Alhaja Sikirat Odumosu Rescued as Police Recover N100M Ransom in Ogun State”

The Nigerian police forces have neutralized the kidnappers who abducted Alhaja Sikirat Odumosu, the wife of former Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Hakeem Odumosu, in Arepo, Ogun State.

The rescue mission, which took place in Ogun State, also resulted in the recovery of the ransom money that had been demanded for her release.

This was announced by the Police Public Relations Officer, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi on his official X handle on Thursday.

He said the IGP praised the efforts of the Police Operatives and CP Lanre Ogunlowo of Ogun State for their commendable work.

”The IGP has commended the Police Operatives and CP Ogun State, Lanre Ogunlowo, for a good job. We are committed to safeguarding Nigerian citizens and our dear country.”

Recall that The wife of AIG Odumosu was kidnapped on the evening of January 16, 2025, in her residence in the Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State.

The kidnappers, armed and ruthless, demanded a ransom of N100 million for her safe release.

Customs Seize ₦‎3.6 Billion Bulletproof Jackets, Drugs in Ogun

 

The Zone A Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, announced that it intercepted 150 cartons of bulletproof jackets worth N1.687bn.

Addressing journalists in Ikeja, the Customs Area Controller in charge of the unit, Kola Oladeji, said the contrabands were intercepted along the Ijebuode-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State.

Oladeji explained that each carton contains 10 packs of the jacket, adding that these contrabands were seized in June.

He explained that under Schedule 4 of the Customs Common External Tariff, the importation of all kinds of military wares by individuals was under absolute prohibition.

“An end-user certificate is required for the importation of controlled items and products into Nigeria and it comes from the Office of the National Security Adviser,” Oladeji said.

Oladeji vowed that the unit was working on credible intelligence to get the importers of these contrabands.

Oladeji said the unit also intercepted kilograms of cannabis sativa and expired drugs within the period under review.

Our dedicated officers also intercepted 989kg of cannabis sativa and 5,229 cartoons of expired drugs.

According to him, some of the interceptions took place at various times and locations within states in the South-West.

“Other items seized include, 343,750 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, 7,150 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 32 units of used vehicles, 120 bags of sugar, 3,560 cartons of poultry products,” the Oladeji said.

He stated that four suspects were arrested in connection with the various offenses, “including violating import/export guidelines, concealment, wrong classification, smuggling, and contravening policy directives,”

He disclosed that the cumulative duty paid value of the various intercepted goods amounts to N3.6bn.

Oladeji said the unit also recovered the sum of N62m as revenue for June 2024 through documentary checks and the issuance of demand notices on consignments that were found to have paid lesser amounts than the appropriate duties.

He urged Nigerians to provide the service with useful and timely information that would lead to the arrest of illegal importation of military wares, illicit drugs, and counterfeit goods.

Importer and licensed agent are also urged To make sincere declarations,adhere To existing import and export guidelines, and avoid the risk of losing their goods,,he said

Couple, 6 Others For Allegedly Killing, Selling Lady’s Parts In Ogun

 

The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested a couple and six others for allegedly killing and dismembering a 26-year-old mother of two, Oyindamola Adeyemi.

The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Thursday.

Oyeyemi said that the suspects were arrested on Wednesday, following a report lodged at Obalende divisional headquarters in Ijebu-Ode by one Ojo Omolara.

He said that the complainant reported that adeyemi, her neighbour, left home in the morning of Dec. 28 and did not return home, while her phone was switched off.

Oyeyemi said that the police advised the complainant to come back since it was not yet up to 24 hours.

He said that the next day, a patrol team from Obalende division saw a dismembered body of a lady by the road side, which was subsequently taken to a mortuary.

“Fortunately, the mortuary is a stone throw from the house of the deceased and one of the mortuary workers, who knew about the missing person, called the attention of the deceased’s family to come and have a look at the body brought by the police.

“On getting there, the deceased’s friend, Ojo Omolara was able to identify it through the underwears she put on since her head had already been chopped off.

“Having recognised the body, the DPO, Obalende division, SP Murphy Salami, mobilised his crack detectives and embarked on a technical and intelligence-based investigation, which led them to a herbalist in whose possession the deceased’s Itel phone was recovered.

“He was promptly arrested and a search warrant duly executed in his house, where a container full of human blood, later discovered to be that of the deceased, was recovered.

“His arrest led to the apprehension of another suspect, whose house the legs of the deceased were also recovered.

“They both made confessional statements, which led to the arrest of other suspects who are buyers of different parts of the deceased’s body,” he said.

The police spokesman said that during the interrogation, the suspects confessed that the deceased was lured to the house of the herbalist who happened to be her lover.

Quoting the suspects, he said that as soon as the victim entered, she was pinned down by two of the suspects before she was subsequently strangled.

“After killing her, they (suspects) cut off her head, legs and the two hands which they sold to their standby buyers, to be used for money making rituals,” he further stated.

Oyeyemi quoted the suspects as saying that the victim’s legs and heart were sold for N30,000 and N50,000 respectively to the buyer, who, he said, was still at large.

He said that the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, had ordered immediate transfer of the suspects to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigations Departments (SCID) for discreet investigation and diligent prosecution

 

50 Years Old Man Strangle His Wife To Death In Ogun

 

Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 51 years old man, Oluranti Badejo for allegedly beating his 40 years old wife, Folasde Badejo to death

The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by the younger sister of the deceased, who reported that she received an information from her elder sister’s daughter that her elder sister who lives with her husband at NO 7, Madam Felicia street, Orimerunmu, Mowe has been beaten to death by her husband.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi told journalists that, upon the report, the DPO Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo, quickly dispatched the divisional detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.

Oyeyemi said the lifeless body of the victim was evacuated to the mortuary in Sagamu for post mortem examination.

The PPRO explained that preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect strangled the deceased during a scuffle as a result of minor disagreement.

He added that, having realized that he has killed his wife, the suspect used hot iron to burn parts of the body of the deceased, so as to look as if she was electrocuted.

But unfortunately for him, their 8 year-old daughter was there and witnessed the whole thing. It was the daughter who testified that she saw her father strangling her deceased mother to death.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be taken to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.

 

Monarch’s Son Sends Cultists To Eliminate His Father in Ogun

 

Six suspected members of Eiye cult group were on Sunday, September 11 arrested by men of Ogun state Police command while attempting to kill a traditional ruler in his palace.

A statement released by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, gave the names of the suspects as Michael Ayodele, Monday Samuel, Ademola Matthew, Hammed Jelili, Ogundele Ojeh and Sunkanmi Fadina. He said the suspects were arrested following a distress call received at Oja odan divisional headquarters from the Oba of Gbokoto land, Oba G.O Olukunle, at about 4:25 pm, that some cultists were about to kill him in his palace .

”Upon the distress call, the DPO Oja- Odan division, quickly mobilized his men and moved to the palace, where they met the hoodlums shooting sporadically within the palace.

The policemen engaged them in shootout and eventually subdued the cultists and got six amongst them arrested.

On interrogation, the arrested suspects confessed been members of the dreaded Eiye confraternity. They also informed the police that, it was the son of the Oba who is now at large that invited them to come and eliminate his father because of an unresolved issue the Oba has been having with his mother. ”Oyeyemi said

The police spokesperson added that Items recovered from them include one locally made double barrel pistol, two live cartridges and one expended cartridge, while the son of the Oba who has taken to flight was said to have escaped with another gun belonging to the group.

He added that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to State Criminal Investigation Departments for discreet investigation with the view to charge them to court on the conclusion of the investigation.
The CP also ordered a massive manhunt for the fleeing son of the Oba in order to bring him to justice.

Customs Seize Rice-Laden Dangote Truck, Other Contraband Worth N373m In Ogun, Lagos

The Comptroller General of Customs Strike Force, Team A unit on Thursday revealed that it’s officers seized a Dangote truck loaded with 250 bags of banned imported rice and other items worth N373,629,700 within four weeks at different locations in Ogun and Lagos States.

Addressing newsmen in Lagos on Thursday, Controller of the CGC Strike Force Team A, Deputy Comptroller Mohammed Sani Yusuf explained that amongst the seized items include three 20ft containers of Timber, 1000 bags of 50kg rice, 3,143 pieces of used tyres, 320 bale’s of used clothing, 44 sacks of Donkey hides, and 137.3kg of Indian Hemp

According to Controller Yusuf, “I am happy to state that within a period of four weeks, the reconstituted Strike Force Team ‘A’ has collected the sum of N648, 300,986.00 as revenue through demand notices. It also made seizures worth a total duty paid value (DPV) of N373, 629,700.

I want to reiterate, very sternly that we don’t believe in settling down before executing our task in a sensitive assignment as this. Smugglers who thought they could take advantage of the recent changes to carry out their unlawful trade were disappointed.

“it is pertinent for me to advise importers, licensed customs agents and freight forwarders to imbibe and always operate on good business etiquette by making sincere declarations all the time. With us on the ground, there will be no hiding place for those wishing to cut corners. They should always acquaint themselves and be guided by policies of the Federal Government and be abreast with the import and export prohibition lists. We will not take ignorance as an excuse under any guise.

“We are working 24 hours from day one and they have us to contend with any time they dare to carry out their illicit activities either at night or in the day. | am happy to declare that our operatives are relentless and uncompromising as far as this task is concerned.

“This is just the beginning of heated anti-smuggling action which we have embarked upon in the entire South West area of the country. We are ready to run smugglers out of town with the full support and encouragement of our CGC, Col Hameed Ibrahim Ali, Rtd. This task is aimed at protecting our national economy and preventing dangerous importation as well as exportation that contradicts the law.

“Our patrolling and interdiction capacity is recharged for round the clock operation against smugglers and anyone attempting to circumvent the due process of import and export,” he said

Three Dies In Ogun Gas Explosion

 An infant and two other persons died in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital when a gas component of a faulty refrigerator exploded.

According to reports, a technician was repairing the fridge when the explosion occurred.

The three deceased persons got burnt after they were trapped and unable to escape after the gas cylinder exploded.

“In the process of topping up gas into the refrigerator, there was an attraction of fire from someone cooking and there came an explosion” a resident said

 The remains of the deceased persons have been deposited in the morgue.