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  • Lagos: 26-year-old man machetes pastor over fake prophesy

    Lagos: 26-year-old man machetes pastor over fake prophesy

    Lagos police  have arrested a 26-year-old man, one Akpannu, for allegedly cutting a pastor with a machete for allegedly giving him a fake prophecy.

    Akpannu was alleged to have in May, 2023, cut the pastor of one of the new generation churches, Prophet Anayochukeu, for allegedly giving him a fake prophecy.

    It was learnt that the incident  happened at the church’s headquarters in the Ijesha area of Lagos State.

    The accused claimed that the pastor, during a prayer session, told him that he was about to lose his sister except when certain prayers were conducted.

    The accused said a pastor had earlier told him that for him to be successful in business he must perform certain spiritual cleansing which required him to buy coconut and dry gin with which to pray.

    Angered by the earlier prophecy which the accused claimed did not work, he attacked the second pastor with a cutlass inside the church premises.

    The matter was reported to the police, who trailed the accused to his hideout where he was arrested.

    While at the station, the accused alleged that both pastors instilled fear in him by giving him false prophecies that his only sister would die by January, this year.

  • BIZARRE! Man machetes 85-year-old mum, two kids to death in one night

    BIZARRE! Man machetes 85-year-old mum, two kids to death in one night

    A 47-year-old man, Emeka Ezimadu, has allegedly killed his 85-year-old and two children in Nnewi, Anambra State.

    The suspect was said to have also injured three of his children in critical condition in a hospital.

    According to reports, the victims were fast asleep on Thursday night when they were reportedly attacked by the suspect with a matchete after he suprisingly ran amok.

    Police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident, saying the suspect had been arrested.

    He said the victim corpses had been deposited at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy, while the victms the three other children were receiving treatment.

    He said: “On Thursday at about 11:55pm, Police operatives attached to Nnewi Division arrested one Emeka Ezimadu,47, of Okpuneze Uruagu in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

    “Suspect allegedly ran amok in a circumstance yet to be ascertained; attacked and killed two of his biological children namely Ifechukwu Ezimadu,9, Mmeso Ezimadu, two years and his own mother one Agnes Ezimadu, 85, years of same address allegedly with a cutlass while they were sleeping.

    “Suspect equally used same offensive weapon and injured his three other children namely Nonso Ezimadu, 12, Chinaemerem Ezimadu,1, and Ngozi Ezimadu 8years old of same address.

    “Police detectives visited the scene and rushed victims to the Akwudo hospital for medical attention where the two children and the aged mother were certified dead by a medical doctor while the three other children are receiving treatment.

    “Corpses had been deposited at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy and case transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka for discreet investigation.”

  • Hoodlums attack Uzodinma’s convoy with pistol, machetes

    Hoodlums attack Uzodinma’s convoy with pistol, machetes

    The Police in Imo State have arrested 15 people who allegedly attacked the convoy of Governor Hope Uzodimma on Monday.

    He was on his way to the 34 Attilary Brigade, Obinze, to inaugurate an officers mess built by the state government when the incident occurred.

    The hoodlums, armed with guns and machetes, claimed to be staff members of the Imo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (ISOPADEC) protesting non-payment of salaries.

    The government said its position that most of the protests in the state were sponsored by the opposition had been vindicated.

    Commissioner of Police Isaac Akinmoyede said the suspects claimed they were ISOPADEC employees who were “owed three months’ salary”.

    He said they were arrested with one locally-made pistol, two machetes, a mask, a chain and a padlock.

    Akinmoyede said: “They attacked the vehicles in the convoy with a locally made pistol and machetes.”

    He said the incident, which occurred around Concord area of New Owerri, did not claim any life.

    “But in the process, windscreens of some of the vehicles in the convoy were smashed and the vehicles damaged,” he said.

    The Police chief said the suspects have been handed over to state Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation.

    Commissioner of Information and Strategy Declan Emelumba said the fact that people claiming to be the staff of ISOPADEC could arm themselves with guns and matchets validated the state’s position that most of the protests were politically-motivated.

    The commissioner said the opposition, rattled by the public ovation that greeted the governor’s successful commissioning of new roads in Owerri last Friday, must have hired the thugs.

    “The opposition is smarting from the irredeemable shame the government’s successes is rubbing on their face.

    “They quickly thought of another protest to take the shine out off the increasingly unbeatable trajectory of Governor Uzodimma’s success stories. But, luck ran out of luck this time,” Emelumba said.

    He urged the police to unravel the real motive behind the action of the hoodlums and their sponsors.