Metro
5 Injured As Shootings, Protests Trail Ejection Of Anambra Land Owners From Motor Parks
There was a pandemonium on Wednesday at a mini motor part close to both the New Auto Spare Parts Market, Nkpor and the Flyover along the Enugu/Onitsha at Nkpor in Idemili Northern Local Government Area of Anambra state arising from heavy shootings.
The shootings which ended up in inflicting injuries on about five persons, according to eyewitnesses started at about 1 p.m. when some security operatives on masks stormed the area and attempted to forcefully eject the people of Amafor Community who claim to be bonafide owners of the land where the motor parks were cited and who are generating revenues for both the community and Anambra state government.
The shooting, injuries and forceful ejection of the land owners and their revenue agents later gave rise to a peaceful protest by the villagers who carried placards with various inscriptions.
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Chairman of Amafor Village, Nkpor, Sir Emmanuel Idemili who confirmed the incident to newsmen, said the federal ministry of works gave the community an authority to manage the two parks and collect revenues for the community and the state government which they have been found perfectly until yesterday when the masked security operatives stormed the parks at the instigation of the former Chairman of Idemili North Local Government Transition Committee, Chief Raphael Asha Nnabuife who he said is also an indigene of Nkpor but not from Amafor village which owns the land where the parks are located.
Idemili who contended that the security operatives succeeded in chasing away his men from the duty posts with their heavy shootings, added: “We have been in charge of the parks, we got our permissions from the state government to generate revenue from the parks for the state government but what we saw today is very strange to us”.
“Just this morning, I was at Awka on official assignment, when our men who are working at the parks called me and told me that masked security operatives stormed the parks under the flyover bridge and started shooting indiscriminately, ordering them to vacate the place immediately, and they took to their heels”.
“The shootings and attack from these security men may have come from the former transition chairman of Idemili North Local Government Area Caretaker Committee Chairman, Chief Raphael Nnabife Ashia because when he was the transition Committee chairman, he sacked us from the parks, telling us that the parks were owned and controlled by the State government and not the Amafor community.
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“The men have been working under the cover of ANSIPPA to ensure that we are not working and collecting the revenue on behalf of the state government because he claimed to have taken ownership of collection of revenue from the parks on behalf of the state government through his company Pugaty Investment.
“I was told that over 5 people got injured during the stampede as a result of the heavy shootings of which I am yet to know if my men were involved as the shootings resulted in traders at Nkpor New Auto Spare Parks and Nkpor Relief Markets immediately shut their shops and fled for their safety,” he further added.
“In a swift reaction when contacted, Chief Asha Nnabuufe who Idemili accused of instigating their forceful ejection, denied involvement in the attack and sack of Amafor officials at the parks, saying that the sack may have come from the State government in collaboration with ANSIPPA as the parks are owned and controlled by the state government.”
However, when contacted also, the Executive Director of Anambra Investment Promotion and Protection Agency, ANSIPPA, Chief Mark Okoye confirmed that it was the State government that sacked them not ANSIPPA.
Also when contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that he was not yet aware of the incident.
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Metro
My 16-yr-old Marriage Is Void Of Love, I Want Divorce, Woman Tells Court
My wife deserted me, My husband has failed to satisfy me s3xually I will grant my wife divorce
An Area Court in Jos, Plateau State, on Friday, dissolved the 16-year-old marriage between a couple, Hussaina Abdullahi and Saidu Ali.
Delivering judgment, the judge, Lawal Suleiman granted the prayer of Abdullahi for divorce.
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According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),the judge gave custody of their children to Hussaina and ordered Ali to send N 30,000 monthly through the court for the upkeep of the two children.
The judge also ordered Ali to pay the children’s school fees.
Earlier, before the divorce was granted, the petitioner told the court that she got married to Saidu in 2008.
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”Our marriage lacks peace and love. I no longer love Saidu and can no longer live with him as his wife.
”I am ready to refund the N40,000 dowry he paid for my hand in marriage”, she said.
She prayed for custody of their two children.
Metro
‘My Wife Sapped Me, I Want Our Childless 26-yr-old Marriage Dissolved’— Clergy
A clergyman, Adegoke, has approached Grade A Customary Court, sitting at Mapo, Ibadan, seeking that it end the 26-year-old marriage between him and his wife, Adetoun on the grounds of irreconcilable differences.
Adegoke stated that no peaceful coexistence dwelt between him and his wife who is childless because she was aggressive and violent.
The plaintiff gave instances of when the defendant once slapped and bit him, and at another time hit him on the head with a scissors.
The plaintiff added that the defendant never ceased to rain curses on him.
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Adegoke earnestly pleaded for divorce.
He also requested an order restraining his wife from threatening and interfering with his private life.
Adetoun refused to come to court despite being served court summonses.
Adegoke, in his testimony, said, “My wife and I got married in 1999 under the native laws and customs.
“Our union was blessed in the church two days after this, and we held a reception party.
“We have the marriage certificate given to us by the church in our possession, but unfortunately, all the pictures we took on both days got missing.
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“We bore no child in our 26-year-old marriage.
“Our marriage lacks peace and rest because my wife is aggressive and difficult to live with.
“She gets angry easily and misbehaves when in this state.
“While other women bless their husband, my wife rains curses on me on a daily basis.
“Her curses, no doubt, have brought a setback in my life.
“Adetoun refused to give me the honour due to me in our home.
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“She fights me on a regular basis.
“She once slapped me during one of our fights.
“To my chagrin, she showed no sign of remorse after this.
“I narrowly escaped being injured when she hit me on the head with a scissors during a heated argument.
“We had just finished Bible study one faithful day, and an argument erupted between us, which ended in a fight.
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“Adetoun, before I knew it went for my hand and dug her teeth into it.
“I was in anguish for days.
“The scar it left on my hand tells the story.
“My lord, there is obviously no future in my marriage to my wife, especially that she is barren.
“I humbly plead that the court declares that we are no longer husband and wife.
“I also request an order restraining her from threatening and interfering with my private life.”
The court president, Mrs S.M Akintayo, after she had heard the plaintiff adjourned the case for judgment.
(TRIBUNE)
Metro
‘I Caught My Wife Walking Hand In Hand With Her Lover’
…She told me they were divorced 15 years ago — Lover
A Soldier of Kabwe, Zambia, has been awarded K18,000 as compensation after the local court upheld his adultery claim against a man he found holding hands with his wife one night in Kapiri Mposhi.
Michael Bwalya, a resident of C Gate in Kabwe, narrated before Senior Local Court magistrate, Elias Kasonde, at Kabwe One Local Court how he caught Maybin Myula with his wife, Rose Bwalya, in a compromising situation.
According to Zambia Observer, Michael told the court that he was first alerted by his eldest daughter, who informed him that his wife had a “husband” in Kapiri Mposhi.
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Michael then travelled to Kapiri Mposhi with two companions, Sylvia Phiri and Humphrey Kayambe, to confirm the claims.
He said that after arriving around 20:00 hours, he was stunned to find his wife walking hand in hand with Maybin.
“The moment they saw me, he released her hand. I was so upset, but I kept calm,” he told the court.
Michael said he followed the pair to Maybin’s house, where Maybin allegedly told him that Rose had claimed to be divorced for the past 15 years.
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“I told them they should consider themselves married. I was so furious I almost killed him, but I restrained myself,” he said.
In his defense, Maybin denied committing adultery, claiming he was only escorting Rose to buy medicine.
However, the magistrate, Kasonde found Maybin guilty and ordered him to compensate Michael K18,000, to be paid in monthly installments of K1,000.
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