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  • Police arrest serial cult killers in Anambra

    Police arrest serial cult killers in Anambra

    The Police in Anambra said they arrested two suspected serial killer cultists in Ihiala Local Government Area of the State.

    The suspects were arrested during a special operation by the Police Crack Squad deployed by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Aderemi Adeoye.

    DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Onitsha.

    According to him, officers of the command arrested the ringleader, Chitana Oha, 25, alias “Kill and Bury” and Emmanuel Okonkwo, 24, alias “Good and Bad”.

    The spokesperson said both suspects were arrested in their hideout at Okija within the same local government area.

    Ikenga said that the commissioner had vowed to end cult related killings in Ihiala, same way he stamped out the menace in Awka, the state capital.

    He disclosed that the command had directed the squad to smoke out all cultists in the state and clip their wings.

    Ikenga assured members of the public that their security would continue to be top most priority of the command.

  • Soludo sympathises with victims of Nnewi market fire

    Soludo sympathises with victims of Nnewi market fire

    Gov. Charles Soludo of Anambra has sympathised with the victims of Tuesday’s fire that destroyed a section of the Timber Market in Nnewi.

    Soludo’s message was conveyed by the Commissioner for Industry, Mr Christian Udechukwu, accompanied to the market by the Transition Committee Chairman, Nnewi North Local Government Area, and APGA chieftains.

    The governor’s delegation was at the market to sympathise with the traders and assess the extent of damage by the inferno.

    He advised the timber dealers to take the safety of the market more seriously.

    He also said that there was an urgent need to improve water supply in strategic points in the market to forestall future occurrence.

    The governor mandated the TC chairman to sink an ultra-modern borehole with big capacity to supply water to the market.

    He also directed that the sawdust area be fenced off so that fire generated from sawdust dumps would not easily get into the shops and sheds.

    He expressed the readiness of the government to support the victims at their time of trial occasioned by the fire.

    He commended the state Fire Service and others for containing the fire and preventing it from causing greater damage.

    One of the market leaders, Mr Ikechukwu Okafor, expressed delight over the governor’s powerful delegation to the market.

    Okafor said that the victims lost goods worth millions of naira to the inferno and appealed to the state government to come to their aid.

  • Anambra: Fire guts timber market at Nnewi

    Anambra: Fire guts timber market at Nnewi

    Fire on Tuesday gutted the timber market, which is situated in Nnewi North Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra.

    The is contained in a statement signed by the Director, Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, who indicated that the inferno started at about 11:30 a.m.

    According to him, “when we received a distress call of a fire outbreak at timber market in Nnewi, we immediately deployed our fire trucks and gallant firefighters to the scene to fight, control and extinguish the fire.

    “The cause of the fire outbreak is unknown but it emanated from the gully heep of saw dust which threw smoke that covered the entire market although no life was lost.

    “The timber market was completely saved due to the timely intervention of our firefighters. The heavy fire was battled till about 5:40 p. m.”

  • Police officer declared wanted for murder

    Police officer declared wanted for murder

    The Police Command in Anambra has declared  Insp Audu Omadefu with force number, AP No.362178, wanted for murder.

    DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra Command stated this in a statement in Awka on Tuesday.

    Ikenga said that the command urges any member of the public who sees the fugitive or has information on his where about to report to the nearest Police Station.

    He said that members of the public can also call the command Control Room number 07039194332 or the PPRO on 08039334002.

    The command assured the public that any information given in this regard shall be treated with utmost confidentiality.

  • Governorship election: I only need one term to change Anambra – Sen Ubah

    Governorship election: I only need one term to change Anambra – Sen Ubah

    Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah, member representing Anambra South in the National Assembly has called on the people of Anambra to give him their mandate in the 2025 governorship election to enable him address the State’s leadership questions.

    Ubah, All Progressive Congress (APC) who spoke to journalists in Nnewi on Sunday said was asking for just a term of four years.

    He said he would conduct Local Government Area elections within four months of election to encourage political participation at the grassroots and make LGA funds available for competitive and decentralised development.

    He said local government elections would also unbundle the State government, make local government funds available to them and shift development to grassroots while the State exercises supervisory role over them.

    “All I ask for is one term of four years. I promise to conduct Local Government Area elections within four months of election.

    “At the moment, I rate governance in Anambra for the past 18 years at 20 percent, I will bring 80 percent content that has never been discussed in governance.

    “I have a burning desire to contest the next governorship election in Anambra because this government and those before it has not been able to put the state in the development trajectory that our people desire.

    “We have a need to create support for our commerce, we have to develop our sector to make it a hub for health tourists and we have to accelerate community development through local government elections.

    “Voting people with over over-bloated personality and structure has failed us, it time we vote for people with passion, people with a track record, that is who I represent, I am prepared to change the narrative, that is why my manifesto has remained the same from 2013 till date,” he said.

    Ubah said he had the electoral wrest power from the ruling All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) having won Senate seat  two consecutive times on the platform of Young Progressives Party, a minority party.

    He described the faceoff between the Prof. Chukwuma Soludo government and traditional rulers in Anambra following conferment of Chieftaincy title on him as unfortunate and unnecessary.

    “I felt bad about it, it is a debt in our traditional institution, I strongly believe that those who championed that did not know what they did. Thank God it has been revered though without apology to me,” he said.

  • Man dies in Anambra accident

    Man dies in Anambra accident

    A male passenger has been confirmed dead in an accident involving three vehicles at Uzoakwa along Ihiala-Owerri Road, Anambra State.

    Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra, confirmed the incident to journalists in Awka on Thursday.

    Irelewuyi said that the accident was caused by wrongful overtaking and over speeding.

    He said that the crash involved unidentified drivers of a Nissan commercial bus with registration number: JJT-57XX, a Trailer with no registration number, and a Mack Trailer, also with no registration number.

    “According to eyewitness, the bus driver stopped in front of universal bakery and was discharging passengers, while the two trailers were coming from behind on speed trying to overtake each other.

    “As a result, the Mark trailer hit the bus, pushing it to an electric pole and the two trailers continued their journey without stopping.

    “A total of 17 persons, comprising 13 male adults, four female adults were involved in the crash.

    “One male adult was killed. Three male adults and one female adult were injured while the other 12 were rescued unhurt.

    “The victims were rushed to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Ihiala, by the FRSC rescue team while the dead victim was deposited at the hospital’s mortuary,” he said.

    The Sector Commander of the FRSC sympathised with the family of the dead and wished the injured quick recovery.

    He urged motorists to desist from wrongful overtaking and drive within a safe speed limit they could control.

    He also advised commercial vehicles to park away from the road where it is safe to discharge passengers.

  • Pandemonium as mentally deranged man attack church member during deliverance service

    Pandemonium as mentally deranged man attack church member during deliverance service

    Pandemonium broke out in a church at Obosi, Anambra on Sunday as a man suspected to be insane dealt machete cuts on a congregant.

    “Preliminary information revealed that the man of God in the church claimed he could heal the insane man and started praying for him.

    “As the prayers were on-going, the insane man began to struggle with the pastor and other congregants and in the process picked a machete from the altar and wounded one of the members.

    “The insane man has been taken to the hospital for psychiatric evaluation and treatment, police spokesman in the State,” DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, stated on Sunday.

    He added that the man of God had been arrested, while the victim of the machete blow had been hospitalised and was responding to treatment.

    Ikenga noted that the relations of the insane man were also going through interrogation in the safe custody of the police.

  • Soludo suspends Igwe for conferring chieftaincy title on Senator Ubah

    Soludo suspends Igwe for conferring chieftaincy title on Senator Ubah

    The government of Anambra has suspended Igwe Damian Ezeani, the traditional ruler of Neni community, for one year for conferring a Chieftaincy title on Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah.

    The suspension is contained in a letter signed by Mr TonyCollins Nwabunwanne, the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, on Tuesday.

    Ubah, who is of the All Progressives Congress (APC), represents Anambra South Senatorial District in the National Assembly.

    The Commissioner said Ezeani did not obtain approval from the state government as contained in the traditional rulers’ code of conduct.

    “We have received confirmed reports that you, as the traditional ruler of Neni, conferred such a phantom Chieftaincy title today on one Sen. Ifeanyi Ubah in violation of the Code of Conduct and without clearance from the Ministry.

    “Whether or not your action was for pecuniary reasons as being insinuated in many quarters is irrelevant. What is important is that your action is an affront to order and good governance.

    “I am directed to inform you that Mr Governor has in the exercise of his powers under Section 2 (C) of the Anambra State Traditional Rulers (Amendment) Law, 2020, suspended your recognition as traditional ruler of Neni until further notice,” he said.

    Nwabunwanne said the traditional ruler was by the letter directed to state his defense and reason why his Certificate of Recognition should not be withdrawn.

    According to him, in the meantime, you are advised in your own interest, to stop parading yourself forthwith, as the traditional ruler of Neni community.

  • Assailants k!ll two policemen in Anambra

    Assailants k!ll two policemen in Anambra

    Two police personnel were shot dead by suspected assailants at Uga roundabout, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra on Thursday evening.

    The gunmen said to be on a kidnap mission, were operating in the area when a team of policemen attached to a motorcade but unaware of their presence, ran into them.

    The Policemen were trying to clear the traffic gridlock but the armed men who sensed danger, shot two of them dead and fled the scene after a duel following response from other personnel.

    Meanwhile, Mr Aderemi Adeoye, Commissioner of Police in Anambra, has directed an intensive manhunt for the assailants.

    DSP Toochulwu Ikenga, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Anambra Command who disclosed this in a statement, said the gunmen were disguised in military fatigue.

    Ikenga said Police-led mobile Forward Operating Base which had been on intensive patrol of the entire area throughout Christmas celebrations promptly responded to the scene.

    He said a Lexus SUV the gang used, and AK-47 RIFLE belonging to one of the slain personnel were  recovered  while an improvised explosive device found in the vehicle was recovered and defused.

    According to him, they opened fire on the officers who had moved ahead of the motorcade they were escorting to decongest traffic gridlock, other personnel returned fire forcing the bandits to flee.

    “The CP Aderemi Adeoye had declared the weekend and Christmas holidays as special working days for all officers and men in the command, he commended all personnel for their tireless and courageous effort in securing the people of Anambra State.

    “The CP  has urged all officers and men of Anambra  State Police Command to redouble their efforts and remain vigilant while assuring that technology would be employed to track down the criminals who unleashed the attack on Police personnel,” he said.

    Ikenga reported the CP as urging personnel in the command no to be  demoralised by the supreme price paid by their colleagues but draw inspiration from their bravery in confronting the criminal gang.

    The CP condoled with the families of the deceased officers and Enugu State Police Command and vowed that the personnel would not die in vain.

    Adeoye called for calm and encouraged the people of Anambra not to allow the incident to create fear in their minds but to continue with various activities they had slated for the yuletide season.

  • Trailer kills motorcyclist in Anambra

    Trailer kills motorcyclist in Anambra

    A trailer, with a malfunctioning brake, has reportedly killed a commercial motorcyclist at Amaokpala Village on Umunze-Ekwulobia Road, Anambra.

    The State Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the incident in Awka on Wednesday.

    Irelewuyi said the accident could be attributed to brake failure.

    “The accident involved a commercial Mercedes Benz tipper, with Reg. No. XA554AGU, a commercial Mack Trailer, with Reg. No. AKL876XP and the motorcycle.

    “According to eyewitness report, the brake of the trailer failed.

    “It rammed into the tipper and motorcycle, and crashed.

    “Four male adults were involved in the crash, while one of them, the motorcyclist, was killed.

    “His body was taken to the morgue at Ajalli General Hospital in Ajalli by FRSC rescue team,” he said.

    While condoling with the family of the dead, the Sector Commander urged motorists to ensure regular servicing of their vehicles before plying the road.

    “Drive to save lives on our roads, especially during this festive period when roads are very busy,” Irelewuyi said.