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Deaf Association Wants Justice For Slain Colleague, Scholarship For His Children

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6 months ago

March 10, 2025

Edo State Association of Dead has urged authorities concerned to bring to justice the killers of one of them – Mr. Efe Ogbeide.

The association also urged the Edo government to provide scholarships for his three children up to university level, and an automatic employment to his widow to support the family.

Addressing newsmen during a peaceful protest to the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State council on Monday, president of the association, Kingsley Eromosele, said Ogbeide went to Obazagbon community to supervise a construction site during which “he was gunned down by trigger-happy, criminal-minded individuals over a land dispute.”

Eromosele, while lamenting the manner deaf persons are “murdered in cold blood by those who act with impunity,” decried the manner at which “deaf persons are oppressed, ignored, excluded, and discriminated against.”

He said: “This is not the first time a Deaf person has been murdered in cold blood by those who act with impunity.

“His death echoes the tragic losses of the late Johnbull and other Deaf individuals who have been murdered in similar circumstances.”

Eromosele, who urged the government to address “inaccessibility of critical information for the deaf, which contributed to Mr. Ogbeide walking unknowingly into danger,” appealed to “media houses and public institutions in Edo State to make information accessible to the deaf by enlisting sign language interpreters.”

He further demanded “employment opportunities for the deaf in government institutions, regardless of their educational qualifications,” stressing that “If Mr. Ogbeide had been gainfully employed in a government establishment, he might not have been in that situation in the first place.”

The association president who lamented that “our right to own and acquire property, as enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution, is being denied,”

further lamented that “when Deaf individuals purchase land, others forcibly take it from them.”

He added: “Mr. Nelson Okojie lost his land, and Efe Ogbeide was murdered on land owned by a Deaf man. Many of us face the risk of retiring without a home of our own.

“The violence must stop. The government and the Edo State House of Assembly must enact and enforce laws that protect the rights and safety of the Deaf community.”

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NAF Airstrikes Kill Scores Of Terrorists, Destroy Hideout In Borno

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53 minutes ago

September 18, 2025

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The Nigerian Air Force said air interdictions by the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai have killed scores of terrorists and destroyed their enclave in Borno.

This was contained in a statement released by the Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, on Thursday in Abuja.

Ejodame said the strikes were conducted on Wednesday at about 10:50 a.m. in Bula Madibale, Gezuwa general area of the state.

He said intelligence and surveillance had confirmed unusual movements at the location, where about 45 terrorists were observed converging, some arriving on motorcycles and bicycles from different directions.

According to him, reconnaissance also revealed two terrorist flags hoisted at the site, underscoring its use as a stronghold and rallying point for insurgents.

“Acting on this credible intelligence, the Air Component launched precision strikes, eliminating several terrorists, while the flagged structure and other hostile assets were destroyed,” he said.

Ejodame also said that the strikes denied the terrorists freedom to regroup, reinforce or mount further attacks on communities in the North East.

He assured that the Armed Forces remained committed to restoring peace and stability across the region.

NAN

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Police Arrest Islamic Cleric With Human Flesh In Oyo

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1 hour ago

September 18, 2025

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The Police Command in Oyo State has arrested an Islamic cleric, simply identified as Alfa Bashiru, in possession of suspected human flesh.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Adewale Osifeso, confirmed this on Thursday in a post on the verified X handle of the Command.

He said that the Federal Highway Patrol team intercepted a white bus with registration number XA 551 IRG, which the suspect allegedly boarded, at the Toll Gate axis of the Ibadan Expressway at 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday.

Oyefeso said that the suspect, when quizzed, claimed to have bought the suspected human flesh in Lagos.

The suspect, he said, had been transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Iyaganku, for further investigation.

“The suspected item is undergoing forensic analysis to determine its authenticity and source,” Osifeso said.

In a separate development, operatives of the command during a Search and Stop Operation recovered an abandoned Toyota Camry car with Registration number LSD 957 JX.

Osifeso said that police operatives flagged down the Toyota Camry car during a routine search, and the driver of the car jumped down and took to his heels, abandoning the vehicle.

“The car has been taken into custody by the Command while members of the public with legitimate claims to the vehicle are urged to come forward with verifiable documents or contact the Police Command,” he said.

The police spokesman said that Stop and Search operations were not exaggerated security theatrics, but real and deliberate measures to maintain law and order and as well as ensuring the safety of residents and travellers within Oyo State.

Osifeso said that the command under the leadership of the Commissioner of Police, Femi Haruna, appreciated the public for their continued cooperation and understanding.

He assured them of sustained police efforts to combat crime and foster a more secure environment.

NAN

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Fake Madman Arrested For Cultivating Cannabis Farm In Anambra

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2 hours ago

September 18, 2025

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The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Patrick Ojele, for allegedly disguising himself as a mentally unstable person while secretly cultivating a cannabis farm in Awka, the state capital.

The Spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga, stated in a press release on Thursday that operatives attached to the operations department arrested the suspect during a patrol along the Awka–Enugu Expressway, near Ngozika Estate, on Wednesday.

The statement read in part, “The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Patrick Ojele, who pretended to be mentally unstable while secretly cultivating a marijuana farm in Awka, the state capital.

“The police operatives attached to the Operations Department, Awka, nabbed the suspect on September 17, 2025, during a routine patrol along the Awka–Enugu Expressway near Ngozika Estate.

“He later led the team to the hidden farm, where large quantities of weeds suspected to be cannabis sativa were recovered.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, noted that the arrest reflects the Command’s renewed strategy of cutting off criminal supplies by targeting drug dealers who embolden cultists and violent offenders.”

According to him, the CP further directed that the suspect should be handed over to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad, Enugwu-Ukwu, for discreet investigation to trace his buyers and dismantle the wider distribution network.

The PUNCH had reported that the police command has arrested no fewer than 54 suspects, comprising 39 males and 15 females, for various offences ranging from kidnapping, cultism, hard drugs and banned substances.

Ikenga said the arrests were followed by coordinated raids by police operatives in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area, and Ifitedunu, Dunukofia LGA, in separate raid operations.

According to him, the coordinated operations were in line with renewed strategies aimed at restoring sanity in the state and curbing the growing menace of crime among young people between 18 and 26 years.