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Assassination of Enugu Deputy Gov’s Orderly: Another gang member arrested

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dennis Agbo E NUGU — THE Enugu state Police command has announced another arrest of one of the gang members that killed the orderly to the Enugu State Deputy Governor, Sgt. Helen Sunday. The command’s spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, said that one of the fleeing members of the gang,  Ifeanyi Abarikwu, aka Maya, was trailed to a hideout at Apapa, Lagos state,  where he was arrested, treating injury he sustained in a gun battle with the police in Enugu. Amaraizu recalled that two members of the gang that killed the police sergeant were earlier arrested in Enugu and had since confessed to the crime. Amaraizu said: “The operatives of the Anti Kidnap Unit of the Enugu state command of the Nigeria Police Force  on May 27 2017, through a well coordinated operation carried out, and borne out of intelligence information, nabbed a fleeing gang member of the killer gang of Sgt Helen sunday, an orderly to the Deputy Governor of Enugu state before the unfortunat...

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Ibeku crisis lingers, as Ukaegbu faction reject peace settlement

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http://ift.tt/2rCtwCk By Anayo Okoli UMUAHIA—THE crisis rocking the leadership of Ibeku Community has deepened with the Princewill Ukaegbu faction of the Ibeku Egwu Asaa Development Association rejecting the peace settlement held last week by the Emeka Enyeazu group, saying that it was a farce. The Ukaegbu group insisted that it was the authentic elected leadership of Ibeku Egwu Asaa union and challenged the Enyeazu group to produce the certificate of incorporation and seal of the association to prove that it is recognized. The group said that what happened last week was not a peace meeting between the two camps but a reconciliation of the Paramount ruler of Ibeku Kingdom, Eze Samuel Onuoha (Ogurube IV) and some people he sanctioned for allegedly desecrating Ibeku Land. Rising from a meeting of what they called Ibeku Stakeholders, the group maintained that there was indeed no crisis in the leadership of the association, claiming that their leader, Ukaegbu, was the only legally elec...