Ogun police arrest three for killing nine persons

Parading the suspects and eight others on Monday at the command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, the state Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, gave the name of the suspected robbers as Razak Ogundairo (25), Idowu Tijani (45) and Raimi Ogunkunle (25).

He said the suspects had confessed to committing the crimes, adding that they had been terrorising the people of the Ijoko area for seven years.

 

Ali said a team of Special Anti-Robbery Squad in the state stormed their hideout in Ijoko and arrested Ogundairo, who is said to be the ring leader, with one double-barrelled cut-to-size pistol and one single-barrelled pistol with 14 live cartridges.

He said, “The arrest of the suspect, who confessed to have killed five persons in the Ijoko area, led to the arrest of the two members of the gang.

“The leader of the gang, Idowu Tijani, confessed to have killed four people, including Soje, Babajeje and Agali in the Ijoko area.”

Also paraded were four suspects who allegedly attacked two riot policemen and snatched their rifles at the Agric Area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.

He said the men of he Special Anti-Robbery Squad from Ogun State recovered the stolen arms, and arrested four suspects.

The items recovered from them were one AK-47 rifle with serial number, 348417, and nine rounds of live ammunition; one type 06 rifle with serial number, 07010583, and one automatic pump-action gun with serial number, 42716.

Ali said the suspects arrested were 35-year-old Sulaiman Lekuti, aka Epe Sule; Semiu Alaka, aka Ese Sobo (39); Azeez Gbolahan, aka Eniba (45); and Teslim Adetunji, aka Tessy (43).

He said, “On October 2015, some hoodlums at Agric in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, attacked two PMF personnel and collected their arms. On receipt of the information, policemen attached to SARS Abeokuta swung into action and arrested the suspects with the rifles. The case is still under investigation.”

The police also paraded another set of four suspects arrested by SARS operatives for allegedly robbing the owner of a Bajaj motorcycle with number plate, DBG 652 UZ, at gunpoint on Ode-Remo Road.

The suspects’ names were given as Muhammed Ibrahim, Ogunjirin David, Muda Yaya, and Adebayo Segun.

One locally-made cut-to-size gun, one live cartridge, one Bajaj motorcycle with number plate, DGB 652 UZ, and charms were recovered from the suspects.

The landlord, Adekunle, was paraded for alleged theft of a car and burglary in the Ewu Oluwo area of Sagamu.

The suspect allegedly broke into the house of another landlord, Saka Opeoluwa, and stole the car and N130,000.

He allegedly took the car to Akoko, Ondo State, where he was arrested while trying to sell it.

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97 Shares 2811 The prospect of spoiling Zinedine Zidane’s Champions League coaching debut with Real Madrid may be formidable, but Roma midfielder Seydou Keita believes his side can upset the 10-time record champions in their last 16, first leg clash. “How we line up against them is down to the coach, but for me, we have to believe in ourselves and go on the pitch convinced,” said the Malian ahead of Wednesday’s tie in Rome’s Stadio Olimpico. Former Barcelona midfielder Keita knows his opponents well having won 11 matches with the Catalans in the 17 times he played against the arch Liga rivals. “This game will be difficult, but not impossible,” added Keita of Real’s miserable record against Italian teams in the competition. Roma coach Luciano Spalletti, brought back to the club recently following the sacking of Frenchman Rudi Garcia, was at the helm when the Italians prevailed over two legs in 2008. Roma beat Real 2-1 at home, a score they would repeat at the Santiago Bernabeu before being humbled 3-0 by eventual winners Manchester United in the quarter-finals. Real have made it to the semi-finals of the competition the past five seasons, claiming their historic 10th title, ‘La Decima’, in 2014 when current manager Zidane was assistant to Carlo Ancelotti. Efforts to go one step further last year were rebuffed when Juventus claimed a 2-1 win in Turin and booked their final place against Barcelona thanks to a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu. But there is little chance Zidane is entertaining another early exit and the former France and Juventus great comes to Rome with only one defeat from his six-game tenure so far, during which Real have scored 23 goals. Despite it being his Champions League debut as coach, Zidane’s past experience in the competition gives him the knowledge of what it takes to succeed in Europe’s premier club competition. “When you’re a player, you dream of playing in the World Cup, but you can dream of the Champions League every year,” said Zidane. “We are prepared and we want to do something important in this competition.” Although Welsh winger Gareth Bale remains sidelined with a calf strain, Real welcomed left-back Marcelo, who missed a 4-2 win over Athletic Bilbao at the weekend due to a a dislocated shoulder, back to their matchday squad. With central defender Pepe sidelined, Raphael Varane will keep his place alongside Sergio Ramos despite being sent off in a poor display at the weekend when Cristiano Ronaldo hit a brace and James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos added their names to the scoresheet. Karim Benzema, who set up Ronaldo for his first on Saturday, admits it won’t be all plain sailing. “The key to the tie is us. If we are on top form we will win,” said the French striker. “We have to take into account the speed of their forwards, but we are Real Madrid, for me the best team in the world, and we have the best defenders in the world.” Roma, it seems, have been warned. Despite Keita’s call for confidence, fans will be hoping Roma at least produce the kind of display that held Barcelona to a 1-1 draw in the group stages earlier this season, and not one that led to a 7-1 humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich in Rome last year. On the plus side, Roma claimed a fourth consecutive league win last weekend for the first time since October. Argentinian midfielder Diego Perotti admits, Bayern, Barcelona and Real are “all favourites for the title”. But it seems Keita’s words are already rubbing off: “They’re not going to find it easy against us. We’ll be giving it our all, and we have possibilities to cause an upset in this tie.

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97 Shares 2811 The prospect of spoiling Zinedine Zidane’s Champions League coaching debut with Real Madrid may be formidable, but Roma midfielder Seydou Keita believes his side can upset the 10-time record champions in their last 16, first leg clash. “How we line up against them is down to the coach, but for me, we have to believe in ourselves and go on the pitch convinced,” said the Malian ahead of Wednesday’s tie in Rome’s Stadio Olimpico. Former Barcelona midfielder Keita knows his opponents well having won 11 matches with the Catalans in the 17 times he played against the arch Liga rivals. “This game will be difficult, but not impossible,” added Keita of Real’s miserable record against Italian teams in the competition. Roma coach Luciano Spalletti, brought back to the club recently following the sacking of Frenchman Rudi Garcia, was at the helm when the Italians prevailed over two legs in 2008. Roma beat Real 2-1 at home, a score they would repeat at the Santiago Bernabeu before being humbled 3-0 by eventual winners Manchester United in the quarter-finals. Real have made it to the semi-finals of the competition the past five seasons, claiming their historic 10th title, ‘La Decima’, in 2014 when current manager Zidane was assistant to Carlo Ancelotti. Efforts to go one step further last year were rebuffed when Juventus claimed a 2-1 win in Turin and booked their final place against Barcelona thanks to a 1-1 draw at the Bernabeu. But there is little chance Zidane is entertaining another early exit and the former France and Juventus great comes to Rome with only one defeat from his six-game tenure so far, during which Real have scored 23 goals. Despite it being his Champions League debut as coach, Zidane’s past experience in the competition gives him the knowledge of what it takes to succeed in Europe’s premier club competition. “When you’re a player, you dream of playing in the World Cup, but you can dream of the Champions League every year,” said Zidane. “We are prepared and we want to do something important in this competition.” Although Welsh winger Gareth Bale remains sidelined with a calf strain, Real welcomed left-back Marcelo, who missed a 4-2 win over Athletic Bilbao at the weekend due to a a dislocated shoulder, back to their matchday squad. With central defender Pepe sidelined, Raphael Varane will keep his place alongside Sergio Ramos despite being sent off in a poor display at the weekend when Cristiano Ronaldo hit a brace and James Rodriguez and Toni Kroos added their names to the scoresheet. Karim Benzema, who set up Ronaldo for his first on Saturday, admits it won’t be all plain sailing. “The key to the tie is us. If we are on top form we will win,” said the French striker. “We have to take into account the speed of their forwards, but we are Real Madrid, for me the best team in the world, and we have the best defenders in the world.” Roma, it seems, have been warned. Despite Keita’s call for confidence, fans will be hoping Roma at least produce the kind of display that held Barcelona to a 1-1 draw in the group stages earlier this season, and not one that led to a 7-1 humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich in Rome last year. On the plus side, Roma claimed a fourth consecutive league win last weekend for the first time since October. Argentinian midfielder Diego Perotti admits, Bayern, Barcelona and Real are “all favourites for the title”. But it seems Keita’s words are already rubbing off: “They’re not going to find it easy against us. We’ll be giving it our all, and we have possibilities to cause an upset in this tie.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/roma-to-spoil-zidanes-champions-league-coaching-debut/