By Izunna Okafor, Awka A 24-year-old man, Mr. Chinecherem Okoli, has confessed to the def!lement of a 5-year-old child in Anambra State. The suspect, who hails from Ekwulobia in Aguata Local Government Area of the state, made the confession in a video that has gone viral on social media while being interrogated for the crime….
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has assured Ndi Anambra that the prime suspects involved in the gruesome murder of Hon. Justice Azuka remain in custody while efforts are being intensified to apprehend two others who recently escaped during a police operation. The CP disclosed this on…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka In continuation of its onslaught against criminalities and criminal elements in the state, the operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested one Mr. Orji Chigozie over illegal possession of firearm, among other suspected crimes. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the Spokesperson of the Command, SP…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has clarified that two suspects linked to the killing of a former Anambra lawmaker did not escape from the police cell or detention facility, as widely speculated, but rather during an operation aimed at apprehending their sponsor. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga,…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command said two of the arrested suspects linked to the killing of Anambra Lawmaker, Late Hon. Justice Azuka, had escaped from police detention. The Spokesperson of the Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this in a statement to newsmen on Tuesday. While noting that the Command was…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka The operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have busted a notorious child trafficking syndicate perpetrating different heinous crimes in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on Monday at the Command’s Headquarters in Amawbia. According to him, the gallant officers…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Mrs. Nonye Soludo, the wife of Anambra State Governor has condemned and expressed displeasure over the rate of moral turpitude in the society these days. The Governor’s wife was reacting to the case of an alleged defilement of a 4-year-old girl in the state by a 56-year-old pastor identified as…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka A 50-year-old widow from Ifitedunu in Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State, Mrs. Ikeorah Maureen, is currently traumatized and in severe pains following her recent ugly ordeal in the hand of a reverend father who allegedly brutalized her. According to sources, the priest, identified as Rev. Fr. Jude Muokwe, of…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Information reaching our Correspondent Desk has it that no fewer than ten persons, including children, are feared dead in a tragic auto crash that occured in Nnewi, the automobile hub of Anambra State. The crash, which occured in the late hours on Friday along the Ugwu-Akpati Ozu axis of the Nnewi—Okigwe…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka In furtherance of the fight against insecurity and criminal idolatry in the state, the Anambra State Government, on Wednesday, sealed a popular shrine at Umuofor village in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area. This is coming barely one month after the enactment of the Anambra State Homeland Security Law in the state…
