One Murder Too Many….!

Imo State Police Command should explain to Nigerians the circumstances behind the gruesome murder of Nwaiwu Chigozie from Umunakanu Owerre in Ehime Mbano LGA. It is undeniable fact

that the young man at his early 30s was brutallly shot and killed by the police who had allegedly turned themselves to debt collector.

You don’t kill innnocent citizens, and in a bid to cover callous and wicked act, tag them members of IPOB or drop gun or charms on the victims’s body to cover most inhuman and gruesome murder.

In the next 24hr hours if Imo State Police Commissioner does not address the

most baarbaric, and callous murder, the youth of my community will tell the ugly story.

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One of those who got burnt when the military allegedly invaded Izombe- Imo state, on Friday in a revenge operation, Mrs Faith Okebata, has died.

Faith, 36, died at Federal Medical Centre- Owerri.

The mother of four got terribly burnt while trying to rescue her mother- in law, Mrs Catherine Okebata, who had been knocked down with stroke since 2014, after their country home had been set ablaze during the carnage.

Please, pray for her husband and four “little” children.

This is very sad.

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Tragedy struck in Sagamu when a 71-year-old man, identified as Ajibola Olufemi Adeniyi, reportedly died during a sex romp with a commercial sex worker inside a hotel in Ogun State.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened on Monday at 50/50 hotel Ogijo, Sagamu Local Government Area of the State.
The deceased, a resident of 22, Akilo Street, Bariga, Lagos State, had visited the brothel to ‘relax’ with one of the prostitutes therein, who was simply identified as Joy.

A hotelier in the area who pleaded anonymity confirmed the incident, saying, “In the course of the sexual intercourse, the man slumped and died immediately.”
According to the source, the police from Ogijo Division had visited the scene to evacuate the lifeless body of Adeniyi, where they also recovered his ATM card and driver’s license.
“As police try to locate the family of the man, his body was deposited at the morgue of Sagamu General Hospital, Ogun State.
“The sexual worker has also been arrested by the police to unravel the cause of the man’s death,” our correspondent was told.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, could not be reached as of the time of filing this report.

A 45-year-old man identified as Kwadwo Adusei aka Desco has been arrested for reportedly killing his friend at Wawaase in Afigya Kwabre South of Ashanti Region of Ghana.

The suspect reportedly killed his friend after he dreamt that he was having sex with his wife.

He reportedly lured the deceased identified as 48-year-old Kwesi Banahene, to a bush where he stabbed him multiple times all over his body. The deceased’s body was found in the bush after a search team was deployed to look for him after he was reported missing for days.

The murderer, according to reports, then attempted to kill his own grandfather after taking the life of his friend. He reportedly accused his grandfather of taking his manhood and thereby rendering him impotent.

His grandfather survived the attack and is currently being treated at Ankaase Hospital. Desco told newsmen that his dreams always come to pass and he couldn’t wait for this one to manifest, which is why he moved in swiftly to avert it.

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An Indian man, who was convicted for killing his wife by making a cobra bite her, has been punished with a rare double life sentence.

Sooraj Kumar was arrested last year after his wife, Uthra, died from a snakebite.

Police began investigating after her family alleged murder, saying Sooraj had been harassing them for dowry.

On Monday, a court found him guilty of releasing a cobra onto the bed while Uthra slept.

The 25-year-old homemaker was found dead in her home in May last year.

Her family became suspicious because Uthra had been bitten by a Russell’s viper just weeks earlier. She was recovering from the first snakebite when she was attacked by the cobra.

Police said their investigation pointed to Sooraj being behind both attempts. They also arrested a man who had helped him procure the snakes – he later turned “approver” and helped police piece together the case.

According to LiveLaw, an Indian legal website, police charges ran into 1,000 pages and detailed the elaborate conspiracy planned and implemented by Sooraj.

The prosecution had argued that it was a “rarest of rare cases” and demanded the death penalty for the accused.

The judge agreed that it was a rare case and awarded a double life sentence to Sooraj and also ordered him to pay a fine of 500,000 rupees ($6,635; £4,869). (BBC)

A child trafficking syndicate have been nabbed in Abia state while trying to sell a 4-year-old boy.
Three of the suspects it was gathered tried to sell one Master Okechukwu Okoroafor, 4-year-old native of Ikwuakpu Ututu in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State.

ABN TV reports that the suspects Onyekachi Ugwunwoke, M 43YRS, Chinasa Onyekachukwu, F 40YRS and Chidinma Asomugha, F 48YRS were arrested while at the bargaining point on how to sell the 4-year-old child near Abia Line Transport park in Umuahia, the state capital.

The victim who was kidnapped on Monday 27 September, 2021 at about 1905hrs (7:05pm) lived with her grandmother, Mrs. Enyidiya Okoroafor while his parents lived in Abuja.

Briefing newsmen on Friday at the command’s headquarters in Umuahia, Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Janet Agbede said trouble started when the victim’s grandmother sent him to buy pepper from a shop about 200ft away from their residence on the said date.

While on that errand however, Onyekachi Ugwunwoke and Chinasa Onyekachukwu who are also neighbours to the family whisked little master Okechukwu Okoroafor away without the consent of his grandmother.
According to the police boss, Onyekachukwu Ugwunwoke and Chinasa Onyekachukwu moved the child from Arochukwu to Railway line near Tipper/Abia line Transport park Umuahia.

It was at this point they were nabbed while negotiating with Chidinma Asomugha to sell little Master Okechukwu Okoroafor for the sum of Five hundred thousand naira (N500,000).
CP Agbede said their arrest on 30 September, 2021 by the police Crack Squad at about 1130hrs, followed a credible information.

She therefore adviced parents and guardians to closely monitor their children and wards.

She also called on the general public to give information of suspicious movement of persons in their areas.

Video captures moment a Nigerian teenage lesbian was beaten mercilessly by her dad and family members for ‘practicing lesbianism’ in Onitsha

A video that’s gone viral on the internet shows the moment an alleged Nigerian teenage lesbian was being brutalized by her dad and other family members for ‘practicing lesbianism’.

The beginning of the video shows loved-up moments of the lady and her lesbian partner where she’s seen kissing her partner and lying in bed with her as well.

However, the video later transitions to scenes of the lady being battered by her family members who were reportedly informed of her sexuality. Her father who spoke in Igbo can be seen strangling her and asking why she is “practicing lesbianism”.

Other family members are also seen beating her with a whip.

The video has of course stirred many reactions on social media with a number of people saying disciplining her in such manner will not take away her sexuality but will only make her heart hardened and she might even indulge in worse than what they initially heard later on.

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Anambra International Cargo and Passenger Airport will commence flight operations on the twenty-first of this month.

Governor Willie Obiano disclosed this when he joined the Anglican Bishop of Afikpo Diocese, Right Reverend Paul Udogu to celebrate his fifty years birthday.

The service was officiated by the Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate of all Nigeria, Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Igboezunu Aguleri in Anambra East Local Government Area.

Governor Obiano reassured that his administration will finish on a very strong note, saying that they have written to Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority concerning the commencement of flight operations at the airport, assuring that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority will soon come for another inspection.

While expressing satisfaction with the components of the airport, the Governor reminded Ndi Anambra of the need to vote for APGA in November sixth governorship election for enhanced development of the State.

The Archbishop Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria, Most Reverend Henry Ndukuba thanked Governor Obiano who he maintained performed creditably, praying that God’s will shall prevail in the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State.

He called on eligible voters to participate actively in the election and assured of sustaining prayer for both the State and nation.

Earlier in a sermon, the Archbishop of Bendel Ecclesiastical Province and Bishop of Ugheli, Diocese, Most Reverend Cyril Odutemu said that Anambra State is moving geometrically in development, prayed for continuity, saying that the State always stand out in all ramifications which he explained is the reason God had always chosen Ndi Anambra in strategic positions, calling on the celebrant not to forget his community Aguleri.

The service was jointly facilitated by Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger and Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Reverend Alexender Ibezim, Bishop of Niger West, Right Reverend Johnson Ekwe and Litany of clergy.

The APGA Flag bearer for the next month’s governorship election Professor Chukwuma Soludo and wife Nonye, his running mate, Dr. Onyekachukwu Ibezim, among others attended the service.

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Last Thursday had Chief Hope Uzodinma at Orlu where he flagged off a military campaign, something exactly like the infamous”Operation Python Dance”. His charge to the military was clear and unambiguous. Ending his speech, Uzodinma openly promised to personally reward the officers and men if they succeeded at the tasks for which they were called upon.

Barely twenty-four hours later, the tasks began. The military invaded Izombe in Oguta LGA of Imo state and burnt down over seventy residential buildings, including the palace of a revered monarch, and brutally murdered tens of unarmed young persons. These were done in flagrant violation of all rules of engagement.

It was reported that the military personnel were on an illegal duty, taking sides in a dispute between oil thieves and cultists when one or two of the personnel got killed. In keeping with Uzodinma’s charge to them to crush, to destroy and to annihilate, the full might of the military was let loose on the entire community. Izombe was up in flames!

Till the late hours of Friday, gory images of slain young men kept pouring out from the area. Burnt buildings, weeping mothers, despairing kids, and a crowd of people racing along and fleeing the community were some of the outrageous and mindboglling scenes that emerged from Oguta on that day.

The morning of Saturday saw Izombe an empty, deserted town. It had been overrun, sacked and destroyed. It had become a ghost town. On the soil of Imo state today, Izombe people have become internally displaced persons in a heartbreaking manner. When theirs is added to the other areas which had earlier been torched, destroyed and deserted, like Orlu, Orsu and Oru East, it means that under the watch of Chief Uzodinma a territory in Imo almost the size of Malta has been destroyed and deserted within six months.

What troubles everyone is the reason Uzodinma is always fast to call the military on his people. It also baffles the world that no degree of onslaught against his ostensible citizens can get him to speak or act. If he chooses to speak, it is always to justify whatever misery that his militarization has brought on the people and to threaten to do more. “It was on my invitation that the military came” and “I have identified three locations in Njaba that I will bomb” are statements by Uzodinma which everyone must never forget.

Three days since the flow of blood and rage of fire began in Izombe, nothing has been said by Uzodinma. He has, worse still, left the state in pursuit of mundane pleasures in Abuja, while literally handing over the hapless citizens to a military whose profile in human rights violations is legendary. Resolution of dispute between criminal gangs is completely far from the mandate of any army in the world. Yet, this is the anomie which Uzodinma has brought to Imo state. And the people are paying with their lives!

The Izombe carnage should once again remind Imo people that they are living at the mercy of God alone. Those who swore to an oath to protect lives are now culpable in a festival of blood! Everyone is a casualty in the face of the ongoing battle which Uzodinma fights against his own people. All mortuaries in the state have been filled up with corpses to the extent that none accepts fresh ones.

The killings in Izombe will only make matters worse. Imo is finished! The FMC in Owerri recently announced plans to conduct mass burial for the countless unidentified corpses dumped in their morgue. Who killed them and dumped them there? Why would a so-called governor watch his citizens gruesomely murdered? Why does Uzodinma want Izombe wiped out? What has befallen Imo state? God please save Imo people!

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has called on the general public to hold the federal government and its agencies responsible for any strike it embarks upon over the unsatisfactory status of the implementation of the Union’s Memorandum of Action signed with the government in April 2021.
This was contained in a statement signed and made available to The PUNCH by ASUP’s Publicity Secretary, Abdullahi Yalwa, on Sunday.
He said that during the 101st Regular meeting of the National Executive Council of the Union held at the Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade,

Ogun State, the report of the implementation of the Union’s MoA with the federal government was received and discussed.
Yalwa said that the Union’s NEC frowned at the government’s “lethargic approach” towards the implementation of some items in the signed MoA despite the 3-month suspension corridor granted by the Union.
According to him, of particular interest in the items include the non-release of minimum wage arrears to staff of Federal Polytechnics and several State-owned Polytechnics, non-release of the approved N15 billion Revitalization Fund for the sector more than 3 months after the approval, non-commencement of the renegotiation of the Union’s 2010 agreement despite the reconstitution of Governing Councils, as well as the continued non-payment of salaries in several state-owned institutions.
He said, “The Union equally expressed its dismay at recent reports of infractions in the process of appointment of Principal Officers in Federal Polytechnics and some State-owned Polytechnics in disregard of extant provisions in establishment laws.
“The Union particularly noted the events at Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe where the process of appointment of Rector was flawed from inception leading to the shortlisting of unqualified persons; Federal Polytechnics, Offa and Mubi where the process has been tainted by the deliberate exclusion of qualified persons; as well as Federal Polytechnics Oko, Offa, Auchi, and Kaura Namoda where Council affairs are being relocated to the FCT without due consideration to the cost implication on the institutions, safety of staff and sensitive documents as well as general administration of the affected institutions.
“In view of the unsatisfactory status of the implementation of the Union’s MoA signed with the government in April 2021, the Nigerian public should hold the government and its agencies responsible for any other breakdown of industrial harmony in the sector as our Union and her members have shown considerable patience and restraint.
“The Union once again demands that the government should without further delay ensure the release of the arrears of the Minimum Wage to staff, release the approved Revitalization Fund for the sector and set up the implementation Committee to administer the funds, recommence the Renegotiation of the Union’s 2010 agreement and withdraw institutional accreditation to State-owned institutions where salaries are owed to staff.”
Yalwa said that the Union equally urged the government to revisit the appointment processes for Principal Officers in Federal Polytechnics Ekowe, Offa, and Mubi to ensure strict compliance with the provisions of the Federal Polytechnics’ Act.
According to him, the Union also urged the government to “stop the emerging trend of exporting Governing Council meetings and activities to the FCT by some Governing Councils in the sector.”
He warned that the Union will not give any warning again to the government if it fails to urgently do the needful.
“The Union resolved to deepen its consultation on the next steps as there will be no further warnings if the government fails to do the needful in the immediate,” he said.

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Father, Son, Daughter Who Died After Eating Suya In Abia, Set For Burial Same Day

All is now set for the burial of Mr. Sunday Okechukwu Ogba, a native of Amadike

Akanu Item in Bende local government area of Abia State who died at the age of 52 along with his two children

They will be laid to rest on Friday, October 29, 2021 at their country home in Bende local government area.

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Police operatives, on Friday, repelled an attack by gunmen on Ezeagu Police Divisional Headquarters, located in Aguobu-Owa community in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that during the fierce gun duel between the police operatives and the hoodlums, a police officer sustained a bullet wound and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital.

The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, who confirmed the incident to NAN in Enugu, said that the incident took place in the morning hours of October 8.
“Full scale investigation has commenced to fish out the yet-to-be identified hoodlums, who operating in a black-coloured Corolla car, attacked Ezeagu Police Divisional Headquarters.
”The hoodlums were gallantly resisted by police operatives on duty.
“However, a policeman, who sustained gunshot injury, was rushed to the hospital and he is responding to treatment,” he said.
There are feelers that the hoodlums, who are currently being trailed by the police, must had escaped with serious gunshot wounds.
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The Department of State Services says veteran actor, Chiwetalu Agu, was brought to its custody by the Nigerian Army.
It added that justice would be served.
DSS Spokesman, Dr Peter Afunaya, said this during a brief chat with our correspondent on Friday.
Afunaya said, “Army brought him to us. Justice will take its course.”

He, however, refused to answer further questions.
Agu was arrested around Upper Iweke in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Thursday for wearing a Biafra outfit
The state has witnessed several incidents of violence in the last couple of weeks ahead of the governorship election next month.
Authorities believe separatist groups, notably the Indigenous People of Biafra, are behind the attacks but IPOB denies this.
Agu has been an ardent supporter of the Biafran struggle and had accused the Nigerian government of marginalising Igbos.

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A female student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, identified simply as Precious was on Thursday reportedly killed by a gas explosion.
The incident according PUNCH gathered happened in one of the off-campus lodges of the university at Ifite, Awka.
Some other occupants of the lodge reportedly sustained various injuries from the inferno.

A source said, “The young lady was trapped by a collapsed wall of the building resulting from the explosion and was burnt beyond recognition. The lodge is predominantly occupied by UNIZIK students living off-campus.”
Another source, Obinna Anyanwu, said the explosion was caused by one of the occupants of the building who was frying with her gas cooker inside her room.
He said, “One of the occupants was frying popcorn in the room when the incident occurred. Most rooms in the lodge were affected and many properties were destroyed.
“We actually tried putting out the fire but we couldn’t until the men of fire service arrived. We also tried to rescue the girl who was trapped by the collapsed wall but we couldn’t until she eventually died.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu, confirmed the incident, stating that investigation has commenced on the matter.

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An Ekiti State Magistrate Court, Ado Ekiti District, has ordered the remand of a 28-year-old man, Aderin Adedeji, at the custodial centre for allegedly robbing university students of valuables including phones and laptops in their hostels.

The defendant was accused of robbing Ayomide Ogundipe and Adewuni Manam separately at Osekita Hostel in the neighbourhood of Ekiti State University.
The prosecutor, Inspector Olumide Bamigbade, who brought two ex-parte motions to the court, prayed for the remand of the defendant in custody pending when he (prosecutor) would obtain legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution.

According to the charge, “The defendant was reasonably suspected to have committed the offence of armed robbery separately on Ayomide Ogundipe and Adewumi Manam respectively at Osekita Hostel on 29th September 2021.
“At the time of the robbery, the defendant, who was said to be armed with offensive weapons such as broken bottle, iron chisel and screwdriver, robbed them (victims) of their phones and laptop.
“The offence runs contrary to Section 1(2) and (a) (b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision) Act Cap 398 Laws of Federation of Nigeria, 1990.”

The victims in their statement to the police stated that the defendant broke into their hostel at Osekita, in Iworoko Ekiti with offensive weapons and carted away their belongings.
According to them, it was their shout for help that attracted other students who gave the defendant a hot chase which culminated in his arrest.

The Magistrate, Olu Bamidele, who granted the request of the prosecutor, ordered the defendant remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti pending legal advice.
The magistrate adjourned the matter till November 10.

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