Militants block Ogun Dep Gov, SSG

Daring militants ter­rorising communities in Ogun State yester­day blocked the state Deputy Governor, Yetunde Onanuga and the Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Ade­oluwa, during an on-the-spot assessment of attacks on Ogun communities.

The state team led by the Deputy Governor was in Ibafo Abute in Obafemi Owode Lo­cal Government Area of the state to assess the level of the damage in the community where no fewer than 10 per­sons have been reportedly killed by the militants.

The team which included all the security chiefs had earlier visited five communities of El­epete, Magbon, Igbo-Olomu, Imuti in Imushin area of Ogijo in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state which have been sacked by the militants.

The security chiefs included the state Commissioner of Po­lice, represented by the Deputy Com-missioner of Police in-charge of Operations, Bello Makwashi, Director, Director­ate of State Security Service, Kabir Sanni and the Brigade Commander of 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Brigadier General Muhammed Danwa­lis.

The team was, however, pre­vented from assessing Ebute-Ojora when the militants start­ed shoot-ing from the creek, a development which forced the state team to retreat.