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We r@ped older women k!lled those who didn’t have money, two robbery suspects in Oyo confess

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July 21, 2024

Lekan Taiwo and Olasunkanmi Oluwaseyi

We r@ped older women k!lled those who didn’t have money, two robbery suspects in Oyo confess

Two suspected armed robbers, Lekan Taiwo and Olasunkanmi Oluwaseyi, arrested by the Oyo State Police Command have revealed how they r@ped older women and k!lled those who resisted their attacks or pleaded that they didn’t have money.

The two suspects, usually armed with cutlasses, specialised in robbing victims living in their environs in daytime and invading homes at night.

They were among the 41 suspects paraded on Friday, July 19, 2024. by the police command at the maiden press briefing by the State Commissioner of Police, Ayodele Sonubi.

The two suspects k!lled a 35-year-old man, Yisa Mohammed, on July 4 at about 7:50pm, on his way to Igbagbo Village via Iroko in Akinyele Local Government Area, in company with his wife, Anifat.

The wife, who lodged a report at the police station at about 9 pm on same day, told the law enforcement agents that on getting under the bridge at the said Iroko Village, the two suspects emerged from where they were hiding and attacked both of them with cutlasses, resulting in the d@ath of her husband, while she managed to escape from the scene

It was further learnt that the suspects were subsequently arrested and they confessed to the crime during interrogation.

They reportedly claimed that the deceased was owing them N5,500 wages but refused to pay after working for him as labourers on his farm

Some hours before killing the man, the suspects were said to have committed the same act by hacking a 60-year-old woman, Mrs Nike Odediran, to death. The case was reported at Moniya Divisional Police Headquarters by the deceased’s son.

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Below are the excerpts of Sunday Tribune’s interviews with the suspects:

Can you please give a brief on your background?

I am Lekan Taiwo. I’m 25 years old. I’m from Ibadan, Oyo State, and a motorcycle mechanic. I was living with my father.

Why were you arrested by the police?

I killed people.

Please explain.

I live in Iroko Community in Akinyele Local Government Area. My crime partner, Sunkanmi, and I used to rob people, armed with cutlass. The victims we killed were passersby within Iroko environs. We killed those who tried to resist our attacks or who pleaded they didn’t have money to surrender.

How did you conceive the idea of robbery and killing?

My crime partner, Sunkanmi, is like a neighbourhood brother. Sometimes, we would not have money to eat. So, we would go out to search for how to get it. Whenever we met a victim on the way carrying bag, we would attack such, with the belief that we would get something. However, we would discover that truly, there was no money when we searched the bag after killing the victim. We would go back home and plan for another operation. In total, we killed five victims. I started in 2023 before Sunkanmi joined me.

How did you usually plan your robbery operations?

Sunkanmi and I live far from each other; so he would come looking for me and vice versa. We would go to other communities. We also used to smoke cannabis.

We didn’t know each other when we were young. At a time, he also went to Lagos State before returning home. We became close like brothers on his return to the village. He joined me in robbing people so that we would be able to eat and dress well, and also live fine among our mates.

How were you carrying out the robbery operations?

We usually went in the evenings to neighbourhoods or invaded houses in the middle of the night. We used to go to known places. We also used to stumble on those we didn’t know along paths and roads in the afternoons. We would stop and rob them of their money and valuables.

During operations at night, we would leave home and avoid areas where night guards were patrolling. We would spare those who gave us searched money but kill those who refused to yield to our demand. We would hack them with cutlasses which were our weapons.

We learnt that you used to rape female victims, both young and elderly. Is it true?

Yes, that is true, but not all of them. Also, the elderly females were usually in their 50s and 60s, not up to 70 years old. We would just tell the victim: ‘Let us have fun with you,’ and she would yield to our demand. We used to ejaculate into them without using any form of protection.

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Also, we used to sleep with married women whenever we were in the house of a couple. We would ask the husband to lie down, facing the floor. Any man who tried to raise his head would be beaten. So the men had no choice other than to do as we ordered while we had our way. We were not touching female children and teenagers because we learnt that the law calls it rape. We didn’t know that the same applies to adult females. We were not covering our faces during our operations.

How many people have you killed?

We have killed four men and a woman.

Why did you kill the woman?

We wanted to collect money from her, and she told us that she didn’t have. We used our machete on her until she died. We searched her bag after that and discovered that it was true she didn’t have money.

We used to take other victims off the road into a nearby bush and usually inflict machete cuts on those who tried to raise alarm.

How were you arrested?

On July 4, we attacked the woman I told you about. As we were going home, we met a man whom we used to work for as labourers. It was at about 8 pm and he was with his wife. He once told me he was an Aiye cult member while I belong to Eiye Confraternity. When we got to him, he called my name. He started castigating me for laziness, saying that I used to sleep while I was supposed to be working.

I just remembered that he was paying us unworthy wages for our labour, so in anger, I decided to kill him. I hacked him to death with cutlass. The wife ran away and went to report at the police station.

You claimed that hunger pushed you into crime, but why were you using money to buy cannabis? Was it quelling hunger in you?

I started smoking cannabis when I was about seven years old. I was not introduced to it by anyone. Whenever I saw a stub of it, I would decide to smoke it. I was tough right from childhood because one was sometimes beaten without committing an offence or accused of what one did not do. This usually evoked anger in me.

I didn’t have a mother living with us, and my father was a deep well digger who didn’t have much to offer. We were two children — my elder sister and I. We used to manage whatever our father bought for us to eat. My sister and mother are dead.

Have you never seen those with your predicament who struggled and made it in life without soiling their family name?

I have.

So, why did you choose the option of committing crime and killing innocent victims?

(No answer.)

Olasunkanmi Oluwaseyi

Tell us about yourself.

I’m 27 years old.

Were all the things said by Lekan true or not?

Yes, they are all true.

When did you start smoking cannabis?

When I was a young child. I grew up in Lagos.

Did the two of you participate in killing victims with cutlass?

It took some time before I knew Lekan was killing people. I used to leave for his Igbagbo village from my own Arikanki Village. I took him as my younger brother and even took him to a farm where I was working so that we could both get wages. When I noticed his lazy attitude, I chased him away.

Later, I went back to him. I joined him in killing this year and three people lost their lives through us after I joined him — two males and a female.

We r@ped older women k!lled those who didn’t have money, two robbery suspects in Oyo confess

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Atiku Offers Scholarship to Viral Niger Teen Miner After 37 Miners’ Deaths

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Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar

Atiku Offers Scholarship to Viral Niger Teen Miner After 37 Miners’ Deaths

Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has offered a scholarship to Yusuf Aliyu, the teenage artisanal miner from Niger State whose account of conditions at a gold-mining site went viral following the deaths of 37 suspected illegal miners in the state.

Atiku made the scholarship offer after a video of the teenager speaking about his experience at the mining site attracted widespread attention.

The offer means Atiku intends to provide the teenager with financial support for his education, although specific details such as the level of education covered, the duration of the scholarship and the institution where Yusuf would study were not immediately disclosed.

Atiku said the teenager should have the opportunity to pursue his education rather than remain dependent on mining to support himself and his family.

The teenager reportedly said that young people at the mining site engaged in the activity because of poverty and the need to support their families and pay school fees.

Yusuf also alleged that personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) had been shooting at miners at the site. He questioned the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the detained miners and disputed the initial explanation that the fatalities were linked to a disease outbreak.

The allegations made by the teenager have not been independently established and remain subject to investigation.

The teenager’s comments came after 37 suspected illegal miners died while in NSCDC custody in Niger State.

The victims were among people arrested during anti-illegal-mining operations in the M.I. Wushishi and Lukoto areas of the state on September 15 and 16.

The Niger State NSCDC Command initially said the detainees died following a suspected disease outbreak. However, accounts from survivors and families have raised questions about the conditions under which the detainees were held.

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Reports have cited allegations of overcrowding, inadequate ventilation and difficult conditions inside the detention facility, while the actual cause of the deaths remains a matter for investigation.

The Federal Government has since ordered an independent investigation into the incident.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu directed that the circumstances surrounding the deaths be thoroughly investigated, while Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo constituted a 10-member independent committee to examine the incident.

The government also suspended the Niger State NSCDC Commandant and 20 other NSCDC officers pending the outcome of the investigation. The committee was given two weeks to complete its work and submit its report.

The panel includes representatives of the Niger State Government and Minna Emirate Council, as well as a representative of the Miners Association of Nigeria, lawyer and human rights activist Deji Adeyanju, former Assistant Inspector-General of Police Hosea Hassan Karma and other members.

The deaths have generated public concern over the treatment of people arrested during illegal mining enforcement operations, particularly following reports that some of those detained were teenagers.

The controversy has also renewed attention on the difficult circumstances surrounding artisanal mining in Niger State, where some young people reportedly enter mining because of limited economic opportunities and the need to support their families.

Atiku, while announcing the scholarship, also questioned the continued poverty in communities with significant mineral deposits.

He called for greater attention to the welfare and education of children involved in mining and raised questions about the Federal Government’s handling of artisanal mining.

The former vice president also referred to the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (PAGMI) introduced under the Muhammadu Buhari administration and questioned what had become of the programme in Niger State.

His comments represent his political position on the incident and the Federal Government’s handling of artisanal mining. The independent committee is expected to establish the facts surrounding the deaths and determine whether any official or other person should be held responsible.

Meanwhile, Yusuf’s story has drawn attention to the wider challenge of keeping children out of hazardous work and ensuring access to education for vulnerable children in mining communities.

Atiku’s scholarship offer is specifically intended to help Yusuf continue his education and pursue opportunities outside artisanal mining. Details of how the scholarship will be administered have not been publicly provided.

The allegations against the NSCDC personnel and other claims surrounding the deaths remain under investigation.

Atiku Offers Scholarship to Viral Niger Teen Miner After 37 Miners’ Deaths

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NDLEA Seizes N3.4bn Drugs, Arrests Fake Police Officer in Nationwide Crackdown

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September 20, 2026

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NDLEA Seizes N3.4bn Drugs, Arrests Fake Police Officer in Nationwide Crackdown

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted more than 1.3 million pills and capsules of tramadol and other opioids, alongside about 6,000kg of cannabis, in a series of operations across several states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The agency said the seizures had an estimated street value of more than N3.4 billion, while its operatives also arrested a man accused of impersonating a senior police officer while allegedly transporting illicit drugs.

The operations were conducted in Lagos, Edo, Niger, Delta, Ondo, Gombe and Imo states, as well as the Federal Capital Territory, according to a statement issued by NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

One of the biggest seizures occurred at the Tin-Can Island Port in Lagos, where NDLEA operatives intercepted 603.75kg of Canadian Loud, a potent strain of cannabis.

The consignment, according to the agency, was valued at about N1.811 billion.

The 40-foot container carrying the drugs reportedly originated from Montreal, Canada, and arrived in Nigeria on September 12.

Following intelligence received by the NDLEA, the container was placed under surveillance before a joint examination by NDLEA personnel, the Nigeria Customs Service and other agencies on September 16.

The Canadian Loud was allegedly concealed in 31 black jumbo bags loaded into two Toyota Sienna vehicles inside the container.

In Delta State, NDLEA operatives arrested 49-year-old Innocent Ekpe along the Benin-Onitsha Expressway in Asaba on September 16.

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The agency said Ekpe was found with 292.48kg of skunk, allegedly concealed inside a silver Toyota Sienna bus.

According to the NDLEA, preliminary investigation indicated that Ekpe allegedly presented himself as Godwin Emeka, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, and used a forged police identification card to evade security checks while transporting illicit drugs.

A 39-year-old alleged accomplice, Nduka Joseph, was also arrested.

In Edo State, NDLEA operatives arrested 45-year-old Matthew Ossai at an auto-repair workshop along Agbor Road in Benin City.

The agency alleged that the workshop was being used as a cover for storing illicit drugs.

Officers recovered 48kg of Canadian Loud, 152 grammes of methamphetamine and a metal box allegedly used to store the substances.

Another major seizure was recorded in Niger State, where NDLEA operatives intercepted more than 1.1 million assorted tramadol tablets and capsules, in addition to codeine syrup, methamphetamine and Exol tablets.

The drugs were allegedly concealed in eight sacks being transported from Onitsha, Anambra State, to Mararaba, Nasarawa State.

Two suspects, Aminu Isyaku, 23, and Jamilu Habibu, 25, were arrested along the Abaji-Abuja Highway on September 18 in connection with the consignment.

The agency also reported an earlier interception on September 15 along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway at Chachi, Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State.

Three suspects — Bashir Usman, 20; Abubakar Nuhu, 18; and Abdulrahman Abdulwahab, 18 — were arrested during the operation.

The NDLEA said officers recovered two locally fabricated AK-47 rifles and a magazine, a locally made pistol and magazine, and nine rounds of 9mm ammunition concealed in a black travel bag.

In Lagos, NDLEA operatives arrested Onyeka Ofor at his residence in Aguda, Surulere, on September 18 and recovered 48,900 tablets of tramadol 225mg.

The agency also intercepted seven cartons of cannabis weighing 59kg at a logistics company, leading to the arrest of a suspect identified as Luke Ugokwe.

Another suspect, Ibrahim Hudu, 43, was arrested at Apongbon, where NDLEA officers recovered 998.38kg of nitrous oxide gas.

In Gombe State, operatives recovered 154,480 capsules of tramadol from two suspects identified as 27-year-old Sabi’u Umar and 19-year-old Hassana Muhammad.

NDLEA personnel in Imo State also arrested 25-year-old Ifesinachi Godwin along the Owerri-Onitsha Road with 43.85kg of skunk, according to the agency.

Meanwhile, four suspects — Blessing Effiong, Saviour Peter, David Friday Sunday and Ability Peter Sunday — were arrested during an operation targeting a cannabis farm in Ita-Ogbolu forest, Ondo State.

The NDLEA said about 5,000kg of cannabis was destroyed on the two-hectare farm, while 48kg of dry and fresh cannabis was recovered as exhibits.

The agency said the latest operations demonstrate its continued efforts to disrupt the production, trafficking and distribution of illicit drugs across Nigeria.

NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), commended the officers involved in the operations and urged them to sustain intelligence-led enforcement activities.

The suspects remain under investigation, and the allegations against them have not been established by a court.

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Oyo: Police Arrest Serving Air Force Personnel Over Alleged Robbery, Abduction

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September 20, 2026

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The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Abimbola Olugbenga.

Oyo: Police Arrest Serving Air Force Personnel Over Alleged Robbery, Abduction

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a serving Nigerian Air Force personnel over an alleged armed robbery and abduction in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The arrest was made on September 17, 2026, as police operatives investigated the reported incident, according to the Force’s latest operational update.

A blue Toyota Camry allegedly used during the operation was also recovered by the police and taken as an exhibit.

The police did not disclose the identity, rank or unit of the Air Force personnel, nor did they provide details about the alleged victim or explain the circumstances under which the robbery and abduction occurred.

The case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Ibadan, for further investigation.

The arrest was among several security operations recorded by the police in Oyo State and other parts of the country between September 17 and 20.

In a separate development in Oyo State, police operatives arrested three suspected members and associates of a kidnapping syndicate.

One of the suspects was arrested on September 18 at Kanbi Village in Atisbo Local Government Area following what the police described as credible intelligence.

Two other suspects were also arrested for allegedly concealing or facilitating the activities of the kidnapping group.

The police said the investigation into the three suspects was also being handled by the SCID in Ibadan.

The two Oyo cases are separate in the police operational summary, and there was no indication that the Air Force personnel arrested over the alleged robbery and abduction was among the three suspects linked to the kidnapping syndicate.

The latest arrests form part of wider police operations targeting kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, sexual offences and other criminal activities across several states.

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The Force reported arrests and recoveries in Oyo, Kogi, Kano, Delta, Cross River, Nasarawa, Gombe and Bayelsa states during the period under review.

In Kogi State, police detectives arrested a suspect following a fatal shooting at Ohunene Community in Ajaokuta Local Government Area and recovered a barrel gun allegedly linked to the incident. Another suspect was arrested in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area, following a reported missing-person case.

In Kano State, a female suspect was arrested in connection with the death of her husband at Katsalle Quarters in Rogo Local Government Area.

Delta State police reported separate arrests involving alleged sexual offences, including cases involving minors. Officers also arrested three suspects during a raid on a suspected criminal black spot at Umusadege, Kwale, in Ndokwa West Local Government Area, where the suspects were allegedly linked to drug trafficking and cult-related activities.

In Cross River State, police operatives tracked and arrested a suspect following the circulation of a video allegedly showing a cult-related firearm discharge in Calabar.

In Nasarawa State, police recovered a white Toyota Camry allegedly involved in a fatal road traffic incident at Gudi, Akwanga Local Government Area.

Gombe State police also recovered a blood-stained machete from the scene of a suspected culpable homicide at Duggari Hills in Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area.

In Bayelsa State, a murder suspect was moved to the SCID in Yenagoa for protective custody following unrest at Ebedebiri, Sagbama Local Government Area. Tactical teams were subsequently deployed to the community to restore law and order.

For the Oyo State Air Force personnel, the police investigation remains ongoing. The recovered Toyota Camry is being treated as an exhibit while detectives work to establish the circumstances surrounding the alleged robbery and abduction.

Similarly, the three suspects arrested in connection with the alleged kidnapping syndicate remain under investigation.

The allegations against all the suspects have not been established by a court, and the investigations are expected to determine whether they will face criminal charges.