Police apprehend pastor accused of killing girl in Delta community

A man in his middle age, identified as Alex Itedjere and believed to be a pastor, has been taken into custody for allegedly using a machete to kill a young girl in the Agbarha-Otor community of Delta State. The victim's body was found in the pastor's house in the agricultural community. Sources indicate that the cleric used a machete to end the young girl's life. However, the specific details surrounding the motive for the killing are still unclear at this time. In response to the gruesome incident, angry youths from the community reportedly stormed the pastor's house seeking retribution. They were on the verge of lynching him, but security operatives were called in by concerned leaders and managed to intervene in time to prevent further violence. Comrade Israel Joe, a human rights activist, swiftly demanded justice for the deceased girl and appealed to the state Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass, to initiate a thorough investigation into the incident and ensure that the accused person is prosecuted in accordance with the laws of the land. Unfortunately, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, was not available for comment at the time of reporting. However, a senior security source from the command confirmed that the suspect was apprehended earlier today.

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Mohbad's body exhumed by police for further examination

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that they have dug up the body of the late Afrobeats musician, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, for an autopsy.

Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the Lagos Police, made this confirmation in a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter). The autopsy is scheduled to begin soon.

In the meantime, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has invited the Department of State Services (DSS) to participate in the investigation of Mohbad's death.

The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, issued a statement acknowledging the developments following Mohbad's death. The state government has urged anyone with crucial information that could assist in the investigation to come forward and share it with the investigative team.

Furthermore, the government has requested that the investigating team ensure the confidentiality and protection of all witnesses who provide vital information or evidence.

Omotoso appealed to the deceased's friends and fans to remain calm and avoid making inflammatory statements or forming premature conclusions regarding the matter.

The Lagos State government expressed condolences to Mohbad's family and fans. Omotoso emphasized that they understand the pain of losing such a talented and promising young man who had made a name for himself in a highly competitive industry.

A special investigative team, assigned with the responsibility of unraveling the circumstances surrounding Mohbad's death, has been instructed to submit an interim report within two weeks from the day of its inauguration, which was Monday, September 18.

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A Nigerian man celebrates receiving N36 million from Twitter through ads revenue sharing.

According to a report by Punch on September 2nd, 2023, a Nigerian man named Logik, with the Twitter handle #iamlogikk, expressed his joy after receiving a payment of N36,858,567 from the app ads revenue sharing program introduced by Elon Musk. Logik shared screenshots of the payment statistics on his Twitter page and captioned the post with "36m... God bless Elon Musk." This payment plan was initially launched in the United States of America in July and has recently been extended to verified global users with Twitter Blue subscribers. Additionally, a few Nigerian content creators on the microblogging app have also started receiving payments.

Bishop Oyedepo explains the reason behind his fleet of private jets

Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, also known as Winners Chapel, recently explained why he acquired a fleet of private jets. According to him, the reason behind this is the abundant blessings he believes God has bestowed upon him.

During a sermon at his church, Bishop Oyedepo emphasized that his church is now able to change planes like one would change bicycles, all because of God's blessings. He stated that when God first revealed to him that he would fly, he and his church did not actively pursue it through human efforts.

Bishop Oyedepo further explained that God informed them they would fly, and if they were left to plan for it themselves, it would not have been included in their budget for the next ten years. He attributed their ability to change planes effortlessly to God's blessings, which have made them rich without any accompanying sorrow.

Regarding the acquisition of the private jets, Bishop Oyedepo shared that they did not pray or confess specifically for a particular type of plane. When asked about the type of plane, he responded that any kind would suffice, as he wasn't actively shopping for one.

In addition to discussing the private jets, Bishop Oyedepo addressed the Ark Project and clarified that the church had not announced any offering requirements at their Canaanland or branch locations. He emphasized that despite fluctuations in the dollar-to-naira exchange rate, the project has not faced any financial pressure from external sources.

On the topic of tithes, Bishop Oyedepo highlighted the biblical significance of tithing and mentioned that those who faithfully pay their tithes do not experience lack. He cited the example of John D. Rockefeller, who was a prominent tither and ultimately became the first American billionaire in history. Bishop Oyedepo emphasized that people do not lack what they give, but rather what they choose to keep, and he believes in the principle of tithing as a means of financial sustainability.

End SARS : Two nabbed for allegedly eating police officers in Ibadan #sars

The Oyo State Police Command in Nigerian has arrested suspects allegedly

linked with the roasting and eating of the flesh of police officers

burnt in Ibadan during End SARS protest .

Police Spokesman at the Oyo State Command , SP Olugbenga

Fadeyi , made this known in Ibadan in an interview with the News

Agency of Nigeria (NAN ).

Fadeyi added that the suspects , a 34 - year - old expectant mother

and a 43 - year - old man have been transferred to the Force

Intelligence Bureau at the Force Headquarters in Abuja for further

investigation .

The 34 - year - old woman was alleged to have eaten some body

parts of one of the police victims , an allegation which she denied.

According to her , though it was true that she was at the scene ,

she was only given the body parts to keep by the second suspect,

the 43 - year - old man .

The 43 - year - old suspect did not also deny being at the scene of

the incident with other hoodlums , but disclosed that it was the

woman who voluntarily took the body parts and only asked him

for a towel or handkerchief to wrap them in .

The deceased policemen were deployed to contain the End SARS

protest in October, which was hijacked by hoodlums, when they

met their deaths , NAN reports .

Source: Vanguardngr.com

Killings in Nigeria : UK lawmakers report Buhari to Commonwealth

Some lawmakers in the United Kingdom parliament have reported President Muhammadu Buhari to the Secretary - General of Commonwealth over the unabating spate of killings in the country .

Daily Post reports the British lawmakers wrote the Commonwealth Secretary- General, Patricia

Scotland QC , over widespread violence in Nigeria .

These lawmakers include Caroline Cox, David Alton, Jin Shannon and Helena Kennedy.

According to them , thousands of civilians in.Nigeria had been killed and elements of the Nigerian Government may be complicit in the

violence.

Others , who signed the letter, are Lord Williams , Lord Carey , Dr Christopher Cocksworth, Phillip Mounstephen , Lord Stoddart, Lord Anderson, Lord Cormack.

Sir Geoffrey Nice QC , Ayo Adedoin , Ewelina Ochab, Mervyn Thomas , Dr Khataza Gondwe , Nevile Kyrte - Smith , Dr John Eibiner and Ann

Buwalda.

The lawyer sought intervention on the killings in Nigeria , highlighting the helplessness of the

current administration .

Source: vanguardngr.com

Man arrested for burying grandchild alive

A 50- year old man has been arrested in Bauchi for burying his day - old grandchild alive in Toro Local government area. According to Bauchi police spokesman , Ahmed Wakil , the man ’ s 17- year - old

daughter Hafsat Bawada of Rimin Zayam in Toro L .G. A of Bauchi put to bed on September 14.

She told the police that her father seized the male child and buried him at the back of his house .

“ She said that her father, Bawada Audu , (50years) seized the child and buried the baby behind his house . Upon receipt of this report, the corpse was exhumed and

the baby was rushed to a general

hospital where it was certified dead by a medical doctor , ” Wakil said.

“ Hafsat said , one Danjuma Malam Uba “ had carnal knowledge of her ” sometime early 2020 now at large . The corpse was released to the village head of Rimin Ziyam for burial, suspect was arrested and confessed to the crime , ” Police said.

Source: guardian.ng

Tragedy as landlord sets tenant ablaze over N11, 000 rent

Tragedy struck in Calabar as a landlord set one of his tenants ablaze in her room for owing him N11, 000 rent .

It was gathered that the victim, Mrs .

Mary Samuel, met her untimely death on Wednesday when her landlord, David Okon, the owner of house No . 9, Ansa Ewa Street , Cobham Town in Bayside area of Calabar South Council poured petrol inside the room and set it ablaze, with the victim inside.

One of the tenants, simply identified as Obongette , said: “ The woman is a fish seller and on Wednesday morning, she went to buy fish at Oron in Akwa Ibom State and when she came back that evening, the landlord asked her to pay the balance of her yearly rent , but she said she did not have any money and should be allowed to sell her fish the

next day, so she could raise money to pay the rent .

“ The landlord became infuriated by the woman ’s appeal and started accusing her of refusing to pay him the rent and when the woman went to bath, the man poured fuel in the room and after bathing, as she stepped into the room , the man ignited fire , which engulfed the place.

“ As the woman shouted and tried to

escape , the man locked the door and

when people came to rescue her, he

brought out a machete and chased them away , threatening to kill anyone who dared to rescue the burning lady .”

According to Obongette , after the woman died , neighbours in the area mobilised and took her body to the landlord’s apartment and laid it there till the next day before the Police arrived to carry it to the mortuary .

“ Police came on Thursday afternoon and carried the body and also arrested the man , because we ensured that he did not escape or do any other thing .

The house was built by his late father

and he chased away all his siblings from the house and took over the house . ”

Confirming the incident , the state Police Command Public Relations Officer, Irene Ugbo , said the Police have apprehended the landlord, while body had been deposited in the mortuary .

Source: guardian.ng

Two Rivers pastors arrested for raping corps member

The Police in Rivers State have arrested

two pastors for allegedly raping a 27-

year old member of the National

Youths Service Corps .

The corps member is observing her

primary assignment at the Obio /Akpor Local Government Area of the state .

The pastors , identified as Austin

Emmanuel and Peter Davies , are

currently being detained at the State

Criminal and Investigation and

Intelligence Department , Port Harcourt .

Emmanuel reportedly invited the

victim to his house for an indoor

birthday party and in the course of the celebration, he was later joined by

Davies.

It was gathered that the suspects

offered to pray for the victim and in the middle of the prayer , they applied a - yet- to - be - identified liquid on her face which made her unconscious .

Speaking with journalists, the corps

member said she experienced pains in her private parts after regaining

consciousness .

She said, “ Actually , it was after I

regained consciousness that I was

feeling pain in my vagina . I told my

mum and she reported to the police

and they said that they should take me to doctors without borders for checkup.

I found out that I was fingered

according to the report and saw bruises seen all over my body . ”

Meanwhile, parents of the victim, Mr .

and Mrs . Timothy Bonko called on the Rivers State Police Command not to allow the accused persons go scot free to serve as a deterrent to other persons .

The father of the girl said he had

approached the International

Federation of Women Lawyers in the

state to ensure the prosecution of the

case .

Source: punchng.com

Prophet butchers his mother, two of his five children in Anambra

A prophet with Sabbath Church, in Nnewi age 47, popularly known as Prophet Emeka Ezimmadu, on Thursday night butchered his mother and two of his five children to death.

Prophet Ezimmadu as he is popularly known in Nnewi and surrounding communities by members of Sabbath Church was believed to have acted under the influence of evil spirit allegedly sent to him to kill his eighty-five years old mother, Madam Agnes Ezimmadu, his two children Ifechukwu

and Mmesoma aged nine and two respectively without any form of provocation.

According to an eye witness, the damage would have been worse but for the timely intervention of neighbours who engaged the prophet before the arrival of vigilante men who overpowered him and tied him up.

The injured were immediately rushed to an undisclosed hospital where the prophet’s mother and two of his children were pronounced dead by doctors on duty.

An eye witness said that doctors are battling to save the lives of the suspect’s wife and two other children, who suffered various degrees of injuries due to Matchette cuts at intensive care unit of the hospital.

Many Nnewi residents have been trooping to the residence of the alleged demented Prophet to see things for themselves.

Meanwhile, the Uruagu vigilante operatives have handed over the suspect to policemen from Central Police Station Nnewi.

The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Haruna Mohammed who confirmed the incident at the Police WhatsApp platform said Police operatives attached to Nnewi Division have arrested Prophet Ezimadu aged 47 years at Okpuneze Uruagu in Nnewi North LGA of Anambra State.

The suspect attacked and killed two of his children 9 years Ifechukwu Ezimadu, his 2 years old daughter, Mmeso Ezimadu and his own mother, one aged 85 years with a cutlass while they were sleeping.

“Suspect allegedly used same offensive weapon and injured his three other children, Nonso Ezimadu aged 12 years, Chinaemerem Ezimadu aged 11 years and Ngozi Ezimadu aged 8 years of same address.

“Meanwhile, 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 were receiving treatment.

“Corpses deposited at Akwudo hospital morgue for autopsy and case transferred to State CID Awka for discreet investigation.”

Source: vanguardngr.com

Copyright Commission arrests man for hacking into DSTV system,watching channels free without subscription

The Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC), has arrested one Mr Aliu Olalekan, for allegedly hacking into DSTV system and watching the channels free without subscription.

Mr Matthew Ojo, NCC Director in the Lagos Directorate Office said this while speaking with newsmen in Lagos, on Tuesday.

He said that the suspect used to watch DSTV channels free without subscription on his Android phone via an app which he downloaded on google play store.

“This suspect distributed the know-how to his telegram followers and on his blog with the aim of gaining more followers and viewership on his blog and makes more money through google ad-sense.

“The operation was based on surveillance which had earlier been carried out by the Multi-choice team and verified by a copyright inspector, ” he said.

He added that the arrest was made in collaboration with a team of copyright inspectors led by the Head of Enforcement Department, Mr Charles Amudipe.

Others included; a team from Multichoice Nigeria led by Mr Umar Ibrahim and policemen from Lagos Command Headquarters, Ikeja.

Ojo said that the joint team conducted an anti-piracy operation at the premises of the culprit in Amukoko, Lagos.

According to him, the suspect was contacted on phone by a member of the operation team on the disguise of patronising him.

“The suspect came out to meet the caller and in the process of discussion, he was apprehended.

“The suspect took the team to his resident. The squad paraded his one-room apartment and recovered his laptop and phones used in perpetrating the ungodly act. “He was arrested and brought to the copyright commission office for further investigation, ” he said.

Ojo said that, on getting to the commission’s office, the statement of the suspect was taken and the inventory of items seized from him taken.

He said that investigation on the matter was still ongoing and if found guilty the suspect will be charged to court.

Source: vanguardngr.com

ASUU unveils UTAS as alternative to IPPIS

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday

told the Federal Government that the University

Transparency and Accountability Solution, which it

developed as an alternative to the Integrated Payroll

and Personnel Information System is read for

integrity tests .

According to ASUU , the software for UTAS was

unveiled and demonstrated to the Minister of

Education and senior management staff of the

Ministry of Education , including the Executive

Secretary of the National Universities Commission ,

Prof . Abdulrasheed Abubakar , on Monday.

The national President of ASUU, Prof . Biodun

Ogunyemi , made this known during a press

conference held at the Gwagwalada campus of the

University of Abuja , attended by almost all its

national officers .

But Ogunyemi maintained that it would not suspend

its ongoing strike until the Federal Government

honours its 2019 agreements .

“ It is our sincere hope that the government would

not renege on its promise because the benefits of

UTAS to the university system ( both public and

private ) cannot be found in any other software in

Nigeria today . Now that the union is close to meeting

the government ’ s demand on an alternative to IPPIS ,

it is our sincere hope that the substantive issues in

the ongoing strike action would be given the desired

attention , ” he added .

The ASUU president also lamented that five months ’

salaries of their members at the University of

Maiduguri and the Michael Okpara University of

Agriculture , Umudike are still withheld by the

Accountant - General of the Federation on account of

non - registration on IPPIS.

“ Thousands of other academics across the

Universities are suffering the same fate . So, while we

counsel that government at both the federal and

state levels must meet the Taskforce specified

guidelines for reopening of educational institutions ,

we insist that all the arrears of the withheld salaries

of our members in federal and state Universities

must be paid immediately to pave for further

discussion on the outstanding issues in the

Memorandum of Action of February 7 2019 , ” he

added .

Source punching.com

Election delay: Churches, prophets boast of prophecy fulfilment

Since the announcement of the postponement of the

general elections by a week , some clerics and their

followers have started boasting that the development

is a fulfilment of their prophecies.

The prophets , in videos posted on their various social

media pages and promoted in paid adverts , also

claimed that the shift in the election date confirmed

that their callings were divine.

Some Nigerians , however , said the men only

exploited the weakness in the system to deceive their

congregations .

Christ Mercyland Deliverance Ministry , a church in

Warri , Delta State , made a 12 - minute documentary to

prove the accuracy of the prophecy of its General

Overseer , Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin .

Fufeyin , who reportedly hosted a church programme

on February 7 , was shown predicting that the

election would be postponed .

“ I know who will win the election 2019 ; the

presidential election . As a prophet , I don ’ t have time

( to say ) who and who will win election . I told you

people that on the 16 th of February , the presidential

election will not hold; they will shift it . The date is

going to another date. When they shift the date ,

know that what Prophet Jeremiah Fufeyin is telling

you is true and know you have a prophet among you .

“ The supernatural controls the physical . In the

supernatural, they have shifted it . That is why I

know it and I am seeing it . So , if you hear the

election has been shifted, don ’ t be surprised, ” he said

in the video .

A church in Apo , Abuja , Shiloh Word Chapel, in a

video on its Facebook page, also said the

postponement was a fulfilment of its leader ’ s

prophecy.

The head of the church , Prophet I . O. Samuel , in the

video that he also posted on his Instagram page, said

he saw cancellations and change of dates.

He said , “ Nigerians pray for February ; I am seeing a

lot of cancellation . I am seeing scatter - scatter . Touch

your neighbour , say , ‘ Pray for Nigeria ’ . I see

cancellation and shifting ; change of dates and timing .

We are to pray . Nigeria is sitting on gunpowder; thus

saith the Lord of host . ”

Chairman of INEC , Prof Mahmood Yakubu ,

announced the postponement of the election .

Also , the Senior Pastor of Restoration Charismatic

Ministries , Asaba , Delta State , Prophet Julius

Ekweozor , claimed the postponement was a

fulfilment of his prophecy.

He reportedly delivered his prophecy during prayers

on February 3 , when he held a service at the Indoor

Sports Hall of the Stephen Keshi Stadium , Asaba .

The senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries , Apostle

Johnson Suleiman, during a crusade in Onitsha,

Anambra State , on January 9 , was said to have also

told his congregation that the election would be

shifted.

“ Can I surprise you? If we do not pray well , I don ’ t

see election . I saw a date that was shifted. They will

give you lies and security reasons , ” he said in a video

posted on Youtube .

Some Nigerians , who reacted to the videos, said the

clerics only made informed guesses .

On Nairaland , a social media platform , a member

with the alias, dazzling , said he also expected the

postponement.

“… I know more than 100 people that made the same

prediction . I personally expected postponement as

usual . Nothing special … , ” he wrote .

Another user , cidiechat , said the postponement

showed that the clerics and their members did not

pray well .

A reader with the alias, shrimati , wondered why

Nigerians always heard about the prophecies after

the events .

On Instagram , one kevmillz _ 1983 said , “ You don ’ t

need a prophet to tell you that a dysfunctional

country will do dysfunctional things . ”

However , one rendieoma said a true prophet would

be known when his prophecies came to pass .

Source: punchng

INEC (in Nigeria) Changes Date for Governorship , State Assembly Polls

Governorship , State Assembly Polls hold March 9
Friday Olokor , Abuja
The Independent National Electoral Commission has
announced the postponement of the Presidential and
National Assembly elections earlier scheduled for
today ( Saturday) by one week .
Consequently , the commission has rescheduled the
Presidential and National Assembly Elections to
Saturday February 23 2019 , while the governorship ,
State Houses of Assembly and Federal Capital
Territory (FCT ) Area Council polls earlier fixed for
March 2 would now be conducted on Saturday ,
March 9 2019 .

The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu , who
read a five- paragraph statement by 2: 50 am on
Saturday morning attributed the decision to logistic
reasons , but refused to entertain any question .
He said , “ The Independent National Electoral
Commission met on Friday, February 15 , 2019 , and
reviewed its preparations for the 2019 General
Elections scheduled for Saturday , February 16 2019
and Saturday , March 2 2019 .
“ Following a careful review of the implementation of
its logistics and operational plan and the
determination to conduct free , fair and credible
elections , the commission came to the conclusion that
proceeding with the elections as scheduled is no
longer feasible .

“ Consequently, the commission has decided to
reschedule the Presidential and National Assembly
Elections to Saturday February 23 2019 . Furthermore ,
the Governorship , State House of Assembly and
Federal Capital Territory (FCT ) Area Council Elections
is rescheduled to Saturday , March 9 2019 . This will
afford the commission the opportunity to address
identified challenges in order to maintain the quality
of our elections .

“ This was a difficult decision for the commission to
take , but necessary for the successful delivery of the
elections and the consolidation of our democracy.
“ The commission will meet key stakeholders to
update them on this development at 2 pm on Saturday
16 ( today) February 2019 at the Abuja International
Conference Centre. ”

Source: punchng

BREAKING: INEC postpones elections till February 23

The Independent National Electoral Commission  in Nigeria has

decided to shift Saturday ’ s presidential and National

Assembly elections till next week 23 February .

It was one of the decisions reached early today in a

crunch talk between INEC chairman, Professor

Mahmood Yakubu and 12 national commissioners in

Abuja , according to sources close to the meeting .

Professor Yakubu will be briefing the media later

today on the decision, amidst reports of logistics

problems faced by the commission .

The meeting , which began Friday evening , was still in

progress up till 1 . 30 a . m .

Rotimi Oyekanmi , the chief press secretary to the

INEC chairman told newsmen that the decision of the

meeting will be communicated later today and that

some decision about the election had been reached .

Source: punchng

Police arrest suspects with 200 female pants

The police division in Okpanam community, Delta State, Nigeria has
arrested six suspected ritualists with 200 female pants in the area.
The Acting Police Public Relations Officer in the State, ASP Chucks
Orisewezie, who confirmed the arrest of the suspects, told
newsmen in Asaba that they include: Chucks Okolie, Francis
Ogbereh, Collins Ederah, Felix Nnamdi, Goodluck John, and Steve
Akpokona.

“The suspects were arrested upon intelligence gathered by the
police detectives in the bush of Okpanam community where they
allegedly packaged the underwears into a sack and were about
moving out of the area.

“the police detectives recovered two hundred female pants from
the suspects including N120,000, some fetish materials, three cut-
to-size guns.
“They confessed that they were working for some native doctors in
faraway Ijebu Ode in Ogun State”.

Hawk attempts to fly away with 4-day-old baby in Abia(in Nigeria)

UMUAHIA(in Nigeria)— A disaster was reportedly averted at Umuohu Okpula, Ndume community, Ibeku in Umuahia
North Local Government area of Abia State, Nigeria, when a vigilant grandmother prevented a four-day-old baby from
being carried away by a hawk.

The grandmother, who gave her name as Adeline Emmanuel, explained that she was lying down, when she
heard the loud flapping of bird’s wings.

According to her, she heard noise of a struggling object as the bird was trying to fly through the window, but
fell down on the floor of the one-storey building, prompting her to shout at her daughter, mother of the baby,
to shut the window.
She said: “I saw the hawk drop down where my four-day-old granddaughter was sleeping and was trying to
carry the baby who was probably too heavy for it.
“It was then that I started shouting, asking my daughter to close the windows.
“My shouting and that of my daughter coupled with others, who were by then aware of what was happening,
attracted the community youths.”

She said the youths were able to catch the hawk and break its legs and wings.
In her account, the mother of the four-day-old baby girl, Mrs. Joy Emmanuel, said she was outside when her
mother-in-law’s shouting made her rush in, only to be confronted with the unusual sight.
According to her, it was only the grace of God that made her to survive the shock, as she had never seen
such an incident in all her life.
She explained that they live upstairs in one of the apartments in the building, but “because the weather on
that Sunday was unbearably hot, we decided to leave the windows open, which was how the hawk flew into
the room and tried to carry my baby.”
For the landlord of the building, Mr. Aaron Ibeji, he has never seen or heard that a bird, no matter its size,
tried to carry a baby.
He said the incident nearly shattered the peace of the community.
Ibeji, however, expressed happiness that the youths of the community were able to catch the bird. He said
that they were waiting for the elders of the community to decide on what they are going to do with the bird.

Source: vanguardngr

Father kills son for planning to marry older woman

In Nigeria, A man in Awka, the Anambra State capital,

has allegedly killed his only son, Chibuzor, for
planning to marry an older woman.
It was alleged that the man, whose name had
yet to be identified, procured the services of
some military men to execute the act.
A witness told our correspondent that the
suspected soldiers beat the victim to a coma.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he
gave up the ghost.

Trouble began when the late Chibuzor brought
home his fiancée.

A source told PUNCH Metro that the victim
had an altercation with his father as the latter
opposed the union.
The source said, “The father had rejected the
choice of the woman Chibuzor brought home,
saying the lady was older than his son.
“Chibuzor, who had had a failed marriage that
produced a child, decided to remarry after
separating from the first wife. He was
disappointed when the father refused to
approve the marriage.
“When the rift between him and his father
escalated, the father invited some soldiers.

The action annoyed Chibuzor, and he poured
hot water on his father.”
The soldiers were reported to have beaten
Chibuzor to a pulp. He was rushed to the
hospital where he later died.
The incident, which happened on Saturday in
Umuayom village, Awka, triggered off a protest
by the youths of the community.
The Anambra State Police Public Relations
Officer, Nkeiru Nwode, who confirmed the
incident, said the “wife-to-be has been given
police protection.”

Source: punchng, newtimes.co.ru

Nigeria: Suitor dies in Katsina marriage flogging game Published

young man, Yari Inusa, has died while
competing with another suitor for a lady’s
hand in marriage.
The incident happened at Durmin Biri village,
in the Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina
State.

Police sources said the man died following
injuries he sustained on the head when he
engaged in a Fulani traditional game of Sharo
with another man, Ahmed Saidu, to determine
who would marry the lady.
Sharo game entails two male suitors flogging
each other for a woman’s hand in marriage.
Whoever wins between them will marry the
girl.

Inusa had reportedly flogged Saidu without
any incident, but tragedy struck when it was
the turn of Saidu to flog Inusa.
Saidu allegedly hit Inusa on the head, instead
of hitting him on the back as the rules of the
game dictates.
Inusa was said to have fainted after he was hit
on the head; and eventual died.
The Katsina State Police Command
spokesman, DSP Gambo Isah, confirmed the
incident.

He said, “Inusa’s father, Mallam, reported the
incident to the police, leading to the arrest of
Saidu.”
He said Inusa’s corpse had been released to
the family and buried according to Islamic
rites.

Source: punchng, returnofkings

Pastor, six others arrested after unearthing body parts in church

NIGERIA-A pastor in charge of Royal God’s

Commandment Ministry International in
Calabar, Mr. Tony Ekpe, has been arrested
alongside six other members after a shallow
grave containing fetish items and suspected
human parts were exhumed in the church on
Thursday.
Investigations into the suspected diabolical
activities of the pastor commenced after a
lady in the area complained that her daughter
was missing.

While the police said the shallow graved
contained fetish items, birds and some
suspected human flesh, residents of the area
alleged that the uncovered flesh were body
parts of human beings.

Already, angry mobs burnt down the church
located at No. 3 Okon Edak Street, off
Atamunu Street in the Calabar-South axis of
the Cross River State capital.

The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hafiz
Inuwa, who confirmed the arrest of seven
persons in connection with the items
unearthed, said investigation, was ongoing.
He said, “A matter was reported to us and the
police swung into action. When they got there,
the policemen saw some fetish things within
the surrounding of the church and they
discovered a shallow grave.
“They dug it and they saw birds buried alive,
close to the grave there was blood stains.

They saw flesh which only the hospital can
analyse. Seven people have been arrested
including the said pastor of the church.”
An eyewitness, Linus Ita, alleged that some
corpses were exhumed from the shallow grave.
He said, “The pastor killed a small child in the
early hours of Thursday and that was what
brought out his diabolic activities. Someone
sighted him when he was digging the ground
to bury the child. They discovered at least five
corpses in the grave and other items.

“Apart from dead bodies exhumed at the site
of the incident, there were also woman’s
panties found at the place. The pictures of
people who visited the place for assignment
littered the ground after the place was brought
down.”
Another eyewitness, Mary Okoro, said on
Wednesday, a lady had lamented that her
child was missing, unfortunately some strange
movements were noticed in the church at
about 3am on Thursday.
“It was that strange movement that gave the
clue that something was not adding up in the
church. At that point, some persons went to
report the matter to the police that they
suspected foul play around the church.

That
was how the grave was discovered,” she said.
Although Okoro could not confirm the number
of dead bodies exhumed from the shallow
grave, she said the angry mob decided to burn
down the church after they discovered that the
pastor’s activities were fetish.

Source: punchng