Showing posts with label Abeokuta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abeokuta. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Abeokuta— President Muhammadu Buhari went down memory lane in Abeokuta, yesterday, recalling the role of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in his successful political career.


Obasanjo, BuhariSpeaking in  the Ogun State capital, Buhari, who was the special guest at the 40th anniversary of the state, said Obasanjo appointed him Minister of Petroleum and tolerated him for three and half years.


He said:  “I express my thanks to General Obasanjo, who, as Head of State, made me Minister of Petroleum and tolerated me for three-and-half-years.


He tolerated me because God knows and he knows that I am not used to working as hard as he used to, but he allowed me to last that long and allowed me to work.


“If you go into records, that government made so much investment and infrastructural development in the petroleum industry.


“Two refineries were built, Warri and Kaduna. More than 20 depots were built; more than 3,500 pipelines were laid; and we were exporting refined products of 100,000 barrels per day. But what do we have today?”


 


Lauds Amosun


Buhari said Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State had people-oriented programmes and prayed that the people of the state would continue “being lucky to have a governor that would look after them.”


The President said the transformation in the state capital was so obvious that although he was posted to Abeokuta when he was newly-commissioned in the army, he would not be able to trace his way around the town again.


He said: “I have previously, on commissioning of some projects, expressed my gratitude to the governor of Ogun State for inviting me and identifying me with his success.


“On my commissioning in January 1963, my first posting was to Abeokuta, where 2nd Infantry Battalion, Nigerian Army used to be. We were living in wooden flats, which were built in the last war and I was here for some time before I was posted to Lagos.


“But today if you drive me around Abeokuta and you ask me where the barracks is, I assure you that I will get missing. I won’t be able to remember Lisabi Club where we used to sit, those of us who used to drink Fanta and listen to music.


“Your programmes are certainly people-oriented. We have commissioned roads, schools and legal complex headquarters, where I met justices and I made an observation to the governor that women were more than men. I am just wondering that gentlemen, the ladies are taking over in very important profession.”



Monday, July 27, 2015

Ogun State: Baby stolen at naming ceremony

Abeokuta – A 20 month old child, Opeyemi Ogundele was reported stolen on Sunday during a naming ceremony in Abeokuta.


The incident happened at Mile 2, Iyana Concord, Akorede Estate, Ilugun Inukosegba Community in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state.


Community members, however, besieged the residence of one Chief Olasile Ifayemi, an herbalist alleged to be the kidnapper of the child.


Elizabeth Ogundele, 26, mother of the toddler, who narrated her ordeal, said she was getting ready for her niece’s naming ceremony when she discovered her son was missing.


She said that she had gone to celebrate with her brother, Olusola Osunleke on Sunday when the incident happened.

“I was helping my brother’s wife get ready for the ceremony when I noticed that my son was missing.


“I searched for him in and around the house because some tenants said they saw him playing ball, but he was nowhere to be seen.


“I ran outside the house into the community still searching and that was when I encountered two guys at Chief Ifayemi’s house.


“I asked if they had seen my son, they denied and started giggling, so I left.’’


Youths in the community vandalised the bungalow belonging to the alleged kidnapper.


Different fetish items and human parts were discovered at the scene as angry youths were getting ready to set the bungalow ablaze.


The head of the community could not be reached as at press time as he was not available.


The Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, who confirmed the incidence, said that investigations were ongoing.

“Actually a two years old boy was kidnapped yesterday, but the site that was discovered has no relationship with the boy and other human parts that were found at the site.


“Already, we have commenced investigation on the matter‎ and we will let you see what really happened when we finish our investigation.


“I want to make it clear to the people of the state that I’m here to work and to reduce crime and criminality to the barest minimum.


“We will not allow miscreants to continue to disturb us no matter their intention,” the police chief said. (NAN)


 



Ogun State: Baby stolen at naming ceremony

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Jonathan, Obasanjo peace meeting flops by Vanguard

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President’s ‘motor park touts’ reference to elder statesmen not unconnected

Why ex-president invited Adeboye, Oyedepo


By Soni Daniel, Regional Editor, North


Obasanjo and Jonathan Obasanjo and Jonathan


ABUJA — THERE were indications last night that the elaborate meeting on Monday geared towards ending the frosty relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo ended in fiasco.


Vanguard learnt from competent sources at the meeting that President Jonathan and other top leaders of the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, who requested for the meeting with Obasanjo, felt disappointed with its outcome and may not push the idea of mending fences with the former leader again.


One of the sources, who was present at the meeting, told Vanguard that Obasanjo merely accepted to allow Jonathan and other PDP chieftains to visit him as a mark of respect to the office of the President and not to make peace with him.


According to the source, Obasanjo deliberately requested two prominent clergymen to be present as witnesses at the meeting to prove the point that it is Jonathan who actually caused disaffection between them by reneging on previous decisions they jointly reached.


It was learned that but for the respect Obasanjo has for the office which he once held, he would not have accepted to  host Jonathan because of his recent provocative utterances against prominent Nigerian statesmen, including him (Obasanjo).


Why the meeting flopped

The source said Obasanjo was irked by last Sunday’s statement in which Jonathan referred to  some  elder statesmen behaving as ‘motor park touts’, a classification, Obasanjo reportedly took in bad faith.


The source said that at the meeting, Obasanjo opened up to those present and the two clergy men he had invited to ask Jonathan whether he had been honest with him and those he had assured he would run for a single term, if they supported him to win the last election.


The source said: “It is true that Obasanjo invited the two clergymen to witness the meeting which he grudgingly accepted to host because of the respect he has for the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He did not want to turn the president and his entourage down since they requested to see him in his house as part of their rally in the state.


“But the truth of the matter is that Baba has not shifted grounds on any issue since he feels that Jonathan has not been fair to him by not adhering to any of the previous agreements reached with him.


Motor park touts classification

“What really irked Baba is the reference by Jonathan to some Nigerian elder statesmen as behaving as ‘motor park touts’ a day before begging him to grant him audience in Abeokuta.


The man really feels insulted by such unfortunate outburst from the president of a country.

“There was no need to enter into any peace deal with Jonathan because similar deals done in the past only resulted in more attacks by him and his aides on Baba only for them to come begging for forgiveness once it is close to election.”


Obasanjo and Jonathan with members of the party’s Board of Trustees, BoT, met for about three hours in Abeokuta on Monday with a view to settling the differences between the two leaders and to seek his support for the president’s re-election, next month.


Obasanjo, who appears upset by the way Jonathan has so far run the country, has often taken to public fora to criticise him, including an open letter entitled “Before it is too late” and a critical book entitled “My Watch” which a court had barred from being circulated.


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Thursday, October 23, 2014

One dead, 16 thugs arrested at Amosun’s Ilaro rally

By Daud Olatunji, Vanguard


ABEOKUTA—Pandemonium broke out, yesterday, at Ilaro in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State as two groups of hoodlums clashed, leaving one person dead.


Political Thugs in Nigeria, APCAn eyewitness, Biodun Sowunmi, who escaped the fracas, said the incident occurred during the assessment tour of Governor Ibikunle Amosun to the local government.


According to the eyewitness, who is also a public analyst, the gangs were fighting over territorial protection.


The incident reportedly left many people injured as a result of dangerous weapons used by the rival gangs.


It was gathered that the incident occurred outside the venue of the assessment tour and did not affect the programme.


Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, said one person lost his life.


Adejobi said the incident was masterminded by hoodlums who used dangerous weapons freely.


He disclosed that 16 people had been arrested, while weapons, including four pump action guns, cutlasses, axes and assorted charms were seized.



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Monday, August 25, 2014

Man commits suicide after losing money to ex-lover

ABEOKUTA— A middle-aged man, Samsideen Akinwunmi, has reportedly committed suicide in Abeokuta after being duped by his concubine.


Suicide Suicide


Akinwunmi, a carpenter, was said to have been found dead after allegedly hanging himself on a ceiling fan in his room located at Aboaba Street, Itori-Odo, Abeokuta.


A source told Vanguard that the incident occurred on Saturday.


The source further said that he saw Akinwunmi at about 2:45 pm on Saturday when he sent all his children on errand before killing himself.


According to the source, the deceased left a suicide note which explained why he killed himself.


“He indicated that his estranged lover had duped him of millions of Naira and that he had to kill himself.


Reacting to the incident, a community leader and Alapinni of Egbaland, Chief Omolaso Ojedele, saidit was a tragedy.


The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, could not be reached for reaction. It was, however, gathered that the Police had taken the corpse away.



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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Family of five found dead in Abeokuta

Tragedy struck yesterday, at Temidire Community, in Sabo, Abeokuta North Local Government area of Ogun State when a family of five including father, mother and their three children were found dead in their room.


The incident which occurred at No 3, Ireti Akinbode area of the community involved the death of Aliu Adeboye , his younger wife identified as Iya Aliya and the three children.


Findings have shown that, the late Adeboye had two wives and six children before the incident .


Further findings have also revealed that, the first wife, and her three children who slept in another room in the same six-room bungalow were alive.


It was gathered that the whole community woke up and found out that the five people were dead while the first wife and her children were safe.


The people in the community were said to be suspecting a foul play as the two wives were said to always be at loggerheads.


Some people alleged that chemical odour was being perceived in the house of the deceased, while some others said the deaths could be as a result of the fumes from the generator at the back of the building.


A resident in the area who lived directly in front of the building who pleaded for anonymity said it was the wailing of the first wife that woke up members of the community who found out that the people were dead.


A source said, “ The wives are always fighting, cursing each other, it got to a stage that the community leader had to intervene.”


Sources within the community said the first wife whose name could not be ascertained was almost lynched but she was saved by policemen from nearby Ilupeju divisional police headquarters.


A zonal leader in the community, Abubakar Olowoorioke, explained that they were in the mosque in the early hours when a woman alerted them about the tragic incident.


Olowoorioke explained that he could not move closer to the place because of the shock but added that the smell of chemicals could be


perceived from inside the house.


The Police Public Relations officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident ,adding that the cause of the death was still unknown in mystery and that postmortem would be carried out on the corpses to reveal the cause of death.



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Friday, May 16, 2014

NIS arrests foreigners wandering in Abeokuta

Following the worry of potential incursion of Boko Haram sect into Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, Officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service   yesterday arrested a Chinese national for wandering capital .


Boko haram attacks nafThe incident which was noticed by Saturday Vanguard occurred at MKO Abiola International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta.


Two of the Immigration officers, having noticed the Chinese man clutching on to a cellophane bag containing some unknown objects and strolling aimlessly across the place,   apprehended the person.


During his arrest, the Immigration officers accosted him, inquired about his mission which he couldn’t clarify apparently as a result of his incapacity to express himself in English language.


Rather than cooperating with the immigration personnel after flashing their id card the clearly fraustrated Chinese put up a stiffer resistance, beat one of many officers and tried to run away for worry of being arrested.


The development, which drew the attention of members of the public in the area however, provoked the Immigration officials who put up a call across to their Oke – Mosan, Abeokuta office from where other officers came and whisked the man away for further interrogation.


 



NIS arrests foreigners wandering in Abeokuta

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Hunter mistook man for antelope, shot him to death

A 4o-year-old hunger, Oguntola Joel who allegedly shot one Obasi John while pursuing an antelope in the bush, was yesterday brought before an Abeokuta Magistrate court in Isabo.


The Prosecutor, Inspector Augustine Ozimini told the court that the crime was committed on March 28, in a farm at Orile Ilugun, Abeokuta during hunting expedition.


He said that the offence  was contrary to section  316(1) of the criminal code laws of Ogun State of Nigeria, 2006.


But the accused denied that he deliberately killed the man, saying he went to his farm to hunt as usual on the fateful day  when he saw an antelope and shot towards the direction of the animal, but surprisingly, he heard the groan of a human being.


According to him, I  went to the police station  to report  the matter  and I later  took the man to hospital  for treatment but he died the following day.

“I did not shoot him intentionally, I was running after  an antelope not a human being,” he said.


The magistrate, Emmanuel Adekunte, who did not take the plea of  the accused  due to the nature of the charge, remanded  the accused  in prison custody  and adjourned the case till July 11, 2014, pending  the advice of the  Director Public  Prosecution, DPP.


 



Hunter mistook man for antelope, shot him to death

Friday, April 18, 2014

Ritualist beheads two-yr-old boy, rapes mother in Ogun

A suspected ritualist, yesterday,  beheaded a two‑year‑old boy and raped his mother in a bush in Ofada town  in Obafemi‑Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.


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The suspect,  Momodu  Bashir Ibrahim, was said to have trailed the mother, who had her boy strapped on her back, as she  went to  ease herself in a bush in the area.


An eye witness told Vanguard that the victim went into a nearby bush to ease herself, not suspecting that she was being trailed.


According  to the source, the suspect suddenly pounced on the woman, dragged her along with her baby into an uncompleted building and raped her.


“The suspect after raping the woman, stabbed her and  killed the boy before he severed his head.


“Luckily, someone, who suspected the suspect’s  movement, trailed him to the building but escaped and was able to rescue the woman with the headless body of the boy,” the source said.


Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi   said the suspect was arrested through the help of some community leaders after he  fled the area to Ibafo after committing the crime.


Adejobi added that further interrogation of the suspect revealed that he had sold the head of the boy to a woman in Ibadan, adding that the detectives from the state police command was on the trail of the  suspected buyer  and that the command had commenced investigation into the matter.


The suspect  led men from the Criminal Investigation Department of the state police command to the scene and the knife with which he perpetrated  the act was  the only item found  at the scene.


Speaking at the scene of the crime which was smeared with blood, the suspect confessed to  have raped the woman, killed her son and severed his head which he said he had thrown away into the bush.


He also informed the detectives that there was a woman in Ibadan whom he was working with.


Efforts by the detectives to recover the head of the boy at the scene of the crime, as claimed by the suspect, proved abortive and an attempt to lynch him by the people of the area was prevented by the police.


It was learnt that the remains of the boy has been buried while the mother was responding to treatment in the hospital.


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Ritualist beheads two-yr-old boy, rapes mother in Ogun

Saturday, April 12, 2014

How my sister sold me with pregnancy for N100,000—Victim

A 23-year-old pregnant woman,  Jennifer Ogbonna, raised the emotion of people recently at Zone 2, Police Headquarters, Abeokuta, Ogun State, when she narrated how her sister tricked her into slavery and sold her off with her 7-month old pregnancy.   She was then transported from Aba to Abeokuta after a couple who allegedly specialized  in buying human beings from all  parts of the country paid N100,000 to her sister.


My story

The lady who hails from Ebonyi State but lived and worked in Aba narrated her ugly experiences shortly after she was rescued by the Police. She said: “I was brought to Abeokuta by the woman’s husband. I don’t know that they had already paid money on my head. I only got to know in Abeokuta when I overheard the woman and her husband talking about child trafficking and I felt bad.   I decided not to eat any of their food. There is one lady


in that building, they call her Adeola, she would bring  food for me and I would not touch it to the extent that the woman’s husband  pleaded with me  to eat and still I  refused and said I am going back to Aba where she brought me from.


“When I said I was going to Aba, the man was angry and said before he would allow me to go back, I must pay back the N100,000 he paid my sister for myself and my pregnancy and the expenses he incurred so far on me. After that, his wife took me to one shrine and asked me to swear to an oath not to go back to Aba or tell anybody what happened, that  if I try to go back or tell anybody, she will make me mad; she would make me deaf and dumb.


“But, I discussed my plan to escape with another victim who I met there, she is Oluchi and she said that if I try it I will become mad, but, I insisted and I escaped.   I ran away to the next street. When I ran to the street,  I met some people and I narrated my experience to them.   They advised me to report to the Police, that was how police got to know everything, she stated.


Division of labour

Investigations revealed that the notorious couple who lives  in Abeokuta where they operate their illegal and nefarious business, usually travels to many parts of the country in search of their ‘commodity’.  It was further gathered that the husband, identified as Ismail Yusuf, is in charge of scouting for pregnant women as he reportedly went as far as Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi and other states in the Eastern part of the country.


The wife, Muyiba, was saddled with the task of nurturing the pregnant women till they deliver of their babies for onward sale.

Crime Guard  learnt also that  Muyiba who is cooling her feet at the Police station after she was arrested was reported to had come to Abeokuta from Kwara State disguised like a herbalist and rented an apartment at Adigbe where they use as their operational base.


The suspects


The suspects


According to the findings, the husband, having bought their preys (pregnant women),  would charm  them on the spot and take them to their operational base in Abeokuta where they would  nurture the victims and  their pregnancies until they give birth, which they allegedly usually sell to couples that need children or for ritual purposes.


It  was also gathered that  when these victims were bought, the couple would force them to swear to an oath not to escape.  They would charm them so that they would not escape from them and people living around and security agencies would not have any clues of what they were doing in their den.


Suspect opens up

Recalling her journey in the human trafficking business, 38-year-old Muyiba said, “ I came to Abeokuta in January this year from Offa, Kwara State. I used to sell baby clothes before my shop got burnt during the crisis between Offa and Erin-Ile.  I know how to prepare herbs for diabetic patients. I am a trado-medical doctor, I registered in Kwara State but not in Ogun State. I have treated three patients in Abeokuta since I have been here.”


When asked what she was doing with the pregnant women she camped in her house, Muyiba claimed that “ it was their husbands that brought them to my place, to keep them in my place. I knew them through one Joy.


Arrest

How were you arrested, she said “ It all happened when I saw police on Wednesday night banging that we should open the door.   They came to arrest all of us. I thought my husband has run away because I was asleep when the police came. My husband is Ismail Yusuf, our children are in Kwara State. The police also arrested Muyiba’s younger sister —Seun and when she was asked her role in the incident, she passed the ball to her elder sister.


According to her , I was staying with her. I just graduated last year from School of Health in Ilorin, Kwara state. I came to Abeokuta last month. I don’t have anything to say, she (Muyinba) is the one that can say anything about it.


Raid at Akute

Two weeks ago, the operatives of Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command uncovered a baby-making factory in Akute and rescued eight pregnant women, including a 16-year-old girl, arresting the proprietor of the factory, Angela Chigoeze, and her brother-in-law, Obinna Ndunaga during the raid.


It was gathered that at the baby -making factory operational base which is located at No 9, Sebanjo Crescent, Off Fabolude Bus-Stop in Akute,  a baby was often sold at N300,000 each, while the young girls were usually offered pittance after delivery and their babies taken from them and sold to unknown people.


Some of the victims who were rescued included three teenage pregnant women;  a-16-year-old Precious Steven, Miracle Eze and Blessing Saviour who are both 17 years old.   Also rescued  were Jeremiah Gift, 25, Joy Okoro, 20, Stella Samuel, 19; Agnes Igbo, 22 and Vivian Princewill, 20.


The proprietress of the baby factory, Angela, 39, who hails from Abia state said that she started the business last year as a traditional healing home, claiming that her husband, now at large, rented the building from where the illicit business was transacted.


Angela, however, denied that the young girls were usually impregnated inside the house, adding that the pregnant women were either brought by their husbands or traced her address themselves.


Government reacts

Speaking on the incident, the State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development , Elizabeth Sonubi, promised that government would continue to put in place the necessary security measures that would continue to nip girl child trafficking and other crimes targeted at children and women, in the bud.


The Commissioner disclosed that two of the victims had delivered two babies – male and female at the Rehabilitation Center where the State government takes care of them.  She admonished the residents and people of the state to be vigilant and prevent such incident across the state, adding that people should report such incident promptly to the necessary quarters.


 



How my sister sold me with pregnancy for N100,000—Victim

Saturday, April 5, 2014

House help arraigned for beheading retired Chief Magistrate

The Ogun State police has arraigned a 21-year-old house help, David U. for beheading a 65-year-old retired Chief Magistrate, Olufunmilayo Timeyin at her Laderin Estate in Abeokuta.


David was brought before Magistrate Anthony Araba of Magistrate Court 1 on a one count charge of murder.


The prosecutor further stated that the accused committed the offense “contrary to Section 316 and punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Law of Ogun state of Nigeria 2006”.


The accused David who beheaded Mrs. Funmilayo Temehin a rtd Senior Magistrate with cutlass at Laderin Housing Estate Abeokuta Friday being over powered PHOTO BY WUMI AKINOLA


The accused David who beheaded Mrs. Funmilayo Temehin a rtd Senior Magistrate with cutlass at Laderin Housing Estate Abeokuta Friday being over powered PHOTO BY WUMI AKINOLA


The accused however, pleaded guilty to the offence as charged.


In his rulings,   the trial Magistrate,  Anthony Araba, who nearly betrayed emotion  ordered the police prosecutor, ASP Sangotokun to duplicate the case file to enable the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) advise his court on the case.


He  also   ordered   that the accused be remanded in prison custody pending when the advice of the DPP would be ready.


Meanwhile, the Labour Party in the state has called for prayers over the incessant killings of people in the state in the last two weeks.


The state   Publicity Secretary, Deji Kalejaiye in his reaction to the incessant killings said,


“ It is quite appalling and highly regrettable   that on daily basis, people are being killed”.


“Ogun State is not healthy under this present government   and these have shown   that investors will not come to a state where   people are being killed on a daily basis.


“We have never witnessed such   and as we speak, about two of such have been found where human

parts were mutilated.


“I think   Ogun State is sick and something is spiritually wrong with Ogun State and think this is the best for our religious leaders to come together   and render prayers for deliverance for Ogun State”.


 



House help arraigned for beheading retired Chief Magistrate

Friday, April 4, 2014

Youths discover Another ritualists’ den in Abeokuta

ABEOKUTA — Hell was let lose yesterday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, when residents of Akinremi Estate in Adigbe area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area, discovered another ritualists’ den. Angry youths trooped to the area and set the building ablaze.


Yesterday’s discovery was, however, special as the proprietors also used to breed babies for rituals. This development came barely 24 hours after a ritualists’ den was uncovered in Iyana-Egbado in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state.


*Another baby Factory building discovered at Adigbe area Ogun State capital was totally burnt down by the angry youths, on thursday 3-4-2014. BY WUMI AKINOLA


*Another baby Factory building discovered at Adigbe area Ogun State capital was totally burnt down by the angry youths, on Thursday. BY WUMI AKINOLA


Policemen from Adigbe Divisional Headquarters in Abeokuta rescued three pregnant ladies, three kids whose ages range between two and four, from the den. The police also arrested wife of the suspected proprietor of the house.


When Vanguard visited the scene, some neighbours around the estate explained that one of the victims, a young pregnant woman, escaped from the den, ran into a building located about 200 meters away and pleaded with the occupants to save her from assailants, Wednesday evening.


The victim, who claimed to have hailed from Abia State, was said to have informed the occupants of the building where she sought shelter that her elder sister sold her and her unborn baby to the ritualists for N100,000.


It was further gathered that the ritualists told the lady, who had spent three days in the den that she would stay till she delivered her baby, because her aunt had been paid for the unborn baby.


The police were alerted and reportedly carried out a raid on the premises at 11pm, Wednesday. As the news filtered into Abeokuta metropolis, angry youths, who were mostly students from the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Ojere, Abeokuta, reportedly invaded the duplex and carried out a thorough search of the rooms.


The youths discovered an ivory plate containing fresh blood, coffin, effigies, scorpion, assorted charms and other ritual items.


Also discovered were international e-passport and identity cards of junior and senior secondary school students of Sacred Heart Catholic College, Oke-Ilewo who may have been killed by the ritualists.


Several other male and female cloths of white garment worshipers suspected to have fallen victims were also recovered.


The mob set the building ablaze, including two vehicles parked within the premises: a Toyota Camry salon car with number plate LAGOS: EKY 942 AJ and a Mitsubushi salon car, LAGOS: AGL 971 BH.


Officials of the Ogun State Fire Service, however, succeeded in putting out the fire.


Fierce-looking policemen, who had been helplessly watching the angry youths, however, reinforced with an Armoured Personnel Carrier, arrested some youths and took them away to the command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta.


The Command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident, said two victims were rescued, while two others were also arrested in connection with the discovery.


Oyeyemi gave names of victims rescued as Jennifer Goodluck, who is nursing a two-month-old baby, while the other pregnant lady was simply identified as Oluchi. Both were said to be from Abia State.


He said the arrested suspects are one Muibat Yusuf and her brother, who are indigenes of Kwara State.


 



Youths discover Another ritualists’ den in Abeokuta