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  • 84-year-old man commits suicide in Enugu

    84-year-old man commits suicide in Enugu

    Tragedy strucks in Enugu Community, when a man, identified as Mathias Uzo, 84, reportedly committed suicide by hanging.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Enugu State, SP Ebere Amaraizu confirmed the ugly incident in a statement.

    The police spokesman said the lifeless body of the octogenarian, who hailed from Ezere in Awgu local government Area of Enugu state, was found dangling on the tree.

    He said the command had commenced investigations on the matter.

    In a similar story, one Emeka Ogbonna of Umueze in Nkanu West local government Area of Enugu state has been arrested over the death of another native, Emeka Edeh Ngwu.

    The Police spokesman said, “the deceased, Emmanuel Edeh Ngwu had gone to separate a fight between the suspect and his wife on 25/11/19 before the suspected gave him a chase with a stick, resulting in his falling into a well inside their neighbour’s compound.

    “He was later rescued from the well and taken to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku/Ozalla for medical attention and was later confirmed dead.

    “The state commissioner of police, Ahmad Avdurrahman has directed for a full scale investigation into the incident.”

  • PHOTO: Police recovers coffin, multiple female underwears from Enugu pastor’s house

    PHOTO: Police recovers coffin, multiple female underwears from Enugu pastor’s house

    The Enugu State Police Command, Tuesday, paraded a self-acclaimed pastor, Sunday Egbo after a small coffin, multiple female pants and braziers were recovered from his house.

    Samuel is the General Overseer and founder of Christ Mercy Ministry, Ajuonu, Obukpa, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State.

    WITHIN NIGERIA gathered  that the pastor met his waterloo after he allegedly raped a female member who had come for prayers.

    The development led to his arrest and subsequent recovery of the items.

    He told journalists that he procured the coffin and other items from a native doctor in Kogi State, with the hope of making money and attracting favour.

    While admitting to raping the female member, the pastor said, “I paid the native doctor N200,000, to get the coffin and the flute. He told me to do certain things, after which I will get a Ghana-Must-Go bag full of money in my room.

    “But after two weeks, the money did not come as the native doctor told me.”

    He left advice for other men of God.

    Meanwhile, Police in Enugu confirmed his apprehension  on Tuesday while investigation is ongoing on his case.

  • Eight died in Enugu underground water tank, Police say

    Eight died in Enugu underground water tank, Police say

    The Enugu State Police Command has said that eight persons have been confirmed dead in an underground water safety tank.

    This was contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu on Tuesday, a copy of which was made available to The PUNCH reporter through email.

    Amaraizu, a Superintendent Police (SP) said the incident occurred at a building site located at Igogoro in Igboeze North Local Government Area of the state on Monday, July 22, 2019.

    According to him “A yet-to-be-identified worker in the site had on that fateful day gone to evacuate water from the said tank but in the process got trapped inside it.

    “After waiting for the victim to come out but didn’t, other victims started going into the said tank to offer help but were also trapped inside and became unconscious”.

    Amaraizu said that the victims were later “recovered by other sympathizers and police operatives who raced to the scene and rushed them to General Hospital Ogurute where the doctor on duty confirmed them dead.”

    Amaraizu said that the State Police Commissioner Suleiman Balarabe has expressed shock at the incident which he had described as unfortunate.

    The PPRO added that the Police Commissioner had directed for a full- scale investigation into the incident to unravel the circumstances that led to the unfortunate incident.

    Meanwhile, the bodies have been deposited at the Ogurute General Hospital’s mortuary, Amaraizu has said.

  • We went into kidnapping to retaliate our sister’s abduction –Siblings

    We went into kidnapping to retaliate our sister’s abduction –Siblings

    Enugu State Police Command have arrested Two brother Fredrick Okweli and Hyacinth Okeh who later confessed that they were forced into kidnapping to avenge the kidnapping of their sister by their victim’s brothers.

    The suspects, who are aged 20 and 22 respectively, are from Nimbo community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu.

    Parading the suspects, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ebere Amaraizu, said they were arrested following their alleged involvement in the kidnap of Enejere Charles, who he claimed was their third victim.

    Amaraizu said N187,000, two automatic pump action guns, charms and two single-barrelled guns were recovered from the suspects.

    According to Punch reports, the two men, who confessed to the crime, said they kidnapped their victim because his brothers, whose names they gave as Ogbonna Michael and Ezea Ifeanyi, abducted their sister and collected N600,000 as ransom before her release.

    Okweli said, “I was arrested with my brother for kidnapping one man from our community. His brother abducted our sister and we kidnapped his brother in retaliation.

    “We took our victim inside the bush and called his people to pay money before we released him.

    “They paid the money but when we went to collect it at Ubollo-Afor in Udenu Local Government Area, the police arrested us.”

    On his part, Okeh said, “After the money was paid and we were going to collect it at Ubollo-Afor, we didn’t know that security operatives had set a trap for us.

    “Immediately we got to the place, we were arrested and taken back to the bush where we hid the victim and the gun we used to carry out the operation.

    “We had never kidnapped anybody before. We were forced to do this because Michael and Ifeanyi kidnapped our sister and collected money from us despite pleading with them.”

  • We murdered NBA chairman for withholding N18m Internet fraud proceeds, Suspect confesses

    We murdered NBA chairman for withholding N18m Internet fraud proceeds, Suspect confesses

    Kenechukwu Eze, a member of the gang that murdered Emmanuel Agundu, the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Udenu branch on September 2, 2018, has disclosed that they shot him because he withheld the N18m they realised from Internet fraud.

    Being before killed after he was trailed by gunmen to Uru-Uwani Edem in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu state, the late NBA chairman was first shot on August 15, 2018, at Obollo-Afor in the Udenu Local Government Area of the state by unidentified gunmen around 7pm, but  he survived the attack.

    The state’s Commissioner of Police, Suleiman Balarabe paraded the 39-year-old native member of the Amoli Edem in the Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State and member of the five-man gang of Internet fraudsters based in Morocco alongside 18 others, following his arrest on Wednesday, July 10, 2019, by the personnel of the Enugu State Police Command with the help of credible intelligence.

    Confessing to being a member of the gang that killed Emmanuel Agundu, Eze said the deceased whose job was to supply a bank account to pay the money they made from internet fraud, had threatened to report the gang to security agents.

    He said, “I didn’t know the lawyer in person, but one of our members brought him to join us in the business. His job was to supply a bank account to pay the money we realised into.

    “So, we paid a total of N18m into the account he supplied and when we asked him to provide the money, he rebuffed us. Instead of making the money available for us to share according to our agreed formula, he started threatening to report the matter to security agents. That was why we decided to end it once and for all.

    “I was arrested because of the death of that lawyer that we did a fraudulent transaction together. He spent N18m and was killed because of that. The person, who shot him, is already in prison. We were five in number; Emmanuel Ebonyi, one Valentine and his younger brother, Agundu and I.

    “It was an online business ,but the barrister supplied the account that we paid into. We paid a total of N18m into his account and he kept all the money.”

  • Video of herdsmen expulsion in Enugu is false, says Police

    Video of herdsmen expulsion in Enugu is false, says Police

    A video clip showing youths of Oduma Community in Aninri Local Government Area of the state chasing herdsmen away from the community has been disproved by Enugu State Police Command.

    In a statement signed by the Spokesperson of the Enugu Police Command, SP Ebere Amaraizu and released to Newsmen in Enugu on Thursday.

    Amaraizu said that the fake, false and misleading social media video was ignorantly captioned, “Enugu Youths Chase Out Herdsmen and Their Cows Back to North’’.

    The police spokesman said that the false video clip was an attempt by mischief makers to cause disaffection and disunity as well as promote hatred among the people.

    The command said no such incident took place or was recorded by it in any of the communities in the state as painstaking inquiries had been conducted.

    “The Command further wishes to inform members of the public that the purported video clip is the same video that was earlier circulated alleging the same incident at Nenwe in Aninri council area which is a nearby community to Oduma community.

    “The Command, however, view the video clip as an attempt to cause disaffection, disunity and promote hatred among people of various ethnic backgrounds.

    “The video clip in circulation is the handiwork of mischief makers who want to portray the law-abiding youths of the said Enugu community and the entire state in a bad light.

    “To this end, the Command has enjoined law-abiding members of the public to disregard the mischievous video clip in circulation and go about their normal lawful businesses without fear or intimidation,’’ the police spokesman said.

    He said that the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Suleiman Balarabe, had directed the police operatives to fish out those in the habit of circulating fake, misleading and concocted video clip aimed at promoting disunity.