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How My Boyfriend, Native Doctor Made Me Homeless — Anambra Orphan

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1 month ago

August 18, 2023

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An Anambra orphan, Victoria Mbachu, on Friday, told an Nnobi Chief Magistrate Court in Idemili South local government area of the state that she and her children have become homeless following the destruction of her father’s house by a native doctor, Chijioke Okaa.

Okaa and Mbachu’s boyfriend, Olufemi Salako, are standing trial for tricking the orphan to sign documents for her land on the pretext that they would pay her N10 million and build a house for her, which they have failed to do.

Mbachu, who was testifying under cross-examination, said although she earlier sold a small portion of land near her house to the native doctor, he later connived with her boyfriend, Salako, who asked her to sell all the land to Okaa.

She said that because of Okaa’s failure to pay for the land and build a house for her as promised, she decided to sell her land to Mr. Bonaventure Ezekwenna, a Nigerian based in the United States of America, USA, who paid her N10 million.

She said that as it stands, she has no place to call her home.

“Okaa destroyed my house in the village and he is building on the land and I now live in the hotel in Awka being paid for by a benefactor, with my children,” she said.

She told the court that it was never her intention to relocate from Nnobi.

Asked if she was aware that Okaa also paid N10 million to her aunt, Mrs. Uchenna Mkpajigide, Mbachu said such a thing never happened.

“I’m not aware that he paid my aunt N10m before he knocked down my house before he started building on the land.

“I’m also not aware that my aunt signed a document for Okaa and I know that my aunt won’t do that,” she said.

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She said that her aunt is married and has a son and therefore has no reason to be selling her brother’s land.

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FULL LIST: 13 Zamfara Varsity Students Freed As Troops Rescue Seven [See state of origin]

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12 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Joint Task Force of Operation Hadarin Daji has rescued another seven female students of the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State.

The PUNCH reports that bandits attacked the university and abducted over 20 students from their rented lodge in the Sabon Gida, Bungudu LGA of the state, last Friday.

According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the seven students were rescued alongside three male workers of Gupran Engineering Zervices Ltd.

The troops had earlier rescued six female students the same Friday.

This translates to a total of 13 students who have been rescued so far.

The names of the freed students are as follows:

Rukayya Sani Batola: Educ Chemistry -200 Level -Zamfara

Merry Monday: MCB-300 Level

Maryam Salawuddeen: Accounting-300 Level-Osun

Salamatu Jummai Dahiru: MCB-200 LEVEL

Fiddausi Abdulazeez: Edu Biology -200 Level

Amamatullahi Asabe Dahiru: Education Chemistry-200 Level

Ketora Bulus: Education Physics-100 – Level-Kaduna

Felicia Sunday: Computer Science- 200 – Level-Osun

Jamila Ahmad: BCH-200 LEVEL – Kogi

Aisha Aminu Ujong: Edu Physics- GRADUATED-Cross River

Mariya Abdulrahman Usman: English-400 – Level-Katsina

Usaina Abdulrahman, Education: English-100 – Level-Katsina

Saadatu Aminu Abubakar: Education Biology

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Flood Wrecks Havoc In Delta, Sacks Five Communities

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13 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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Ravaging flood across Delta State has sacked five communities in the Warri North Local Government Area.

The affected communities included Torukubuagbene, Awanba, Koropigbene, Itagbene and Asigborodo as well as adjourning communities.

The Councillor representing Ogbinbiri ward 18, in Asigborodo Community, Mr Kenren Pere, disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Warri.

Pere said the incident began more than a week ago and the situation became worse on Friday.

While appealing for an urgent intervention by the state government, the councillor said that the life of his people were at stake.

He said, “I cannot attribute the course to flooding or the heavy torrential downpour that has been happening in recent time, though, rain has been falling before, but we have not had it so bad like this.

“Many valuables including local boats, clothes, food items, and other means of livelihood have been destroyed by the unfortunate occurrence.

“Lives are at stake, people can no longer go about their normal daily activities to feed, so there is hunger in the affected communities.

“The overflow started more than a week ago, but the situation became worse three days ago, leaving my people in fear,” he said.

Pere also appealed to the state government to send relief materials including food items to the people “to alleviate their suffering.”

The Director, Administration and Finance, Delta Emergency Management Agency, Daniel Okpor said the agency was not aware of the development.

Okpor, however, requested for video clips of the incident to aid their findings and response.

“Was the incident a result of flood or rainfall? We believe more on video than photographs. In the absence of video, you can send me photographs,” he requested.

NAN

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