Crime
Alor Development Union backs arrest of President-General of Alor Peoples Convention
Alor Development Union Lagos branch has given reason for the arrest and detention of the President-General of Alor People’s Convention, High Chief Emma Ojukwu.
The reason was contained in a statement signed by its Vice Chairman, Chief Hon. Chuka Uzodike and made available to CAPITAL POST on Wednesday in Abuja.
The President-General of Alor People’s Convention, High Chief Emma Ojukwu, was arrested by the Police on Saturday in Lagos.
However, a statement credited to one Chief Uzoma Igbonwa faulted the Police for alledged indiscriminate arrest of the President-General and further transfer of the same to Police headquarters in Abuja.
Chief Igbonwa had stated that Chief Ojukwu committed no offence that would warrant such arrest.
But in their reaction, Alor Development Union Lagos branch Vice Chairman, insist that the President General’s arrest was justified.
He said the gravity of his (President-General) action disrupted the peace in Alor.
Ugoabata also said Chief Ojukwu refused to honour several invitations by officers of the Nigeria Police Force.
In the statement, the Union revealed some of the alleged offences of the President-General. It reads, “Emma Ojukwu’s detention did not happen without cause. The arrest came after several ignored invitations by the police, reflecting a pattern of impunity and disregard for law and order. His tenure as President-General has been marked by actions that many believe have been detrimental to Alor, with the latest incident being particularly egregious.
“One of the most severe allegations against Ojukwu is his deployment of an unauthorized security outfit, the “Tiger Squad,” purportedly an extension of the notorious Ebubeagu security group. This group has allegedly caused significant unrest in Alor, with their actions culminating in a sacrilegious incident where they disrupted a burial rite conducted by a Catholic Reverend Father in Agbor Village, Alor by forcefully snatching a microphone from him.
“Emma Ojukwu ascended to his position through a harmonization process led by Alor’s critical stakeholders and the Anambra State Government ably represented by the Honorable Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy affairs Chief Collins Nwabunne and accompanied by the President General of the Association of Anambra State Town Union (ASATU) Chief Titus Akpudo .This process involved other various dignitaries, including the then-Honorable Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige.
“Despite this, Ojukwu has reportedly failed to honor the agreements from the harmonization process. He has consistently refused to work with the government-certified traditional ruler, Igwe Mac-Anthony Chinedu Elibe Okonkwo, and others brought into office through the same process, including his vice President-General, Chief Nso Okafor.
“It is also recalled that an ad-hoc harmonization intervention committee, comprising prominent Alor stakeholders, including Sir Mallinson Ukatu, Chief Ogbuefi Alexander (Ifekanku Ugokanku), Chief Obinna Ugozu (Igwe Ndede), Chief Ossy Agbazue (Mmiri Alor), Evangelist Paul Onuora (Nwa Jesus), Chief Ejike Ufonna (Ifeabata Alor), and Chief Chijioke Uzokwe (Nkata Ukwu), held several meetings with the PG Chief Emma Ojukwu at an Ikoyi Lagos hotel.
“The committee aimed to persuade him to accept the state government’s decision on harmonization, specifically the nomination of a Vice President General and Secretary from the opposing camp. However, he rejected three suggested names and eventually accepted Chief Nso Okafor. Subsequently, the state government sent names of members to work with him as part of the Alor People’s Convention, but he has refused to work with the Vice PG despite the efforts, time, and resources invested in the meetings.
He has ignored the state government and the resolutions of the prominent Alor stakeholders.
“Emma Ojukwu, through his legal team, had Hon. Chris Okudo, former Alor Caretaker Committee PG, imprisoned on trumped-up charges in a case involving one of his predecessors, the late Barrister Agubalu, on May 28, 2024.
“The young man remains incarcerated, with his case file mysteriously missing, making it impossible to appeal the unjust court ruling. As of the time of filing this report, Hon. Okudo is still being held at Amawbia Prisons.
“Emma Ojukwu’s refusal to
recognize and collaborate with Igwe Okonkwo and his colleagues has undermined the unity and governance structure established through the harmonization. This has further deepened the crisis in Alor, leading to a breakdown in communication and cooperation within the community’s leadership”, he explained.
He said the arrest is a necessary step towards restoring peace and order in Alor.
The Union however urged all Alor residents to remain calm and allow the law to take its course.
Groups operating under the aegis of the Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders’ Foundation (HURIDE) and Campaign for Democracy (CD) South East Zone have called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to release ritualists and native doctors in detention.
The groups said, the Qnambra Governor should use the three years anniversary of his office to release the ritualists who have been in detention in the government house.
The appeal was contained in a joint statement by the Executive Director of the Human Rights body, CD South East Zonal Chairman Dede Uzor A.Uzor, the groups said he should use their release as a gift to their families in this season and occasion of three years in office.
The group named the native doctors as: Akwa Okuko tiwara Aku in Oba, Eke Hit from Okija and Onyeze Jesus from Nkpor.
The trio were arrested in connection with “spurious and obnoxious social media instigation on our youths” which painted a very bad image for the society.
The group lamented that the native doctors encouraged ostentatious lifestyle and crime, making our youths to believe that hard work doesn’t pay unless you engaged in unwholesome criminal activities like ‘okeite’ or ‘Awale, yahoo plus’ among other false lifestyles.
It also said “their activities promoted serious insecurity and tension in the state with teeming young people turning to such criminal and outlandish lifestyles.
“But since their arrest, we believe they have learnt a big lesson”.
The group advised that Soludo should make them sign undertaking with the hope of discontinuing such crude, unethical and diabolical activities in line with the extant laws of the State,” they appealed to the Governor.
HURIDE said Governor Soludo should grant amnesty to them in the spirit of this successful celebration of three years in office, saying that he has done so much to improve the lives of citizens of the State.
CAPITAL POST recalled that the Soludo administration has been clamping on criminal elements amid high number of missing persons believed to be orchestrated by ritualists in the State.
Crime
Ghana’s anti-drug agency nabs Nigerian drug kingpin, Uchechukwu Chima, seizes $2.1m worth of cocaine, heroin
Ghana’s Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC) has arrested a drug kingpin of Nigerian origin from the South East , Uchechukwu Chima.
The commission operatives raided his hideout in Accra.
Chima, who is 56 years was arrested on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, following the discovery of 192kg of cocaine and 0.42kg of heroin, valued at $2.1 million on the streets.
The acting Director of of Public Affairs and International Relations at NACOC, Francis Amoah speaking on the matter in Accra, confirmed that the substances seized were indeed cocaine and heroin.
Authorities believe Chima has played a significant role in previous drug-related operations in the country.
He said the operation marks a critical success in the ongoing fight against drug trafficking in Ghana.
“NACOC remains committed to making the country a hostile environment for drug trade and ensuring the safety of both Ghanaians and the international community.”
The Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, attached to Police Mobile Force, 70 Squadron, Kabba today Friday 14th March, 2025 foiled abduction of passengers along Ayere road. This is consequent upon a distress that some armed hoodlums blocked the road in an attempt to abduct some passengers in a Vehicle.
On receipt of the distress call, reinforcement teams from Sharper Corner pindown were promptly mobilized and sent to the scene which equally engaged the hoodlums, and owing to the superior fire power of the Police, the hoodlums fled into the bush and abandoned their victims who were rescued by the Police.
The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, CP Miller G. Dantawaye, has ordered the deployment of additional operational and tactical assets of the Command to embark on thorough combing of the surrounding bushes with a view to apprehending the hoodlums and bringing them to deserved justice.
The CP while commending the unwavering dedication by the men of 70 PMF, Kabba, assured the public that the Police will not rest on its oars in the fight against criminality in the State.
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