Category: Community

Kunle ADELABU -Offenders will be arraigned promptly before the court -Council The Chairman of the Ikorodu Local Government, Hon. Wasiu Adeshina, is sets to ensure that sanity prevails at Ikorodu garage roundabout and Ayangburen market, popularly called Sabo market, in Ikorodu. THE IMPACT gathered that the council is planning to achieve this with a special taskforce team that would be permanently stationed at the garage roundabout and market to discourage and arrest erring traders, motorcycle riders or commercial vehicle operators that flout the traffic and environmental regulations. It was gathered…

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Kunle ADELABU The widow of the late Hon. Rotimi Sotomiwa, former member, Lagos State House of Assembly who represented the people of Ikorodu Constituency II, Mrs Rukayat Sotonwa, has cried out to the Lagos State government and the general public to have pity on the wives, children and families of the late lawmaker and pay them compensation for their demolished houses. She also pleaded for many other families affected by the demolition exercise which was embarked upon by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s administration for right of way for the abandoned…

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-Stakeholders to prevail on him to reconsider step not to run again Kunle ADELABU Pressures have continued to mount on the chairman of the Ikorodu-Oga Development Assocation (IKODASS) and the former Permanent Secretary/Clerk of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Otunba Ganiyu Abiru to re-contest for the association’s chairmanship for the second term. Promoters of the agenda tagged, ‘#BringBackAbiru4SecondTerm’, hinged their campaign and supports for Otunba Abiru on what they termed as laudable and unprecedented achievements recorded by the association in the last two years under his exemplary leadership. At…

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Kunle ADELABU -3 killed in two days Killings by members of the two rival cult groups in Ikorodu; Eiye and Black Axe confraternities, have continued unabated despite the heavy security presence in the town. . Following the brutal killings of Gbendu, a suspected Eiye member, at Sago and a Vulcanizer, a suspected member of Axe cult group, at Ota –Ona last week, the two groups have launched deadly reprisal attacks on each other at the weekend and early morning on Monday, April 8. These attacks were coming days after their…

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Kunle ADELABU -Ikorodu not supporting our fight against cultism- Onyabo -We are ready to give Onyabo, police needed supports – Council Chairman -Apprehended cultists to be charged today Two kingpins of one of the cult groups that have been terrorizing Ikorodu township recently were apprehended last night (Wednesday, April 3) in a combined raid by security agencies in Ikorodu. According to report, those apprehended are simply identified as Dolapo and Computer. The two cultists allegedly played major roles in the cult clash that threw Ikorodu into pandemonium on Monday, April…

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Kunle ADELABU -Security groups, cultists in gun duel Two suspected cultists have so far been killed in the renewed cult clash in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria. According to report, a Vulcaniser,  who is also selling Vesper motorbikes at Ota-Ona and a suspected Axe confraternity member and Gbedun, a suspected Eiye confraternity, were killed on Tuesday, April 2, in the latest clash. The Vulcaniser was said to have been trailed to his shop at Ota-Ona and killed by suspected Eiye cultists while Gbedun was also killed at Sago…

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Kunle ADELABU Different security formations in Ikorodu Division today met to strategise on how to combat the renewed cult clashes that took Ikorodu by storm on Monday, April 1st and claimed several lives while many were inflicted with various degree of injuries. THE IMPACT gathered that security agencies met under the leadership of the Area N Commander after gathering intelligence that members of the rival cult groups,whose recent activities have instilled fears in the residents of  Ikorodu, are planning final assault tonight. At the meeting were the head of MOPOL…

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Kunle ADELABU Residents of Odogunyan in Ikorodu North Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Ikorodu Division area of Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have lamented the state of insecurity in the area. They called on the government and elected representatives in Ikorodu to intervene and help in addressing  the matter. The community,which host the largest industrial estate in West African, has recently been experiencing frequent violence, mostly occasioned by rivalry among cult groups and the situation is gradually turning the area into a den of cultists and other criminals. A resident,…

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