Youths stone Methodist Church windows in Fiwasaye, Osogbo

On 20 September 2026 at about 10:40 a.m., youths playing football on fallow land beside Methodist Church Nigeria in the Fiwasaye area of Osogbo, Osun State, kicked a ball into the compound and broke a louvre glass window. They then threw stones into the premises, damaging additional louvre windows and the rear glass of a Mitsubishi belonging to a church member. Osun State Police (Iludun Division) responded to a distress call, arrested five suspects at the scene — Tajudeen Hassan, Adewale Yusuf, Kabiru Abdulsalam, Olanrewaju Abiodun, and Adewale Mujidat — and recovered a red Yamaha motorcycle (LRG 143 QE). Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Zungura ordered a professional probe.

Coordinates are the Nominatim administrative pin for Osogbo, Osun, Nigeria (7.7583223, 4.5750447); Nominatim returned no place_of_worship pin for the Fiwasaye Methodist church. Police public statement is the primary factual source.