A farmer identified as Sunday Ayeni has been killed on his farm located at Uba Oka Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. It was gathered that the lifeless body of the deceased was found on the farm with machete cuts on his body. The incident came a few days after the late farmer received compensation for his farm that was destroyed by cows of some herdsmen in the area....
The Akinmurele/Obe Governorship Campaign Council, the campaign council of the Young Progressives Party(YPP) in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election, John Akinmurele, has demanded an immediate and unconditional release of the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the state, Ajayi Kunle Wizeman by the Nigerian police. The YPP Campaign Council in a statement pn Saturday obtained by SaharaReporters also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of all the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters arrested...
There was pandemonium in the Ibule Soro Community in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State as some members of the state police command allegedly entered the town and disrupted the annual New Yam Festival celebration. The New Yam Festival is celebrated annually to mark the beginning of the yam-eating season. During the celebration, some policemen allegedly arrived at the venue and began shooting sporadically to disperse the crowd and prevent the continuation of the...
An Ondo State Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Igbokoda has sentenced the Baale of Ebute Ipare Community in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, Francis Ogundeji, to three years imprisonment for disobedience to court order . The judgement was delivered on Monday by Senior Magistrate E.A. Manuwa but a copy of the judgement was made available to PUNCH Metro on Thursday. According to the judgement, Ogundeji and one Ikuejamoye Thomas were charged to court...
This would mean that the state plans to spend N122.5 million for each vehicle meant for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker. A review of the budget performance documents has shown that the Ondo State government budgeted the sum of N245million to buy two Lexus jeeps for the Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly. This would mean that the state plans to spend N122.5 million for each vehicle meant for the Speaker...
The Ondo State Police Command has said the case of a businesswoman who was killed last week is not swept under the carpet as it is being insinuated in some quarters. The late 54-year-old woman, Olakunbi Adene, was found dead in her residence located at the Oda Road Area of Akure, the state capital, last week Sunday. PUNCH Metro gathered that the deceased’s lifeless body was found on her bed in a pool of blood,...
Tope Temokun, a lawyer and human rights advocate, has taken Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to court, challenging the legality of appointing and inaugurating Caretaker Committees or Transition Committees to manage local government affairs in the state. The lawsuit, filed at the Ondo State High Court’s Akure Division, seeks a court order declaring such appointments illegal, unconstitutional, and null and void. The Attorney General of Ondo State and the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission are also defendants...
An Ondo State Family Court has ordered the remand of a pastor, Adetunji Obatayo, in the Olokuta Correctional Centre for sexually assaulting his foster daughter and procuring an abortion for her three times. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim had been living with the defendant since 2020 when her parents handed her over to the pastor. Obatayo is also the principal of the school where the 14-year-old victim attends. The 55-year-old defendant was arrested by...
An Ondo State Family Court has ordered the remand of a pastor, Adetunji Obatayo, in prison custody for sexually assaulting his foster daughter and procuring abortion for her three times. It was gathered that the victim had been living with the defendant since 2020 when her parents handed over her to the pastor. Obatayo is also the principal of the school where the 14-year-old victim attends. The 55-year-old defendant was arrested by the men of...
The abducted corps members from Ondo State who were released by the kidnappers on Monday said the family of each of the victims paid a sum of N1m before they were set free. The five victims who include four corps members and one artisan were kidnapped by the bandits at about 11 pm last Thursday at Omi Alafa Village in Ifon, Ose LGA and dragged into a nearby forest. The corps members were said to...
