S. A: FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR WAS SWEPT AWAY AT AN OVERFLOWING BRIDGE IN THE MAKOTOPONG RIVER NEAR SEBAYENG.(PHOTO).

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 Four people have died after a car was swept away at an overflowing bridge in the Makotopong River near Sebayeng. Police recovered the bodies after a blue Renault Kwid carrying five occupants was pulled into the river during heavy water flow on Sunday morning, 8 March 2026. One passenger escaped from the vehicle and alerted police and emergency services. Police say the car was travelling along the Madiga–Makotopong gravel road when it overturned at the flooded bridge and was dragged into the river. The Provincial Search and Rescue team recovered the first body on Sunday. The victim was identified as Lebapa Petrus Mochitele, 27, from Madiga Village. EMS personnel declared him dead at the scene. Search operations resumed on Monday with the SAPS Water Wing Unit, EMS Search and Rescue, the Fire and Rescue Department, and an EMS helicopter. Teams located the submerged vehicle and recovered three more bodies. The victims were identified as Seobi Dikgale, 33, Betty Makokoane, 22, and Shel...

POLICE ARREST 2 WITH LOCALLY MADE GUNS LAGOS.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.



POLICE ARREST 2 WITH LOCALLY MADE GUNS



Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), in

separate incidents in Lekki and Ojota, Lagos, arrested two

suspects, 20-year-old Daniel Ojoh and 27-year-old Kudus

Ahmed, with two locally made guns and charms.


Upon receipt of credible information from the public,

Daniel Ojoh was arrested at his workshop in Alagutan on

Saturday, February 18, 2023, and a locally made gun with

two live cartridges were recovered from him.


Kudus Ahmed was arrested underneath Ojota Bridge at

about 4:00 p.m on Sunday, February 19, 2023, after he

was stopped on suspicion by RRS bike riders on patrol. A

locally made gun and charms were recovered from his

bag


Both suspects are currently assisting the police in ongoing

investigations.


Commander RRS, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi, while urging

the officers to intensify patrol of the state, directed that

the suspects be transferred to the Command

Headquarters for further investigation and prosecution.


SP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, anipr, mipra,

Police Public Relations Officer,


Lagos State Command,

Ikeja-LagoOs.


February 22, 2023.

 

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