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Butchers Protest Alleged Attacks, Urge Obaseki To Prevail On Aide, Impostor

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4 years ago

February 16, 2022

Butchers in Benin have urged governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, to call coordinator of Edo Security Network, Chief Superintendent of Police, Yusuf Haruna (Rtd.) to order, whom according to them is sponsoring thugs to attack them.

They further urged the Governor to curb the excesses of one Akhere Odijie whom they said imposed himself as the state chairman of the butchers association and unleashing attacks on their members.

The butchers who protested to the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Edo State council, accused Haruna and Odijie of using thugs to attack them on regular basis.

Speaking on behalf of the protesters, former state chairman of the association, Mr. Sunny Omokaro, said after imposing himself as the state chairman of association, Odijie has been attacking and maiming anyone who refuses to cooperate with him or fail to pay money at the abattoir.

According to him, after complaint and subsequent arrest, Odijie and his cohorts would be release and that Haruna from the Edo State Government office was the one behind the release.

He added: “Anytime we make complaint to the Nigerian Police and the thugs are arrested, they would be release without delay. And what we were told is that call came from governor’s office. And they told us the person that usually called is one Yusuf Haruna.

“Recently, we went to make complaint at the zone 5 headquarters of the Nigeria Police, and thugs of Odijie were arrested, but they were released. It was there I saw Huruna who came to effect bail of the thugs. It was there I confirmed the allegation.

“Odijie, on his part is threatening that even if he kills, nothing will happen, and that his brother is governor of the state. As we speak, we cannot express ourselves freely. It has been intimidation and gun shuts. When you speak out, you will be attacked. If you refuse to pay Odijie a certain amount daily before you start your business, you will be intimidated. We are indebted, we can no longer pay school fees of our children,” he added.

He called on the governor to remove Odijie whom according to him imposed himself on them as chairman so that they can elect a democratically elected chairman.

But Haruna denied the allegation, saying he does not know them neither does he have any business with them.

Also reacting, Odijie denied the allegation and said the protesters were being sponsord by some persons, adding that it’s just a propaganda ahead of the association’s forthcoming election

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I Provide Four Square Meals A Day For My Wife, Man Tells Court

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1 hour ago

December 6, 2025

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A commercial mototrcyclist, Malam Isma’il Abubakar, has told a Shari’a Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, that he provides ‘four square meals’ for his wife every day.

Isma’il made this known while responding to his wife, Zainab Saleh’s allegations that he does not provide food for her.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), she also alleged that her husband does not respect her parents.

She said she was done with their 10-year marriage and wanted divorce.

Isma’il, however, prayed the court to give him time to settle the dispute with his wife.

The judge, Malam Malam Anas Khalifa, asked Zainab to provide witnesses who can testify to her claims.

He ordered the couple to present their parents or guardians in court.

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Court Dissolves Marriage, Orders Man To Pay N30,000 Per Month For Kids’ Food

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December 6, 2025

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An Area Court at Centre-igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the nine-year-old marriage between a woman, Bilikis Abake and her husband, Kehinde Bintin, over claims of domestic violence.

Delivering judgment, the presiding judge, Mr Idris Etsu, held that the respondent, had sent a letter to the court through the bailiff, releasing his wife.

Etsu, consequently, dissolved the marriage between both parties, but ordered the woman to observe three months iddah (waiting) period, before she could remarry again.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the court awarded custody of the two children of the marriage, who are eight-year-old and six-year-old, to their mother.

The court ordered the respondent to pay the sum of N30,000, as monthly maintenance fee.

He held that the father should be responsible for his children’s school fees, and should be allowed unrestricted access to his children, except at odd hours.

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‘My Husband Kept Coffin Under Our Bed, Planned To Use Our Child For Ritual’

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December 6, 2025

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In a chilling case that shocked Matero Local Court, Zambia, 36-year-old woman from Chisamba has been granted divorce from her husband, whom she accused of attempting to sacrifice their two children.

Bertha Mumbi told the court that her husband, Abel Ngoma, 46, of Chibombo, allegedly plotted to kill their two daughters—aged 11 years and 7 years as part of ritual instructions he received from a witchdoctor in 2021.

According to Zambia Observer, testifying before the magistrate, Lewis Mumba Bertha said that Abel even made a small coffin in preparation for the supposed death of their firstborn and kept it in their bedroom for four consecutive nights after she refused to participate in the scheme.

“By then, he had already made a small coffin in readiness for the death of my firstborn. He never told me about the coffin he made. We slept for four days with it under our bed,” she said.

Bertha said the plan was brought to light by the witchdoctor’s informant, who approached her to demand compensation for cancelling the agreement, since she had refused to consent to the sacrifice.