The Ogun State Police Command has detained two brothers, Philips and Charles Igbodo, for allegedly stealing five bags of cement in the Idiroko area of the state. According to a statement released on Thursday by the command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, the brothers were initially apprehended by a member of the Amotekun Corps. Philips, who works as a security officer at …

The Ogun State Police Command has on Monday night declared music artiste, Habeeb Olalomi, popularly known as Portable, wanted over alleged violent attacks on officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development. According to the Ogun Police ‘Portable, armed with a firearm and other dangerous weapons, led a gang of nine thugs in a violent attack …

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command yesterday, raided a kidnappers’ den in a creek in Ikorodu area of Ogun State and rescued Mrs Folashade Odumosu, wife of AIG Hakeem Odumosu (rted) who was kidnapped last week. Two kidnappers were killed during the rescue operation after kidnappers reportedly engaged the operatives in a gun duel. N10 million were received as …

The operatives of the Ogun State Police Command on Saturday were said to have arrested a young man, Awolesi Precious on 1 January around Zoo area of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta for alleged theft of N1.2 million Firman generator as well as a 50-inch and 32-inch televisions, packs of malts, beverages, assorted wines and liquours among others valued …

The Ogun State Police Command has taken into custody 28-year-old Ogunlana Yemisi for allegedly assaulting her husband, Idowu Adebowale, 31, with a sharp object. The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Monday. Adebowale was said to have reported to the police on Monday that his wife attacked him with …

A suspected serial killer, Philip Ogunnaike, who was arrested in Ogun State, has pleaded that he and his accomplices be sentenced to death. Ogunnaike made the plea in an interrogation video obtained by PUNCH Metro on Monday and shared by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, on her X page. According to the suspect, he was lured into …

The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, on Wednesday, said that the operatives of the command in a gun duel killed two kidnappers who were among the hoodlums that abducted four travellers along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway on Sunday night. Alamutu equally said that the four abducted travellers, one Nigerian and three Indian nationals, had regained their freedom. The Commissioner disclosed …

The Ogun State Police Command has urged residents of the state to be conscious of new tactics deployed by kidnappers to get their victims. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Omolola Odutola, in an exclusive conversation with newsmen on Saturday, said kidnappers now lay siege for their victims at their gates and attack when they are about to enter their …

A child stands before a disciplinarian parent he has wronged. There’s considerably safe distance between them. The child could flee if a whip magically leaps into the hands of the offended. But there’s no cane at the moment with the man who is never seen without the opa (baton). The young fellow sees something else with the man staring at him: …

The Ogun Police Command has arrested a seven-man gang suspected to be specialised in trading human parts and for money rituals. The Commissioner of Police (CP), Abiodun Alamutu, disclosed that a human heart and two kegs filled with human body parts were parts of exhibits recovered from the suspects. The men arrested on Thursday were identified by the police as  …