The Lagos zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested suspended internet fraudsters in ota, Ogun state, Vistoria Island Lagos state.
The suspects arrested during the raid in Ota, Ogun State are Adeshina Michael; Ayeni Emiloju; Odenigbo Anthony, Afolabi Gbenga, and Oyibogbola David Seun.
Those arrested in Victoria Island, Lagos are Onothebor Edmond; Suuru Blessing; Ifedapo Opeyemi; Samson Samuel, Oguntade Idowu, and Emmanuel Akinyemi. Others are: Seyi Kazeem; Sulaiman Toheed; Oduwale Oluwasesan, Adewoye Oluwasesan, and Alex Abiodun.
Lethal lightening that trailed the Wednesday early morning drizzling has struck the Itele – Ijebu Command Post of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) along Ijebu – Ode – Ore expressway, killing three officials and throwing others to the ground.
The incident occurred around 10am at the Corps Command Post located at the Old toll gate corridor of the expressway, throwing the Ogun State sector Command of the FRSC into a hushed mourning.
The Nation learnt the lightening struck just as the FRSC officials were about observing their routine morning parade within the precinct of the office.
About a dozen of them were said to be around when the lightening struck, killing the three on the spot and also sent an electrical shock wave into the premises, jolting some of the survivors.
The FRSC Public Education and enlightenment Officer in Ogun State, Florence Okpe, confirmed the incident but declined further comments.
Okpe, who promised to issue a statement in respect of the incident, said the Corps’s Sector Commander had gone to Ilese to access the situation.
It was learnt the state’s special security outfit – “OP MESA,” have also taken over the security of the area to forestall people from gathering around the scene.
Also, traditionalists worshipers believed to be Sango adherents, were said to have arrived at the scene to perform some traditional rites on the corpses preparatory to their release to government officials for burial
The group also called on the Ogun State Government to declare a state of emergency on education so that special attention can be given to improve infrastructure for learning in the state.
Students in Ogun State have asked the state government to cancel the payment of school fees and instead provide study allowances to them to encourage literacy and learning.
The demand was made in a statement signed by Ayoola Babalola, Coordinator, Take-It-Back Movement, Campus Wing, on Tuesday.
The group also called on the Ogun State Government to declare a state of emergency on education so that special attention can be given to improve infrastructure for learning in the state.
The statement reads, "The need for fees cancelation is not far-fetched as it is a well-known fact that Coronavirus had handicapped the economic lives and financial stability of the Nigerian people. It is also well known that the majority of our students and their parents constitute the larger percentage of average Nigerians, who fall into the middle class and can hardly afford the heavy, inconsiderate and inhumane fees imposed on education in the state and across the country.
"The concept of fees cancelation is key towards fostering inclusive and people centred governance. It would be inhumane, wicked and dishonest of any government to assume that the National economic downturn would not take its turn on our students and incapacitate many of them financially. Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun
"It is also dishonest to think that the long downtrodden Nigerian students who have been left uncared for would have enough resources to continue making these expensive payments head on without a sort of palliative or intervention. We as a movement hold that the fees abolition is a joint task that must be carried out by the joint task masters of our educational sector, the governments and our various institutions.
"We demand that federal and state governments abolish total fees payment in all institutions under their control as a form of responsive and responsible intervention in this looming crisis of massive dropouts in our institutions.
"We also hold that institutions are obligated to be concerned about the ability of their students to meet up the payment of their fees and they also have the responsibility of making it easy for them . We have received reports of continued actions by different management of institutions to uphold and enforce the full payments of fees.
"Institutions in Ogun State, most specifically, Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa, are enforcing the payments of fees in this period, that may signify insensitivity and holding our students to ransom for the economic downturn.
"We demand that these insensitive and insatiable hunger to make money at all costs be shunned and our students be given relaxation on payment.
"We call for a declaration of state of emergency in Nigeria's educational sector. We hold that public education in Nigeria is in free fall, it is a mind-boggling collapse that threatens the very foundation and future of the Nigerian state.
"Depriving citizens, youths especially of education is depriving us of everything including our dignity and ability to reason and defend ourselves and our country. We demand that government at all levels begins to revolutionalise the Nigerian academic system to position our youths and students for the 21st century future
The principal members of Adogun Atele family, Itele land have appealed to Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, State Security Services and Inspector General of Police (IGP) to come to their rescue over the destruction of their properties allegedly by Adewunmi Abiodun Odutala and Kehinde Odubade Atiku.
The family, in a petition jointly signed by a retired Assistant Comptroller of Customs, Fasanya Salami Agbaji and the Head of Adogun Atele family, Chief Taoreed Momodu Dada, lamented that there were persistent threats to the lives of Fasanya Agbaje Salami, Titilayo Fasanya and Sir Sunday Nnamdi Nwosu.
We call on the Governor of Ogun State, Attorney General of Ogun State, Commissioner for Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Ogun State House of Assembly, Alake of Egbaland, Awujale of Ijebuland, Akarigbo of Remo, Olu of Ilaro, Olofin of Isheri, Ado/Odo/Ota Local Government, the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court that by virtue of the Supreme Court judgment in Arowolo Vs Olowookere (2011) 3 NWLR Pt 1278 Pg 280, Adogun Atele Family (comprising four branches of Osa, Imidawo, Ogunrounbi & Alagbeji) is the only family eligible to present candidate for the vacant stool of Onitele of Itele,’’ the statement added.
It warned the public not to buy land in Itele from Ogungbemi Alagbeji family or any person who had earlier bought from Ogungbemi Alagbeji and Odutala family, as the entire Itele land is a subject of litigation both at the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in Appeal No. CA/I/367/2014-Oba Adewunmi Adeniji Odutala Vs Chief Taoridi Dada; Ca/I/19/2014- Mr. Saibu Olugbode & 2 Ors Vs Chief Taoridi Dada & Another & Ca/I/169/2013- Chief Samuel Olatunji Asorobi & Ors Vs Chief Taoreed Dada & Another.
The statement maintained that Wakilu Adele Arowolo, Afusatu Akapo, Monday Akapo, Mufuli Akapo, Kafaru Abimbola Akapo and Abosede Akapo are not the head or principal members of Adogun Atele, but only parading themselves as such in order to deceive the public. Members of the public are advised not to transact any business with them in the name of Adogun Atele Family.
The statement described them as dissidents in the family and that they do not have authority of the family to sell any portion of Itele land.
They stated that the head and principal members of the family that have the family authority to deal on the entire Itele land are: Chief Taoreed Momodu Dada (Head of Family), Pa Nurudeen Akanbi Alimi Akapo (Principal Member, Osa Branch), Mr. Sunday Mathew Taiwo Owotolu (Principal Member, Imidawo Branch) & Alhaji Monsuru Ashifatu Lemomu Yusuf (Principal Member, Alagbeji Branch)
The family added that in order to keep the management, control and administration of Adogun Atele Family land under a united family representative, the family has instituted a law suit against the dissidents in the family who are allegedly deceiving the public by parading themselves as representative of Adogun Atele.
“The ownership of the land is a subject of litigation in HCT/711/2019 pending before Justice Fabamwo of High Court 6, Ota, Ogun State and whoever bought any portion of the land at No. 13, 15 Isiaka Oseni Street, 1, River Jordan and 15, 17 & 19 Yusuf Ibadan Street, Aiyetoro-Itele from Adewunmi Abiodun Odutala and Kehinde Adekunle Odubade should apply to the court to join the suit in order to protect their defective title.”
The statement warned the occupiers of No. 29, 31 & 33 Wisdom Street, Ayetoro-Itele, Awori via Ota, Ogun State of their defective title acquired from Adewunmi Abiodun Odutala, the adjudged customary tenant at Aiyetoro-Itele, via Ota, Ogun State.
The family further warned that “one plot of land known as No. 4, Owofunmi Street, Aiyetoro-Itele, Awori, via Ota, Ogun State belongs to Mr. Adelaja Akanni Akapo and the demolition and sale of the property by Adewunmi Abiodun Odutala and Kehinde Odubade Atiku are subject of litigation in Suit HCT/875/2017.
The Royal Institute of Health Technology, Ifo has debunked allegation levelled against it by the leadership of National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS) that the school management asked its students to proceed on the compulsory Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) as against the lockdown order imposed by the Federal government of Nigeria and Ogun State government.
Speaking on behalf of the management board during a peace meeting organized by the Special Assistant to Ogun state Governor on Students’ Matters, Comrade Azeez Adeyemi to reconcile the students’ body who had earlier alleged the school management of endangering the lives of its students, Mr. Wale Dada said, though, ongoing efforts by the medical personnels across the country to save lives during the pandemic was supposed to be avenue for its students to have a field experience on some of the things which the school has taught them, the management would not risk the lives of its students.
“Though the ongoing efforts of Medical personnels across the country to help save lives during this pandemic could have been a hands on experience for our students as it is currently obtainable in some states in Nigeria and across the globe, we would not prioritize the field experience over their health and safety”. Wale dada said.
Ottagreel News correspondentgathered that the Special Assistant to the Governor on students’ matters, Comrade Azeez Adeyemi, while presiding over the peace meeting said that ‘the students should be recalled from their places of work so as to ensure their safety’.
Meanwhile, Mr. Wale Dada pointed out that the there are no students who are currently on internship in any organization and that the students which were supposed to have commenced SIWES on Monday, 15th of June according to their calendar has been asked to stay at home more than a week before the peace meeting was held on Monday.
The Divisional Officer in charge of Ketu Adie-Owe Police post, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Ajoba Lamidi has allegedly spearheaded and supervised the public humiliation and assault of a current serving Ado-Odo/Ota local government transition committee Secretary, Hon. Kolawole Lamidi Muideen (KLM) over his refusal to wear facemask.
Ottagistreel correspondentgathered that the transition committee Secretary, Hon. Kola Lamid, who slept over at Igbesa on Friday, 12th June owning to an official assignment which he carried out and could not return to his base in Ado same day, was leaving Igbesa to Ado-Odo on the morning of Saturday, 13th June, 2020 when he picked a bike from Lusada to Alapoti and was apprehended by men of Nigerian Police Force attached to Ketu Adie Owe Police post and were on lockdown duty around Crawford University, Lusada over ‘non refusal to put on his face mask’.
When asked by ASP Ajoba Lamidi, his reason for not using his nose mask, Hon. Kola said, ‘I have my nose mask in my pocket because I have been using it for long and needed to catch some fresh breathe, hence why I removed it’. ASP Ajoba, as gathered, thereafter, asked his men to impound the motorcycle and take it to the Police post.
Citing ‘he who comes to equity must come with clean hands’, Hon. Kola asked ASP Ajoba why he was not having his own nose mask too on and that of his men were not also also worn’, a statement which infuriated the ASP that ‘he landed a slap on Hon. Kola’.
Meanwhile, our correspondent further learnt that a woman, who who was nearby and recognized Hon. Kola; sensing the danger which may occur over the ensuing melee, started hailing him in order for ASP Ajoba to treat Hon. Kola as a government official.
The woman’s action, as gathered, enraged the ASP as he threatened to shoot the woman after cocking his gun.
Ottagistreel News correspondent ver a telephone interview, Hon. Kola said, “I was brutally beaten and dragged on the floor to the Police post with many threat statements such as, “I will deal with you”, Even if you are a government official, I will humiliate you”, while cocking his pistol at me”.
“It was in the cell that I managed to do a facebook live broadcast for well meaning Nigerians to come to my aide after I have been molested, man handled and brutally injured”.
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Meanwhile, ASP Ajoba was also alleged ‘to have slapped Hon. Kola’s brother when he visited the Police post in an attempt to rescue the situation’.
Ottagistree News correspondentgathered that ASP Lamidi Ajoba, who is from the same Ado-Odo town as the transition committee Secretary may have a score to settle with Hon. Kola before the said incidence as it was learnt that the ASP had met Hon. Kola in an event which he anchored and the ASP attended. By implication, he can not deny not knowing the honourable prior to the incidence.
All attempts to get the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi to speak on the matter proved abortive as our correspondent has not gotten a feedback from the message which was sent to his phone line as at press time.
A 56yr old man Jafaru Ismaila had been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for pretending to be a police officer in order to steal a motorcycle.
The suspect was arrested on the 9th of June 2020 following a distress call received at warewa division that the suspect came to okada Park and claimed to be a police officer, it was stated further that the suspect having flashed an identity card of a police officer seized a Bajaj motorcycle with registration number WDE 903 VN from one Felix Adeyemi and took it away towards interchange along Lagos Ibadan expressway
On receiving the distress call, the DPO Warewa division SP Folake Afeniforo quickly led the patrol team and trailed the suspect who was apprehended at the Ibafo area with the said motorcycle.
On interrogation, it was discovered that the suspect an indigene of Adamawa state has never been a police officer in his life. It was also discovered that he stole the police Identity card of a retired Deputy Superintendent of police which he has been using to impersonate.
Recovered from him are: a DSP identity card, some police documents and the Bajaj motorcycle with registration number WDE 903 VN
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered a full-scale investigation into the activities of the suspect with the view of charging him to court as soon as the investigation is concluded.
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