The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has issued a stern warning to former Inspector General of Police, Mike Okiro, to stay out of the upcoming Ohanaeze Ndigbo presidential election.
According to IPOB, Okiro’s candidacy would disrupt the zoning structure of Ohanaeze Ndigbo and decimate the organisation, as the position of President General is reserved for Igbos in Rivers State, and Okiro is from Imo State.
IPOB expressed belief that some influential individuals in the Imo State government are backing Okiro’s potential candidacy to undermine the organisation’s cohesion.
The group views this move as an attempt to reinforce the narrative that Igboland is irretrievably divided and can never unite under a common purpose.
It’s worth noting that the Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF), a frontline Igbo think tank, has also warned against Okiro’s imposition as President General, citing the need for a fair and transparent process.
The ADF has emphasised that due process must be followed to ensure that Ndi Igbo worldwide buy into the emerging leadership.
IPOB has made it clear that they will resist any attempt to manipulate the outcome of the election and hold those responsible accountable.
The group has also called on Ohanaeze Ndigbo to strictly adhere to its constitution and zoning arrangement, which stipulates that the next President General should emerge from Rivers State.
IPOB issued the warning in a statement issued on Tuesday by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful.
Powerful, who also denied IPOB’s purported endorsement of Okiro for the Ohanaeze Ndigbo President General, said the warning became imperative following the alleged endorsement being circulated by a “faceless group” supposedly called “Ogbako Egbema” for him to contest for the position.
Powerful said, “It is obvious that some influential individuals in the Imo State government are behind this move to rubbish the integrity of Mike Okiro and decimate Ohanaeze Ndigbo the way they have sought to destroy Imo State.
“This faceless group is speaking for the enemies of Ndigbo, whose interest is to disorganise Alaigbo,” he said.
“These people cannot truncate the legitimate turn of Rivers State to produce the next Ohaneze Ndigbo President General.”
The IPOB spokesperson said at a time when well-meaning organisations are actively campaigning for the unification of all territories of ancient Igboland from Igbanke to Isobo, others are hell-bent on reinforcing the stereotypical narrative that Igboland can never be united under a common political purpose.
He said, “It is imperative that we warn those peddling the falsehood and endorsing Mike Okiro to contest for the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo to desist from disrupting the zoning structure of Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
“The retired IG of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro should not allow himself to be used to destroy the cohesion of the Igbo race.
“The contest for the President General slot is reserved for the Igbos in River State. Mr. Okiro is from Imo State.
“He contested against the late Prof. George Obiozor, during the turn of Imo State to produce the President General and lost.
“Anybody or group trying to drag Mike Okiro into contesting against Rivers State Igbos is trying to foment trouble and IPOB will give that person or group back the problem they are clamouring for.”
According to Powerful, IPOB will no longer allow people to manipulate Ohanaeze Ndigbo.
“This time Igbo governors and politicians must allow Ohanaeze Ndigbo to operate as a respected socio-cultural organisation, not as the errand boys and political wing of the South East Governors Forum.
“Any attempt to manipulate the outcome of the forthcoming election to exclude or deny Igbos in Rivers State their rightful opportunity will be resisted by IPOB and those culpable will be held accountable by the people.
“The era of allowing Ohanaeze Ndigbo to drift and serve as a willing tool for the enemies of Ndigbo to control our political destiny has come to an end,” he said
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, on Tuesday, has advised the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, against insulting elders if he hopes to attain similar status someday.
He also advised him to visit a health facility to ascertain his current mental health.
Frank was reacting to Wike’s attacks on former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Governor of Rivers State Siminalayi Fubara; former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, and the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.
The activist in a statement said the call becomes necessary to enable Wike regain his sense of decorum and to treat those deserving of respect with their due irrespective of their political differences.
Frank said, “Wike needs thorough soul searching, character and mental re-examination. Acts of gross disrespect should not be hidden behind political exigencies.
“Because he looks older than his age should not make him believe he is in the same age bracket with Peter Odili, Uche Secondus and others he now takes pleasure in insulting.
“No normal and sensible person would insult elders like Wike has done except they are under the influence of intoxicants or other harmful psychotropic substances.
“We know Wike is praying to attain age 80 and above someday, but if he doesn’t stop his current disdain, disregard and disrespect for those who are older than him, one day he will reap what he has sown.
“We advise him stop the intake of intoxicants including his 40-year old Whisky and to urgently seek medical attention to determine if he’s doing these things in his right senses or under any influence whatsoever.”
Frank who is the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Ambassador to East Africa and the Middle East, also told Wike to leave the people of Rivers State alone, having failed in his efforts to make the state ungovernable “because since his exit as governor, he has not given Governor Fubara a breathing space thereby stifling the development of the state.”
“We further advise Wike to engage the services of a speech therapist to train him in the art of modern public speaking in order to prevent him from being garrulous and loquacious.
“Otherwise, President Tinubu would soon be his next for insult the moment he feels he is no longer benefiting from him, the same way he has been insulting some benefactors that helped him to rise to the level he is in life today, like Peter Odili, ex-President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife and Rotimi Amaechi”, he emphasized.
Aspirants from Rivers State, vying for the Ohanaeze Ndigbo President-General election scheduled for January 2025, have called on former Inspector General of Police, Chief Mike Okiro, to withdraw from the race.
The aspirants—Omenazu Jackson, Fyneface Amechi, and Dim Uchechukwu Okwukwu—met with the press in Port Harcourt yesterday to discuss concerns about the integrity of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo leadership and Okiro’s candidacy.
They argued that Okiro, who hails from Obiakpu community in Imo State, should step aside for the Rivers-based candidates, as the Ohanaeze President-General seat is designated for Rivers State in this election cycle.
The trio expressed dissatisfaction with what they saw as an attempt to undermine their ambitions by a non-Rivers candidate. They criticized Okiro’s endorsement by Chief Lucky Ekeji, President of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Rivers State, and alleged that Okiro’s involvement in the race could create unnecessary conflict by bringing the position back to Imo State after its recent tenure.
They detailed Okiro’s background, stating, “Chief Mike Okiro is from Ogwumankwu village, Obiakpu community, Egbema, Ohaji/Egbema LGA, Imo State. His age grade is Otu Egobueze, with Secretary Christopher Nze Umezuruike and members such as Chief Clement Mmata, Mr. Owuamala Stephen, and Chief Toke Gilbert.” They also noted that Okiro’s late younger brother, Eze Ozoemela Okiro, was the traditional ruler of Obiakpu community in Imo State.
The aspirants questioned Okiro’s claim of being a Rivers man, given his familial ties to Imo State, and called on him to explain the origin of his claims.
They urged Ohanaeze Ndigbo to protect its reputation and ensure the election maintains its integrity, stressing that the leadership position was meant for a Rivers indigene.
Vowing to oppose any attempts to sideline them, the aspirants emphasized, “We will not allow the same mistakes from Okiro’s tenure in the Nigerian Police Force to happen again.”
The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has raised the alarm that bandits from the Northwest are fleeing to the southern state.
According to him, the development is due to a continued military onslaught in the Northwestern region which has forced the bandits to flee to Ibadan, the state capital.
He made this assertion at the 2025 annual inter-faith service for workers held in Agodi area of Ibadan, the state capital.
Makinde, however, vowed to smoke out the fleeing bandits and deal with them.
He said: “The year 2024 was challenging, particularly in terms of safety and security.
“We had incidents of fire outbreaks, armed robberies, and kidnappings. However, in 2025, we will redouble our efforts to address these issues.”
“During a security briefing this morning, I learned that some bad elements from the North-West are relocating here due to military heat in their zones. But we will find and deal with them.”
“During my birthday retreat, bandits had camped less than two kilometres from where I was staying.”
“This underscores the seriousness of the situation.”
The governor urged residents and traditional rulers to report any suspicious movements.
“To our traditional rulers, who are custodians of your domains, and to all residents, this is no joke. If you see suspicious movements, report them immediately.”
“For us in Oyo, bandits will have no foothold. I will not sleep until every inch of this state is safe,” Makinde noted.
Nigerian states especially in the Northern region are battling from activities of bandits and terrorists, a situation that has usually led to deaths, kidnappings, destructions and destabilisation of states.
A 2007 Accountancy graduate of the Federal Polytechnic Nekede Owerri Imo State, Innocent Uzodimma is at present eking out a living by engaging in the menial job of conveying groceries for people using a wheel barrow in markets in Owerri, Imo State.
Uzodimma, a native of Obazu Mbieri Community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state has been engaged in the wheelbarrow business for years.
He took to doing the menial job after he lost his job at the defunct Afribank where he had worked upon graduation and completion of the mandatory one year national service to his fatherland.
At the markets in Owerri and on the streets, Uzodimma could be seen pushing wheelbarrow with which he conveys goods owned by his clients.
The job doesn’t fetch him much, he says. To compound his situation, Uzodimma obtained the wheel barrow by hire purchase.
So, he is faced with the task of paying off the owner of the wheelbarrow and picking his bills.
Uzodimma is also married with four children and they reside in the slum area of Owerri. In other words, he has the added task of catering for a family of six comprising himself, wife and four children.
Favour seems to have located him recently when he conveyed goods belonging to journalist and humanist, Chidiebube Okeoma.
Okeoma has been spearheading a crusade to take Uzodimma off the streets since encountering him.
In videos posted on his facebook handle, Okeoma related moves he had made to achieve the objective of empowering the accountant.
First, he mobilized funds to buy him a brand wheelbarrow in order to end the challenge of having to pay for the one he collected on hire purchase basis.
Okeoma also disclosed that he has been able to open an account for the accountant where public-spirited individuals wishing to assist him could transfer or deposit money for him.
He further revealed that he had been able to raise N70,000 which however is a far cry to the amount of money needed to take Uzodimma completely off the streets by opening a business for him.
Okeoma is therefore appealing to industry titans who could offer the father of four gainful employment to do so.
“The idea is to take Mr. Innocent Uzodimma off the streets. Whoever could help should do so. If we raise enough money, we could open a business for him. Those who could also offer him a good job should also do so. We want to take this graduate off the streets’, Okeoma pleaded.
Abia South Senator, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has expressed his willingness to stand as a guarantor for Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
Abaribe made the remark while addressing journalists after his visit to Governor Alex Otti of Abia State.
He also urged President Bola Tinubu to listen to the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi and other stakeholders over their calls to release Kanu.
Abaribe informed Tinubu that releasing Kanu would put a stop to the issue of criminalities in the Southeast.
He said: “I expect that the President will listen to both his Attorney General and every one of us who have been agitating that the issues in the Southeast; first of all the insurgency, the sit-at-home on Mondays and every other thing we have noticed in the Southeast, what we now know in the Southeast is that criminals and all other people who advocate violence have taken over and using the name Nnamdi Kanu to perpetuate all these their despicable acts.
“We know that the President, being a listening President, will also look at all the issues involved which we have presented to him from various mediums and that he will do the needful and release Nnamdi Kanu so that it will put a stop to all these things that are happening in the Southeast and bring back the Southeast as the hub of production in Nigeria.
“So he needs Nnamdi Kanu out so that all those things that are holding us down in the Southeast, that have made us not produce as much as we ought to produce, will not be there.
“So, we continue to call on President Tinubu to release Nnamdi Kanu and we are ready and willing to be guarantors for him to be released so that we can have life coming back into the Southeast and take it away from the criminals, kidnappers, the cultists and dangerous elements that are floating around us who have made it a point that they would perpetrate violence, do criminal activities and use Nnamdi Kanu’s name as their reason.”
Kanu remains incarcerated since June 2021 when he was rearrested and subjected to extraordinary rendition from Kenya to Nigeria.
Upon his return to Nigeria, the Appeal Court in Abuja ordered his release but the Nigerian government refused to let him off the hook.
Anambra Police Commissioner Nnaghe Obono Itam has announced that four children who were sold in Bauchi State were recovered in Anambra state.
This is coming as the Commissioner announced that by the end of this year 2025 , the rate of crime would have been reduced to thirty percent in line with the Gov Charles Soludo security program known as Operation Udo Ga Di.
The Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Obono Itam, while speaking to reporters in Awka also stated that security operatives in the state will do everything within their power to reduce the crime rate by 30 percent in 2025.
He called on stakeholders in the state, including the Traditional Rulers and President Generals of various communities, and residents, to partner with the police for effective policing.
The State Commissioner of Police made the statement on Monday while briefing journalists at the police headquarters in Amawbia, Awka South Local Government Area, on the activities of the command in 2024.
During the briefing, 13 criminal suspects involved in murder, kidnapping, and other criminal activities were paraded.
The police commissioner revealed that in 2024, they arrested 325 criminal suspects, secured 30 convictions, and rescued 14 kidnapped victims.
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Speaking on the fate of the four children he announced that the suspects confessed to the crime and narrated the role each of them played.
Itam said that one of the children had been identified, and efforts were already in place to reunite the child with their parents.
“The Command wishes to use this opportunity to request that you, the media, assist in sharing the pictures of these innocent children for possible identification and reunification with their parents,” he said.
He further stated that in the early hours of December 24, 2024, a joint security operation led by the Nigeria Police Force, comprising the military, civil defense, and Anambra Vigilante operatives, successfully dismantled a criminal camp located in Nimo, Njikoka Local Government Area.
According to him, the operation resulted in the destruction of several makeshift structures within the camp, the recovery of 19 unexploded improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and significant injuries inflicted on fleeing suspects.
He said the operation followed credible intelligence regarding the activities of the criminal gang in the area, coupled with information obtained during the interrogation of suspects arrested in ongoing police operations across the state.
Itam also reported that police operatives attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad, Enugu-Ukwu, acting on credible information, arrested one Miracle Mwakalor, 18 years old, from Umubele village, Awka-South Local Government Area, on December 6 and they recovered one AK-47 rifle and one magazine from him . According to him, the operatives raided the criminal gang’s den during a debrief about their plans to commit havoc in Nibo, Awka South Local Government Area.
He said that while Miracle was apprehended, his other gang members escaped and during interrogation, he confessed to the crime and led the operatives to an apartment in Ubuofu, Awka, where the recovered rifle had been hidden in the roof.
The commissioner stated that the command rescued four children allegedly stolen from their parents in Bauchi State and sold into the state. He called on those looking to adopt children to follow the proper process by going to orphanages rather than buying stolen children.
“Police operatives attached to the Anti-Cultism Squad in Enugu Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, raided an identified black spot in Umunaga Village, Awka South LGA, in the late hours of Saturday, December 7, 2024. During the operation, one Okechukwu Chinwuko (27 years) of Umunaga Village and Ezenwa Chinedu (22 years) of Umuneri Village were arrested. Other incriminating items recovered included one pump-action gun, four live cartridges, a cutlass, criminal charms, and substances suspected to be hard drugs. The operatives also rescued two female victims who had been sexually assaulted by the suspects,” he stated.
The commissioner also noted that they had suspects who murdered their brother and buried him in a shallow grave in a compound at Oko. The deceased, Chibuzor Okeke, was accused of burglary and theft.
According to him, his brother, Chidiebere Okeke, and his cousin, Emebo Ogochukwu, caught him and beat him into unconsciousness and Chibuzor was rushed to the hospital, where he was confirmed dead, inorder to cover up the incident, the two suspects dug a shallow grave in their compound and buried Chibuzor.
Against reports yesterday that three children from the same parents were slaughtered by unknown killer fresh facts emerged this Monday that they died of suffocation inside their father’s car packed in their compound.
It has also been discovered that there were no marks on their bodies to suggest that they were killed with any weapon and that they were not tired with ropes.
According to the President General of Nise Community in Awka South local government area of Anambra state Chief Anthony Nwabuona ;
“We got a distress call from the head of our local vigilante group about the death of the children and we rushed to the compound to see the children lifeless and it was also confirmed that they entered their father’s car and was playing inside the car and they pined down the lock of the car but couldn’t open the car ”
“The youngest of them had her body swollen as a result of lack of air because the windows of the car was closed so we wish to state that they were not slaughtered as was earlier reported and we have made an official entry with the police over the sad incident ” he noted.
Corroborating the report of the President General the vigilante groups leader explained that;
“We got the information and rushed to the house immediately and we saw the parents of the children and sympathizers crying and the father of the children said that the gate of his house was locked and when he opened the gate he could not find his children in the rooms and he went out in search of his children but couldn’t find them”
“The father however looked inside his car and found the three children two are boys while one is a girl and they were all dead ” he said.
Continuing Nwabuona stated that it was wrong for the parents to have left the unde aged children at home without a grown up person to stay with them noting that had it been that an elderly person was at home the incident would have been avoided.
Confirming this report the Anambra Police Public Relations Office SP Tochikwu Ikenga said that the Command has been briefed and that the father of the three children has been interviewed over the incident.
“The command has received the report and is already under investigation, meanwhile, the father of the victim has been interviewed and we are working with the necessary information provided” he said.
The President General of the Community also confirmed that the three Children have been after the police had confirmed that they were not killed by anyone but died out of suffocation .
Three Children From Same Parents Died Of Suffocation. Says Community Leader
By Okey Maduforo Awka.
Against reports yesterday that three children from the same parents were slaughtered by unknown killer fresh facts emerged this Monday that they died of suffocation inside their father’s car packed in their compound.
It has also been discovered that there were no marks on their bodies to suggest that they were killed with any weapon and that they were not tired with ropes.
According to the President General of Nise Community in Awka South local government area of Anambra state Chief Anthony Nwabuona ;
“We got a distress call from the head of our local vigilante group about the death of the children and we rushed to the compound to see the children lifeless and it was also confirmed that they entered their father’s car and was playing inside the car and they pined down the lock of the car but couldn’t open the car ”
“The youngest of them had her body swollen as a result of lack of air because the windows of the car was closed so we wish to state that they were not slaughtered as was earlier reported and we have made an official entry with the police over the sad incident ” he noted.
Corroborating the report of the President General the vigilante groups leader explained that;
“We got the information and rushed to the house immediately and we saw the parents of the children and sympathizers crying and the father of the children said that the gate of his house was locked and when he opened the gate he could not find his children in the rooms and he went out in search of his children but couldn’t find them”
“The father however looked inside his car and found the three children two are boys while one is a girl and they were all dead ” he said.
Continuing Nwabuona stated that it was wrong for the parents to have left the unde aged children at home without a grown up person to stay with them noting that had it been that an elderly person was at home the incident would have been avoided.
Confirming this report the Anambra Police Public Relations Office SP Tochikwu Ikenga said that the Command has been briefed and that the father of the three children has been interviewed over the incident.
“The command has received the report and is already under investigation, meanwhile, the father of the victim has been interviewed and we are working with the necessary information provided” he said.
The President General of the Community also confirmed that the three Children have been after the police had confirmed that they were not killed by anyone but died out of suffocation .
The Anambra State Police Command have said it had arrested no fewer than 300 suspects for different crimes, recovered 43 bombs and 40 stolen vehicles in different parts of the state between January 2024 and January 2025.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam, disclosed this on Monday at the Police Command Headquarters in Awka while briefing newsmen on some of the feats and breakthrough so far recorded by the Command within a space of one year. The CP, flanked by some top-ranking officers of the Command, said the feats cut across incidents relating to armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism, child tràafficking, public disturbances, attacks on unsuspecting members of the public, security personnel, and government infrastructures, as well as other sundry offences.
According to him, efforts by the Police and other sister agencies towards reducing crime and criminality are yielding positive results, while the narrative is rapidly changing. The CP, who said the Command rescued 14 kidnapped victims unhurt within the period, also disclosed that they secured over thirty (30) convictions, with some trials still ongoing.
Continuing, he said that, while the Command recovered over forty-three (43) unexploded improvised devices, over one hundred (100) different brands of arms, which include AK47, pump action guns, locally-made pistols, and others.
His words: “We have equally recovered over two thousand, nine hundred and thirty-seven (2937) ammunition of various types. We have so far recovered about forty (40) stolen vehicles. We have also recovered different brands of motorcycles, amongst other exhibits in ongoing investigations.
“It is worthy to note that some of the suspects involved in various disheartening and unfortunate incidents as well as unprovoked attacks on security operatives and unsuspecting members of the public witnessed last year were eliminated during shootouts. Others were arrested in the cause of separate operations by the Police and Joint Security forces.
Continuing, he said: “Some of the breakthroughs to mention but a few are: Elimination of the Master-minds of the attack on Police Operatives attached to RRS in Uruagu Nnewi; the arrest of an 18-year-old boy over a planned cult killing in Nibo that led to the recovery of one AK-47 riffle hidden on the roof of an apartment in Awka.
“Destruction of so many criminal camps, but the most notable is that of Nimo, Njikoka LGA which led to the recovery of 19 unexploded devices; arrest of a notorious and wanted kidnapper, named Pablo, who has been terrorizing Ihiala, Anambra State and other areas in Enugu and Delta states.
“Arrest of two notorious cultists in Awka that led to the recovery of one pump action gun, four live cartridges, cutlass, criminal charms, and substances suspected to be hard drugs. The Operatives also rescued two female victims who the suspects have forcibly abused sexually.
“Last year under review witnessed successful Local Government Elections in the State. Also, in the drive to fight all forms of criminalities, the Command embarked on security advocacy visits to Local Government Headquarters and established a Community Policing Committee to foster community engagement. Individuals were also encouraged to take ownership of security, promote a culture of security and
facilitate collaboration among stakeholders, including the government and other organizations. These notwithstanding, many other successes were recorded.
“In another significant development today, the Command rescued three (3) children allegedly stolen from their parents in Bauchi State and sold to another in the State. The Operatives also arrested four suspects including an illegal foster mother. The suspects confessed to the crime and narrated the role that each of them played. One of the children has been identified and efforts are already emplaced to unite the child with his parents. The Command wishes to use this opportunity to request that you assist to share the pictures of these innocent children for possible identification and unification with their parents.
“We also have here with us, the suspects that murdered their brother and buried him in a shallow grave in a compound at Oko. The deceased, Late Chibuzor Okeke was accused of burglary and stealing. His brother Chidiebere Okeke and his cousin Emebo Ogochukwu caught him and beat him to stupor. As a result, Chibuzor became unconscious and was rushed to the hospital where the doctor confirmed him dead. The two suspects in order to cover up for the incident, dug a shallow grave in their compound and buried Chibuzor.
“Our focus this year is to consolidate on the gains in crime prevention and restoration of Law and Order towards improving the safety and security of lives in Anambra State. By the robust advocacy on Community Policing Principles, the launch of “Operation Udo Ga-Achị”, the State Police Command has expressed its willingness to stamp out crime and other forms of criminalities from our State.
“Lastly, I want to extend our gratitude to the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, for his guidance and overall support. I also appreciate the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo CFR, sister Agencies, the Media, residents of the State, Anambra State Vigilantes operatives, Civil society groups, Organizations and many others for their unflinching support. Please be assured that the confidence reposed on us for protection of lives and properties is not to be taken for granted.
“Thanks so much for your rapt attention and looking forward to your cooperation through accurate reportage. As you know, security is everyone’s business. If you see something, say something and the Police will do something. Please feel free to verify the facts before going to the press.”
The Police Commissioner went further to highlight some other cases and breakthrough recorded by the security agencies in recent time.
According to him, “In the early hours of December 24, 2024, a joint security operation led by the Nigeria Police Force and comprising the Military, Civil Defence, and Anambra Vigilante operatives successfully dismantled a criminal camp located in Nimo, Njikoka Local Government Area. The operation resulted in the destruction of several makeshift structures within the camp, the recovery of 19 unexploded improvised explosive devices (IEDs), and inflicted significant injuries on fleeing suspects.
“This decisive action followed credible intelligence on the activities of the criminal gang in the area, coupled with information obtained during the interrogation of suspects arrested in ongoing police operations across the state.
“Police Operatives attached to Anti-Cultism Squad Enugwu-Ukwu, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State in the late hours of Saturday, 7th December 2024, acting on credible information, raided an identified black spot in Umunaga Village, Awka South LGA. During the operation, one Okechukwu Chinwuko (M) aged 27 years of Umunaga Village and Ezenwa Chinedu (M) 22 years of Umuneri Village were arrested. Other incriminating objects recovered include one Pump action gun, four live cartridges, Cutlass, Criminal Charms, and substances suspected to be hard drugs. The Operatives also rescued two female victims who the suspects have forcibly abused sexually.
“Police Operatives attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad Enugu-Ukwu acting on credible information on 6th December 2024 by 2.30 pm arrested one Miracle Mwakalor (M) 18 years from Umubele village, Awka-South Local Government Area and recovered one AK47 Rifle and one magazine.
“The Operatives burst the criminal gang in their den during an evil debrief on how they want to commit havoc in Nibo, Awka South Local Government today.
“Miracle was apprehended but his other gang members escaped. During interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime and led the Operatives to an apartment at Ubuofu Awka, where they hid the recovered rifle in the roof.
“We have suspects that murdered their brother and buried him in a shallow grave in a compound at Oko. The deceased, Late Chibuzor Okeke was accused of burglary and stealing. His brother Chidiebere Okeke and his cousin Emebo Ogochukwu caught him and beat him to stupor. As a result, Chibuzor became unconscious and was rushed to the hospital where the doctor confirmed him dead. The two suspects in order to cover up for the incident, dug a shallow grave in their compound and buried Chibuzor.
“The Command rescued four (4) children allegedly stolen from their parents in Bauchi State and sold to another in the State. The Operatives also arrested four suspects including an illegal foster mother. The suspects confessed to the crime and narrated the role that each of them played. One of the children has been identified and efforts are already emplaced to unite the child with his parents. The Command wishes to use this opportunity to request that you assist to share the pictures of these innocent children for possible identification and unification with their parents.”
The woman, married to a hunter from Oju Local Government Area, had already given birth to nine children without any complications. Her 10th pregnancy seemed to be going smoothly, but what happened during the delivery was unexpected.
According to reports, the newborn resembled a monk€y, a sight that shocked everyone present, including the medical staff and the woman’s family. The news spread quickly, attracting attention from curious locals and sparking questions about how such an event could happen.
The people of Otukpo and nearby areas are struggling to understand this strange event. Many are coming up with their own explanations, and rumors are circulating about what might have caused such a rare and unusual birth. In a place where traditional beliefs mix with modern science, this incident has left everyone puzzled.
While the community speculates, doctors at St. Theresa Hospital are likely investigating the cause of the unusual birth. It could be due to a rare genetic mutation or a developmental problem, but without more information, these are just guesses.
For the woman and her family, this event is a difficult and emotional experience. After nine healthy pregnancies, the mother did not expect such an outcome. The emotional impact on her, her husband, and their children is likely significant. The family may need support to help them cope with this challenging situation.
This strange incident in Otukpo has shocked the community and sparked widespread discussion. As people search for answers, it is important that any medical or scientific explanations are shared with care for the family involved. While this event is rare and unsettling, it reminds us of the mysteries of human birth and development.
As we wait for more details, the story of the woman who gave birth to a monkey-like baby in Otukpo remains one of the most unusual and talked-about events in recent memory
