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A man, Ahmed Saka, on Wednesday in Ibadan, Oyo State carried out his threat to kill his ex-lover and end his own life for ending relationship with him.
He set his ex-lover’s room ablaze at about 1:50am, killing the mother and two children.
Four others sustained severe burns.
But Saka himself was not spared, as he later succumbed to injuries he sustained in the fire.
The woman, Mutiat Oladele, and Saka, who lived in the same house at Shogoye area, Idi Arere in Ibadan, had been lovers before she told him she was no longer interested in the relationship.
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Labourer in court for allegedly stealing building materials
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The Police on Monday arraigned a labourer, Francis Agianpuye, in a Grade 1 Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly stealing building materials.
The value of the allegedly stolen materials has yet to be ascertained but the police have charged the accused who resides around the New Market, Lokogoma, Abuja with a one-count charge of theft.
The Judge, Mr Salihu Ibrahim, admitted the accused bail to a bail of N700,000 and ordered him to produce one “reasonable and reliable surety’’ who must reside within the court’s jurisdiction.
The police spokesman, while speaking on the incidents, said:“armed thugs from Shogoye/Akobi Areas have been unleashing mayhem, causing grievous hurt and death of innocent citizens in the two areas.”
He said “Sequel to the arrest of the two notorious miscreants who were handcuffed, one A.K.A Packaging led some thugs numbering about 30 to attack and mob the police team while forcefully took the two miscreants from them.
“In a bid for the police personnel to escape from being lynched, a shot was fired to the air while the police personnel managed to escape.”
On Thursday, Fadeyi said one Akeem, in the company of some angry miscreants, invaded the Police Station to report that his younger brother was shot and the miscreants attempted to attack Mapo Police Station, while some cars at the junction leading to the street of the station were damaged.”
Two persons have been killed in the crisis rocking Shogoye/Akobi areas of Mapo in Oyo State.
According to a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP. Fadeyi Olugbenga, Anipr, on Friday, a 60-year-old woman known as Modupe Daramola who was coming from a Celestial church in the Akobi area on Monday was hit with pellets from a locally-made gun fired by one of the hoodlums during the clashes and died instantly.
Some others were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries.
Subsequently, Police personnel from Mapo Divisional Police Headquarters were deployed on Thursday to effect the arrest of two notorious miscreants who are said to have been deeply involved in the crisis.