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  …

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a pastor, Clinton John of the Mega World Healing Ministry, Giwa Agbado in Ifo Local Government Area of the state for allegedly defiling a 16-year-old girl. In a statement on Saturday night, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Omolola Odutola said John has been having unlawful carnal knowledge of the …

No fewer than 19 persons suspected to be members of different cult groups have been arrested by the police in Ogun State in connection with the recent cult clashes that left eight persons dead in the Sagamu area of the state. This was contained in a statement made available to journalists by the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, …

A 33-year-old woman, Olaide Adekunle has reportedly sold her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 to offset her bank loan. The suspect, who lives in Sango in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State reportedly left her house for Lagos where she sold the baby to a yet-to-be-identified buyer. The suspect was arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Hassan Yusuf, for allegedly setting the apartment of his ex-lover, Busayo Falola ablaze. The suspect reportedly burnt down the whole building situated at 127, Old Schorlar Palace, Igan Road, Ago-Iwoye in the Ijebu-North Local Government Area of the state  to protest the ex-lover’s alleged refusal to reconcile with him. In …