Six Children Rescued from Alleged Human Trafficker in Ogun State (Photo)

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A suspected human trafficker has been arrested by the gallant operatives of the Ogun State Police Command at Isiu, in Owode -Egba area of the state for child trafficking. The Ogun State Police Command has paraded a suspected human trafficker, Paul Aganla, who was arrested on 26th August at Isiu, in Owode -Egba area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, disclosed this on Monday at the command’s headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, shortly before parading 43 suspects whose offences ranged from child trafficking, armed robbery to kidnapping and murder.

Ogun Couple Torture, Chain 11- Year-Old In Toilet

The police in Ogun State have arrested a couple, Chioma and Innocent Anozie, for allegedly torturing an 11-year-old girl, Oluchi, in Ebute, in the Ibafo area of Ogun State. The couple allegedly flogged the victim with ropes, starved her of food, and locked her up in a toilet for two days for wanting to play with other children in the neighborhood. Some residents, who found her crying in the toilet, reportedly called the attention of some soldiers in the community. But reprieve did not come Oluchi’s way until the intervention of Punch's correspondent who alerted the Ogun State Police Command Headquarters. Some policemen from the Ibafo division, led by the Divisional Crime Officer, later arrived at the scene and rescued the victim.

Lassa Fever: Ogun Places 106 Under Surveillance

The Ogun State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Babatunde Ipaye, has said that the number of the people who had contact with a victim of Lassa fever in the state has increased from 66 to 106 as of last Friday. He disclosed this on Sunday in a telephone interview with a Punch correspondent. The commissioner said additional 40 contacts had been identified between Friday and Sunday and they were being monitored. He, however, appealed to the residents not to panic over the outbreak of the disease, as measures were being taken to contain its spread. A 22-year-old male patient was on Thursday placed under medical observation at the State Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta over Lassa fever infection.

Ogun hosts Youth Convention

The Ogun State Government has concluded plans to host a Youth Convention between 7th and 8th February, 2017. The Convention, scheduled to hold at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta is being organized by the State Government in collaboration with the organized private sector, civil society and international agencies. With the theme, “Ogun Youths: Exploring New Frontiers”, the Convention is a direct response of the Governor Ibikunle Amosun-led administration to the challenge of youth unemployment and under-employment.

Our People will Choose my Successor – Amosun

Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, on Friday, said although he is not sure of who will succeed him in office come 2019, he is clear about those who won't be governor in Ogun State. The governor stated this at an expanded Parliamentary caucus meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State, on Friday. "We are human, we are not God but this is Ogun State and we know how we do our things here," the governor said. He added that, "by the time we say this is the person who will be Governor, our people will choose him because we will do our work."

Amosun denies Sacking any Worker over Strike Action

The Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun dismissed rumours that some civil servants due to the ongoing strike action in the state. "For the avoidance of doubt, we will like to state unequivocally that there is no iota of truth to this speculation," the state government said in a statement. Continue to read the full statement below...

"Contrary to such claims, what truly transpired is that the Ogun State Civil Service Commission, in furtherance of its statutory responsibility of maintaining discipline and adherence to public service rules and extant regulations, on Monday, took the decision to sanction some civil servants. The affected civil servants were alleged to have been involved in certain acts of misconduct in the course of the 2016 World Teachers Day celebration on October 5, 2016 way before the ongoing strike action commenced.

Graphic Photo: Police Brutality Has Led To The Killing Of A Bus Driver & A Police Inspector In Ogun State

Police brutality and jungle justice has led to the killing of a bus driver whom police killed and tagged as a smuggler and a police inspector who was killed by the angry mob fighting against the unjustifiable killing of the bus driver.

 According to Punch,

The violence that erupted between the youths of Oke-Odan community in Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State and security agents in the area last Monday has left two persons dead. Irate youths in the town had allegedly engaged policemen and operatives of the state anti-crime military security outfit, Operation MESA in an exchange of fire over the killing of a member of the community, Yinka Falola. 

The violence which had lasted three days culminated in the alleged reprisal killing of a police Inspector, Kolapo Lasisi, on Wednesday by some youths who also burnt two police vehicles and vandalised twelve others. Eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent that violence broke out on Monday afternoon when a police officer attached to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Lagos, Inspector Olusesan Sounde, allegedly shot and killed 30-year-old Falola. 

According to the eyewitness, the FED-SARS inspector had allegedly slapped Falola who was on a motorcycle on his way from the farm. Falola was said to have retaliated, infuriating the police inspector who allegedly cocked his rifle and shot him. After firing the shot, the alleged killer policeman was said to have insisted that Falola was a smuggler.

“Yinka (Falola) was never a smuggler, he was a commercial driver. He had altercations with one of the SARS men and the policeman slapped him. He retaliated and the policeman fired at close range killing him instantly,” the source said. 

Falola’s death immediately triggered the reprisal by the youths of Oke–Odan who mobilised themselves to the police checkpoint where they violently protested the killing.

Soldiers attached to Operation MESA who raced to the scene were also alleged to have been attacked by the angry youths, resulting in another shoot-out between them and the security agencies. 

The rampaging youths were said to have then marched down to the SARS check point where they burnt two police vehicles and vandalised 12 others at the Oke–Odan police station. Another round of the crisis which broke out on Wednesday was said to have resulted in the alleged killing of a police inspector, Kolapo Lasisi. Lasisi was said to have got trapped in a swamp while attempting to escape from the rampaging youths who allegedly caught up with him and hacked him to death. 

The state Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the incident said the police inspector was killed by the angry youths. Adejobi stated that the youths launched a nocturnal raid on the SARS check point where they killed the police inspector, buried him in the swamp and took away his rifle. 

The police spokesman also disclosed that the state Commissioner of Police, Ikemefuna Okoye visited the town on Wednesday where he held a meeting with the traditional ruler of the community over the crisis. Adejobi further disclosed that the inspector who killed Falola had already been arrested and detained at the command headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta, while the corpse of the slain inspector had been exhumed from the swamp. He added, “The family of the late Falola as well as that of the slain inspector are demanding justice. We will ensure that justice is done, especially when the rifle of the inspector is still missing. We must recover the rifle and we must get it as well as the man who killed the inspector.”