Human rights activist, Comdare Amitolu Shitu marks birthday with beggars

A renowned human right activist, Comdare Amitolu Shitu dazzled the beggars in Osogbo, capital of Osun State when he invited them to his house to celebrate his 52^nd birthday with him on Wednesday.

Comdare Amitolu Shitu with the beggars

Friends and associates as well as relatives of the celebrant who had expected a flamboyant birthday party were surprised to meet the beggars who are northerners at the Asubiaro residence of the activist. 

The male and female beggars numbering about 250 sat patiently and offered special prayers for the activist and they also commended him for rescuing them when they were chased away from the popular Ayetoro junction where they converge daily to seek alms. 

Aregbesola pardons 4 prisoners on death row to mark New Year

Osun State Governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has granted state pardon to 4 inmates of federal prisons in Ilesha, Osun State, Ibara in Abeokuta, Ogun State and the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, Lagos who were sentenced to death by court.   

This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Public Prosecutions in Osun who is also the Secretary to the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Mr Adedapo Adeniji and made available to journalists by the Information officer in the Osun State Ministry of Justice, Mr Opeyemi Bello.

35-year-old barber commits suicide in Osun

There was confusion at Oke-itase Area in Ile-Ife, Osun State on Tuesday as lifeless body of a 35-year-old man, Sunday Onifade who resided in the area was found hanging and dandling on the iron rod of the ceiling fan in his living room.

Osun CP, Adeoye

 The deceased who was a barber was believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself but the reason for his decision could not be ascertained at the time of filing these reports as relatives refused to speak on the incident.

The younger brother of the deceased, Omotayo Onifade proceeded to the ‘A’ Division Police Headquarters in Ife to report the death of his elder brother. He explained that family members were shocked when they saw Sunday where he hung himself.    

Another UniOsun missing student found dead

A 400 Level student of Osun State University, (UNIOSUN) Osogbo, Adebisi Rofiat Damilola who has been missing in the last couple of days has been found dead and police detectives are making frantic efforts to unravel circumstances surrounding her death.

late Rofiat 

It was learnt that Rofiat who was studying Science Education at the Ipetu-Ijesa campus of UNIOSUN left Ipetu on Thursday to attend a programme of NASFAT society at Ikoyi near Ikire and that her whereabouts was unknown since then.  

A source who spoke with our correspondent on a condition of anonymity said “Rofiat left Ipetu-Ijesha on Thursday. She was supposed to be in a NASFAT programme at Ikoyi, not far from Ikire. We have been looking for her since Thursday. We just received a phone call that Rofiat’s body was found somewhere around Iragbiji”.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Fimihan Adeoye confirmed the incident and assured that the perpetrators would be apprehended and brought to book. He said the remains of the deceased student have been deposited in the mortuary for autopsy and that her family has been notified.