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Operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command, Nigeria, have arrested nine suspected kidnappers allegedly terrorising the state. Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Moronkeji Adesina, who disclosed this in a statement issued by spokesperson of the command, ASP Sunday Abutu, on Tuesday, May 2, said the suspects were arrested in a forest at Ago Aduloju […]
Continue ReadingA man identified as Tunmise Abraham was on Wednesday March 23, sentenced to death by hanging by an Ado-Ekiti High Court, for raping and killing his landlady, Bukola Olanrewaju. An eyewitness account shared in the court revealed that Olanrewaju, a mother of three, was alone at home after her husband had gone to work when the incident […]
Continue ReadingOperatives from Ekiti State Police Command have arrested a woman, Mrs Ademiloye Felicia and her son, Adewumi Ademiloye, for sexual exploitation of a minor. Public Relations Officer of the command (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday March 21, said: “Sometime in March, 2019, the victim, a 15-year-old girl, left […]
Continue ReadingSuspected armed robbers have killed a policeman and a Special Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Monday evening in Aramoko-Ekiti when they raided an old generation bank. A source who requested anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that armed robbers stormed the bank through Igede-Ado-Ekiti Road after work had closed. According […]
Continue ReadingThe Ekiti State Police Command has arrested members of a notorious kidnap gang including a dismissed policeman, Ayo Samuel and one Johnson Apotire, who impersonates herdsmen due to his physical resemblance to Fulani men. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday, spokesperson of the command (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, who represented the State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Mobayo, […]
Continue ReadingGunmen have kidnapped an intending couple said to be planning to get married next week in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The couple had come into the state capital to purchase some items for their wedding and were returning to their base when they were kidnapped along Ilasa-Ekiti-Ayebode Road, in Ekiti East Local Government Area on Sunday, […]
Continue ReadingEnraged residents of Goshen community in Ajebamidele area of Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday, protested against the alleged kidnap of four residents of the community by gunmen on Tuesday. As early as 7.00am, placard-carrying residents trooped out in large numbers and blocked the busy Ado-Ikere Ekiti highway, leaving commuters stranded just as […]
Continue ReadingFour farmers have been kidnapped by gunmen in a farm location in Ekiti. The kidnappers are demanding N50 million ransom to secure the release of their victims. Police Command in the state on Tuesday confirmed the kidnapping of the four farmers, but denied knowledge of the N50 million ransom. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes […]
Continue ReadingA High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Thursday, July 1, sentenced a cleric, prophet Olakanye Oni, to life imprisonment over the death of a woman. Oni of Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Palace of Mercy, Olokuta, Ado-Ekiti, was accused of killing one Mrs Gbadamosi Omowale, who came to his church to seek help over her […]
Continue ReadingA High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Tuesday, sentenced a 24-year-old man, Sola Jegede, to death by hanging for dispossessing some persons of their phones and money. Jegede was found guilty of using weapons, including a gun, knife, digger and club to rob Ibukun Ilesanmi, Seun Ilesanmi and Tope Ilesanmi of their […]
Continue ReadingGunmen believed to be kidnappers have kidnapped Oba Benjamin Oso, the Eleda of Eda Ile, in the Ekiti East Council area of Ekiti State. The traditional ruler was said to have been abducted from his farm in the presence of his wife on Friday evening, June 25. A source in Eda Ile said his wife […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the dates that the coming governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states will be conducted. Chairman of the commission, Mr. Mahmood Yakubu, who made the announcement in Abuja on Wednesday June 16, said the governorship election in Ekiti state will hold on June 18, 2022, while that […]
Continue ReadingThree soldiers have been accused of being involved in the death of an operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) Seye Olubodun, in a hotel in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. It was gathered that the soldiers invaded Hossana hotel at about 7.30 pm on Friday, June 4, during which one of them allegedly stabbed […]
Continue ReadingGunmen suspected to be kidnappers have kidnapped a petrol dealer, Mr Itakorode Adebayo, at the state governor, Kayode Fayemi’s hometown of Isan-Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Itakorode, the Manager of Prosperous Filling Station located at Isan Ekiti, was abducted around 7.00pm on Thursday evening, April 8. It was gathered that the gunmen […]
Continue ReadingAn Ekiti state high court sitting at Ado-Ekiti has just sentenced one Alonge Ajayi, 22, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice Lekan Ogunmoye held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubts and consequently found Ajayi guilty as charged. The 22-year-old robbed with guns on October 30, 2017, at Ikere, Ekiti. […]
Continue ReadingIndigenes and residents of Ekiti state are calling on the government to step up effective security measures in the state due to the incessant killings at the moment. The latest is the killing of an accountant who worked at Emure local government by unknown gunmen. He was said to have been trailed and shot at […]
Continue ReadingEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Thursday closed down some houses allegedly owned by former Governor Ayodele Fayose in Ekiti State capital city. The houses include the one located at Fajuyi Park beside the old Mr Biggs in Ado Ekiti which was specifically designed as Civic Centre for event management business Others are: a two-storey […]
Continue ReadingIt was pandemonium on Monday in Ijero-Ekiti, headquarters of Ijero Local Government Area of Ekiti State where a gang of armed robbers attacked a branch of Access bank. Reports coming in say the robbers killed two policemen, a bank worker and passersby during the attack which took place at about 4.30 pm few minutes after […]
Continue ReadingI spent the better part of last Tuesday, October 16, focusing on developments in Ekiti State. It was the day of John Kayode Fayemi’s return to office as governor of Ekiti State and his inauguration for a second-term, after an interregnum of four years, 2014 to 2018, during which former Governor Ayo Fayose reigned. It […]
Continue ReadingNo fewer than 18 persons have been killed in an early morning road crash in Awo community in Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of Ekiti State on Wednesday, September 26. The Toyota Hiace bus, said to have been conveying the passengers from Lagos to Abuja, had a head-on collision with a trailer on Awo – Igede […]
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