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Dorcas Jolayemi: “Police Detained Me For 8 Days Because My Husband Criticised Lai Mohammed”

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Alex Enemanna
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Mrs Dorcas Jolayemi, the wife of a journalist detained for criticising Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, recounts her eight-day ordeal in the custody of the Kwara State Police Command.

A human rights organisation claimed you spent eight days in police detention because of your husband’s poem, which was critical of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. Can you narrate the events that led to your arrest?

On April 29, 2020, policemen came to my house in Ilorin, Kwara State, but I was not at home. I had gone to visit my brother-in-law. I was told that when they realised I was not at home, they came to my brother-in-law’s house in a Hilux van. They were about four policemen altogether.

They said they had come to arrest me and I stood up. They kept asking me where my phone was and I told them it was with my son.

They said I must follow them to their station on my phone. Eventually, I got the phone and we left. On getting to the State Criminal Investigation Department, they began to interrogate me. They asked why I obstructed the arrest of my husband. I asked them what they meant by that.

They asked me when last I spoke with my husband and I told them I spoke with him in the morning. They said they wanted to arrest my husband and he fled to Maro in Kwara State. They said I was the one who advised him to run away and switch off his phone. They played a recording of my phone conversation with my husband.

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Apparently, they had bugged my phone and that of my husband. I admitted that, indeed, I told my husband to run away, but it wasn’t a crime because I didn’t harbour him. I only asked him not to come home, which is what a typical wife would do. I heard the police wanted to arrest him and I didn’t know the reason why they wanted to arrest him. I told him to run away because I wanted him to be safe. They said for that, I would pay for it. I was brought before their boss and the man insulted me, calling me a stupid woman. He said I shouldn’t have advised my husband to run away. The man said I would pay for it and they took my statement. I was there from April 29 to May 6.

What exactly was your husband accused of doing?

While I was in detention, they played a recording of the poem that was recited by my husband. They asked if I could confirm if the voice belonged to my husband and I said it was his voice. They said how could my husband be insulting Lai Mohammed, a minister. They said it was Lai Mohammed that ordered them to arrest him.

When you were in detention, were you tortured by the police?

My experience in police custody was horrible. It was my older sister that was bringing food to me. I wasn’t allowed to communicate with anybody. They didn’t let me speak with my son. I slept on the corridor of the toilet. The place was horrible. I couldn’t sleep most of the time because of mosquitoes. I would stay awake most nights to ward off the mosquitoes.

Did you have access to your lawyer during that period?

No. They didn’t even allow me to talk to anyone, not even to my lawyer.

Did the police also arrest other relatives of yours?

My husband’s younger brother, Mr Joseph Jolayemi, was arrested on April 28. He was arrested because of my husband. At the time of his arrest, he was accused of possessing a stolen cell phone. However, on getting to the SCID, he was interrogated. The police asked him questions about my husband. They subsequently played a phone conversation he had with my husband. It was obvious that his phone had also been bugged. My brother’s older brother, John Jolayemi, was also arrested.

Who took care of your children in your absence?

My brother-in-law’s wife was the one that took care of them.

Did you bribe the police before you were released?

When my husband finally presented himself a week later, we were released. He came with a lawyer. So we signed some documents. I can’t really say what happened afterwards. I don’t know if the police were given money or not. My brothers-in-law may know.

How has your health been since your release?

My two brothers-in-law and I were all hospitalised after we were released. We spent about a week in the hospital. We had severe malaria. It was a traumatic experience.

Have you had contact with your husband since his arrest?

The last time I saw or spoke to my husband was on May 5, 2020, the day he turned himself in at the SCID. On Thursday, which was May 7, he was taken to Abuja and since then, he has remained there.

Do you know if he is alive and well?

Sincerely, I don’t even know if he is alive or not because I have no access to him. Even his brothers are getting information about him from third parties. I don’t know whether he is sick or well. I worry about him every day.

Have you made attempts to plead with Lai Mohammed to drop the case?

According to my brothers-in-law, they sent representatives to plead with Lai Mohammed to drop the case. They said the Oba of Ilala in Kwara State and some other traditional rulers had gone to the minister to plead with him, but he has refused to respond. Some even went to the minister’s hometown in Oro to plead with elders in his community, but there has been no positive response.

Who has been providing for your family since your husband’s arrest?

At present, we are staying with my brother-in-law. He is the one that is taking care of us.

Buhari Calls For Review Of Salaries, Wages Of Ministries, Agencies And Parastatals

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Alex Enemanna
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President Muhammadu Buhari has mandated the presidential committee on salaries and wages to review and realign earnings of employees of ministries, agencies, and parastatals.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, who disclosed this in an interview with THISDAY at the weekend, said part of the objective is to check disparity in payment of salaries and wages as well as prone the running cost of governance.

He also said the motive of putting together the committee was to address the rising cost of personnel in the budget of the federation.

“The president set up a committee called the presidential committee on salaries and wages last year of which I am a co-chair, it is being chaired by the Minister of Finance and Planning with the Head of Service as a member for us to see how we can address the rising cost of personnel in the budget of the federation.

“If you look at the 2020 budget cost, about one third is set aside for the running cost; we are talking of about two-third of the budget being consumed by what you call recurrent expenditure,” he said.

Ngige added that the committee had made some suggestions to the federal government on how to fuse some parastatals that are doing the same job.

“We also sent to the government our opinion on the staggering disparity in payment of salaries and wages of people who do the same quantum of work and for people who have the same qualification but one have found himself in the ministry and another has seen himself in an agency or parastatal.

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“Some are in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and take humongous pay that is 10 times of their classmates.

“Some are in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and some are in other parastatals in aviation and the differential is much compared to the person in the ministry.

“So, these are the broad terms of references for our work. Part of the work is that we are going to talk about and recommend collapsing or fusion of some agencies that are doing identical works and scrapping of some agencies that are already dead,” he said.

Contrary to reports that the federal government has adopted the Oronsaye-led committee’s report, the minister said the committee would have to evaluate the role of agencies and parastatals and ensure that they are structured to perform optimally.

He explained that the establishment of the new ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development was a product of such creative thinking by the government.

“We are looking at something that is like the work Oronsaye did, but in Oronsaye’s committee report there are some good aspects of it and there are many things that are not good there.

“Even if you take the White paper, it disagreed in the main with about one-third of Oronsaye’s recommendation, about 40 per cent of the recommendation and another 20 – 25 per cent of the recommendation.

“The white paper committee never supported the recommendation or said no to the recommendation they just said noted.

“So, there is no way one can use it for a very essential report because the white paper committee didn’t do good work.

“What I am telling you, in essence, is the area of reference of the Oronsaye’s committee.

“If our government sets up our own committee like we are doing now in, what the presidential committee on salary and wages are going to do now is to put our recommendation into that of economic sustainability committee.

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“Luckily, the finance minister is a member and I am also a member of the Economic Sustainability Committee (ESC) So, the unions have no need to cry and shout.

“When such a thing is done it isn’t done with a view to creating job losses.

“Two things can happen: the first benefit to the government is that if you scrap an agency or fuse an agency with another one the running cost will be saved because people don’t think about money being given as salary and wages, no; you also talk about the running cost of the agency which is sometimes 50 – 50 with the personnel cost.

“So if you remove that running cost the recurrent expenditure would have gone down too.

”If you have staff, you have two directors of finance and two directors of this and that, you can move staff from those agencies and go to ministers where there is need for such officers and redeploy them.

“For example, we created a new ministry of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development and most of the staff in this new ministry were sources from so many other ministries and agencies of government.

“So this is the kind of scenario that will play out when you have this merger and fusion.”

With regard to fears being expressed by labour unions, Parastatals over the possible loss of jobs in the federal establishments following the implementation of the report of the committee, Ngige said though job loss was not intended, the mechanism would be in place in such a way that there would be no pain.

“So, the loss of jobs wouldn’t be on the front burner, but even if there must be loss of job it will be done in a way that the redundancy law of the country, which is in the trade union act will be applied because people will have to see why they all have to go and some will be offered the opportunity to go away from the job and take upfront benefits like payment of salaries up till the day they go and stuffs like that.

“The mechanism will be done in such a way that there would be no pain. The unions and workers have nothing to fear,” he said.

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Man Gives Wife Money In Jail After She Plotted With Boyfriend To Have Him Killed

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Alex Enemanna
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A Ghanaian man whose wife allegedly plotted with her lover to have him killed still showed his soft spot for her by giving her money after she was remanded in Police custody for the second time by the Asokwa District Court in Kumasi.

He was pictured handing money to his wife for her upkeep in prison following her second appearance in court on Friday, May 22.

ABN TV reports that The 27-year-old woman called Mavis ‘Maadwoa’ Brepo, married to David Gator, 55, allegedly planned with her 50-year-old boyfriend, Patrick Asare, to kill her husband so they could settle down together.

Man gives wife

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Mavis Brepo and Patrick Asare were reportedly arrested after an assassin they had called to do the job turned out to be the Manhyia Divisional Police Commander.

Since their arrest, Gator has maintained her innocence, claiming that she was under the influence of a spiritual force when she planned with her lover to have her husband killed so they could both get married.

The two suspects made their first appearance in court on Friday, May 8, 2020.

Gator who was in court with other family members assured his wife of his undying love as she cried profusely after the hearing.

He also gave her an undisclosed sum of money and reportedly told her it was for her upkeep in prison while an investigation into the matter continues.

 

Man gives wife

The publication also claimed that Mr Gator has long forgiven Mavis and appealed for the charges against her to be dropped so that he can take her back as his wife.

The case was adjourned to June 3.

US Call For Fresh Probe Of Adesina, Plot To Destabilise AfDB

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Alex Enemanna
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The call by the  United States, US government for a fresh and in-depth investigation into the allegations against the President of African Development Bank, AfDB Mr Akinwumi Adesina, after he was cleared of all allegations of impropriety and fraud by the ethics committee recently, is seen as a plan to destabilise the bank.

On May 5, the ethics committee of the continental bank, headed by Takuji Yano, said in its report that Mr Adesina was not guilty on all counts.

Mr Yano is a Japanese executive director charged with the responsibility of investigating allegations by some concerned employees against the official.

The committee described the allegations that he (Mr Adesina) violated the code of conduct of the institution as “spurious and unfounded”.

But the U.S. government, in a letter dated May 22, 2020, to Ms Kaba, through the Secretary, Department of Treasury in Washington, D.C., faulted the decision of the committee to exonerate Adesina of all allegations, saying it was not yet time to make such a declaration.

Some of the African countries are saying there was no need for the probe except the US was saying Adesina was guilty of the allegations.

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But a source close to the Dr Adesina said last night that he remained calm, resolute and would not be distracted as all 55 African Heads of State and Governments as well as critical non-regional members of the Bank have applauded the achievements of the Bank in the last five years.

The source said the ultimate objective of the call by the US was clearly to destabilize the African Development Bank and “this is a typical colonial agenda.’’

“They have watched with disdain, the steady rise of the Bank in global reckoning and they want to systematically assault the Bank’s AAA rating.

“The AfDB has been declared to be at par with the World Bank and on some parameters to even exceed the World Bank by independent rating agencies.

“So, the Americans have set out to create a ‘phoney crisis’, based on petty, roundly unsubstantiated and in some cases ridiculously idiotic allegations.

“One such is the fact that the Bank’s Director of Agriculture is the brother-in-law to the Bank’s President.

‘’How, with all their sophisticated intelligence gathering, they cannot determine that Dr Bunmi Oloruntoba is the brother-in-law of the President who resides in the USA, and not the wife of Dr Martin Fregene.

“It is, therefore, tantamount to gross negligence and demonstrates the level of desperation and near thuggery for a whole country’s Treasury Secretary to write supporting such silly allegations, let alone that it is the American Treasury Secretary.’’

He added that the plan was to decimate the African development bank triangle.  Undermine AAA who is US-trained and globally respected and who has made the Bank a world-class bank, which they see as competition with the World Bank and the US agenda to control Africa; destroy through fake news the Bank by lies and innuendoes and then take full control.

The question is whether African leaders will let them!

“African leaders are not stupid, they can see the game being played. The AfDB is having the best run in its history.”

Yesterday, the Minister of Finance, Economy and Planning, Equatorial Guinea, Cesar Mba Abogo, threw his weight behind Adesina.

He said: “We are certainly satisfied with the Bank’s performance and the visionary leadership of its President, Dr Akinwumi Adesina.

“I would like to commend the credible and exhaustive work of the Bank’s Board-constituted Ethics Committee, chaired by the Takuji Yano.

“The committee’s report referencing sixteen allegations by whistle-blowers against Dr Adesina and other executives of the Bank, unequivocally stated that “these allegations are not valid and should be rejected.”

Concerning the whistle-blower’s rejection of the conclusions of the Ethics Committee, ‘’we express our deep concern about how this not only undermines and affects Dr Adesina’s credibility but is also contributing to the erosion of the bank’s credibility, especially the strength of its internal institutions.

‘’We believe that this is just the opposite of what humanity needs at this time when we are facing an unprecedented crisis.

“We, therefore, echo the call by the chair of the Board of Governors, Honourable Niale Kaba, for “restoring peace and serenity within the bank.

‘’In conclusion, and as a testimony of my support for Dr Adesina and all the Bank executives who are personally and adversely affected by this situation and unfounded allegations, a few verses penned by John Donne (and popularized by Hemingway) come to mind.

“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod is washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or thine own were: Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and, therefore, never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.”

“Today in the African Development Bank, the bells toll not for Dr Adesina but for Africa … for humanity.

“Allegations In its petition, the concerned staff accused Adesina of 20 breaches of the bank’s code of conduct, including “unethical conduct, private gain, an impediment to efficiency, preferential treatment, and involvement in political activities.”

The group, which noted their allegations were in line with AfDB’s whistle-blowing policy, said these activities adversely affected the confidence and integrity of the bank. Jeune Afrique, which said in a report that it saw the board’s letter that exonerated Mr Adesina, quoted the chair of the board of governors, Niale Kaba, as saying the committee proposed “to adopt the conclusions of the investigation” after due consultations.

Moment White Woman Calls 911, Lies That African American Is Threatening Her Life (Video)

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Alex Enemanna
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An African American man captured the moment a Caucasian woman made a 911 call and pretended to be in distress while lying that “an African American man” is threatening her life.

The woman was at the famous Ramble in New York’s Central Park when she took her dog off the leash, an act that is clearly against the rules so as to protect the birds from dogs.

An African American man who is “an avid birder” politely asked her to put her dog back on the leash but she refused.

When the man began filming her, she confronted him and asked him to stop. He told her he will stop when she complies and puts her dog on the leash.

Rather than obey the park rules, the woman told him that she will call the cops and tell them that he’s threatening her.

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She said: “I’m going to tell them that there’s an African American man threatening my life.”

She took her phone that moment, dialled 911, and told the cops just that. But she didn’t stop there. She pretended like she was in distress and begged them to send the cops immediately. While at it, she was strangling her dog, making the animal scream as though they were under attack.

She took her acting further by crying and begging for help as though her life were in danger.

The video was shared online by Melody Cooper, a sister to the African American man on Twitter.

She wrote: “Oh when Karens take a walk with their dogs off-leash in the famous Bramble in NY’s Central Park, where it is clearly posted on signs that dogs MUST be leashed at all times, and someone like my brother (an avid birder) politely asks her to put her dog on the leash.”

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Teenage Girl Fakes Own Death To Avoid Financial Pressure From Mother

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Alex Enemanna
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A teenage girl, Margaret Ikumu, 19, of Oni community in Oju Local Government Area of Benue, has faked her own death on social media to avoid financial pressure from her mother.

A statement signed by DSP Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos State, made this known on Sunday.

Elkana said that Ikumu, through her Facebook account, reported having died a few days ago and was secretly buried by her two friends, Marvelous Mary and Nneka Buddy, at Ajah area.

“The family of the fake deceased further stated that they were able to establish contact with the said friends who confirmed to them that their daughter is dead.

“To make them believe that the teenage girl is dead, they sent WhatsApp chats to a member of the girl’s family with a picture of a casket showing that the teenage girl is buried.

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“The family also got in touch with a man on phone who claimed to be her boyfriend. He corroborated the claim that she is dead,” he said.

Elkana said that the girl was eventually found by the Police to be alive and was working as a housemaid in an estate at Ajah.

“When her employer saw the report of her purported death, they quickly informed the Police and she was brought to Ajah Police Station.

“In her statement, she (Ikumu) confessed to having created the Facebook account and posted her obituary with the intent to keep her family away from her.

“She said that her mother was putting financial pressure on her by constantly demanding that she sends money to her,” he said.

Elkana said that the girl was apparently bitter with her mother and uncles over their inability to sponsor her education after the death of her father.

He said that Ikumu came to Lagos to work with a view to saving some money and returning to school.

Nigeria Reports 229 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Infections Hit 8,068

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Alex Enemanna
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COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased further on Monday with 229 cases reported by the country, despite efforts by authorities to flatten the curve of the pandemic.

The new COVID-19 cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter.

This takes the country’s total infections to 8,068 out of which 2,311 have been discharged with 233 losing their lives.

Data from the NCDC showed that the COVID-19 cases were spread across 14 states and the FCT with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 90 cases.

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“My Girlfriend Just Confessed She Fornicated Inside The Church”

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Alex Enemanna
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A Nigerian man has on the popular micro-blogging platform, Nairaland, narrated how his girlfriend confessed to fornicating inside a church.

The man identified as Life Donor shared his story:

“The lockdown due to COVID-19 made my girlfriend and I bond even closer to the extent she practically was almost living with me.

“She only leaves my place to her house (not too far from mine) just to change her clothes or her other items as the case may be. Sometime along the line, I fell ill and she was very much helpful.

“Fast forward to early May, I discovered she had become too glued to her phone. We would be seeing a movie on TV and her phone will be with her (chatting) at a point I complained.

“This got worse to the extent that when I wake up in the night say 1 AM this girl is still up charting.

“Two days ago I went to the hospital for my final check-up and I left with the keys since she wasn’t around when I left the house.

“When I got back I found her small Nokia phone on the table and I decided to go through it.

“The messages I found there are things I won’t want to talk about but the major one that promoted this thread is that I saw a message from her choir member telling her that he is on his way to church already and that she should come fast before the program starts so they can meet.

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“I went through his previous messages with her and lo and behold they have been dating for a month now.

“Guys when she got back I threatened fire and brimstone and boom! The confession.
They usually meet an hour before choir practises and they went behind the church towards the generator house to kiss touch and romance that was the reason she always left the house so Early.

“Do you guys know that we had very good sex that same day she left to the church to kiss this guy?

“Do you know she bathed in my house, she used my deodorant, she ate my food and wore the clothes I bought for her. Apparently she kissed and romanced two guys in less than 3hrs.

“This is the second time she is cheating on me. I know quite sure there could be more but this is the only one she agreed to maybe cos there was text evidence.

“She has been pleading and begging. But if she could do this even in the church and on a day I was in the hospital … I am thinking of quitting. Pls advise me

“She is 22 in her finals the guy is 25 same university (I live in a university town)

“I have met her parents and I have verbally told her that I would marry her. If not for the way 2020 turned out I wanted to settle down November this year. We have dated for 2yrs

“She even spoke to my mom on the morning of the same day.

Tragedy In Imo As Ex-IBC Boss, Okere Stabs Wife To Death

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ABN TV EDITOR
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It was a dark Monday as a former Director-General of the Imo Broadcasting Corporation (IBC), Sir T.C. Okere allegedly stabbed his wife of 50 years to death Monday morning.

The tragic event which took place at Imerenwe community in Ngor-Okpala local government area of Imo State has left community members in disarray.

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The murdered wife is said to have retired from Imo State Polytechnic Umuagwo.

While the circumstances that led to her death remain unknown as at the time of filing this report, the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ikeokwu Godson Orlando, confirmed that the suspect is on the run.

According to the Spokesman, investigations are ongoing to ascertain the cause of the incident.

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‘It is true that the former Director-General of the state-owned broadcasting corporation TC Okere allegedly stabbed the wife to death this morning and the command will soon commence an investigation into the matter.’

Man Killed By Siblings Over Proceeds From Mother’s Burial

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Alex Enemanna
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The Operatives of the Imo state command is now on the trail of three members of Obieshieke family for allegedly killing their brother Remigius Obieshieke over the sharing of the proceeds arising from the burial of their late mother.

The suspects who are now on the run are Patrick Obieshieke, Chinonso Obieshieke and John Erieka from Umuoshochie Autonomous community, Obowo Council area of Imo state.

According to the Spokesman of the Imo State Police Command, Mr Orlando Ikeokwu ( SP) who disclosed this yesterday stated that the Command has declared three members of the Obieshieke wanted for allegedly killing their brother over a disagreement over the proceeds from the burial of their mother.

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He said, “on the 22 May 2020 at about 0600 hours, upon credible information, operatives of the Divisional Police Headquarters, Obowo council area of Imo state moved to Umuolowoshe, Umuoshochie Autonomous community, Obowo and it was discovered that the above-named persons killed one Remigius Obieshieke during a disagreement arising from money realised for the burial of their mother late Angelina Obieshieke, 75 years old.”

He added, that effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing suspects, while investigation has commenced in ernest.”

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