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Anambra businessman requests for military, police for security

Panic as Anambra businessman requests 16 soldiers, 20 policemen, 12 DSS for security

Popular businessman, Nicholas Ukachukwu has caused a stir as he requests for heavy security of military and policemen during the festivities. This comes following a gun attack on the convoy of Anambra politician, Chief Chris Uba at Uga junction, in Chief Uba’s hometown. The incident took the life of two policemen.

Businessman, Nicholas Ukachukwu. In separate letters to the state’s security agency chiefs, Ukachukwu—who just wed Miss Universe Nigeria, Mitchel Ihezue—stated that he would require the security personnel due to the insecurity in the area. Ukachukwu wrote to the Commander of the 302 Artillery Regiment in Onitsha in one of the letters, saying: “I humbly write to request for 16 Army security personnel to provide security for me during my program/activities in Anambra State and beyond, scheduled to commence on January 6th to 10th of January 2024, respectively, taken cognizance of security challenges in my home town of Osumenyi in Nnewi South LGA of Anambra State. “The activities are as follows: On the 6th is my arrival and inspection of my personal road project at Osumenyi; on the 7th, the dedication of our village Church which my family rehabilitated and funded; on the 8th of January I will be performing the traditional mandatory rites for my marriage with my wife in her home town at Akaokwa. “9th will be the dedication of another Church we built. On the 10th, other activities I have in the East. “I graciously hope my request will be given a favourable consideration and approval.”

Actor Chukwunekwu Okweye ties the knot with lover in Anambra

Veteran Nollywood actor, Chukwunekwu Okweye better known as ‘Jack Neko’ has married his sweetheart, Favour Obieze. The actor held the traditional wedding at the bride’s hometown compound at Agulu, Anaocha Local Government of the state on Saturday, November 11, 2023.

Actor, Okweye. Okweye had revealed that he met his wife while at the church of his friend at Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State.

They had been taken with each other right from their first meeting and from there their love grew, following a year of being together. Their relationship culminated into a beautiful marriage. Photos which surfaced from the event shows the actor with his beautiful wife surrounded by friends and family which came for the event. See more photos below:

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Anambra govt panel reveals how Mmesoma confessed

The Anambra State Government panel which investigated the controversial result put forward by Mmesoma Ejikeme has revealed how the student confessed to the crime while calling on her to make a written apology to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB and also undergo psychological counselling. The committee in making its three-point recommendations found out that Mmesoma on her own manipulated the original result she got.

Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme The committee which interacted with Ejikeme Mmesoma, authorities of her school, and JAMB in its findings deposed that the result paraded by Ejikeme Mmesoma with an aggregate score of 362 was fake and that she admitted manipulating the results by herself using her phone. “She owned up in the presence of her principal, and the Education Secretary that the narration by the JAMB officials was a true and correct description of what transpired. She also admitted to having given a manipulated result by herself, unaided using the same phone (and) Airtel Number. “According to her, she proceeded to the cybercafe (Prisca Global Computers, Uruagu, Nnewi) where she printed the results she had manipulated.” “The committee tried to find out the motive behind her actions, but Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma said NOTHING.” Ejikeme Mmesoma had put the reputation of JAMB in suspense after she claimed to have scored 362 and been the highest-scoring candidate in the 2023 UTME. Following the controversy the Anambra State Government set up a committee comprising of Prof. Nkemdili Nnonyelu as Chairman, other members are Prof. Mercy Okonkwo, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, Prof. Maduabuchi Dukor, Prof. Jaja Nwanegbo, Rev. Sr. Prof. Mary-Felicia Opara, Rev. Cannon Dr. Uchenna Umeifekwem, Mr. Chukwuemeka Fred Agbata Managing Director, Anambra Information Communication Technology Agency. The Anambra State Government is, however, yet to release a white paper on the issue and the fate of Ejikeme Mmesoma now hangs in the balance following the ban on her by JAMB from partaking in the UTME for three years.

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Woman who just divorced her husband sets policewoman, her two children ablaze in Anambra

A middle-aged woman has been arrested for allegedly setting a policewoman and her two children ablaze in Nnokwa, Idemili South Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State. The suspect, identified as Nneamaka Nwosu, a native of Amawbia in Awka South LGA, of the state, was said to have come in contact with the deceased when she became homeless following a divorce.

The suspect A resident of the area, who pleaded anonymity, said the suspect (Nwosu) had gone to live with the policewoman shortly after she became homeless and in dire need of accommodation following her divorce from her husband. “As soon as the husband divorced her, she confided in the policewoman who benevolently offered her accommodation in her apartment. “On that fateful day, she quarrelled with the policewoman which led to a fight. She hit the policewoman on the head with a pestle and she fell and became unconscious. “She quickly tied the policewoman and her two kids together with a rope inside their room and set them ablaze together with the building,” he said. It was gathered that the suspect was apprehended by local vigilante and some villagers who were attracted by the fire, while she was trying to escape. When the vigilante interrogated her, she initially denied the act, claiming it was a case of gas explosion while the deceased and her children were boiling water. Nwosu later confessed to the crime, attributing it to handiwork of the devil. “I did not know what came over me that made me commit the crime. I deserve to be shot dead for this wicked act against the person who helped me in my time of need,” she said. Confirming the incident, the Anambra State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that the suspect had been arrested and the bodies of the policewoman and her children deposited in the mortuary. Ikenga said that the case had been transferred to the State Investigation Department (CID) for further investigation and prosecution. He said, “Preliminary information reveals that the policewoman accommodated the suspect while she was searching for a house. “The two women had a disagreement which resulted in a fight before the suspect hit the woman police on her head with a pestle. “While she became unconscious, she tied her with her two kids and set them ablaze. The bodies of the victims have been recovered and deposited in the morgue. Further development shall be communicated,” Ikenga promised.

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Anambra student with best UTME score faked results — JAMB

After receiving N3M scholarship for scoring the highest in the 2023 UTME exam in Anambra, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB confirms that the student faked her result. Ejikeme Mmesoma is accused of deliberately faking her score and falsely claiming to be the highest scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

Miss Ejikeme Mmesoma In a statement released by the board on Sunday, it was revealed that Ejikeme manipulated her score in order to secure a N3 million scholarship from Innoson Motors. She was also scheduled to receive recognition from the Anambra State government until now that her deceit was uncovered. The statement reads in part; “The attention of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has been drawn to several publications in both print and online media celebrating certain candidates for being high scorers in the 2023 UTME. “The Board is constrained to set the records straight and wishes to state unequivocally that many of the results which many of these candidates are parading are fake. In many instances, some of these candidates had actually obtained far lower scores than they are claiming and had used some funny software packages to manipulate their results to deceive unsuspecting members of the public. “The most pathetic of them all is the case of Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma, who claimed to have scored 362 in the 2023 UTME and was awarded a N3m scholarship by Chief (Dr.) Innocent Chukwuma. She was even set to be honoured by the Anambra State Government when one of its top officials put a call through to JAMB to confirm her claim, only for the Board to reveal that Miss Ejikeme Joy Mmesoma had actually scored 249 and not the 362 she claimed. She had manipulated her UTME result to deceive the public to fraudulently obtain scholarships and other recognitions.” The statement further noted that the board is aware of another instance of fraudulent behaviour involving a candidate who falsely asserted to have obtained an aggregate score of 380 in the 2023 UTME. Punishment for highest scoring Anambra UTME student, others who faked UTME result “We commended the likes of Dr. Innocent Chukwuma and wish to encourage other Nigerians, who desire to invest in the future of genuine youngsters, never to be discouraged but to always ensure that they get the authentic results from the Board as done by the Anambra State Ministry of Education; otherwise they will be celebrating criminality as this is just another new fraudulent method in town. “However, these candidates only succeed in manipulating what they are holding, as the authentic results are with the Board and would be transmitted to their schools of choice at the appropriate time. “It is to be noted that Miss Mmesoma had sent a message to the Board’s platform to request her UTME result, after which she manually inflated her scores and pasted same on the 2022 UTME result sheet. Unknown to her, the Board had changed the design of the 2023 UTME result sheet. Her original result remains 249, as nothing can change that. With this her ignoble act, Miss Mmesoma would be prosecuted and her original result withdrawn. This is not all, as the Board would, in due course, investigate all candidates laying claims to higher scores than they actually obtained. Once discovered, such candidates’ original results would be withdrawn forthwith, and they would be handed over to relevant security agencies for prosecution.”

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17-yr-old girl locked up by her father for one month without food in Anambra

The Anambra State Ministry of Women and Social Welfare has rescued a 17-year-old girl from her father, Sunday Ezeh, who allegedly tied her hands and feet, and locked her up for a month without food. Mrs Ify Obinabo, Commissioner for the Ministry, told journalists on Tuesday in Awka that the girl, who hailed from Nise in Awka South Local Government Area is a stepdaughter of the suspect.

Father of the victim, Sunday Ezeh Obinabo said she took the girl to Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka, for medical diagnosis and treatment. According to her, some indigenes of Nise area gave a tip-off to the Ministry that one Sunday Ezeh, a traditionalist, allegedly maltreated and locked up his stepdaughter. “Due to the sensitivity of the case, the Ministry collaborated with the local vigilante to rescue the girl and apprehend the accused before handing him over to the police. “The girl sustained a lot of injury in all parts of her body and as a result was billed for emergency surgery in the head. “The surgery was successful and she is recuperating at the paediatrics ward of the teaching hospital, ” she said. The commissioner said that the state had zero tolerance for any form of crime or abuse against children, adding that offenders would be made to face the wrath of the law. She said that the case had been transferred to the Anambra State Police Criminal Investigative Department.
Narrating her ordeal, the 17-year-old girl said that her step father tied her hands and feet and locked her up in a room for one month without food.

The victim receiving treatment “I cannot remember what I did wrong but my father told me I messed up the compound with my poo and that beating me and locking me up without food was my punishment. “He used a Bamboo plank to hit me on the head which was why I had head injury. People around saw the way he was beating me and came to my rescue,” she said. Meanwhile, Ezeh, the accused, said he was only punishing his daughter for her disobedience and for desecrating his compound with poo. According to him, such acts were against his traditional belief and practice. NAN

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Two US consulate staff killed by gunmen in Anambra

A convoy conveying staff of the US consulate was attacked by gunmen along Atani, Osamale Road in Anambra State on Tuesday, May 16. Ikenga Tochukwu, the police spokesperson in Anambra said the gunmen killed four persons on the convoy including two US Consulate staff.

He said; “Hoodlums murdered two of the PMF operatives, and two staff of the consulate. Bodies of the victims were also set ablaze by the gunmen. “Security forces have embarked on a rescue/recovery operation in Ogbaru LGA, following an attack on a convoy of staff of US consulate today 16/5/2023 by 3:30 pm along Atani, Osamale road. The hoodlums murdered two of the PMF operatives, and two staff of the consulate, and set their bodies ablaze and their vehicles. “Also, the arsonist/murderers on sighting the responding joint security forces abducted two police operatives, the driver of the second vehicle and took to their heels. No US citizen was in the convoy.

“The command, while reacting to the incident, regrets that a convoy of such or any related will enter the state without recourse to the police in the area or any security agency, assured that the battle against the insurgents in the state is focused and it will remain sustained until such a time security stability is fully restored”. The US mission in Nigeria also confirmed the incident, noting that the security of their personnel is paramount. A spokesperson of the US mission said; “We confirm there was an incident on May 16 in Anambra state. U.S. Mission Nigeria personnel are working with Nigerian security services to investigate. The security of our personnel is always paramount, and we take extensive precautions when organising trips to the field. We have no further comment at this time.”

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Anambra couple arrested for brutalizing 9-yr-old house help with pestle, knife (Video)

A Nigerian couple, Blessing and her husband, were arrested in Anambra state after being accused of brutalizing their 9-year-old house help, Idinma with a pestle and red-hot knife. Videos showing Idinma with a swollen face and various body injuries surfaced online on May 12th, prompting outrage on social media.

The couple reportedly inflicted the injuries on Idinma, who lives with them and assists in caring for their baby, after she accidentally dropped one of their newborn twins while holding them. According to reports, Idinma was also denied access to education by her benefactors. She is currently receiving medical attention for her injuries in a hospital.

A video of the nursing mother and her husband being interrogated by community members has gone viral. Watch the video below …

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Anambra Police give N38m to deceased officers’ families

Echeng Echeng has presented cheques of varying amounts, totaling N38m to 16 families of deceased police officers attached to the Command. The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State presented the cheques to the beneficiaries at the state headquarters in Awka, on Wednesday, on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba Alkali. Information about the disbursement was contained in a statement by the state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga on Wednesday. According to the statement, the gesture is an initiative of the IGP towards the family welfare and insurance scheme aimed at supporting the family of Police officers who died in active service. It read: “It is also aimed at spurring officers to greatness while discharging their statutory duties with the assurance that their welfare is of paramount importance to the leadership of the Force.” The CP while presenting the cheques to the beneficiaries thanked the Inspector-General of Police for his relentless efforts at ensuring a good welfare package for personnel of the Force. He urged the beneficiaries to use the money wisely by investing in a profitable venture that will, in turn, alleviate the needs of the dependents left behind.

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Armed men reportedly kidnap catholic priest in Anambra

Some unknown armed men have reportedly kidnapped a catholic priest in Nnobi, Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to reports from passersby, the catholic priest was kidnapped at Nnobi Roundabout where he was seen trying to buy some fruits.

The priest who is yet to be identified, was reportedly heading to Awka-Etiti, a neighbouring town, when the hoodlums surrounded and bundled him into their car. An eyewitness told Vanguard, “The victim had stopped his car at the Nnobi Junction to buy some fruits when his phone rang. He was still answering the call and looking around for the caller when he was double-crossed by another car whose occupants were armed to the teeth,” “The assailants forcefully bundled him into their jeep, leaving his car steaming before driving off. The incident disrupted activities in the market as the hoodlums shot indiscriminately into the air.”

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