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61-year-old female Christian cleric murdered in her Osun home
61-year-old female Christian cleric murdered in her Osun home
Tragedy struck in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, last week as people suspected to be hired assassins allegedly macheted a female Christian cleric, Evangelist Odeniran Motunrayo Ayoade, to death at her residence.
Odeniran, a mother of three, who was the founder and spiritual head of Land of Goshen Interdenominational Prayer City located at Adelubi village, Ogbaagba, Agodo area, Owode -Ede in Osun State, retired last year as the pay mistress at the Bureau of Special Duties, office of the Governor of Osun State.
Since her retirement from active civil service, Mrs Odeniran who started her ministry many years ago was involved in aggressive evangelism within and outside the state.
It was gathered that the late cleric had travelled on evangelism for some days and returned home in the penultimate Saturday to prepare for Sunday service, not knowing that the evil doers had arranged something different for her as she eventually met her untimely death in the hands of men of the underworld on that fateful day.
The deceased who was until her death a widow, was the only person living at her residence located at Number 4, Irewumi street, Aroko estate, Ogo Oluwa, as her three children are already married and live in separate places with twonot them outside the country.
The first child of the deceased, Odeniran Abiodun, an engineer, who is the only child of the late cleric living in the state had gone to check her mother last Monday when all efforts to reach her on phone failed, only to find her mother in the pool of her blood.
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Narrating the ugly incident, Engr Odeniran told Sunday Sun that the 61-year-old woman had gone on evangelism and returned on that Saturday, but she could not be reached on her mobile phones, a situation which prompted him to visit her on Monday, but only to find her dead body.
He said: “We are aware that she travelled and she called us that she returned home on Saturday. We expected her in church on Sunday, but we didn’t see her, believing that she was tired as a result of her long trip. We also tried to call her, but her two lines were off and that was why I decided to call someone to help me check her at home.
“The person I sent to check her later called me and when I got to her house we noticed that the door was closed and when we entered we saw her in the pool of her own blood with machete cuts on her head.
“I could not hold the situation, when I saw my mother’s lifeless body lying helplessly on the floor in the kitchen. Her head was macheted in seven different places and there was machete cuts on other parts of her body. We called the police and police officers from Ataoja police division came around. The corpse was thereafter taken to the UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital morgue.”
The deceased’s son said that his late mother was not involved in any kind of misunderstanding with any individual, adding that he was not aware of any issue she had with anybody, adding that his late mum was quite, calm, kind and easy going.
The deceased who worked in the office of the state Accountant General before her retirement last year worked with former Governors Rauf Aregbesola and Gboyega Oyetola, even as she worked briefly with the current governor of the state, Senator Ademola Nurudeen Adeleke before her retirement.
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It was learnt that the deceased retired at the Bureau of Special Duties in the office of the Governor as the pay officer in charge of the bureau.
Findings revealed that the suspected assailants did not cart away with anything from the deceased’s residence as all her belongings, including her cars and church bus were intact.
However, the two phones of the deceased cleric were carted away and the lines have since been switched off as the two lines could not be reached till the time of filing this report.
When Sunday Sun visited the residence of the deceased, scores of symphertizers were seen crying and wailing, with many of them raining curses on the killers of the cleric whom many of them described as a faithful Christian and their helper.
Many of the symphertizers said the deceased was a lover of the people who was always willing to assist those around her and thereby expressed worry on what could lead to her killing.
It was also gathered that the deceased’s church has worn mournful look since the untimely death of the founder with members praying to God to expose the killers of their late pastor who was killed untimely.
The son of the deceased who informed that the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) of the Osun State Command of the Nigeria Police Force is already investigating the matter, disclosed that many individuals, including church members, neighbours and himself had been invited for interrogation by the police.
Although no arrest has been made in connection with the incident, the bereaved family said the police are already investigating the matter and expressed confidence in the ability of the state police command with the assistance of other sister security agencies to unravel those that perpetrated the derstardly act.
The gruesome murder of the female cleric has, however, continued to bring to question the validity of the security system in Osun State and country at large.
61-year-old female Christian cleric murdered in her Osun home
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200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has disclosed that about 200,000 repentant terrorists have so far dropped their arms and surrendered to troops in the North East, noting that the twin strategy of kinetic and non-kinetic operations was responsible for this achievement.
The CDS made this known at the Security and Justice Symposium organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) in collaboration with the British High Commission, which began at the National Counterterrorism Centre in Abuja on Tuesday.
He disclosed that the theme of the symposium, ”Securing Peace, Ensuring Justice, Protection, Conduct, and Accountability,” speaks volumes about the deluge of security challenges the armed forces and security agencies are facing.
His words, “All the challenges we are facing today have to do with fairness, equity, justice, and accountability.
“There will not be peace without justice, equity, fairness, and accountability. In our operations, we are conducting both kinetic and non-kinetic strategies, which have to a large extent yielded significant successes, and we want to particularly thank the National Security Adviser for his great support in this regard.
“Nigeria is going through so many challenges, and we feel we’re able to address this, and everybody has a sense of belonging. A lot of the security challenges we are having, we are sure, will go down. I want to thank the National Security Advisor for all the support he’s given us, both the kinetic and the non-kinetic.
“We have said it; the kinetic aspect is just less than 30%. The non-kinetic has a lot to play. The non-kinetic, because when you have democracy, people must have the evidence of democracy. As long as it tells people to sleep well and be peaceful, and they are hungry, their children cannot eat, and all this creates more problems.
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“The issue of informants. We have to look at how we tackle this issue of informants. Because these are the people who have created the issue.
200,000 repentant terrorists surrender, drop arms in North East – CDS
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Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
The spokesperson for the police in Delta State, SP Bright Edafe, has confirmed the death of two robbery suspects in the state.
Mr Edafe, who disclosed this to journalists on Tuesday in Warri, said that the deceased were killed from the bullets shot by their gang members.
According to him, the incident occurred on Wednesday at Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Edafe explained that the deceased were leading the police surveillance team attached to the Ekpan Division to their hideout when they were caught during a shoot-out.
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“The suspects were arrested at Effurun roundabout with a bag containing 57 live cartridges and other items. They were leading the surveillance team to their hideout at Warri/Sapele road when their gang members, on sighting the vehicle of the police team, engaged them in a shootout.During the gun duel, the arrested suspects that were leading the police team were fatally wounded by the gun shot of their colleagues. The two injured suspects were taken to the hospital and later died while receiving treatment,” he said.
Mr Edafe said that items recovered from the hoodlums hideout included: one English pump action gun, one locally made cut-to-size gun and eight live cartridges.
Others were: six iPhones, Smart phones and a Rolex wrist watch.
He said that the command had intensified manhunt on the fleeing members of the gang.
Robbers kill two members in shoot-out with Delta police
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