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Ogun: Notorious cultist confesses; I’ve killed ‘just 3 persons, not 16’

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A notorious cultist, Adewale Adeoye a.k.a 16 was paraded on Tuesday June 2 by the Ogun state police command, alongside 30 others arrested for various crimes.

The suspects paraded at the command headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta were arrested over their alleged involvement in cultism, armed robbery, murder and illegal possession of firearms.

Adeoye said to be a member of the Eiye Confraternity, was arrested alongside five others at their hideout in Ijebu-Ode. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Kenneth Ebrimson said the suspect has been on their wanted list in connection with cult-related killings in Ijebu-Ode and its environs.

Two locally-made single-barrelled pistols, one double-barrelled pistol, 11 live cartridges, assorted charms and Indian hemp were recovered from them.

Speaking to newsmen, Adeoye said he had only killed 3 people and not 16 as speculated. The suspect who identified his victims as Vandan, Koledowo and Abas, said two of them are killers of the leader of the Eiye Confraternity in Ijebu-Ode.

The notorious cultist who said he is a professional printer and a drop-out from Michael Otedola College of Education, revealed that he was the fourth in command in the confraternity in 2017 and later became the second in command a year later.

Adeoye said;

“I HAVE BEEN ARRAIGNED TWICE. I WAS FIRST ARRAIGNED IN 2012 AND REGAINED MY FREEDOM IN 2015 BECAUSE THE COMPLAINANT DID NOT SHOW UP IN COURT AND THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING INCRIMINATING AGAINST ME.

“A FEW DAYS AFTER, THE POLICE CAME FOR MY ARREST AGAIN AND KEPT ME IN CUSTODY FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS BEFORE I REGAINED MY FREEDOM AGAIN IN 2017.

“I HAVE NOT RENOUNCED MY MEMBERSHIP. THEY DIDN’T GIVE ME THE CHANCE BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD KILL ME IF I RENOUNCED MY MEMBERSHIP.

“I WAS MADE CHAIRMAN OF A UNIT IN THE RTEAN IN IJEBU ODE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I HAVE NOT KILLED 16 PEOPLE, BUT ONLY THREE.”

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29-Year-Old Mother Of One Slaughtered On Her Farm In Ogun

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A 29-year-old mother of one, Mrs Gloria Peter Ajine, has been murdered while harvesting vegetables on her farm, in Ilewo Orile, Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Gloria, who was described by her family as hardworking and devoted, went to her farm in the afternoon to harvest vegetables, but she never returned home.

Speaking on the murder of his wife, her husband, Mr Peter Ajine, said: “I still cannot believe she’s gone. Gloria was the light of our family. She went to the farm to gather food for us, for our son, for the market. Who would do this to her? She didn’t deserve to die like this. My heart is shattered.”

The family revealed that Gloria was found hours later on her farm, lying lifeless in a pool of blood.

Ajine called the murder of his wife “an unspeakable act of violence that has left a void in our lives.”

He said: “Gloria was the kind of person who would light up a room. She was hardworking, loving and full of dreams for her family. To think that she died in such a horrific way is unbearable.”

He, however, called on law enforcement agencies to launch a full investigation into the murder and bring the perpetrators to justice.

Holding their one-year-old child in his arms, Peter made an emotional plea to the authorities.

“I have lost my wife, my partner, and my best friend. Our son has lost his mother,” he lamented.

Efforts to get the reaction of the spokesperson for Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, proved abortive as she did not respond to her calls.

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Anambra: Police Confirm Killing Of EFCC Operative By Suspected Yahoo Boys

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The Nigeria Police has confirmed that armed internet fraudsters fatally attacked an officer of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Anambra, leaving another critically injured.

Jomog News reports that the incident occurred on Friday when the EFCC team came under fire during an operation targeting suspected cybercriminals, commonly referred to as Yahoo Boys. The unexpected gunshots caused the officers to retreat for safety.

The team had traveled from their zonal headquarters in Enugu to carry out the assignment.

The slain officer, identified as an assistant superintendent, had recently passed a promotional examination. Meanwhile, the injured officer remains in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital as of Friday night.

“We no longer have life insurance,” an officer disclosed anonymously, highlighting that compensation for fallen officers’ families had not been issued since the tenure of Farida Waziri.

Another officer lamented the situation, saying, “The families of the officer that died today won’t be getting anything. So can we say he died for nothing?”

Anambra State Police Command Spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident, stating that investigations are underway.

“Investigation into the sad incident is ongoing. The suspect is in custody while the arm has been recovered. Further details shall be communicated, please,” Ikenga told Daily Trust.

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Suspected Cultists Kill Barber In Ogun, Slit His Left Wrist And Flees With It

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Suspected cultists attacked and killed a 30-year-old barber, Toheen Folarin, in the Obantoko area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Tuesday, January 7.

A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, says the victim was said to be working in his shop when, suddenly, at about 10pm, the assailants emerged and shot him on the left side of the chest. Before fleeing the scene, the assailants severed the victim’s left hand and made away with it.

On receipt of the information, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Obantoko mobilized and led a team of detectives, with additional support from a patrol team and the Anti-cultism Unit of Adatan Area Command at the scene, where they found the victim in a pool of his own blood and his severed hand.

A scene was thereafter created as attempts by the officers to extricate the corpse to the mortuary were vehemently protested by irate youths, saying, as a Moslem, he had to be buried in accordance with Islamic rite.

Odutola added that the command had launched a manhunt for the killers and that the heightened tension and restiveness that greeted the incident had been put under control.

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