Gunmen have kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Mathias Opara, in Imo State. The priest, also known as Owu Ujo, is the Man of Order and Discipline of the Catholic Archdiocese of Owerri. He was kidnapped on Friday, May 26, 2023, along Ejemekwuru/Ogbaku Road while returning to Owerri after performing the funeral rites for the father of one of his colleagues at the Izombo community in the Oguta LGA, Imo State. Recall that Jude Maduka, the Catholic …
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Unknown gunmen have killed five policemen and a couple at the Okpala Junction in the Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State. The incident which happened on Friday morning, April 21, 2023, has thrown the entire community into a state of panic as commercial activities had abruptly come to end. The couple identified as Mr. and Mrs. Chinaka Nwagu, who hailed from Amankwo Okpala community, had relocated from Lagos a year ago. A source who …
A family of 12 were found unconscious in their apartment at Obinze community in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State on Monday June 6. They were immediately rushed to Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, Owerri where five out of the 12 victims were confirmed dead while doctors and nurses battled to save the lives of the seven others. Punch reported that the head of the family, who happened to be one of the victims, is the Chief Driver of the …
First Lady of Ondo State, Betty Akeredolu, who is contesting for the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket for Imo West senatorial district, was chased out of the party secretariat in Imo on Saturday May 28. Daily Trust reported that this occurred shortly after the First Lady who is from Imo state, led her supporters to the secretariat to protest the consensus option adopted by the party in choosing its candidate for the 2023 election. It was reported that her supporters went berserk, …
Men of the Imo state police command says its operatives have re-arrested two inmates who escaped during the April 2021 jailbreak at the Imo correctional centre. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, Michael Abattam, states that the escapees were arrested over the alleged kidnap of two residents identified as Dominic Chukwuma and Silas Nnawubia. The residents were said to have been kidnapped from Ahiazu Mbaise LGA of the state on April 30. “Following a report of …
Gunmen attacked a security checkpoint at Agwa in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, and killed an Assistant Superintendent of Police, identified as Ukam Efut. The gunmen who killed the police officers on Tuesday evening May 3, also chopped off his manhood and fled with it. A resident of the community told Punch that the gunmen met the policeman and his colleagues at a checkpoint and opened fire on them. The source said; “Unknown gunmen killed a police …