{"id":58236,"date":"2024-12-19T17:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58236"},"modified":"2024-12-19T17:32:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T17:32:45","slug":"oonis-ex-wife-arrested-over-death-of-35-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/19\/oonis-ex-wife-arrested-over-death-of-35-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Ooni\u2019s Ex-Wife Arrested Over Death of 35 Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Naomi Silekunola, the former wife of the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, following a tragic stampede at a children\u2019s carnival she organized.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, claiming the lives of 35 children and leaving six others critically injured.<\/p>\n<p>Police Spokesperson Adewale Osifeso revealed that eight individuals, including Silekunola, have been arrested in connection with the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Others arrested include Genesis Christopher, Tanimowo Moruf, Anisolaja Olabode, Idowu Ibrahim, and Abiola Oluwatimilehin, aged 25 to 52.<\/p>\n<p>The case has been transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, with the Deputy Commissioner of Police leading the inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Osifeso assured the public of a thorough investigation, pledging that \u201cjustice will be served accordingly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police also extended condolences to the victims\u2019 families and urged residents to remain calm, announcing increased patrols to ensure security and prevent unrest.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency contact numbers were provided for public use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Naomi Silekunola, the former wife of the Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, following a tragic stampede at a children\u2019s carnival she organized. The incident occurred on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, at Islamic High School, Bashorun, Ibadan, claiming the lives of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":58237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58238,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58236\/revisions\/58238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}