Author: Ado Oyeyemi

The Imo State Police Command has neutralized two suspected kidnappers and rescued four victims during an operation in the Umuokanne community, located in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Henry Okoye, disclosed this on Saturday while addressing journalists at the command’s headquarters in Owerri, where the lifeless bodies of the suspects were paraded. According to the PPRO, the police acted swiftly following a distress call reporting the abduction of three women in the community. “Our operatives responded promptly to the information and engaged the kidnappers in a gun duel, resulting in…

By Ado Oyeyemi The family of Sunday Morakinyo, one of the Osun State indigenes recently pardoned in the infamous “death-for-fowl” case, has called on the government and compassionate individuals to assist in managing his mental illness, which reportedly developed during his incarceration. Morakinyo, who was arrested in November 2010 for allegedly stealing fowls and eggs in Oyan, Osun State, was sentenced to death alongside his co-accused, Segun Olowookere, by the Osun State High Court in 2014. The case, which revolved around the alleged theft of items worth N20,000, sparked public outrage due to the perceived severity of the sentence. Following…