AJAGBE ADEYEMI TESLIM

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The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has apprehended three suspected kidnappers who killed their victim in Ogun.

According to a press statement issued by the State Commander of So-Safe Corps, Commander (Dr.) Soji Ganzallo, through the office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, the statement read:

“On Saturday, September 7, 2024, at about 1900hrs, information reached the Imala Division of the Corps regarding a kidnapping incident. A 15-year-old, Yahu Muhammad, was kidnapped, and a ransom of N500,000.00 was collected, but the suspects refused to release him.”

The Special Squad of the Corps at Imala was deployed to rescue the victim unhurt. However, upon arrival at the kidnappers’ den, Olodo Karaoke along Anigbado-Idiemi road, the team discovered that the suspects had killed the victim despite collecting the ransom.

The suspects are: Umar Muhammad, 24 years old, Audu Muhammad, 22 years old, and Umar Danda, 22 years old.

Ganzallo further revealed that the victim was kidnapped and killed while rearing cattle in the Akara forest area. The cattle were left unattended.

Ganzallo commended the operatives of the Vigilante Group for their assistance in apprehending the third suspect, Umar Danda.

The victim’s corpse and the apprehended kidnap suspects have been transferred to the Imala Divisional Police Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution.

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, has said the Nigeria Police would respond to some Nigerians’ planned protest on Aug. 1 “in a most professional manner.”

Egbetokun said this on Tuesday in Abuja during a meeting with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the rank of Commissioners of Police and above.

He said the meeting with the strategic police managers was to share intelligence from the various police commands in the country and analyse it for the country’s security.

“So we are prepared, and I want to assure you that we will manage the protest in the most professional manner,” he said.

The I-G said the police would remain committed to providing security for those who would protest peacefully.

“If the protest is peaceful, you will see us protecting the protesters as long as they remain peaceful.

“But we have a duty to protect lives and property, so we will not sit back and watch hoodlums burn down facilities in the name of protest.

“So we are not against peaceful protest; we will support peaceful protest by protecting those who will engage in peaceful protest,” he said.

He said the task of maintaining law and order during the protest would not be a challenge if the protesters engaged in peaceful protest.

According to him, it becomes a challenge if the protest is violent, and I have always said that the right to protest is the right to peaceful protest.

“No civilised society will tolerate violent protest. Violent protest is criminal, but peaceful protest is a right.”

The I-G, therefore, called on Nigerian youths to ignore anyone inciting them to violent protests.

AJAGBE ADEYEMI TESLIM

SPONSORED BY: H&H

The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps) has arrested a scavenger who sneaked into the church and brutally attacked the Shepherd, Tella Orelope.

According to a press release issued by the State Commander of So-Safe Corps, Commander (Dr) Soji Ganzallo, through the office of the Director of Information and Public Relations, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, said the incident occurred at the Celestial Church of Christ, Orelope Parish, Abule Owe, Greenland Community along Randa, Abeokuta North Local Government Area.

On July 18, 2024, at about 0400hrs, the Corps received information that the Shepherd was under attack by armed robbers. The Special Squad of the Corps, led by ACC Elijah Ogundimu, was deployed to rescue the victim and apprehend the suspects.

Upon arrival, the team found the victim with severe injuries, including a chopped off finger and ear. The suspect, Ibrahim Ridwan, 24, who resides under a scavengers shed behind railway Police Station, Lafenwa, Abeokuta, was apprehended at the scene.

Ridwan confessed that his mission was to loot the Church, the Shepherd’s motorbike, electronic appliances, cables, etc. He also admitted to attacking the Shepherd’s wife who heard the noise and tried to escape.

Exhibits recovered from the suspect include a cutlass, scissors, and pliers. The suspect and exhibits have been transferred to the Nigeria Police Force, Sabo Ilupeju Divisional Headquarters for further investigation and likely prosecution.

The State Commander, Commander (Dr) Soji Ganzallo, commended the swift response of the Special Squad.