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N50m Fraud: Police Parade Two Suspects
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The Ebonyi State Police Command, on Wednesday, paraded two persons, Alegu Nwabueze and Moses Onyema, for allegedly defrauding one Emmanuel Nnaji from Enugu State to the tube of N54 million.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, told journalists that Nwabueze, his wife Chinyere and Onyema, who is a former chairman of Ikwo Local Government Area of the state committed conspiracy/forgery and advance fee fraud by selling people’s land.
He said, “This is a case of conspiracy/forgery of title document and advance fee fraud, reported through a written petition against the suspects, one Alegu Chinyere, Alegu Nwabueze and Moses Onyema.
“Forged title document were recovered from them. And they defrauded Mr. Emmanuel Nnaji Ede of Enugu State to the tune of N54 million, while N21.39 million was recovered from Alegu Nwabueze’s bank account.”
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But reacting to the police statement, the suspects; Nwabueze and Onyema denied any involvement in land fraud.
They informed that they genuinely executed the land business with relevant documents and described the allegations against them as untrue.
They lamented their continued detention by the police over the matter, adding that they have been in detention for more than a week.
Nwabueze pointed out that the land they sold was given to his wife, Chinyere, by her elder sister, a former Commissioner for Budget, Research and Planning in the state, Chinwe Okah, who is now late, as a settlement for living with her for 16 years.
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“It is my wife that owns the land. Elder sister to my wife, late Engr. Uchechi Okah, gave the land to my wife and it is my wife that sold the land and put the money in my account. The land was given to my wife by the late Okah because she lived with her for 16 years and my wife is her younger sister.”
On his part, Onyema said his friend from Enugu called him that he needed a land in Abakaliki to establish a factory and he consulted two land agents who got the land for him.
He noted that after the agents got the land, he made independent investigation and discovered that the land was genuine and it was sold.
He disclosed that the papers of the land was handed to him in the presence of a lawyer, Barr Sunday Ununu, and he called one of his boys when he was council chairman and asked him about one Chinyere Alegu and that his boy told him that he knows the woman
He said, “I asked the boy if he was aware that Chinyere has a land along Nkwegu that she wants to sell and he said yes. I sent up to two persons separately to go and confirm from Chinyere if she has a land and it is for sell and they all said yes.
“I then went myself and showed her the papers that were given to me and she confirmed that the lands belongs to them and they said it is for sell. I told them that my friend from Enugu wants to buy the land and they said they are ready to sell it.”
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BREAKING: Scores Feared Dead As Suspected IPOB Members Unleash Terror On Imo Community
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July 25, 2025By
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Gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, have attacked Ndi-Ejezie, Umualaoma and Ndiakuwata Uno communities in Arondizuogu and Ideato North local government areas of Imo State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred Friday morning when the assailants invaded the communities.
DSP Henry Okoye, Police Public Relations Officer of the Imo State Command confirmed this in a statement on Friday.
According to the statement, over seven persons were killed in the attack while several others were critically injured.
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Okoye said the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Aboki Danjuma condemned the incident, assuring that the perpetrators will be brought to book.
“The senseless assault, which claimed the lives of over seven persons and left several others critically injured, was described by the CP as barbaric, inhumane, and totally unacceptable.
“He assured the public that the Command has deployed adequate operational and intelligence assets to identify, apprehend and bring the perpetrators to justice.
“Consequently, the CP has led a tactical unit for intense combing of the affected areas and affirmed that the situation is now under control, and proactive security measures have been taken to forestall further attacks and restore lasting peace in the region,” the statement added.
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JUST IN: Pandemonium At Benin Abattoir As Gunmen Attempt To Arrest Butchers Union President
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July 25, 2025By
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There was pandemonium on Friday morning at the Benin Abattoir when some uniformed gunmen allegedly led by one SP Anetor attempted to arrest Chief Sunny Omokaro, the National President of the Butchers Union of Nigeria.
Most Butchers had resumed work early as usual and were about to commence their daily tasks when they noticed an unregistered black Hilux van and a Toyota Hiace bus with Edo task force covering the plate number carrying heavily armed men stationed nearby.
According to eyewitnesses, some of the armed men alighted from the vehicle and claimed they had “orders from above” to arrest Chief Sunny Omokaro.
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It was gathered that when the head of the team, Anetor was asked for an ID or warrant of arrest, he could not produce any.
The move sparked outrage among the butchers, who immediately resisted the attempt and demanded that the armed men arrest all of them instead if they must arrest their leader.
Some said since the men could not disclose who sent them and their purpose, they were resisted and forced to leave the slaughter premises.
Unable to execute the arrest due to the butchers’ stiff resistance and loud protests, the gunmen were eventually forced to retreat, driving away in their vehicles, which included the Toyota Hilux van and the Hiace bus bearing a plate cover with “Edo State Task Force” inscription.
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BREAKING: Gunmen Strike Again, Kill 14 Passengers On Their Way From Plateau Market
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22 hours agoon
July 25, 2025By
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It was another dark day on Thursday, July 24, 2025, after gunmen suspected to be Fulani bandits ambushed a vehicle coming back from the popular Bokkos market in Plateau State, killing 14 passengers, including women and babies.
Eyewitnesses who narrated the incident to DAILY POST said the victims were on their way home from the weekly market after they had conducted their businesses when they were attacked and killed along Chirang Road in Mangor District of the LGA.
One of the eyewitnesses, who did not want his name mentioned, said the heavily armed men blocked the road when the vehicle approached and opened fire sporadically, killing the victims and injuring many others.
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Chairman of the Bokkos Cultural Development Forum (BCDF), Farmasum Fuddang, who also confirmed the incident in a statement seen by DAILY POST on Friday, said it was shocking that despite several peace and reconciliation meetings and efforts to broker peace between farming and herding communities in the council, some bandits would still go ahead to kill innocent people.
“The victims were returning from the weekly market in Bokkos town when their vehicle was ambushed. Victims included women and little babies,” Fuddang said in the statement.
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“This violence occurs despite various so-called peace and reconciliation efforts,” the chairman said.
Fuddang, who did not mince words in accusing Fulani militias of launching the attack, said the fact was clear that they were the culprits, insisting that their goal is to take control of the entire local government area, which is recognized as the potato headquarters of Nigeria.
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