COLLINS EDOMARAUSE: Black Spots in Naija

OSUN STATE

High crime areas…

• Ife town/Ilesha

• Gbogan Town

• Modakeke-Ife

• Ikirun

• Osogbo area

• Ila-Orangun

Accident-prone areas:

•Osogbo

•Ife

•Ila

•Ikirun

•Okuku

•Ila-Orangun

•Ilobu

•Ilesha

Notorious for Kidnappings…

•Ilesha •Ife Ikirun •Ejigbo

Source: Security agencies

KOGI STATE

•Okene town  (violent crimes)

•Ayangba town (armed robbery)

•Okene-Aajoakuta-kotonkarfe-Abuja (armed robbery)

•Lokoja-Ajoakuta road (armed robbery)

Source: Security agencies

FCT…

Notorious for armed robbery

• All exit routes, especially Gwarimpa Estate •Kubwa, Nyanya, e.t.c, that enable the armed robbers easily access routes to Kaduna, Jos, Plateau, Nasarawa, and Benue States.

Your cars could be snatched or burgled at…

• Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent and  Wuse 2 areas 

• Value Gate Park/Gardens, opposite Orji Uzo-Kalu/Abia House, Wuse 2.

• Area 3, Garki where there are cluster of Banks

• Lonely gardens in the night

Others…

• Mabuchi (under the bridge)

• Area 1 (under the bridge)

• Area 3 (under the bridge)

• Several bus stops along the Airport Road

• Wuse Zone 4 (under the bridge and the ditch)

Source: Residents