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THE  Ogun State Police Command has arraigned two suspects, Seeni Sodipo and Lateef Olamilekan, for assaulting a village Head, Chief Edunjobi Seun, the Baale of Eruku Baagbon, in Itori area of Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state  The suspects were arraigned before a magistrate's court sitting at Itori. The suspects were accused of criminally assaulting Edunjobi and stealing of a ram meant for sacrifice. It was gathered that the ram was worth N200,000. One of the accused, Seeni Sodipo, who is the son of the Onijagunna of Jaguna in Itori, was alleged to have led some cultists to attack Edunjobi in his domain. It was alleged that the two accused and others at large, who were said to be members the Aye cult, attacked Edunjobi for sidelining the Onijagunna of Ajaguna, Oba Semiu Sodipo for his installation as Baale, and also for bringing out ‘Oro’ cult to celebrate his installation. The incident, which was said to have occurred at 10 p.m., on February 24, 2023, led to serious ...

AN accountant with the Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu, Emmanuel Sombo, has been sentenced to 304 years imprisonment for forgery and stealing of N34.9 million from the account of the college. Sombo, who was convicted, last week, by an Enugu State High Court, presided over by Justice Kenneth Okpe, after a long trial, which started in 2010, had pleaded not guilty to the 61-count charges brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in suit No E/56C/2010. He was alleged to have on several occasions forged the signatures of principal officers of the institution on promissory notes with which he cashed monies running into N34 million from the college account for his personal use. The principal officers including the Provost, the Registrar and the Bursar denied signing the cheques with which the accused withdrew the monies. The EFCC forensic experts, who took samples of the principal officers' signatures, confirmed that the ones on the cheques used in...