Omolola Odutola
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To prevent crime and criminalities, Ogun State Police Command has embarked on continuous raiding of hot spots and villages along Lagos/Ibadan expressway, and environs, arresting suspects, and recovering exhibits including illicit drugs.
4 Dec
Omolola Odutola, the Public Relations Officer for the Ogun State Police Command, has blamed the high rate of missing girls and ritual killings involving females in the state on "hookups". The Ogun PPRO made this statement on Channels Television’s Morning Brief on Wednesday, where she was invited as a special guest to speak on…
21 Nov
The Police Command in Ogun has confirmed the death of one Sunday Abidoye, whose lifeless body was discovered in one of the rooms at Creestar Hotel in Sagamu on Wednesday. Omolola Odutola, the Command’s spokesperson, disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Wednesday. She said the hotel’s Chief Security Officer (CSO), who preferred to…
16 Oct
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three men who allegedly specialise in motorcycle theft in the Owode-Egba area of Obafemi-Owode Local Council. The suspects, identified as Adegboyega Sarafa (42), Soliu Bankole (38), and Sogo Idri
11 Oct
The Igbeba Division of the Ogun State Police Command has apprehended five individuals suspected of conspiracy, burglary, and theft. The suspects are M. Emmanuel, also known as “Ozon,” 32, a resident of Emurin, Ijebu Ode...
10 Oct
The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended two brothers for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping, robbery, and sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl.
4 Jun
A 22-year-old female pedestrian, Mrs Elizabeth James, has been killed by a hit-and-run driver along the Sagamu-Benin expressway in Ogun State.The Guardian learnt that the incident occurred at about 9:40 p.m., on Sunday, near Dalof filling station, in the Sagamu axis.
23 May
The police in Ogun State have arrested a 29-year-old suspected ritualist, identified as Olajide Abidemi, from Abule Afa community in the Mowe area of the state.
8 May
The Police in Ogun State have intensified search of gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, who killed a yet-to-be-identified traveler and abducted seven others along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway.
1 May
The police in Ogun State have confirmed the tragic death of two people through suicide in different areas of the state.
29 Apr
The bodies of a motor boy, truck and others have been evacuated from the scene of the accident that occurred on Saturday, April 27 in Ogun State. A portion of Ita-Oshin road in Abeokuta, Ogun State was closed down after a disastrous fire incident happened
23 Apr
About 12 suicide incidents have been recorded in Ogun State within 12 months. Spokesperson for Ogun State Police Command, SP Omolola Odutola disclosed this while reacting to a suicide incident, involving a 49-year-old woman, Victoria Idowu, on Sunday.
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