The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps) has apprehended two suspects, Abdullahi Idowu and Samson Ojo, for theft in the Idiroko border area, demonstrating the Corps’ commitment to ensuring that no crime goes unpunished, regardless of its magnitude.

In a statement issued by the State Commander, Commander (Dr.) Soji Ganzallo, through the Director of Information and Public Relations, Assistant Commander Moruf Yusuf, it was disclosed that the suspects—Abdullahi Idowu, 18, a resident of Babaloke area, Idiroko, and Samson Ojo, 17, residing at Etikoto, Ikolaje area, Idiroko—were apprehended around 10:30 p.m. on November 17, 2024. Both locations fall under Ipokia Local Government Area.

The suspects were caught during a joint routine patrol by the Special Squad and the Idiroko Divisional Team of the Corps, led by Chief Superintendent Abdulkareem Abdulrazaq. Upon their arrest, they were found with two bags containing a stolen generator engine parts.

Commander Ganzallo revealed that a preliminary investigation uncovered that Abdullahi Idowu is an ex-convict who previously served a jail term in the Benin Republic. During interrogation, he confessed to stealing the generator engine parts from the Idiroko border area and admitted to stealing a large battery the previous Friday, which he sold to a scrap dealer.

The suspects were taken to the scene of the theft in Idiroko, where it was confirmed that the stolen generator parts belonged to a customs office. Additional parts of the generator were discovered in a nearby bush.

Ganzallo further stated that the suspects, along with the recovered items, have been transferred to the Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun Area 1 Command, Idiroko, for further investigation.

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alerted that female sanitary pads not properly disposed in Ogun state are being abused as drug by some youths in the state.
According to the agency, some youths are now picking used sanitary pads not properly disposed, from dust bins and neighborhood across the state.
The state NDLEA deputy commandant, Mrs Eucheria Ekwu made this known to newsmen on the sideline of a youth orientation programme for secondary schools students in Abeokuta.
She said the youths involved in the act, after collecting the sanitary pads not properly disposed, inhale in order for them to be high as if they are on drugs.
The NDLEA commandant, who was worried over the spread of the abuse, advised girls and women in the state to always burn their sanitary pad after usage.
She also expressed concern over youth as young as nine year old using psychotropic drugs such as loud, sk and Colorado.

Some suspected cultists have allegedly murdered a former councillor in Abeokuta North Local Government area of Ogun State, Mutiu Akinbami.

It was gathered that the councillor was gruesomely murdered at Olomore area of Abeokuta on Friday’s evening by a rival cult group suspected to be Aiye Confraternity.

Acctording to eyewitnesses, he was killed in the presence of his son while on transit.

It was learnt that his body has been evacuated by the police operatives in the state.

Details later…………