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Tension in Ikere Ekiti over cult clash

Ihesiulo Grace 18 April 2021 0

Ayodele Adesanmi. Ado Ekiti There is tension in Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti state on Sunday as five persons were feared killed in the early hours during a clash between two cult groups in the town. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday night when one of the cult groups identified as

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Suspected ritualists kill 78-year-old grandmother, remove vital organs in Ekiti

Ihesiulo Grace 3 June 2020 0

The Police Command in Ekiti on Wednesday confirmed the gruesome killing of a 78-year-old grandmother and widow by persons suspected to be ritualists, in Ikere Ekiti, Ikere Local Government. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), ASP Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident, described it as “unfortunate and mysterious”. 18-year-old girl ‘gang-raped’, murdered in

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Eleka v Fayemi: Who succeeds Fayose as new Ekiti Gov?

Ihesiulo Grace 14 July 2018 0

…TMG identifies violence-prone areas …CSO wants security agents to prosecute …PDP accuses APC, Fayemi of importing fake policemen, ballot papers Ekiti people will today elect a new governor at the poll for the next four years. Though 35 political parties were accredited for the election by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), only two major

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Ikere crisis: Ogoga-in-Council abrogates Olukere title

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2018 0

The chieftancy crisis in Ikere Ekiti has taken a new twist as Ogoga in Council, a body of royal chiefs of Ikere kingdom of the palace of Ogoga, Oba Adu Adejimi Alagbado, has proscribe the title of Olukere, which remanded Ganiu Obasoyin holds till yesterday. Obasoyin had been embroiled in a serious battle with both […]