The Ekiti State Command of the Department of State Service (DSS) has revealed a shocking twist in the abduction case of Professor Olorunfemi Olaofe, former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University (EKSU).
According to a statement released on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, Olaofe’s domestic staff masterminded his abduction, leading to his gruesome murder.
Professor Olaofe was kidnapped from his residence on July 9, and an investigation by the DSS and other security agencies uncovered a sinister plot.
The statement disclosed that the domestic staff, in collaboration with seven suspected kidnappers, orchestrated the abduction.
Tragically, the investigation led to the discovery of Olaofe’s remains buried in a shallow grave at a farm settlement along Airport Road, Ijan-Ekiti.
The DSS expressed gratitude to the state government for its support in the investigation and announced that the case would be transferred to the State Police Command for prosecution, having established a case of homicide.
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The statement reads, “The Department of of State Service (DSS), Ekiti state command in collaboration with other security agencies in the state wishes ro alert the general public on the uncovering of fhe gruesome murder of Olorunfemi Olaofe (Prof).
“This was occasioned by the planned kidnap of Olaofe (Prof) by a gang of about seven suspected kidnappers at his residence, located at plot 12, 15th avenue, federal housing phase II, Ado Ekiti on 9th July, 2024.
“Investigation activities revealed that the kidnap incident was masterminded by the domestic staff, who invited others in carrying out the dastardly act.
“However, further investigation by the operatives of the command led to the discovery of Olaofe’s remains buried in a shallow grave at a farm settlement along Airport Road, Ijan-Ekiti
“In the light of the above, the command wishes to dress its profound gratitude to the state government for her invaluable support in the course of the ongoing investigation.
However, the case will soon be transferred to the State Police Command for prosecution having established a case of homicide”.
This shocking revelation has sent shockwaves through the community, highlighting the brutality of the crime and the betrayal of trust by Olaofe’s domestic staff. The case serves as a grim reminder of the dangers of kidnapping and the importance of thorough investigations in bringing perpetrators to justice.
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DSS indicts domestic staff in kidnap, murder of former EKSU Deputy VC, Prof Olaofe
Protesters march in Lagos amid tight security
1st August 2024
Protesters are currently protesting in Lagos.
Youths in their number converged on Ikeja Undebridge where they are expected to move to Ojota.
The protest which began today is planned to last till August 10.
The protest is coming following the current economic hardship faced in the country.
Nigerians in the country had raised their voices to protest as a way of expressing their grievances against the high cost of living, hunger, high levels of unemployment, and limited access to quality education as major concerns amongst others.
The protesters converged around 8 am in their numbers chanting solidarity songs and holding placards calling for better governance.
The protest is taking place amid tight security presence including the police, LNSC, and civil defence.
Although there were scanty vehicles on the roads like the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and the Alausa routes, youths in their hundreds are however marching from the Underbridge.
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Don’t allow the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest to degenerate, Adeyanju tells FCT CP
One of the solicitors to the protesters, Deji Adeyanju, has advised the Federal Capital Territory Police Commissioner, Bennett Igweh, against allowing the protests to degenerate into violence.
His advice is coming following the CP’s insistence that the protesters must go inside the stadium.
Addressing journalists, Adeyanju said the police should allow the protest to continue their peaceful demonstrations
“We have been intervening to ensure the protest remains peaceful but if they don’t appreciate our interventions and want the protest to degenerate, so be it.
“This is not the first time the police will attack us. We are used to it,” he said
Meanwhile, some of the protesters have said the protests would continue unless President Bola Tinubu meets their demands.
They called on the president to do the needful and the protests would be immediately called off.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, the Director of Mobilisation, Take It Back Movement, Damilare Adenola, lamented that the oppression under the president’s leadership had lasted too long.
He said, “The various court orders restricting protesters to particular locations are an aberration.
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Nationwide protest: Julius Berger suspends construction works in Delta
Construction giant Julius Berger has abandoned the ongoing construction at DSC roundabout, PTI Junction in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State due to the nationwide protest against bad governance in Nigeria over fears of its workers being attacked, robbed and possibly kidnapped with attendant destruction of equipment.
TVN correspondent currently monitoring the protest around town reports that the construction workers evacuated from the site two days ago.
Commenting on the development human rights activist, Harrison Itulua said: “Today being the first day of August 2024 that’s supposed to be the commencement of the protest, we are not against peaceful protest but against violent protest whereby youths will burn tyres on the streets, block the roads, depriving others of their rights. Inasmuch as they have their right to peaceful protest, others have their right to free movements.
“One of the dangers of violent protest is we will scare developers away from the state and Nigeria at large. For instance, the Delta State Government has paid heavily for the construction of flyovers within PTI Junction, Enerhen Junction and DSC Roundabout. Surprisingly, construction giant Julius Berger evacuated the site during our monitoring of the protest exercise for dear of the unknown so that hoodlums do not hijack the protest. Since the president has given us his word that NNPCL should sell crude oil to Dangote in naira as well as adopt other measures, I think we should give him some time because we don’t want our state to be 10 years backwards.”
He stressed that the violent protest during the ENDSARS in 2020 in Udu communities led to the destruction of many banks. “This is the reason we are calling for a peaceful protest,” he said.
Nationwide protest: Julius Berger suspends construction works in Delta
Federal secretariat shut in Abuja as protest begins
1st August 2024
As the scheduled nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest begins across the country, the federal secretariat in Abuja has been shut.
Our correspondent observed that the gates of the office of the Head of the Civil Service were shut as security operatives manned the gate.
Meanwhile, protesters have complied with the court order for the protests to be restricted to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium.
The Eagles Square was observed to be empty as protesters at the National Stadium refused to enter the main bowl of the stadium for their protest.
More details later….
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Empty streets as #EndBadGovernance protest begins in Jos (Photos)
The streets of Jos, the Plateau State capital are practically deserted as the #EndBadGovernance protest kicked off on Thursday morning.
Popular streets in the city are practically empty while security operatives comprising of soldiers and policemen stationed themselves and their armoured tanks at strategic locations to avoid a breakdown of law and order.
Meanwhile, a few protesters were seen gathering and mobilising youths at the Secretariat Junction in readiness for the protest and a march to the Government House in Rayfield.
The 10-day nationwide #EndBadGovernance protest is staged by aggrieved Nigerians to draw government’s attention to their dissatisfaction with the hardship caused by the policies of President Bola Tinubu’s government and poor governance generally in the country.
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National protest: NBA provides services for fundamental human rights violations
The Nigerian Bar Association has set up free legal support services, as a result of the ongoing hunger protest for anyone whose fundamental human rights may be violated.
Yakubu Maikyau, the association’s president, in a statement issued on Thursday by the NBA National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Lawal, explained that directives have been sent out to all chairpersons of the 130 branches of the association to take up cases of breach of fundamental human rights of persons involved in the protest.
He urged law enforcement agents to be professional and respect the human rights of others in the discharge of their duty while advising participants to go about the protest peacefully.
He said that to monitor activities between law enforcement agents and protesters, a situation monitoring committee has been set up.
According to the statement: “The President of the Nigerian Bar Association Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, has yesterday, July 31, 2024, directed all the Chairmen/Chairpersons of the 130 branches of the NBA to ensure that their respective human rights committees take up observed or reported cases of breach of fundamental right (s) of any citizen, harassment, intimidation or torture perpetrated by law enforcement agents, the protesters or other identified members of the public in the course of the protest.”
The statement added that chairpersons of NBA branches have also been directed to set up Situation Monitoring Committee, SMC, to monitor and report activities and interactions between law enforcement agents and protesters, saying that to this end, an online monitoring form has been provided, and it can be accessed from the link
He explained that members of the SMC and other members of the NBA engaged in the monitoring exercise are encouraged to complete the form and submit the same for NBA’s record and further action where necessary.
To ensure effective coordination of the endeavour, the NBA has established Legal Support Services teams across the country headed by its first Vice President, Mrs Linda Rose Bala; the Chairman NBA-SPIDEL, Sir Steve Adehi; and the Chairman, NBA Human Rights Institute, Mr Chinonye Obiagwu.
The NBA President has also written to the Inspector General of Police for collaboration in this regard.
As the protest commences Thursday, August 1, 2024, NBA encouraged citizens, including its members who are joining the protest to exercise their rights peacefully and within the bounds of the law, pointing out that the security agencies are also urged to be professional and observe human rights in their duty to enforce the law.
The NBA hunger protest is scheduled to be held in all 36 states of the country and the FCT and is to start today, August 1, and last till August 10.
The protest is geared towards bringing government’s attention to the economic hardship currently being faced by its citizens.
National protest: NBA provides services for fundamental human rights violations
Suicide bomber kills many in Borno market
A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber detonated a bomb at a marketplace in Kauri, a rural community in the Konduga area of Borno State, North East Nigeria.
The incident occurred around 9 pm on Wednesday, July 31, at the market area, which operates at night every day and is usually bustling with people, Daily Trust reported.
The areas, mainly settlements of roadside communities situated along the Bama-Maiduguri road, have been frequently terrorised by Boko Haram. This recent attack is one of several that the communities have faced in the past couple of months.
Local sources reported multiple casualties.
A policeman and one woman were killed in that attack while two patrol vans were set ablaze.
A government official from the village said the bomb went off around 8:05 pm at a local tea joint where the villagers gathered for a night chat, adding that dozens of people also got injured.
“Nobody can say exactly how it happened, but we suspected that the bomb was planted, not a suicide attack.
“We saw corpses of 19 people with an unspecified number of civilians injured. The injured were evacuated to an undisclosed hospital in Maiduguri for treatment,” the source told Daily Trust on condition of anonymity.
Kawuri community is located around 50 kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital.
The incident occurred 24 hours after an Accountant working with the Local Education Authority in Damboa Local Government Area, Shettima Mustapha, was killed when his vehicle ran into an IED along the Maiduguri -Damboa-Biu highway in Borno.
Efforts to contact the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Daso, were unsuccessful, as his phone couldn’t be reached at the time of filing this report.
The incident comes on the eve of the planned nationwide protest, which the government has repeatedly said could be hijacked by hoodlums and terrorists.
At the time of filing this report, According Online reports there has been no official statement about the tragic incident. Authorities have not yet confirmed the number of fatalities.
In separate news, Vanguard on Wednesday reported that a senior Accounting Officer, Education Department of Damboa Local Government Area of Borno state, Shettima Mustapha had died with another victim’s leg amputated with many others injured.
The agency stated that this happened when their vehicle stumbled on an Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) planted by suspected Boko Haram Terrorists along the Maiduguri -Damboa-Biu 185kms expressway.
In June, at least six persons were killed and many others injured in a bomb attack at a wedding venue in Tashan Mararaba, Gwoza town, Borno State.
Family begs Tinubu, security agencies for release of relatives abducted 8 months ago
The family of Abdulmugniy Folaranmi, a 16-year-old 100-level student of Nigerian Air Force Institute of Technology, Kaduna who was kidnapped along with two other people in December has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and security operatives to intervene in the release of their kinsmen.
The family made this appeal during a telephone conversation with TVN on Thursday morning.
The appeal is coming eight months after the three people were kidnapped.
TVN had earlier reported that Squadron Leader, Nurudeen Popoola, a Nigerian Airforce officer, his wife, Dr. Ganiyat Olawale-Popoola and Abdulmugniy Folaranmi, were abducted at their residence at the National Eyes Center Quaters, Mando, Kaduna on the 27th December, 2023.
The trio are indigenes of Iseyin in Oke Ogun geopolitical zone in Oyo State.
Popoola has been released after an undisclosed amount of money has been paid to the kidnappers.
TVN authoritatively gathered that the wife of the Airforce officer, Dr Ganiyat Olawale-Popoola and Abdulmugniy Folaranmi are still in captivity.
The family has hoverer appealed to Tinubu and security operatives to help them secure the release of the two remaining victims.
The father of Abdulmugniy Folaranmi, Mr. Mutairu Folaranmi who spoke with TVN on Thursday noted that all efforts to secure the release of the two remaining victims have so far proved to be abortive.
Folaranmi used the opportunity to appeal to Tinubu and security operatives to help them and ensure the release of the duo.
He said: “It is very simple, what the family want is that we want the federal government and the security operatives to help us to ensure their release. Dr. Ganiyat Olawale-Popoola and my son, Abdulmugniy Folaranmi. The family has tried. We have tried our best. We have spent a lot of money. The family cannot do it alone.
“We want the government to assist us. They knew how to ensure their release. So, we are urging the government and security operatives to help us and intervene. We are begging them to help us.
“These people were abducted at government quarters. They were abducted at National Eyes Center Quaters, Mando, Kaduna on the 27th of December, 2023. We want them to help us, to assist us on time. We want the security operatives to help us. That is what we want.
“Their health is deteriorating. They now have ulcer because they only feed them once. They give them food once in three days. We are appealing to the government and security operatives to help us ensure the release of the two people. That is what we want.”
Family begs Tinubu, security agencies for release of relatives abducted 8 months ago
Momodu blasts govt over show of force amid insecurity
Nigerian publisher and activist Dele Momodu has called out the government’s show of force in response to planned protests, contrasting it with the ongoing security challenges facing the nation.
In a statement on Thursday via X, Momodu stated, “So Nigerian government can mobilise this kind of force and military hardware, yet bandits and kidnappers are on rampage everywhere.”
The activist’s comments come as authorities have deployed significant security personnel and equipment in anticipation of #EndBadGovernance demonstrations which commenced today. Momodu’s comment follows a video showing many police officers at a yet-to-be-identified location.
Meanwhile, According Online has reported that the demonstrations have begun in Abuja and Lagos, among others.
Posting further, Momodu stated, “The good news is this government has already acknowledged and guaranteed the success of the protests inadvertently.”
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