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A Point of Sale (POS) operator, identified as Alfa Rafiu, has been arrested in Ilorin, Kwara State capital for allegedly spending the sum of N280 million mistakenly sent to his bank account.

According to the News Report, the suspect, a resident of the Akuji compound, Abayawo area in the Ilorin West local government area of the state, received the money in batches of several millions of Naira some weeks ago and went on a spending spree.

It was gathered that residents of the area, especially those close to the suspect, had expressed surprise at how Rafiu had suddenly become a big spender.

Sources in the area blamed the suspect for the trouble he had put himself into.

‘Instead of him to draw the attention of the bank that mistakenly transferred the huge fund to his account, he went on a speeding spree,” a source told the publication

“Rafiu bought houses and cars and sponsored people to the lesser Hajj. Although he was generous to several people in the community, some residents were surprised about his sudden wealth as a POS operator,”

Spokesperson of the State Police Command, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday.

“His arrest was effected by the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID) from Alagbon-Close, Ikoyi, Lagos which makes it out of our jurisdiction,” the PPRO stated.

Some youths, under the auspices of Afenifere Yoruba Youth Organisation of Nigeria, staged a protest in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Tuesday, against the leadership of the acting leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political association, Afenifere, Pa Ayo Adebanjo.

The protesters, who stormed the residence of the National Leader of the group, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, in Akure, said they had passed a vote of no confidence in Adebanjo’s leadership.

They carried placards with various inscriptions, such as ‘Pa Fasoranti, pls revoke the mandate you gave Pa Adebanjo now;’ ‘Our vote of no confidence stands;’ ‘Afenifere must be restructured now;’ ‘Pa Fasoranti, please rescue Afenifere;’ ‘Ayo Adebanjo must go;’ ‘Pa Ayo Adebanjo: time to step aside from Afenifere.’

Speaking, the leader of the protesters, Eric Oluwole, said the group considered Fasoranti as the authentic national leader of the Afenifere and called on Adebanjo to immediately step down on his capacity as the acting leader.

Operatives of Ondo State Police command have arrested two notorious hoodlums identified as Sodeeq Adegoke, 24 and Abubakar Ajibola, 24, for allegedly robbing a student, Yusuf Joseph, of the sum of N150,000.

During interrogation, one of the suspects narrated how they lured the victim to a deserted area where they threatened to break his head if he withholds the transfer from his bank account to them.

The suspects will be arraigned in court when investigations have been concluded.

Ondo Police Command said seven suspects have been arrested for stoning a 35-year-old driver to death on 10 April.

ODUDUWA NEWS recalls that the driver, Olorunfemi Tope, had in an accident killed one person and injured others along Ijoka road in Akure.

The driver, who was allegedly labelled a ‘Yahoo boy’ by an angry mob, was subsequently lynched to death and the video of the incident was shared on the internet.

Police spokesperson in the state, Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, told journalists on Monday in Akure that seven people were arrested in connection with the incident.

According to Mrs Odunlami-Omisanya, out of the seven, Amos Victor, Boboye Ismail, Olatunji Samuel and Farotimi Pelumi, are the principal suspects.

He said they were among those captured in the video attacking the deceased.

He said the suspects would be taken to court on charges of arson and murder, after the conclusion of the investigation.

“We have said it without number that jungle justice is illegal and against the law.

“When there is an accident our focus is how to rescue the victims by taking them to the nearest hospitals for first aid and never take laws into our hands.

“It’s wrong for anybody to sniff the life of anybody; we should allow the law to take its course because it’s not in anybody’s place to kill anyone,” the spokesperson said.

The remains of the Uber driver, Temitope Olorunfemi, who was beaten and stoned to death last week in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, have been buried.

His corpse was moved from a private morgue in Akure metropolis, the state capital, by his friends to Oda axis, where his body was interred.

While his body was lowered, his friends could not hide their feelings as they wailed all through the interment process.

Meanwhile, some commercial motorcyclists were attacked by the grieving friends while en route to the cemetery with his casket.

The deceased was beaten and stoned to death on Easter Monday after crushing some road users and injuring six others over alleged reckless driving.

His killers accused him of being an internet fraudster, commonly known as “Yahoo Boy.”

Earlier, some suspects who were alleged to be involved in the killing of the deceased, were paraded at the police headquarters in the state.

A 33-year-old woman, Olaide Adekunle, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State police command for allegedly selling off her 18-month-old baby to a yet-to-be-identified buyer at the rate of #600,000.

The suspect was arrested following a complain lodged at Sango divisional headquarters by the woman’s husband, Nureni Rasaq, who reported that his wife, Olaide Adekunle, left home to Lagos on the 15th of March 2023 with their baby girl by name Moridiat Rasaq, but returned home without the baby. He stated further that all efforts to know what happened to the baby proved abortive as the woman was unable to give any reasonable account of whereabout of the said baby.

Upon the report, the DPO Sango division, CSP Dahiru Saleh, detailed his detectives to go after the said woman, and she was promptly arrested. On interrogation, the suspect confessed that she has sold her baby to someone in Lagos at the rate of six hundred thousand naira (#600,000).

When asked the reason for her action, she stated that she borrowed money from a microfinance bank, and when she was unable to pay back the money, the bank agents started disturbing her and threatening to deal decisively with her. It was consequent upon this that she ran to Lagos and started hawking sachet water. She said it was while hawking that she met a man who introduced her to the woman that eventually bought the child in Lagos .

Confirming the arrest, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the acting Commissioner of Police, DCP Babakura Muhammed, has directed that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and possible recovery of the baby. 0

Operatives of the Bayelsa State Volunteers have arrested a suspected thief for allegedly stealing an HP laptop at Agudama-Epie in Yenagoa, the State Capital.

The Suspect identified as Richard Olopele, 24, hails from Arogbo Community in Ondo State but resident in Agudama.

In a confessional statement made after his arrest on Thursday, April 13, 2023, the suspect admitted to have broken into Engr. Lambert Miebi’s living home at Agudama-Epie in the guise of looking for his friend who is a relative of Lambert.

Further interrogation revealed that he had sold the Laptop with the sum of twelve thousand naira (12,000.00) and the buyer has been reportedly arrested.

The Suspect has since been handed over to the Anti-Cultism Unit, Nigeria Police Force, Bayelsa State Command for further investigation and prosecution.

The Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory has commenced structural integrity test on the building structures under construction in the Banana Island area of Lagos State.

This was revealed in a post shared on the agency’s Instagram account on Friday.

The test is as a result of the seven-storey building under construction that collapsed on Wednesday on 1st Avenue, Banana Island, Lagos State.

The agency wrote, “Important Information. Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory, LSMTL commences immediate Non-Destructive (structural integrity) Test, NDT of the adjoining buildings at the Banana Island building collapse site.

“Lagos State Materials Testing Laboratory Initiating structural integrity test on the buildings at the Banana Island.”

A 34-year-old woman, Nosimot Alalade, was, on Friday, arraigned before an Abeokuta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Isabo for assaulting a staffer of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, while on duty.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the defendant resides at No. 5, Amadiya Street, Olomore area of Abeokuta.

NAN also reports that the defendant is facing a three-count charge of assault, conducting herself in manner likely to cause breach of public peace and acting in a manner to endanger the life of the complainant.

The prosecutor, Insp. Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on April 12 at about 1:00 p.m. at Olomore area of Abeokuta

Ms Rawlings said the defendant assaulted one Silas Olaleye by pushing him from a ladder while performing his lawful duty, which caused him permanent injury on his right leg.

She said that the complainant, who is an IBEDC staffer, and his team, were assigned to Olomore area for routine check of IBEDC bill and meters.

The prosecutor further stated that when the complainant and his team got to the defendant’s house, they asked for her bill and she could not produce it.

“In the process, the complainant was instructed by his team leader to disconnect the defendant’s light from the pole.

“When the complainant climbed the pole to disconnect the cable that carried light to the defendant’s house, she (defendant), out of anger, pushed the ladder which the complainant was mounting,” she said.

Ms Rawlings said that the complainant fell down from the ladder and sustained an open injury on his right leg.

She said the defendant also acted in manner which endangered the life of the complainant and also conducted herself in a manner likely to cause breach of public peace by pushing Olaleye while on lawful duty.

According to her, the offences contravene Sections 338, 343, 355 and 249 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun State, 2006.

The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The magistrate, M.O. Osinbajo, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000, with one surety in like sum.

She, thereafter, adjourned the case till April 28 for trial.