Category: CRIME
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School teacher bags life sentence in Ondo for raping his Pastor’s 10 year old daughter
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a paedophile teacher, Omotayo Adanlawo to life imprisonment for raping the 10 year old daughter of his church’s founder at Iju in Akure North local government area. The presiding judge, Justice Samuel Bola said Adanlawo failed to give convincing evidence and testimony to prove his…
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Ondo Keke NAPEP driver gets life imprisonment for raping, infecting 14-year-old girl with hepatitis
A Keke NAPEP driver in Ondo town, Blessing Kingsley, is to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping a 14-year-old girl and infecting her with Hepatitis B. Justice Bode Adegbehingbe of an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, who gave the judgement after a two-year trial, said the weight of evidence…
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Sotitobire: Judge to Prophet Alfa: Why I cannot grant you bail
An attempt by the Founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa to secure bail in his ongoing trial before an Ondo State High Court in Akure has hit a brickwall after Justice Olusegun Odusola declined his application. The court also refused the bail application of 6 other church members standing trial with him over…
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No going back on support for women and girls- Ondo First Lady
Wife of Ondo state Governor, Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu says nothing will discourage her in the fight to end violence against women and girls. OSRC’s Olatomiwa Donald-Falayi reports that Mrs Akeredolu reiterated her stand at a high-level stakeholders meeting in Akure on how to develop a master plan to stop incessant rape cases in the state.
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Troops rescue kidnapped Driver, Trader in Akoko
Troops of 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment, Akure, have rescued a driver and trader kidnapped at Iboropa forest of Akoko North East local government area of ondo state. OSRC’s Shola Ilesanmi reports that the Commander, Brigadier General Zakari Abubakar while handing over the victims to the Olubaka of Oka, Oba Adebori Adeleye said they were…
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Ondo Police Command parades 20 suspects
The Ondo state Police Command says it will not relent in efforts at making the state free of crimes and criminals. OSRC Reporter, Yewande Afolabi reports that the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bolaji Salami gave the assurance while parading more than twenty suspects nabbed for allegedly committing crimes in different parts of the state.
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Sotitobire: Why I told Gold’s parents to use the right channel to find missing boy- Prophet Alfa
For about eight hours, the founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa, stood in the dock to prove his innocence in the dissapearance of Gold Kolawole in his church last year. Prophet Alfa told an Ondo State High Court in Akure, presided over by Justice Olusegun Odusola that Gold’s parents did not cooperate with…
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Ijoka residents raise alarm over illegal cattle settlement
Residents of Promise land community at Igisogba area of ijoka in Akure, have raised the alarm over the illegal settlement of some cattle herders which has caused fear and panic. OSRC Correspondent, Zaheed Aribisala reports that the inhabitants of the area called for government’s intervention alleging that their farmlands have been destroyed by the illegal…
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Incessant Rape: FOMWAN call for stiffer penalties
The Ondo State Chapter of the Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria, FOMWAN has called for stiffer penalties against perpetrators of rape in Nigeria. Omorinola Hungbeji reports that the women staged a peaceful protest at the popular Oja oba market in Akure over the incessant cases of rape in the country.
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Sotitobire: Why DSS tore my statements, Prophet Alfa’s witness reveals
A Veterinarian, Richard Akinnagbe, who is the third witness for the founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa, has told an Ondo High Court in Akure that officials of Department of State Services, allegedly tore three statements he wrote in their custody on the disappearance of one year old Gold Kolawole. But the state…