Four persons, including a commercial motorcycle ticket agent were recently killed by gunmen at different locations in Ado-Ekiti metropolis.

The command’s spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu, told newsmen on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti that the suspects were arrested following discreet investigation by the command.

The spokesperson for the command disclosed that the suspects were arrested for alleged armed robbery and cultism.

Abutu explained that the suspects were members of different cult groups who killed people in the state as reprisal attacks within their confraternity.

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He said police investigation revealed that one of the suspects is a member of the ‘Eiye Confraternity.’

Abutu said that further investigation also led to the arrest of several other suspects, including members of a notorious cult gang who allegedly came from Plateau to take part in the act.

He said that the suspects would soon be charged to court.

Abutu urged residents to be vigilant and continue to cooperate with the law enforcement agencies towards nipping crimes in the bud.

Source: NAN

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Commissioner of Police, Ekiti Command, Akinwale Adeniran, said that the suspect was arrested on Saturday after allegedly carting away seven phones, belonging to different people, from Christ Apostolic Church, Ayegbaju-Ekiti.

Adeniran, in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday Abutu, said that the suspect, who went to the church pretending to be one of their members, studied the worshippers and in the euphoria of praises, made away with seven phones.

“The suspect, during interrogation, confessed to have been operating around Oye-Ekiti and Ayegbaju-Ekiti, with churches as his target.

“He further confessed to have stolen a lot of phones from the Redeemed Christian Church of God and New Reality Christian Centre, all in Oye-Ekiti,” he said.

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The police commissioner said that investigation revealed that the suspect, after meeting his target, normally sent the stolen phones through motor parks to Lagos where his friend would assist him to sell them and send the proceeds back to him through online transfer.

He, however, said that the seven phones he stole during his last operation at CAC, Ayegbaju-Ekiti, had been recovered from him.

Adeniran further stated that some of the victims of the suspect’s atrocities had showed up at the police station and had identified him and their stolen phones.

He said that the suspect would be arraigned in court immediately after the conclusion of investigation.

Source: NAN

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This was made known on Sunday by the Ekiti State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Mr. Sunday Abutu.

He however said that the driver of the bus is dead.

His words: “All victims were rescued today at about 1.30 .a.m, but unfortunately, we lost the driver who was suspectedly killed by the abductors.”

The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi also confirmed the information.

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Writing on his X handle, @Princemoye1, he said: “Ekiti: We wish to inform the general public that the five school children, including their teachers, who were kidnapped on 29/01/2024 in Emure-Ekiti, have been rescued unhurt, today 4th February, 2024.

“We therefore commend and appreciate the efforts of the government, our Police operatives and other security agencies, including the Amotekun Corps, local vigilantes, hunters, and individuals, as well as family members, for their understanding and resilience.”

The students and their teachers were kidnapped along Emure–Eporo Road after closing from school on Monday in the evening.

The kidnappers went away with five students, three female teachers and a driver after shooting the bus conveying them.

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The incident came about same time when gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, attempted to kidnap three Ekiti traditional rulers but later killed two of them.

One of the traditional rulers was said to have escaped the scene mysteriously.

Governor Biodun Oyebanji, while confirming the abduction of the children on Tuesday, promised to deploy all apparatus possible, to unearth the criminals responsible and bring them to justice.

The school, Apostolic Faith Nursery/Primary School, situated in Emure-Ekiti, had its school bus conveying the pupils, attacked in the evening on Monday.

Local sources who spoke to NAN on the incident, said the bus was at neighbouring Eporo Ekiti town boundary when the incident happened.

Reacting, Oyebanji, through Mr Yinka Oyebode, his Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, urged for calmness, saying the state government would do everything humanly possible to rescue the pupils.

He urged citizens of the state not to despair over the kidnapping of the pupils and their teachers, assuring that efforts were on to get them rescued.

The governor’s statement also clarified that some pupils of the private school in Emure-Ekiti, along with their teachers, and the bus driver, were abducted while returning to Eporo- Ekiti, Monday evening.

The governor, who described the kidnapping of the pupils as callous and unacceptable, said nothing would be spared in the efforts to rescue them.

He assured that security agencies in the state were already on the trail of the abductors, with a mandate to bring the pupils and their teachers back safely.

He added that security was being stepped up across the state, with a view to flushing out criminal elements from their hideouts.

While calling on the citizens to remain calm and vigilant, he urged them to cooperate with security agencies, by making available relevant information to the authorities.

The police PPRO in the state, DSP Sunday Abutu, could not comment on the matter as he was engaged in an emergency security meeting with Governor Oyebanji over the abduction.

The governor had engaged all security apparatuses in the state in an emergency meeting in response to the unfortunate situation.

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This is contained in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Sunday Abutu, on Thursday in Ado- Ekiti.

The command is on the trail of the fleeing suspects who abandoned the vehicles after a hot chase by men of the command.

The State Commissioner of Police, CP Ogundare Dare, has also visited the scene of armed robbery incident at Ikere-Ekiti for an on-the-spot assessment.

The commissioner, who expressed  displeasure over the ugly incident, directed the Ikere Area Commander and all the tactical teams within the command to ensure the perpetrators were trailed, arrested and brought to book.

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While commiserating with the family members of those who were fatally affected and wishing those currently receiving treatment in the hospital a quick recovery, the commissioner called for calm and implored everyone to go about their lawful businesses as the command would not rest until the hoodlums were made to face the full wrath of the law.

Meanwhile, the command’s tactical squads as well as the military who were deployed to the scene on Wednesday, immediately information was received, engaged the hoodlums who abandoned the three vehicles and two motorcycles they used for the operation and escaped into the bush.

The vehicles and motorcycles were recovered to the station.

The commissioner enjoined  anyone with useful information concerning the identities and/or whereabouts of armed hoodlums to contact the following GSM numbers: 08062335577, 07031620186, 08033470524, 07032152150, 09064050086.

Source: NAN

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The alert is contained in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Sunday Abutu on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti.

The statement reads: “This is to inform members of the public that one Hellen Okorie of No.15, Ayoba Quarters, Behind Sadiat Hotel Irona Area, Ado Ekiti, left home on Sept. 13, at about 08:00 hrs to an unknown destination and never returned.

“She is 23-year-old, chocolate in complexion, speaks English and lbo languages fluently and has no tribal mark. She is a 500 level student of Ekiti State University.

“While the command has commenced investigation to unravel her whereabouts, anyone with useful information concerning her present location should kindly contact the nearest police station or call 09064050086.”

It urged members of the public to ensure adequate dissemination of the information.

Source: NAN

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The spokesman of Ekiti State Police Command, DSP Abutu Sunday, made this known on Thursday in a press statement he issued on behalf of the state’s Commissioner of Police, Ogundare Dare.

His words: “Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been deposited in the morgue for autopsy while 10 suspects are currently in custody undergoing investigation.”

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Earlier in the statement the spokesman pointed out that the commissioner of police had ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the death of the student who was declared missing within the school premises on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, but was found dead in a shallow grave at a distance of about 30 meters behind the Nursing Lecture Hall.

While appealing to everyone to be calm, the police boss was said to have vowed that the command would do everything possible to unearth the identity of the perpetrator (s) and ensure they were made to face the full wrath of the law.

The police spokesman said the command enjoined anyone with useful information concerning the ugly incident to visit Oye Divisional Police Headquarters, Oye-Ekiti or State CIID or call 09064050086/08053499199.

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The traditional ruler of the community, Owajumu of Omu-Ekiti, Oba Gabriel Ogundeyi, confirmed the incident through a telephone conversation with newsmen on Saturday.

Ogundeyi said the incident happened at about 6.00 p.m on Friday.

The traditional ruler explained that the boy was returning from Ayede-Ekiti with his father, who managed to escape, after sustaining a severe cutlass injuries from the abductors.

He said that the injured farmer was currently receiving medical attention at an undisclosed facility.

Ogundeyi said that security operatives and local hunters had since been mobilised to go after the kidnappers to rescue the boy.

However, DSP Sunday Abutu, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, was yet to confirm the incident as the time of filing this report.

Source: NAN

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