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Kokona Council Chair Vows To Fish Out Perpetrators Of Tattara Mada Attack

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 Kokona Council Chair Vows To Fish Out Perpetrators Of Tattara Mada Attack  By Kershio Barnabas The Executive Chairman of Kokona Local Government Council, Awalu Adamu has vowed to fish out the perpetrators of the recent heinous attack on Tattara Mada community of the area.  Gunmen suspected to be fulani herders had on Sunday April 16 invaded the community, killing residents and destroying properties worth millions of naira.  The council Chairman who visited the community on Wednesday alongside the Member representing Kokona East Constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly (NSHA), Daniel Ogah Ogazi and a team of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) described the incident as unfortunate.  Adamu vowed that those responsible for the heinous would be arrested in order to face the full wrath of the law, his media aide, Ephraim Jatau, said in a statement after Wednesday's on-the-spot assessment visit to the community.  He assured of his adminis...

News Governorship election: Peter Obi condemns attack on Nigerians

News Governorship election: Peter Obi condemns attack on Nigerians Published on March 23, 2023 By Nsikak Nseyen Peter Obi, Labor Party presidential candidate, has condemned the disturbing attacks on the electorate during Saturday’s governorship election. Obi, who shared some gory images of the attack on his Twitter page on Thursday, said it is heartbreaking that citizens who simply went out to exercise their civic duties and vote for candidates of their choice were brutalized and attacked in such a horrendous and vicious manner. He queried security agencies for failing to protect citizens during the election but were quick to arrest citizens using their right to free speech on social media. “It is equally disheartening that the security agencies with the constitutional duty of preventing and detecting crime have not made the arrest of the criminals who perpetrated these brutal acts a primary focus but were instead quick to detect and arrest citizens who are using their right to free sp...

BREAKING: Ekweremadu, wife found guilty of organ trafficking

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Marh 23, 2023 A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have been found guilty of organ trafficking in the United Kingdom. The duo alongside their daughter, Sonia, and a medical doctor, Dr. Obinna Obeta, were found guilty of facilitating the travel of a young man to Britain with a view to his exploitation after a six-week trial at the Old Bailey. They criminally conspired to bring the 21-year-old Lagos street trader to London to exploit him for his kidney, the jury found on Thursday. The judge, Justice Jeremy Johnson, will pass a sentence at a later date, The Guardian UK reports.