Another Ritualist’s Den Uncovered Published on June 29, 2012 by pmnews · 1 Comment By Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta
Another ritualists’ den has been uncovered in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, and two persons have been arrested in connection with the discovery, the police said.
The shrine is located at Iganke village, along the Ijebu Ode- Itoikin- Ikorodu road and was uncovered by men of the Ogun State Police Command after a tipoff by local residents, the police said.
Iganke is located between Odogbolu local government area of Ogun State and Ikosi-Ejinrin local council development area of Lagos state. The other shrine was discovered in March in Ogijo area of Ogun State.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikemefunna Okoye, who inspected the den on Tuesday, said his men had been searching for shrines and other places where evil acts are perpetrated across the state.
He confirmed that two persons had been arrested.
“One of them tried to dupe someone of huge amount of money but through intelligence gathering, we got to hear about it. We immediately swung into action and we were able to arrest two of the syndicates that brought us to this place (the shrine) where they do all sorts of shady things such as rituals and frauds.
“Our investigation department is working tirelessly to get to know more about the activities of these people and take necessary action and the arrested suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigation into the matter is concluded,” Okoye said.
The police boss called on residents to cooperate with the police and promised that their identities will always be protected.
“I can assure you that the identity of anyone who volunteers information that will help us uncover men of the underworld will be highly shielded,” he said.
lol Nametalkam.. u n her get beef? Stop d hating abeg.. who no weda u be benue sef
he could be,he is very hurt by that...........pele benue boy lol.. that is where tuface is from,no wonder he is producing different babies like that.........
A man sought since 2009 in a $45 million health care scam investigation has been arrested in Nigeria and returned to Texas.
Federal prosecutors say 45-year-old Godwin Chiedo Nzeocha arrived in Houston yesterday. The defendant is a native of Nigeria who’s a naturalized U.S. citizen.
The fraud investigation involves City Nursing Services of Texas Inc.
Nzeocha in October 2009 was charged with 39 counts of health care fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, three counts of mail fraud and three counts of money laundering.
The defendant allegedly signed documents as a physical therapy provider when he wasn’t qualified. Allegations were also raised about cash payments to recruiters who provided Medicare patients to City Nursing.
Five people have been convicted in the health care fraud investigation
Who did d census and why are u picking on a particular state. Am not from edo state but i can see u want people to cum and insult themselves here. Its wrong.
i am just joking.. the numbers always have akwa ibom and benue state on top. this was done early this year..
igbos are number one when it comes to naija image in Asia they sell drugs and killed executed in jail in south Africa,they are pimping south african women to do drugs and prostution.. in American 419ers in nigerian they are mostly human eater,most crime and kiddnaping most involved igbos.. etc
When u arrive at the airport in d malaysian capital, the first thing , they ask u, igbos??
A married man, Amaechi Uche Padmore, has been arrested by the police and charged to a Lagos court on the allegation that his lover, Edith Nwokolo, died while he was intimate with her.
He is now facing a murder charge at Ebute Metta Magistrate’s court, Lagos over her death.
P.M.NEWS learnt that the lovers, who are both married, engaged in intimate romp at 94, Mushin Road, Mushin, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
It was gathered that while Uche was on top of Edith, she started breathing heavily, jerked and died.
They were reported to have dated each other before they got married to different spouses.
Sources said immediately the incident happened, Uche, who has three kids, abandoned his pant and shoes and fled.
Edith was found dead on top of a bed and a neigbour who saw Uche with her before she died, raised the alarm and the matter was reported to the police at Olosan Division.
He was arrested and arraigned on Wednesday for murder before the presiding Magistrate, Mr. T. Aborinwa under section 221 of the criminal code law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
P.M.NEWS gathered that her death triggered controversy as the deceased woman’s family insisted that Uche was responsible for her death.
But the autopsy report presented at the court showed that she died of heart related problem. When the matter came up at the court, Uche pleaded not guilty.
The presiding magistrate granted him bail since the autopsy showed she died as a result of heart problem.
The court referred the matter to DPP for advice, while adjourning it till 25 July, 2012.
My heart bleeds as I read the story of Victoria. How her own parents subjected her to midnight torture; when everywhere has been calmed, waking her up at night and burning her with candle to extract confession. This time not Victoria Climbe, but Victoria Akwa-Ibom. We reject our own for others to pick and make good use of as if our own ignorance is incurable. The story of Akwa Ibom Child Witch Story is an endless one of the levity with which the government subjected it to.
In Akwa Ibom State, it is very terrible situation while our government tries a lot to make a window dressing as if nothing bad is going on; and the very the church that causes this whole problem is trying to blame humanists and atheist groups for the very problem that they initiated in 1999, brainwashing people with films such as "END OF THE WICKED," "ESCAPE ROOT" and "The COVEN" And books like ''The Seat of Satan Exposed'' ''UNVEILING THE MYSTERY OF WITCHCRAFT'' written by Apostle Helen Ukpabio. The latter states, in part: “If a child under the age of two screams in the night, cries and is always feverish with deteriorating health he or she is a servant of Satan.” This is however a common phenomenon in the rustic Nigerian communities where malaria epidemic is nothing to write home about and given the avalanche of mosquitoes from pot holes, stench-emitting blocked gullies and garbage heaps
Years back, we witnessed how aged people were accused of witchcraft, causing unheard-of atrocity were abused, neglected or killed openly, (Remember Akpan Ekwong who led the killings of people in the early eighties?); no child was ever accused of being a witch. But after such films, music and pulpit theology laced with fear of witchcraft and how children have taken over the witch world, the fate of Akwa Ibom child changed for the worst. In every 2 children accused of witchcraft in Nigeria 1 is from Akwa Ibom. Outside Nigeria, in every 4 children accused of witchcraft, 1 is from Akwa Ibom State. But we continue to downplay on the magnitude of this problem and castigate those who dare to work or campaign to reverse this ugly and dangerous trend. Thank God that this very story is not written by an Akwa Ibom person otherwise they would have referred it to blackmailing Akwa Ibom State government at the detriment of child
As I write this piece, inside my mind, I frown at Aniekan Umanah, the present Akwa Ibom State Information Commissioner, for lying to the world that no child has ever being harmed or hurt on account of witchcraft while children continue to face death penalty in churches and their family homes. As we walk the streets daily we see more and more children on the Street because the misinforming, sorry LIAR Commissioner of Orientation and Information has disoriented the people and not help to enlighten his society. I frown at him for not educating the people about the wicked brainwash of these vile and renegade churches.
Some journalists who had reported about the true child witch story to expose the atrocity of these churches and the parents, have been paid by Aniekan Umanah and the Liberty Gospel Church to write a reverse story. With time, I believe we will work with some human right lawyers to face his paid journalists for the monumental deceit. All is not yet Uhuru for them. Let them get paid and tell lies about the fate of children of Akwa Ibom origin. But I must strongly commend some of the journalists and right groups who stood their ground and refused to be paid with blood money to sacrifice our children. Those who see the truth and tell it the way it is; those who have refused to be bought to tell lies. I condemn in the strongest possible terms the News Watch magazine and The News for misleading the public with their paid job to belch cannon of lies about the right groups that work to rescue and protect these vulnerable children. Those who are here knows the truth and cannot be deceived
As I write now, one child is facing jungle justice out there for no crime he or she has committed. Her only crime is that she was born to an Akwa Ibom person, or perhaps in a poor family. The Akwa Ibom Child Fate is that of witch branding, stigmatisation, torture, abandonment, suffocation, trafficking, rituals and DEATH. The government has not done anything to enlighten the folk and religious groups on the superstitious belief of child witchcraft simply because most government officials believe that those children deserve such fate since they are guilty as charged. They pay much attention to buy the media to tell the world that those who campaign for stoppage of child stigmatization; torture and killing are doing so for pecuniary reason without offering an alternative.
Thank goodness, the federal government of Nigeria through Dr Idris Kuta, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development recently issued a statement acknowledging child witch palaver and made a strong condemnation on those stigmatised and torture children in the name of witchcraft.
I just read in media how the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio is working with the state House of Assembly to gag the media with headlines such as “Gov Akpabio’s Akwa Ibom Assembly arrogating Power to Itself to Gag Journalists." “Akwa Ibom Govt moves to gag media over critical reporting of Governor Akpabio”
While I am yet to come to term with this, I will no doubt encourage government to pay attention to the myriads of problem that bedevilled the fate of stigmatised children and do more to curb the menace instead of wasting time establishing repulsive laws that will attract more criticism and cynicism. I agree that the law has been passed since 2008, but how many pastors or parents have been prosecuted. Not a single one! Rather we eulogise them and expect every body to do same. Unfortunate! Apart from the mere arrest and bail-out no one has ever face prosecution. Those who report such pastors to the government or its agency, risk being gunned after, blackmailed, even by same government agents with tacit support from the executive government. Akpabio and his government agents have been very infamous in launching vicious and calumnious attack on the right groups backed up by organisation such as Liberty Gospel Church that invented the child witch imbroglio and indeed phenomenon in Nigeria.
The Story of Victoria from Akwa Ibom State whose parents work in INEC and live in Karu, Abuja tells you that Akwa Ibom Child is not save any where in the world with brainwash launch by the Christian fanatical groups and government inaction or lack of intervention. Victoria's story reminds me of the Good Samaritan who wasn’t a Christian but stopped to rescue the dying Christ. Barrister Aja N. Aja who rescued Victoria is not from Akwa Ibom and may not be a Christian but dovetailed to help Victoria who is an Akwa Ibom Child.
Apart from the Child’s Right and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN) whose, founder (Sam Itauma) and members are Christians all other right groups that are today campaigning for the end to Child stigmatisation are not Christian by inclination or concept but they work tirelessly to save the lives of children who are manacled in churches and starved to death in the name of exorcism and the streets. So what the fusses about atheist and humanist groups when Christian groups have failed us? What the fuss when churches have failed us; when pastors, evangelist, Apostles, Bishop, Prophets have failed us?
I recently attended the attended a UNICEF advocacy meeting here in Akwa Ibom, where a government representative stood up and argued that some of the accused children might be witches. If a government official made such remarks in a high profile advocacy meeting like that, what does one expect how such children will be treated by the an ordinary person?
Such helpless children continue to dot the streets, taking refuge in abandoned structures and becoming prey to human traffickers and ritual killers. What could have happed to all these children if these groups did not step up campaigns to protect them? Reporting such abuse, torture or killing of children on the media is seen as fighting the government. The Akwa Ibom government continues to flaunt its bloated ego sweeping such cruelty on children under the carpet with the archaic cliché “Akwa Ibom Ado Ok”. Meaning Akwa Ibom is Ok! And now, it is “the Uncommon Transformation!” But whatever transformation that may have set in, while the human trafficking business in Nigeria or Africa continues to boom because the syndicates know Akwa Ibom State is a repository of abandoned children only compared to Nepal as a whole, makes such transformation a lip-service.
Truly if the Channel News TV that aired Victoria’s story was in Akwa Ibom, it would not have gone unscathed. The TV anchorman would have been under crucible investigation now by the government security agents. No doubt Governor Akpabio is working round the clock to gag the press using the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly as a puppet, defying the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill that was passed into law by the federal government of Nigeria.
While appreciating the fact that state government had enacted the child protection law, I bemoan bitterly as the implementation still remains a mirage. How many of these pastors or parent have so far been prosecuted, apart from the arrest and bail? One strong question that refuses to depart the lips of many is: What would have happened to the thousands of children stigmatised children if the civil society and right groups had taking to sitting on the fence? Clearly, with about 50 thousands churches in Nigeria, only one church is leading a campaign against witch hunting; with zero tolerance to witchcraft belief. This is Solid Rock Kingdom Church with Apostle John Okoriko. Can other churches and pastors borrow a leaf here?
To this end, I wish to dole out my Diadem of Honour to the right groups and civil society organizations with the following acronyms for working hard to save the witch children of Nigeria: CRARN, UNICEF, NAPTIP, SSN, YHN, CEHRD NHM and indeed the initiator of Anti Child Witch-Hunt Campaign Mr. Sam Itauma for donating time, resources and love for the ostracized children right to life.
Nigerians don't have good reputation but all are treated alike
TNN, Jan 25, 2011, 06.14am IST Q. You talk about the problem of identity in your books, The Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, as dehumanised and meaning nothing more than a passport or visa.
A. Nigerians don't have a good reputation. We do email frauds and are drug dealers. Many Nigerians are guilty of this but what is problematic is that all Nigerians are treated alike. When you produce a Nigerian passport, the looks you get tags you as one of them'. It dehumanises and humiliates us. The moment they see you, you are already defending yourself for a crime you never committed. You are guilty of something because of the nationality.
TIMES OF INDIA,
Nigerian Igboman hits cop in face, seven in jail
A Subburaj, TNN, Feb 26, 2011, 06.42am IST
COIMBATORE: A Nigerian national punched a police sub-inspector in Tirupur on Friday.
The 53-year-old special branch sub-inspector, S Chandran, is now undergoing treatment at a private hospital.
Ifanyichikelo, 37, and six others were picked up from the Kadar Pettai retail market on Friday as they did not have valid passports or visas with them. Inferior quality knitwear is sold at Kadar Pettai and many Nigerians buy and export it to African countries.
- TIMES OF INDIA.
Nigerian Igboman held with drugs worth Rs1.1 L
TNN, Feb 11, 2011, 03.09am IST PANAJI: The Calangute police on Thursday arrested a 28-year-old Nigerian national on charges of possessing drugs worth Rs 1.10 lakh.
According to police, the Nigerian Ugochukwu R Nwokeka was arrested near the Saligao church by a team led by PSI Gaurish Parab. Police found 11 gm of cocaine worth Rs 1.10 lakh on his person. A case has been registered under Section 21 (b) of the NDPS Act.
TIMES OF INDIA.
Two including Nigerian Igboman held for job fraud
TNN, Feb 16, 2011, 05.31am IST GURGAON: A Nigerian national and a girl from the North-east were arrested by the cyber crime branch of Gurgaon police on Tuesday morning in the Maruti Suzuki job racket. Teddy Malone Ogboru and Pooja Rai were produced before the district court, which sent Teddy to a one-day police remand and Pooja to a 15-day judicial custody.
The 32-year-old Nigerian national, Teddy, is allegedly involved in the gang running the job racket. The police claimed that a few North-eastern girls are also members of the gang. The police said that at least 40 people have fallen prey to this fraud.
Drugs worth Rs 3.73L seized from Nigerian Igbo man TNN, Mar 16, 2011, 07.40am IST PANAJI: The anti narcotic cell (ANC) of the Goa police on Monday night arrested a Nigerian national with drugs worth Rs 3.73 lakh at Arambol in Pernem taluka.
The accused, Chukwuebuka Gibson Igbokwe, was staying at Candolim but went to Khalsavaddo in Arambol with the drugs and a digital weighing scale to sell the narcotics.
Now, Nigerian Igbomen email fraudsters ‘rope in’ supercop Kiran Bedi Bella Jaisinghani, TNN, Mar 13, 2011, 12.38am IST Tags: united nations|Kiran Bedi MUMBAI: Identity of the country's most famous crime-buster has been stolen to perpetuate the Nigerian fraud. Supercop Kiran Bedi has been impersonated in an email doing rounds. In a novel method of extortion, the impostor warns she is fighting the scam on behalf of the United Nations. Anybody whose money is stuck with the conmen should pay none but her to secure a bounty of $ 5 million.
Nigerian Igboman caught with 5.3gm of charas TNN, Mar 11, 2011, 02.19am IST PANAJI: A 27-year-old Nigerian, Henry Akabike, was caught by the anti-narcotics cops with 5.3 grams of charas in Anjuna on Thursday.
Akabike, who resides in Candolim, was arrested with the drugs that cost 37,100 in the open market. As his passport could not be traced, the ANC has written to the Foreigner's Registration Office ( FRO) regarding details about the accused.
MAKURDI – The Benue State Commissioner for Health and Social Services, Dr. Oduen Abunku, has disclosed that over 600,000 persons are currently living with the dreaded HIV/AIDS in the state.
Abunku lamented that skyrocketing figure had left the state on the top of chart of available statistics of the most endemic states in the federation.
The Commissioner, who spoke at the joint Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, signing ceremony between the Benue State Government, the NKST Health Services and the Nigeria Indigenous Capacity Building Project, regretted that HIV/AIDS infestation in the state was destroying and eroding the state’s capacity in the food and agriculture.
He said: “In Nigeria, Benue State has for many years topped the chart of the prevalence of HIV/AIDS with over 600,000 persons living with the virus in the state.
“The virus is destroying our farms, schools and churches and that is why we will continue to partner organisations who are providing services to the infected and affected in the state.”
He called on all development partners in the current war against the virus in the state to redouble their efforts at curbing the prevalence of the virus in the state.
In his remarks, Governor Gabriel Suswam, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Dr. David Salifu, said his administration would continue to partner relevant agencies and international partners to ensure that the scourge of AIDS in the state was effectively checked.
Suswam, who disclosed that at the inception of his administration, the state had only one HIV/AIDS treatment centre, however, noted that his administration had established 20 more centres for the benefit of the infected.
The governor urged the people of the state to put aside their socio-political differences and join forces against the virus in the state, adding: “We must put aside our socio-political differences and stand up against the virus, so that our people will be able to lead a normal live.”
UYO,(THEWILL) - At least 300,000 persons in Akwa Ibom state have tested positive for the dreaded Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome as scientists battle globally to deal with the disease. The chairman, Akwa Ibom State Action Committee on AIDS (SACA) Dr. Martin Akpan disclosed this Tuesday, in Uyo during an orientation interaction with a cross section of 2011/2012 freshers of the University of Uyo.
By this number of certified victims, the state ranks second on HIV/AIDS prevalent rate in the country, according to the chairman.
Dr. Martin said the rating calls for serious concern by every citizen of the state to curtail the spread noting that the state in the last two years was rated fourth in the country.
He maintained that the wild spread of the infection is not unconnected with the compactness of people in the state which fastens movement of people from one city to another.
Akpan who is a medical doctor by profession also noted that the attitude of residents even the elites towards the scourge was another major problem saying that people still see AIDS as witchcraft attack in most parts of the state.
The SACA chairman also reasoned the state being in the oil rich zone contributes to the spread of the ailment.
He however advocated for healthy living among the people living in the state.
Earlier, the state coordinator SACA, Dr Ako Akpabio advised that the fight against AIDS should not be left to only health workers rather everybody should be involved to curb its spread.
Akpabio charged parents not to shy away from educating their children and wards on early sex education.
“When the children are Infected-With-HIVAIDS-Akwa-Ibom.htmlaware they will not involve themselves in illicit sex so I charge you to spread the information to our children,” he stated.
A married man, Amaechi Uche Padmore, has been arrested by the police and charged to a Lagos court on the allegation that his lover, Edith Nwokolo, died while he was intimate with her.
He is now facing a murder charge at Ebute Metta Magistrate’s court, Lagos over her death.
P.M.NEWS learnt that the lovers, who are both married, engaged in intimate romp at 94, Mushin Road, Mushin, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
It was gathered that while Uche was on top of Edith, she started breathing heavily, jerked and died.
They were reported to have dated each other before they got married to different spouses.
Sources said immediately the incident happened, Uche, who has three kids, abandoned his pant and shoes and fled.
Edith was found dead on top of a bed and a neigbour who saw Uche with her before she died, raised the alarm and the matter was reported to the police at Olosan Division.
He was arrested and arraigned on Wednesday for murder before the presiding Magistrate, Mr. T. Aborinwa under section 221 of the criminal code law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
P.M.NEWS gathered that her death triggered controversy as the deceased woman’s family insisted that Uche was responsible for her death.
But the autopsy report presented at the court showed that she died of heart related problem. When the matter came up at the court, Uche pleaded not guilty.
The presiding magistrate granted him bail since the autopsy showed she died as a result of heart problem.
The court referred the matter to DPP for advice, while adjourning it till 25 July, 2012.
A married man, Amaechi Uche Padmore, has been arrested by the police and charged to a Lagos court on the allegation that his lover, Edith Nwokolo, died while he was intimate with her.
He is now facing a murder charge at Ebute Metta Magistrate’s court, Lagos over her death.
P.M.NEWS learnt that the lovers, who are both married, engaged in intimate romp at 94, Mushin Road, Mushin, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.
It was gathered that while Uche was on top of Edith, she started breathing heavily, jerked and died.
They were reported to have dated each other before they got married to different spouses.
Sources said immediately the incident happened, Uche, who has three kids, abandoned his pant and shoes and fled.
Edith was found dead on top of a bed and a neigbour who saw Uche with her before she died, raised the alarm and the matter was reported to the police at Olosan Division.
He was arrested and arraigned on Wednesday for murder before the presiding Magistrate, Mr. T. Aborinwa under section 221 of the criminal code law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
P.M.NEWS gathered that her death triggered controversy as the deceased woman’s family insisted that Uche was responsible for her death.
But the autopsy report presented at the court showed that she died of heart related problem. When the matter came up at the court, Uche pleaded not guilty.
The presiding magistrate granted him bail since the autopsy showed she died as a result of heart problem.
The court referred the matter to DPP for advice, while adjourning it till 25 July, 2012.
More than 6, 000 Nigerian Citizens jailed Abroad for drug trafficking Offenses' - NDLEA
Not more than 6,000 Nigerians are serving various jail terms for drug-related offences abroad, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said. According to the NDLEA, Nigeria is the only African country with such a frightening figure.
The agency said that the figure may be higher as the available data could not be said to be totally exhaustive. NDLEA Director General, Mr. Femi Ajayi, told the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora Matters that Iran has 4,000 inmates, Brazil 500, Thailand 500 and Malaysia 300.
He said: "The bulk of those caught for drug-related offences outside the country were from the South-East with majority coming from Anambra State. "I do not know what we can do to the upsurge of our brothers from the South East-who indulges in this kind of business.
Can you believe that of the 500 Nigerians in Thailand prisons, 480 of them are from the South-East and 450 from the figure are from Anambra State".
Ajayi, however, decried lack of adequate funding of the agency's activities, adding that the development has had negative impact on its ability to fight drug trafficking
If they had succeeded in their illegal deal, they would have come to Naija with one in town jeeps, dengeing and posing, claiming they are the SMART guys while those of us with "legedizbenz" are dullards/fools..
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