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Deputy governor escapes ‘attack’ as students launch protest
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Ogun state deputy governor, Engr Noimot Salako-Oyedele, Wednesday, escaped a possible attack by the representatives of student bodies during a protest in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Blueprint correspondent reports that the students, who were protesting hike in school fees, non-mobilisation for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Scheme, among other sundry concerns, ran into the deputy governor’s convoy around the NUJ secretariat, in Oke Ilewo, Abeokuta.
Sighting the mob, the convoy made an immediate detour, with sporadic gun shots in the air to disperse the suspecting students from further advancement towards the convoy.
According to the special adviser to the governor on Information and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, the convoy was on its way to the 35 Artillery Brigade Alamala, Abeokuta, to represent Governor Dapo Abiodun, at the reception marking year 2025 Armed Forces Rememberance day elebrations, when her convoy met the protesting students.
“This informed her convoys’ decision to make an immediate detour to her lodge for the protesting students to pass peacefully before she left for the function she was slated to attend.
“Noteworthy is that there was obstruction of vehicular movement”, Akinmade said.
Meanwhile, when contacted, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Ogun JCC, Chairman Comrade Adeyanju Francis, disclosed that there was no confrontational attack on the deputy governor’s convoy, adding that the protesting students were surprised at the sudden detour of the convoy.
He explained that the students assembled themselves when they saw the convoy of the deputy governor, thinking she was coming to address them on the matter.
He added that, at the protests, Six Divisional Police Officers (DPO), including a Deputy Commissioner in charge of the operation were with them at the peaceful protest, so, “there was no way we could probably have attacked the deputy governor’s convoy.”
Heavily armed gunmen on Sunday morning reportedly abducted a seminarian of St Joseph Catholic Church and several other persons in Enugu State.
The gunmen were said to have invaded the Catholic church in the Inoyi community, Affa town, Udi Local Government Area of the state, and abducted the seminarian and an undisclosed number of other worshippers.
According to a video circulating online, the attackers stormed the church premises in the early hours of Sunday while residents were attending morning Mass.
A resident, who did not disclose his name in the video, said it was raining as people made their way to the church.
“Those who were on their way to the church saw a crowd running out of the premises. They were told that at least seven armed men had invaded the church and abducted some members, including the seminarian,” he said.
The residents said they pursued the kidnappers but were unable to do much because they were unarmed while the abductors were heavily armed.
He said members of the community were willing and able to protect themselves and enter the surrounding forests to search for the kidnappers.
However, the residents, who were gripped by fear following the incident, questioned how they could carry out such an operation without weapons.
They said even local security operatives in the area were not armed.
The residents called on the state government to intervene and ensure their safety or provide them with the means to defend themselves.
They also lamented that one of the abducted persons was an indigene of the community who had returned home to bury his father.
Efforts to obtain a reaction from officials of the Enugu State Police Command were unsuccessful as of the time of filing this report.
The spokesperson of the Delta State Police Command, SP Bright Edafe, was left stunned after two suspected drug dealers requested to take a photograph with him shortly after they were arrested and interrogated.
The suspects, identified as Omini Ezeri, 46, and Chinedum Wagbara, 42, were apprehended during a stop-and-search operation while travelling in a Mercedes-Benz ML SUV with registration number AAA 604 JZ along the Agbarho-Warri Road.
A search of the vehicle and its occupants led to the recovery of two Beretta pistols, a substance suspected to be cocaine, and a dagger. The suspects are currently in police custody, while investigations continue.
As part of the investigation, Edafe interrogated the suspects. Shortly after the interview, the duo surprised the police spokesperson by asking to take a photograph with him.
In a follow-up post shared on social media, Edafe said he had never encountered such behaviour before, explaining that the suspects appeared to become excited once they realised he intended to interview them.
He added that despite being arrested with cocaine and two pistols, which they claimed were used for their drug business, they still requested to take a picture with him after the interrogation.
The Catholic Diocese of Otukpo in Benue State has confirmed the safe return of its seminarian, Kelvin Ochai, who was abducted by gunmen at Asa III in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state.
This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chancellor of the Catholic Diocese, Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Itodo, on Saturday.
Itodo attributed the seminarian’s safe return to divine intervention and the prayers of Christians and well-wishers.
According to the diocese, the seminarian escaped from the custody of his abductors and made his way to Aliade in Gwer East Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, where he was reunited with his family unharmed.
“Through the prayers of the people of God, Kelvin escaped from the custody of his abductors on the evening of Friday, 31st July, 2026, and made his way to Aliade, Gwer East LGA of Benue State. He has since been safely reunited with his family and is unharmed,” the statement read in part.
The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo, Most Rev. Michael Ekwoyi Apochi, expressed profound gratitude to priests, religious, lay faithful, and people of goodwill for their unwavering support and prayers during the period of the seminarian’s captivity.
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