Crime
Embattled Alor PG, Ojukwu bailed, to return to Police in four days
The President-General of the Alor People’s Convention, Chief Emma Ojukwu, has been released from police custody.
Chief Ojukwu was released on bail on Wednesday night by the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja.
He was, however, instructed to return in four days.
According to a police source, the embattled President-General was summarily asked to go and make peace with the Igwe and the people of his town.
Again, in his reaction, the Lagos state Vice Chairman of Alor Development Union, Hon. Chuka Uzodike Ugoabata stated that the President-General upon his return from detention said, “Be that as it may, in Abuja, I explained each and every allegation in his petition, backed up with documentation to the satisfaction of the police. His allegations against me were clearly false. I was released to go home and to return when they needed me. The police in Abuja were very courteous to me. They acted professionally; from the DIG, the CP, ACP, the IPO, and others were all good to me and to others who were with me in solidarity.”
According to Ugoabata, the instruction by the police that the President-General make peace with the Igwe and people of Alor contradicts his claim that the police found him innocent of the allegations and told him to go.
“Emma Ojukwu ascended to his position through a harmonization process led by Alor’s critical stakeholders and the Anambra State Government, 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 Unions (ASATU), Chief Titus Akpudo. This process involved various dignitaries, including the then-Honorable Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige. Despite this, Ojukwu has reportedly failed to honour 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.
“Ojukwu and one Uzoma Igbonwa carried out a mock burial against one of their brothers from their Ntenege Kindred, Chief Olisa Igbonwa, who took the title of Ichie Ngene, by burying an empty casket, which is widely known. Meanwhile, they fully support one of their own who took the title of Ichie Yim in total disregard of the fact that the title belongs to Chief Alex Okonkwo, the first son of the former Traditional Ruler, Late HRM Igwe S.N. Okonkwo, EZEDIOHAMMA 1st of Alor.
“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.
“The arrest and subsequent release of Emma Ojukwu highlight the ongoing need for accountability and reconciliation within Alor. His actions, particularly through the “Tiger Squad,” have brought distress to the community. Additionally, his refusal to work with the traditional ruler and other harmonized leaders has exacerbated the instability in Alor. It is crucial for law enforcement to also investigate Chief Uzoma Igbonwa, who has played a significant role in the ongoing crisis.
“We urge all Alor residents to remain calm and allow the law to take its course. The pursuit of justice and peace should be our collective priority”, the statement read.
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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