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Following public outcry and reports which greeted the alleged shooting of John Ndubuka, Personal Assistant to the Abia State governor’s son, Chinedu Orji on the order of Orji himself, which was first broken by National Mirror newspaper, the media house has been sued by Orji over what they described as defamation of character.

In a letter written to the media house by his lawyer, Chief Barrister C.C Nwabuko, the claimant detailed how Orji was inundated with calls from across the globe following the report on National Mirror website that he ordered his security aide to shoot John over a minor disagreement.

They dismissed the report of the paper who called Orji a rascal, an imposter, highly temperate and pugnacious, disrespectful and a murderer. They noted that their client is a practicing Engineer and Chief Executive of many companies as well as an undisputable reputable son of Amaokwe Ugba Ibeku of Ikwuano/Umuahia clan, who is loved by his people on account of his father’s giant stride in governing the state.

“It is most regrettable and painful for the National Mirror to throw caution to the winds by publishing and posting to the whole world a most malicious, outrageous false story which is outrightly disparaging, injurious and also calculated to lower our client with the representations to the whole world, which you know is criminally libelous and actionable in court even in the bereaved state of our client”, stated the letter.

They asked the Newspaper to retract the report within seven days as well as pay the sum of N600 million, or face the music in the court of law.
March 01, 2014
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by: Ugochukwu UGOJI-EKE, Umuahia 
THE Catholic Bishop of Umuahia, Abia State, Rev Lucius Ugorji, has urged security agencies handling the investigation into the death of the late John Ndubuka, Personal Assistant to the son of Abia State governor, Engr. Chinedum Orji, to ensure that those behind the killing are brought to book. The Bishop said that the death of Ndubuka should be swept under the carpet, and that making public the findings of the things that led to the shooting and killing of the young man will make his soul to rest in peace. It will be recalled that the police, in statement, had said that three police men who were at the immediate vicinity of the shooting on the day of the incident have been arrested and are currently undergoing interrogation, with the aim of finding out what happened, promising that their findings will be made public. Speaking while delivering his homily at the funeral service for the late Ndubuka, Bishop Ugorji said that death of the late Ndubuka was painful because of the tragic way he was killed on the 15th of February this year. Bishop Ugorji lamented that people often attribute bad incidents to the act of God, adding that, “this kind of senseless killing of a young man like Ndubuka cannot be said to be an act of God, and it is condemnable.” Speaking further, the Bishop said: “Since the death of Ndubuka, there have been many sides to the story, with some saying that it was a stray bullet, while some are saying that it was accidental discharge. But whatever it is, the people are waiting for the police to conclude their investigations and make same public. “This is senseless killing can never be the destiny of the young man to be so killed in the full glare of the crowd. What we are saying is that the shooting and killing of Ndubuka, who was an ardent Catholic, should not be allowed to go the way of other such shootings.” The Catholic cleric noted that the irony of death is that it does not hear the cries of the loved ones, and that no one takes the turn of another in dying, adding that, “Death is a part every mortal must take, and a debt, which everyone must pay.” In his speech the state governor, Chief Theodore Orji said that the death of Ndubuka was as a result of an accidental discharge and was not killed by anybody from his family since they will never kill or destroy a house they had built. Orji described the late Ndubuka as a close relation of his, and wondered why anyone would say that either he or a member of his family would want to kill the young man. According to the governor, “It is one death that has pained me so much since I became an adult, as my family has been in disarray since that death, to the level that I have lost appetite and finds it difficult to eat.”
February 28, 2014
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The names of the students who lost their lives in the Tuesday attack on Federal Government College, FGC, Bunu Yadi, Yobe State by Boko Haram militants have been revealed.
43 students were killed. Hostels, classrooms and more than 40 houses were burnt during the attack.
The attackers reportedly hurled explosives into student hostels, sprayed gunfire into rooms and hacked some students to death. Others were burned alive.
Adamu Garba, who teaches at a secondary school attached to the college, said the attackers first set ablaze the college administrative block and then moved to the hostels, where they locked students in and started firebombing the buildings.
At one hostel, he said, “students were trying to climb out of the windows and they were slaughtered like sheep by the terrorists who slit their throats. Others who ran were gunned down”. He said students who could not escape were burned alive.
Many of the students are still unaccounted for. Below are the names of 24 students confirmed dead.
Sale Mamiski, Musa Muhammad, Sani A. Audu, Usman Faltu, Garba Jibo, Hussani Mari, Mailam Ali, Goni Ali Babamai, Ali Ayuba, Peter John, Abba Mohammed, Aliyu Yala, Abba Adam, Hamidu Bala, Suleiman Lawan Guji, Abbas Ibrahim, Inusa Ali, Rukaya Gaji, Usman Saleh Idris, Auwal Adam, Usman Abba Kaku, Musa Yalti Buba, Sadisu Dauda, Aisha Audu Goni
February 27, 2014
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By Ebere  Suzy Okoye
Two  persons were on thursday  reportedly killed – with several others seriously injured as motor park touts suspected to be the notorious war group known as  Ndi Ukwu Aziza and Ndi Ukwuotosi clashed at Aba central motor park, Upper Iweka in the commercial city of Onitsha.
It was  gathered that the bloody clash ensued when the two groups engaged each other in a fierce battle of wit – wielding different dangerous weapons including firearms over who controls the park.
During the ensuing battle, no fewer than 27 persons including travelers and drivers allegedly sustained various degrees of injuries when the two warring factions engaged each other in a deadly battle over who takes over the Aba central park.
Though the Police authority swiftly denied any casualty during the clash, our reporter who visited the scene shortly after the clash said over 27 persons mainly women and children who were suspected to be travelers and hawkers at the park sustained matchet cut wounds and other degrees of injuries from the rampaging urchins.
According to one of the victims who introduced himself as a loader at the park, Chinedu Anyigor from Ebonyi state disclosed that the incident occurred when a group of touts known as Ndi Ukwu Aziza allegedly recruited from Ogbaru Youths by the manager of the Aba Park, one Ifeanyi Okafor were relieved of the job following alleged illegal and criminal activities.
Anyigor narrates that Mr. Ifeanyi Okafor who was given the park by the state government to manage sought for the help of Ogbaru youths, who came into the park and described themselves as Ndi Ukwu Aziza.
He said, the group were in charge of collecting revenue from the park but when their activities became unbearable, they were asked to leave the park and another group, Ndi Ukwu Otosi entered in to take over the job, after much, the first group who were sacked stormed the park yesterday and started unleashing trouble on the people and in the process, they shot about two person dead.
Anyigor also disclosed that during the clash between Ndi Ukwu Aziza and Ndi Ukwu Otosi, property worth several millions of naira were lost, while calling on the security agencies and Anambra state government to intervene in the matter to restore law and order in the parks.
The Area Commander in Onitsha, Mr. Benjamin Wordu confirmed the incident and disclosed that the command immediately deployed team of policemen to restore peace and order in the commercial city of Onitsha and its environs and confirmed the arrest of some of the suspects.
February 21, 2014
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Sleeping policeman shoots politician dead in Kwara


Tragedy struck at a hotel in Oro, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State about 11.15pm on Friday when a policeman,  Yunus Muideen, allegedly shot dead, a  popular politician in the LGA, Femi Awoyale.
Awoyale was said to be a former Irepodun LG chairmanship aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party. The tragedy was said to have resulted into pandemonium as youths of Oro town were said to have  protested when they heard of Awoyale’s
death. Our correspondent who visited the area with other journalists on Saturday however observed the presence of  anti-riot policemen and soldiers who had been deployed to the town to restore law and order.
An eye witness who pleaded anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to journalists on the matter, on Saturday said  the management of the hotel had invited policemen to ensure security of lives and property
at the hotel for Valentine fun seekers. He added that about 11.15pm on Friday, Muideen, a corporal,  who was said to have been sleeping after allegedly  being drunk, was woken up by noise from the vicinity.
It was learnt that the cop suspecting that the noise was from trouble makers shot twice in the air apparently to scare the suspected
hooligans. The source added that after the noise had stopped, Muideen who is a corporal was about to take another nap when he suddenly hit his gun against the wall.
It was gathered that after the gun had hit the wall, bullets were discharged from the gun.  One of the bullets was said to have hit
Awoyale on the chest; who subsequently fell down and died before he could be treated.

by: The Citizen
February 15, 2014

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