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Pardoned ex-convict by Gov Adeleke goes back to crime, steals tv set
A middle-aged man, Sunday Omisakin, one of the ex-convicts granted state pardon by Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on December 24, 2024, has been rearrested and remanded at the Ilesa Correctional Centre.
Omisakin was apprehended for allegedly stealing a plasma television set worth N600,000 in Osogbo.
According to the Osogbo Chief Magistrates Court, the incident occurred on January 3, 2025, in the Iludun area of Osogbo, just eight days after Omisakin received the pardon.
The charge sheet obtained by reporters detailed the accusations against Omisakin. COUNT I reads:
“That you, Adebayo Omisakin Sunday ‘m,’ on the 3rd day of January 2025 at about 12:00 pm at the Al-Medinat Area, Iludun, in the Osogbo Magistrarial District, did break and enter the house of one Shittu Damilare ‘m’ and steal one Plasma TV valued at the sum of Six Hundred Thousand Naira (N600,000:00k) only.”
COUNT II states:
“That you, Adebayo Omisakin Sunday ‘m,’ on the same date, time, and place in the aforementioned Magistrarial District, did steal one Plasma TV valued at the sum of Six Hundred Thousand Naira (#600,000:00k) only, property of one Shittu Damilare ‘m.’”
Omisakin was charged under Section 411 (1) (2) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. II and Sections 383 and 390 (9) of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. II, Laws of Osun State of Nigeria, 2002.
During his arraignment on January 7, 2025, Omisakin applied for bail. However, Magistrate A. Adeyeba deferred the ruling until January 10.
In the prosecutor’s submission, Kayode Adeoye requested the court to deny the defendant bail. Following this, the magistrate ordered that Omisakin be remanded at the Ilesa Correctional Centre pending further proceedings.
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Speaker Abbas, thereafter setup a Special Committee to be chaired by Rep. Chinedu Martins to immediately launch a probe into the “Utilisation of take-off grants, bailout funds, and interventions allocated to MDAs, government institutions, and GOEs from 2015 to present.”
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He made these assurances after inspecting the ongoing construction of access roads to the train stations on Wednesday, from Metro Train Station in the Central Area to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
Reassuring journalists accompanying him, the minister reiterated that President Bola Tinubu would commission the rail project on May 29 to mark his second year in office.
The visited stations were Wupa station near Idu and Bassanjiwa station near the airport.
“This is part of our routine inspection of ongoing projects to see the contractors’ progress,” Wike explained.
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According to sources, the herdsmen armed with AK-47 rifles stormed the community around 04:15pm on Thursday.
“Our lives are in danger this evening, armed Fulani herdsmen, about 600 in numbers have taken over our communities this evening,” a resident told SaharaReporters.
“They’re currently moving around towns in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue state. No security personnel at all, Governor Alia didn’t send security, they said operation will start soon once they (herders) have observed the place.”
The insecurity situation in Benue has been alarming in recent weeks with attacks from gunmen suspected to be herdsmen.
The media had reported that suspected herdsmen again unleashed terror in Benue State, attacking three communities in Otukpo Local Government Area (LGA) on Wednesday, just a day after 11 people were killed in a deadly raid on Otobi community.
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However, the renewed attack has created fear and mass displacement among residents, with women and children fleeing to safety.
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