Showing posts with label abia state news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label abia state news. Show all posts

TRAGIC: Man, Wife, Only Son and Dog D*e in Sleep

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Some of the things that happen in this country are honestly very amazing, its already sad enough that the whole family lose their lives, then the dog d*es also, could this be a coincident or like we Nigerians would usually say...There's someone behind this.   
 
Tragedy has hit the city of Aba, Abia State where a whole family comprising a man, his wife and their only son as well as their dog passed on in their sleep.
 
The tragic incident which happened last weekend shook the city and sent tongues wagging on what could have led to the de-th of a complete family in their sleep after going to bed the previous night all hale and hearty.
 
It was gathered that the head of the household, Boniface Ejiagwu, 58, his wife Rebecca Ejiagwu, 50, and son Chukwudi Ejiagwu, 28, who hailed from Ezi-Owelle Anambra State and lived in their family house at No. 23 Onitsha road, Over Rail, Aba had in the morning of Saturday last week, gone out for their normal daily businesses.
 
As usual, in the evening, they all came back to their house hale and hearty. It was further gathered that after their return home, the man’s wife prepared food which they ate and after a while, went to bed. That was their last meal on earth as the three members d-ed in their sleep same night.  It was believed that their dog which also d-ed same night must have eaten from the same meal.
 
The state police command public relations officer, PPRO, Geoffrey Ogbonna could not be reached for comments but a senior police officer who spoke on the condition of anonymity said they are suspecting the deceased might have di-d of food poisoning.
 
“Nobody can say for sure now what k*lled them, that could have been found out through autopsy but we are suspecting they may have d-ed of food poisoning”, the police officer added.
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Eight die as bus plunges into river

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AT LEAST, eight persons were feared dead weekend, including a candidate and two others suspected to be invigilators at the last Saturday’s UTME examination taken across the federation when the 18-seater bus they were travelling in plunged into Igu River in Ozu-Abam in Arochukwu local government areas of Abia State at about 4:30pm.

The bus is owned by Ohafia Local Government Mass Transit. Among the people who lost their lives were some people who went for their JAMB examination at the Federal Government School, Ohafia.

An eyewitness account said the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle, forcing it to plunge into the river, popularly known as “Omenuko River.”

The villagers were said to have jumped into the river in an attempt to rescue some of the victims. The source said the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, at Ohafia was immediately contacted to also help in taking the injured to the hospital at Ohafia, while the dead were deposited at the mortuary.

The driver of the bus, Uyo Kalu, was later transferred to the intensive care unit of the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia.

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11 year old girl Rape in Okigwe, Abia State

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Network on Police Reforms in Nigeria, NOPRIN, just received information about the alleged rape of one Deborah Ezuma (11 years) in Okigwe by an Okigwe-based businessman from Isuikwiuato, Abia State.

The Victim's aunt, Mrs. Emilia Ogbuehi told NOPRIN that the alleged rapist lured the litte girl- who was hawking an item, to his apartment on the pretext of going to pay her for the item he bought from her. He raped the teenage overnight while her guardians were searching for her.

The following morning, the alleged rapist put the girl on a bike that took her to her village where the guardians eventually found her. She's currently hospitalized at Okigwe General Hospital and in bad condition.



The suspect is said to have been arrested and detained at Okigwe Police Station. The IPO's name is given as Ossai, with phone number: 08063479188. NOPRIN is making efforts to get full information and the phone number of the DPO Okigwe Police Station.


Please people who live in that area should get involved and contact the police station - and that number I put there, please call it and disturb the hell out of the IPO. Find out all you can about this case...the perpetrator must not get away this time!

This has got to stop. Something drastic has got to happen. Child rapists should be sentenced to life in prison or something like it. Why are some people so demented?
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We can’t pay new wage, Abia insists

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Governor of Abia state
ABIA State government, yesterday, expressed doubts over its ability to pay the N18,000 minimum wage to its workers.

This came as Governor Thedore Orji was said to be planning to prune the number of his personal aides.

Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Chief Don Ubani, told journalists, yesterday, that the government would pay the new wage if revenue allocation was adjusted upwards in favour of states and local governments.

Ubani said that Abia State paid N1.8 billion monthly wage bill, out of an average monthly federal allocation of N2.8bn.

He argued that with the new minimum wage, nothing would be left to run the administration.

Ubani said: “If the minimum wage is to be critically implemented, it means that many states, including Abia, would be left with nothing after paying salaries and allowances.

“The idea of the federal government having 52 per cent of the federal distributable revenue is unacceptable.

“That the governors have accepted to pay the N18,000 wage is a sign of good intent, but there is something that is very important: the issue of fiscal federalism should be restored.

“If it is not reviewed, it would leave the states badly handicapped. When the states are financially healthy, there will be peace and stability in the system but if they are sick, there will be crises.”

Ubani, however, noted that Governor Orji was determined to cut down the high cost of governance in the state by reducing the number of his aides.

He said the reduction of the governor’s security vote could only be decided by him, based on the security situation in the state.

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