The Oyo State Police Command has said it is investigating the circumstances surrounding the alleged death of 32 children during a stampede at a funfair in Ibadan, the state capital, on Wednesday. PUNCH Metro gathered from multiple eyewitness accounts that the stampede occurred when participants rushed to gain access to the venue of the event reportedly…
As part of efforts to enforce the anti-open grazing law and address rising crime in Ondo State, the Amotekun Corps has arrested seven suspects linked to various offences, including farmers-herders clashes, burglary, car theft, and motorcycle dismantling. Speaking while parading the suspects at the Corps’ Headquarters in Akure, the State Commander of Amotekun Corps, Akogun…
PRESS RELEASE HON. ADEBUSUYI IDOWU PIUS CONDEMNS FETISH ATTACK ON ONDO APC SECRETARIAT, PASSES VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN ENGR ADE ADETIMEHIN AS STATE CHAIRMAN The Commissioner 1 in Ondo State House of Assembly Service Commission and Ondo State 2024 Governorship Campaign Director General for Idanre/Ifedore federal constituency, Hon Adebusuyi Idowu Pius, has condemned in strong…
There was a confusion when a man set himself and wife ablaze, even as the Ondo state police command police shared the sad story of a man who killed his estranged wife in the state two days ago. The state police via its X handle recounted how the man (name withheld) invited his estranged wife(…
……How Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s aide, Engr. Alore Omosuyi joined forces with Amotekun Corps, arrested suspected notorious kidnapper, Terry Tinate Black in Alape-Ilaje In a collaborative efforts of the SA to the governor of Ondo State on pipeline surveillance and waterways security, Engr. Alore Omosuyi and personnel of Amotekun Divisional headquarter in Ilaje local government area…
In an effort to ensure crimes- free yuletide, the Ondo State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps, has deployed over one thousand, two hundred personnel to beef up security across the 18 local government areas. Similarly, security outfit said it has commenced 24-hour border patrol in the neighbouring states of Osun, Edo and Kogi and will…
Two Observer Groups in the ongoing Ondo State Governorship Election have decried the massive subversion of the electoral process in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Ondo town, Igbara Oke, Ilaramokin and Okitipupa axis of the state, among others.The groups revealed that the fears nursed about vote-buying by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have come…
Ahead of this Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Ondo State, the Idanre Local Government chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC) has raised an alarm on importation of fake soldiers to different rural communities of the town. A chieftain of the APC in Idanre, Hon. Kolawole Olomola said the soldiers were imported into Idanre by a…
…..Police go tough over violence Six persons were seriously injured when suspected political thugs attacked some members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the Idanre local government area of Ondo State in the early hours of Wednesday. Some of the victims, including Otunba Olowoniyi Akinleminu, sources in the town said have been taken to…
Opinion The Superfluidity of Amotekun Ban From Ondo Election Security The laws setting up the police and other security agencies in Nigeria have no specific mandate on election security. Rather, they have broad responsibilities covering all areas where such coverage might be required. To avoid doubts, the Nigerian Police, under the Police Act, has the…
