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Hoodlums Attack Luxury Bus Passengers Going For Easter Celebration On Highway

Published

7 months ago

March 31, 2024

A 59-seater luxury bus belonging to Ifesinachi Transport Ltd was attacked and set ablaze on Saturday by armed robbers along the ljebu Ode-Ore-Benin City expressway.

The incident reportedly occurred at the Ogun State end of the road.

In a video uploaded on X (formerly Twitter) by social media influencer Chude Nnamdi, some of the affected passengers narrate how they were accosted by the bandits who stole their belongings and set fire to the bus.

Ifesinachi Transport Ltd lost a 59-seater luxury bus to armed robbers at ljebu Ode/ Ore/Benin expressway in the early hours of Yesterday 03/30/2024.

It was gathered that they burnt the entire bus with all the goods of the passengers inside.

Many of the bus passengers were reportedly on their way to the southeast region to celebrate Easter. The passengers said no casualty was recorded but added that they all struggled to escape being burned alive inside the bus.

One of the passengers said, “Ifesinachi Motors, we were travelling in the night to come back to the East for Easter celebration, and criminals attacked us in Ijebu Ode along Ore/Benin expressway.

“They robbed us of everything we had, some they stripped half-naked. They locked us inside the 59-seater luxury bus and set it ablaze. We thank God that we later escaped; nobody died but everything we had was collected.

“We thank God that we didn’t lose anyone but we lost everything we were travelling with and some sustained injuries.”

“This is Ifesinachi Motors that we are travelling with on Friday night and this attack happened around 2 am. They stripped us half-naked. You can use it; the people in the vehicle are completely stranded. There are some people who were macheted and some who broke their legs. We have small children among us,” another one added.

He continued: “We were somehow told that robbers were on the road but the conductor told the driver to move and we entered into the den of the robbers. After robbing us, they burnt the vehicle.”

The spokesperson for Ogun State Police Command, Odutola Omolola, could not be reached on her mobile line. He also did not reply to a text sent to her.

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SAD! Many Reportedly k!lled, Hospitalised As Petrol Tanker Explodes

Published

2 days ago

October 16, 2024

Naijablitznews

By Mario Deepromoter

Jigawa Police command has confirmed the death of 95 people and 50 got diffident degrees of injuries in Majiya village of Taura local government area in Jigawa.

Confirming that accident, the Jigawa state command Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Lawal Shiisu Adams, said, “Today (Wednesday) a Petro Tanker from Porthacourt going to Nguru in Yobe state reached Majiya village of Taura local government area at around 12:30 am the driver lost control at Majiya and it falls”.

The PPRO added; “The content in the Tanker floors and flooded gutters and drainages in the village. Seen that the villagers started fetching the fuel where the petrol going into flame”.

DSP Shiisu disclosed, “As a result, 95 people confirmed died, and 50 have been hospitalised receiving treatment”.

He, therefore, advised the people to distance themselves from a situation of that nature.

Source: ibomfocus

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Police dismiss three over ‘murder’ of poly student in Kwara

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2 days ago

October 16, 2024

Kayode Sanni-Arewa

Kwara State Police Command has dismissed three policemen for alleged murder of a student.

The deceased, Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, a student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, was on September 4, this year shot dead by trigger-happy policemen at Fate, Ilorin.

In a statement, the command’s spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi said after an investigation and an internal disciplinary trial, the three officers –AP/No 233828 INSPR. Abiodun Kayode, AP/No 287410 INSPR. James Emmanuel, and F/No 497868 SGT. Oni Philip – were found guilty of offences ranging from leaving beat, corrupt practices to unlawful or unnecessary exercise of authority.

“Consequently, they have been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force, with effect from 4th October, 2024,’’ he added.

They would be arraigned in court soon, he said.

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SAD: Man drowns in Lagos river after taking hard drugs

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4 days ago

October 14, 2024

Kayode Sanni-Arewa

By Francesca Hangeior

A 45-year-old man, simply identified as Kazeem, has drowned in a river at Odo Tente, a boundary community between Lagos and Ogun States.

It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday around 11 am.

Before the incident, Kazeem was said to have taken a hard drug suspected to be Colorado.

The deceased, who soon started to act under the influence of the drug, reportedly ran uncontrollably and jumped into the river.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, while confirming the incident in a statement on Sunday, stated that he drowned in the process.

The statement read, “On 11/10/2024 at about 11 am, a complainant reported at Alagbado Division that one Kazeem, ‘M’ aged 45, under the influence of a hard drug suspected to be Colorado, ran uncontrollably and jumped into a river at Odo Tente boundary between Lagos and Ogun State.

Sequel to this, the victim drowned and died.”
Hundeyin further stated that detectives from the Alagbado Division visited the scene and took photographs of the deceased.

The police spokesman added that the father of the deceased, when contacted, directed that the corpse be buried immediately by the riverside according to their tradition.

He, however, noted that the police had commenced an investigation into the incident.