, had left Zainab with Kazeem to sweep the compound only to come back and met the baby with foams gushing out from her mouth. It was learnt that Ogundare alerted neighbours to the incident having found a bottle containing pesticide with her husband.

Zainab was said to have been rushed to a hospital in the community, where she eventually died. Olajide tried to flee but was held by neighbours, and was handed over to policemen at the Agbado Police Division after he confessed to the crime before the monarch.

Neighbours who testified to the case said Olajide doesn’t love his wife and has been threatening to divorce her before the toddler’s untimely death. And said he poisoned the innocent girl to achieve his aim, as he denied being Zainab’s father before the incident.

Olajide confessed and said he was being pushed by the devil.

The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed that the case had been transferred to the command headquarters, adding that Zainab’s remains had been deposited in a mortuary.

Baby Disappears Mysteriously During Naming In Ogun state

Anxiety and confusion enveloped the rustic Inuosegba community in Abeokuta as residents discovered items suspected to be severed human wrist, school pupils’ bags and uniforms in a locked building while searching for a missing 18 months old baby.

The 18 months baby identified as Hezekiah Opeyemi Ogundele was taken to a naming ceremony at Inuosegba community around 4pm on Sunday by his brother but while the ceremony was to commence, the baby was discovered to have disappeared mysteriously.

It  was gathered that the naming ceremony was put on hold indefinitely while apprehensive guests and residents began to comb surrounding bushes and home, searching for the baby.

The mother of the baby, 26 years old Fashion designer, Elizabeth Ogundele, said her elder sister gave birth and was preparing to the naming when it was discovered that her son had disappeared.

In the course of the search, they discovered that a building near the venue of naming, severed wrist and school children’s items were found in a suspicious building within the neighbourhood, forcing the residents to place the property under surveilance as there was no one inside at the time.

It was gathered that later in the day, a commercial motorcycle operator visited the building in the wee hour and was arrested and handed over to the Police at the Lafenwa Divisional Police Headquarters, Abeokuta.

A building believed to be owned by one Chief Olasile Ifayemi was visited, about 26 years old young man, and witnessed vandalising the over seven room bungalow and desecrated his shrine inside and over a dozen pots of fetish objects.

Operatives the Speacial Anti – Robbery Squad (SARS), the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were sighted making frantic effort to control the enraged crowd bent on bringing down the building.

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Police Killed 2 Robbers In Ogun State During Gun Battle (Graphic Photo)

The police at Agbado Crossing Police Station, Ayila in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, On Sunday engaged a five-man robbery gang in a gun battle during which two of the robbers were shot dead.

The robbers had stormed Dalemo community, a suburb of Ogun State, at about 3:30 a.m. before the police engaged them in a gun fight.

P.M.NEWS gathered from a reliable source that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Agbado Police Station, Mr. Shittu, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) received a distress call that robbers were terrorising residents of Dalemo and he immediately dispatched a team of policemen to the area.

On seeing the police, the robbers opened fire on them and the police responded and in the ensuing shootout two of the robbers were shot dead while the rest fled with bullet wounds, said the source.

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Photos; Passenger Bus Falls Into Lagoon Along Ijebu Ode-Ore Expressway

A very fatal accident was recorded at Ajibandele on Ijebu Ode - Ore Expressway after a bus fell off a bridge and plunged into a lagoon. The cause of the accident was not known at the time of writing but witnesses say no one died from the tragic accident as passengers only sustained minor injuries.

EFCC To Investigate 120 Ogun teachers over N200m loan

They will be questioned on today (June, 6) at the anti-graft agency’s Lagos office.
We learnt that, the teachers, most of who teach in secondary schools in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of the state were invited through the state’s Teaching Service Commission.
They allegedly obtained the N200m loan from one of the old generation bank since 2011 and are yet to make repayment.
The teachers denied taking loan from the bank with the excuse taht majority of them had no accounts with the financial institution.
An anonymous source in TESCOM confirmed the invitation by the EFCC but he maintained that the commission had no accounts with the bank.
The teachers have been asked to honour the invitation of the EFCC just to clear their names. The state government has made available the buses that will convey them to Lagos and a legal team that will accompany them.”
The source said the state government had made available buses and a legal team that would accompany the teachers to Lagos.
The source said, “The story of the N200m loan was still a mystery to many of the teachers as they do not have any account with the bank.

The affected teachers had been grouped into six batches, with the first batch, comprising 20 teachers, who are to appear before the EFCC on Monday (today).