Category: Community

Kunle ADELABU & Mariam AKINLOYE -Inaugurates development association Fun seekers in Ikorodu will soon have another opportunity to smile if plans by the Sekumade of Ipakodo, His Royal Majesty , Oba (Engr.) Bashiru Aremu Sotonwa, the Ipakodo Development Association and residents of Ipakodo Community in Ikorodu West Local Council Development Area of Ikorodu Division, Lagos State, Nigeria, to bring back the Easter Monday picnic gathering at Ebute see the light of the day. The festival is an age-long gathering of Christians in Ikorodu at the Ebute beach in fulfillment of…

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Kunle ADELABU Youths in Ikorodu, on Friday, March 22,2019, paid a condolence visit to Mrs Janet Anifowoshe, the mother of late Adijat Sikiru , the 17 years old SS1 student of Ansar-Ul-Deen Secondary School, Imota, who was killed by a stray bullet allegedly shot by a Police officer ,  Sergeant Mudi Emmanuel, on March 18. Comrade Samson Bisiriyu , the Convener/Executive Director, Ikorodu Division Youths Movement, led other members of the group to the number 11, Akaun Street, Adamo residence of the bereaved mother and family of the deceased. While…

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 Kunle ADELABU The Divisional Police Officer(DPO) in-charge of Imota Police Division, has been alleged of wrongdoing by the mother of the girl killed by the stray bullet allegedly shot by a police officer, Sergeant Mudi Emmanuel, in Adamo, Ikorodu, on March 18,2019.  Mrs Janet Anifowoshe, the bereaved mother of late Adijat, while recounting the sad incident that led to the untimely death of her daughter, explained that the DPO and his men treated her and her sympathizers badly when they went  to the station to protest the gruesome murder of…

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Kunle ADELABU -As Hon. Agunbiade appeals to family to allow  proper investigation, prosecution to be carried out The Lagos State Police Commissioner has assured the family of late Adijat Sikiru, the 17 years old Senior Secondary School girl killed by a stray bullet shot by a police Raider, Sergeant Mudi Emmanuel, on Monday, March 18, 2019, at Adamo in Ikorodu. Lagos Police Command visited the family at 11, Akaun Street, Adamo, on Friday, March 22, to commiserate with the family of the deceased. The Police Commissioner was represented by the…

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Kunle ADELABU Lagos Police Command on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, released the three boys arrested on Monday following the mayhem that greeted the death of 17 year old Adijat Sikiru who was killed by a stray bullet shot by Police Raiders at Adamo in Ikorodu on March 18,2019. They were released this evening from Panti police station where they were transferred to earlier today from Imota police station. The boys were allegedly arrested by the police officers at the Imota police station where they had assisted Adijat’s mother to convey…

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Kunle ADELABU -Hon. Agunbiade visit family, assures them of justice -Officer responsible arrested, to be charged Mrs Janet Anifowoshe, the mother of late Adijat Sikiru, the 17 years old SS1student of Ansar-ul-Deen Senior Secondary School, Imota, who was allegedly hit by a stray bullet allegedly fired by SARS officers while at her mother’s shop at Adamo, has sought for justice. THE IMPACT gathered from reliable sources within the police that the officers responsible for the incident were not SARS but Raiders. The bereaved mother was joined by other residents in…

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Wale JAGUN The Ayangbure of Ikorodu and Permanent Vice Chairman, Lagos State Council of Obas and Chiefs, His Royal Majesty, Oba Kabiru Shotobi, on Saturday, March 16, 2019, asked sons and daughters of Ikorodu at home and abroad to join hands in promoting and uplifting the town’s cultural heritage. The monarch made the clarion call during the grand finale of 2019 edition of Odun Osu (Osu festival) held at the Ayangbure palace. The festival is the first traditional festival to be celebrated in Ikorodu annually before any other traditional festival…

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