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ENDAGERED SPECIES: Students, parents now hire thugs to teach teachers ‘lessons’ in Ogun schools

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October 28, 2021

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In a not too long distant past, teachers were treated as heroes. They were respected by their students and their parents, who would entrust the mentorship of the children into the teacher’s hands.

But all that is now history. Teachers in Ogun secondary schools now live in fear of possible attack by their students and parents who have embraced the habit of hiring thugs to beat them up.

Across various secondary schools in Ogun State, truancy, lateness, disobedience to school authorities and other acts of indiscipline have become the ‘new trend’.

Unfortunately, teachers who used to check the excesses of these pupils are now mindful of what might befall them should they punish a student for any unruly behaviour.

In several cases, the students organise themselves to assault their teachers for punishing them for their acts of indiscipline, thereby leaving them with varying degrees of injuries.

In October alone, no fewer than four cases of attacks on schools have taken place in different public schools in the state.

On October 12, the police arrested a 35-year-old father, one Abidemi Oluwaseun, who invaded the Baptist Girls College Idi-Aba, Abeokuta Ogun State, with thugs to attack a teacher, whom he accused of beating his 15-year-old daughter.

The teacher had flogged Oluwaseun’s daughter and others for disturbing his class, mocking him and distracting other students.

Aggrieved, the father hired two others, Fayesele Olabanji (25 years) and Alebiosu Quawiyu (24 years). They stormed the school with an unregistered vehicle, armed with a cutlass and threatening to hack down the teacher.

When they were arrested by the DPO of Kemta division, CSP Opebiyi Sunday, Oluwaseun confirmed hiring the other two men to teach the teacher who beat his daughter a lesson of his life.

Similarly, in Unity High School, Kajola Ibooro, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area, three teachers, including a nursing mother were attacked by miscreants, who were reportedly hired by some students to unleash mayhem on them.

The nursing mother, Mrs Oyadoke, who reportedly went through a caesarian session 10 months ago, was attacked when she tried to caution an aunt of a student, who was having an altercation with the Principal.

According to a report by one Olufemi Ayannuga of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) press crew, the aunt, who was infuriated with Mrs Oyadoke’s interference to the brawl between her and the Principal, rushed out to hire thugs, who reportedly dragged the nursing mother on the floor, while inflicting injuries on her body through serious beating.

The case is before the Ado-Odo Magistrates Court, it was learnt.

The latest incident happened on Monday, when students of Community High School, Ijoun, in Yewa North Local Government, allegedly hired hoodlums to attack and send their teachers away from the school.

It was gathered that the hoodlums stormed the school premises at about 10.45am and freely used weapons, such as machetes and axes on two victims, Stephen Oyelekan and Kayode Olatunji.

The Ogun State police command said four students had been arrested in connection with the ugly incident.

In the same vein, an elderly Mathematics teacher, identified as Mr Owolabi at Comprehensive High School, Itori, was beaten up by an SSS 3 student on Tuesday.

It was reported that the Mathematics teacher was teaching SSS 1 students when the ‘attacker’ rudely burst into his class and started beating a girl.

As Owolabi attempted to stop the boy from maltreating the girl who was in his class at the time, the SSS 3 student “descended heavily on the innocent teacher, beat him mercilessly with heavy blows,” a source disclosed.

The unruly student was reportedly apprehended by the police and operatives of Amotekun corps were deployed to the school as teachers panicked that his gang members in the school may attack them.

Findings have revealed that some of the secondary school students are now members of various cult groups.

Aside from cultism, teachers who spoke with our correspondent anonymously explained that some boys are into internet fraud, otherwise known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’.

“The moment they start doing Yahoo-Yahoo or when they join cult groups, they become so unruly that nobody can talk to them or scold them. Many of them are already smoking and drinking. That’s why teachers are now being careful to avoid being attacked by their own students,” a teacher who pleaded anonimity said.

Meanwhile, the Ogun State Government said that steps are being taken to address the matter.

Education Commissioner, Professor Abayomi Arigbabu, said the government had arrested those behind the various attacks, adding that they were handed over to the police.

“We are taking action on it. We are working on it. Those that were involved in the attacks were arrested and handed over to the police,” he replied briefly on the phone.

Also, the Ogun State police command said the repeated attack on teachers was becoming worrisome, stating, however, that “those that were caught have been arraigned in court and we would not relent until that nonsense will stop.”

Police spokesperson in the State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said that “Anybody that is caught, we will make sure that he/she faces the full wrath of the law.”

Oyeyemi said: “Those that perpetrated that act in Ibooro have been arrested and arraigned in court. The one that happened in Baptist College, the three of them have been arrested and charged to court. Those that carried out the one in Ijoun, the four of them have also been arrested and they will have their days in court. We won’t beg them not to do it, but when they do it they should be ready for the consequences.

“We’ve always been assuring the teachers of their safety. When such things happen, they should let us know. Because some people are just hellbent on causing confusion and making things difficult. I don’t see any reason why a reasonable human being will go and beat a teacher who is only doing his or her duty. Teachers are the builders of the society. Once you demoralize them or you don’t allow them to instill the necessary discipline in those young ones, then the society is doomed. So we would not allow it.”

The police image maker blamed parents for the heartbreaking development in schools.

“Lack of discipline among the parents is the cause of this ugly trend in Ogun State. If a parent is disciplined, he won’t follow your son or daughter to school because he was punished for beating a teacher. It’s because the parents are not disciplined. Most of the parents that are disciplined won’t do that. That’s just the simple thing about it.”

He added that some parents also encourage their children to join cultism.

“I made an example some time ago, when a parent, a father, celebrated that his son is now the Number One of Aiye cult in Itori; and he threw a party for that. The parents are making the children believe that cultism is a good thing,” Oyeyemi expressed concern.

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NDLEA arrests South African woman with drug shipments, seizes large consignment of drugs at Lagos airport

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October 11, 2026

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested a South African, Gebashe Sithandiwe Jessie, with 30 parcels of Thai Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 32.74 kilogrammes, at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa, Rivers State.

According to a statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the drugs were concealed in two travelling bags.

The statement added that the suspect travelled from Thailand through Doha aboard Qatar Airways flight QR1431.

“She confessed to having previously trafficked through other African countries, and was expanding her route to Port Harcourt when she was caught.”

Similarly, NDLEA operatives at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, intercepted a shipment of 354,000 tablets of Tapentadol 250mg weighing 307.20kg from Pakistan.

Babafemi said the consignment arrived aboard a Royal Air Maroc flight on September 29 and was placed under surveillance before a joint examination on Tuesday, October 6, uncovered the drugs in nine cartons.

In a separate operation at the Lagos airport, NDLEA officers intercepted 70 parcels of Colorado, a synthetic cannabinoid, weighing 75.90kg in six Ghana-Must-Go bags contained in a consolidated cargo from the United Kingdom.

The statement said the shipment was monitored after arriving on September 29.

A clearing agent, John Edrah, 54, was arrested on September 30, while an Uber driver, Taofiq Ajibola, 54, was apprehended while collecting one of the bags at a logistics company in Mafoluku, Oshodi.

The agency said Adetunji Adebayo and Kazeem Damola Dosunmu, 48, a clothing trader, were subsequently arrested when they came to collect the remaining five bags.

According to Babafemi, Ajibola said the drugs were sent by a UK-based associate, Lukman Sa’idu, while Dosunmu claimed his consignment came from another UK-based man identified as Yusuf.

In Cross River State, NDLEA operatives arrested 46-year-old Adama Inuwa at Iyala Nkun village, Ikom Local Government Area, on Sunday, October 4, following surveillance.

Babafemi said the operation led to the recovery of 181 bags of cannabis sativa weighing 1,100kg and 17.15kg of cannabis seeds.

In Edo State, officers intercepted a black Toyota Camry conveying 1,049 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 702.83kg at Otuo, Owan East Local Government Area, on Monday, October 5.

The agency said Monday Orji, 52; Monday Lawal, 40; and Precious Uduegele, 20, were arrested in connection with the seizure.

In a separate raid at Asoro, off Sakponba Road, Benin City, operatives arrested 26-year-old Ojugo Mercy with 989 grammes of Loud, 13 grammes of Colorado and 83 grammes of methamphetamine.

In Ondo State, a 21-year-old suspect, Happy Endurance, was arrested at her hideout in the Shasha area of Akure on October 5, with 29 bags of cannabis weighing 290kg.

The statement added that a separate raid on an apartment at Oba-Ile, Akure, on the same day led to the arrest of 42-year-old Tunde Adebayo, with 35 bags of cannabis weighing 351kg.

In Taraba State, NDLEA operatives, supported by soldiers, arrested Abdulrasheed Mohamed, 31, and Abubakar Saidu, 37, at Chanchanji village, Wukari Local Government Area, on Friday, October 9.

Babafemi said the suspects were found with 166,200 tablets of tramadol 225mg weighing 107kg.

In Kano State, a stop-and-search operation along the Kano-Maiduguri Road on October 9 led to the arrest of 32-year-old Yahaya Musa with 24,990 capsules of tramadol, 50,000 tablets of diazepam and 22,000 tablets of Exol-5.

In Kaduna State, operatives on patrol along the Zaria-Kaduna Expressway arrested 29-year-old Mohammed Musa with 31 jumbo bags and 775 blocks of skunk weighing a combined 1,027kg.

The agency also arrested Musbau Balogun Adekunle in Orile, Lagos, on Tuesday, October 6, with 32.51kg of skunk and 52.65kg of cannabis seeds, bringing the total seizure to 85.16kg.

In Plateau State, NDLEA operatives raided the residence of 45-year-old Christian Chukwudi Uju at Rukuba Road, Jos, on Thursday, October 8, recovering methamphetamine, firearms and ammunition.

According to the statement, the items seized included 47 grammes of methamphetamine, two pump-action rifles, one locally made gun, 199 live cartridges, five rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and one round of 9mm ammunition.

The agency said its War Against Drug Abuse sensitisation campaign also continued across the country, with lectures delivered to students and staff of schools in Oyo, Ebonyi, Niger, Kano, Lagos and Ogun states.

Among the institutions reached were Progressive Grammar School, Tede, Oyo State; Eghugo Technical College, Afikpo, Ebonyi State; Baptist High School, Lambata, Niger State; and Ipara Senior and Junior Community Secondary School, Badagry, Lagos State.

Commending officers involved in the operations, NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), praised personnel of the Lagos, MMIA, PHIA, Taraba, Kano, Kaduna, Edo, Cross River, Ondo and Plateau Commands.

Babafemi said Marwa commended the officers “for their professionalism and intelligence-driven approach to the various successful operations” and urged them “to continue with the current balanced approach to the drug control efforts of the Agency.”

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NDLEA arrests 83-year-old ex-convict with Colorado, meth in Abia

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October 11, 2026

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have rearrested an 83-year-old grandmother, Uloma Uchechi Sunday, with consignments of methamphetamine and Colorado.

The arrest comes barely a year after the grandmother was convicted of drug-related offences.

Uloma was first arrested on May 17, 2025, alongside her 32-year-old daughter, Chisom Uchechi, at the same residence.

This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.

According to Babafemi, the octogenarian was arrested on Wednesday, October 7, at her residence in Ite-Uzo, Umuaguma, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, with the substances allegedly tied around her waist with a wrapper.

Her arrest followed credible intelligence indicating that she operated a notorious drug joint allegedly harbouring criminal elements terrorising the community.

During her first arrest in May, operatives recovered 50 grammes of methamphetamine, 522 grammes of skunk, 260 grammes of fresh cannabis leaves and 12 grammes of tramadol from the Uloma and her daughter.

According to the statement, “Both pleaded guilty and were sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment or a fine of N200,000 each. They paid the fine and were released by the court”

The NDLEA spokesman alleged that the elderly woman returned to the illicit drug trade after her release.

“Undeterred, the notorious old woman promptly returned to the criminal trade and escalated the scale by setting up a drug joint where she harbours dangerous characters,” the statement added.

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Varsity lecturer dies after sex romp with prostitute in hotel room

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October 7, 2026

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A senior lecturer at the Edo State-owned Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, identified as Dr. Matthew Uwuigbe, has repeatedly died in a hotel room after an alleged sexual encounter with a 21-year-old commercial sex worker, identified as Angela Defa Jacob.

The incident, according to a report by Punch online, happened on Sunday at a hotel in the Mosco area of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State.

It was gathered that the lecturer had checked into the hotel with the sex worker and died moments after the romp.

Spokesperson for the Edo State Police Command, Eno Ikoedem, who confirmed the incident, said three persons have been arrested in connection with the incident.

She said, “On October 5, 2026, at about 8 pm, the command received a report that Matthew Uwuigbe, a lecturer at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, had lodged at a hotel in Ekpoma and engaged the services of a 21-year-old sex worker, Angela Defa Jacob.

“He subsequently sent the woman to purchase water for him, and upon her return, she found him lying dead in the room.”

Ikoedem said the hotel owner, the manager and the sex worker are currently in custody while investigation continues. The corpse, she added, has been deposited at the Oriaifo Memorial Hospital mortuary.

The university’s Public Relations Officer, Otunba Mike Ade Aladenika, confirmed that Uwuigbe is a staff member of the institution, but said the incident occurred outside the campus.

“We are not denying that he is our staff, but whatever he did and what happened, it is his private life. The girl in question is not our student, and everything happened outside our institution,” he told the News outlet.