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Deputy governor escapes ‘attack’ as students launch protest
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.”
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Wednesday abducted the Head of the Medical Services, General Hospital, New Bussa in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, Dr. Tony Eghagagara.
The spokesman for the state police command, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday in Minna.
Abiodun said Eghagagara was kidnapped at 9:30 p.m. by the hoodlums in his private hospital in Wawa, also in Borgu LGA.
He added that a police tactical team had been mobilised for the rescue operation.
The Nigeria Police Force on Friday said it has dismantled a notorious armed robbery syndicate in Kaduna State, arresting a dismissed soldier and two other suspects.
The suspects, identified as Abubakar Musa, 36; Hassan Umar, 30; and Joshua Raphael, 20, were apprehended by operatives of the Force Intelligence Department – Special Tactical Squad (FID-STS) on March 16, 2026.
Announcing in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Anthony Okon Placid, it disclosed that the ringleader, Musa, is a dismissed Army Corporal who had been posing as a serving personnel to facilitate the gang’s criminal operations.
Placid said, “Preliminary investigations revealed that the principal suspect, Abubakar Musa, is a dismissed Corporal of the Nigerian Army who has been impersonating a serving soldier to evade detection while carrying out armed robbery operations with his accomplices.”
According to the police, the syndicate specialized in snatching vehicles and altering their registration details to prevent tracking by the original owners or security agencies.
Items recovered from the suspects include ten vehicles of various brands. Among the recovered fleet are Toyota Hilux trucks, Toyota Corolla cars, a Toyota RAV4 SUV, a Lexus car, a Pontiac Vibe GT, and a Honda vehicle.
The police noted that several of the vehicles were discovered without registration numbers at the time of the recovery.
The Force PRO added that efforts are currently being intensified to arrest other fleeing members of the gang.
“Investigations are ongoing to apprehend other fleeing members of the syndicate and recover additional exhibits,” the statement added.
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, commended the operatives for the breakthrough and reiterated the Force’s commitment to protecting the lives and property of Nigerians.
A 40-year-old woman, Isoken Idunueko, was on Friday arraigned at the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for failing to return N2,040 mistakenly sent to her bank account by a third party.
The defendant, who lives in the Elebu area, Ibadan, is charged with theft.
She, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecutor, Foluke Adedosu, told the court that the defendant, in February at Oke-Itunu, Mokola, Ibadan, stole N2,040 that was mistakenly sent to her Zenith Bank account No. 2111699080.
Ms Adedosu alleged that she refused to return the money to the owner when the complainant, Sandra Okwueze, contacted her.
She said the offence contravened section 383 and was punishable under section 390(9) of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.
The magistrate, A. T. Oyediji, admitted her to bail of N500,000 with two sureties to post the same bond.
Ms Oyediji said one of the sureties must be a landed property owner who lives in the house.
She, thereafter, adjourned the matter until June 2 for hearing.
(NAN)
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