Rapist Gets 'Death By Hanging' Verdict in Delta State

A Delta State High Court sitting in Warri yesterday sentenced one Chijioke Ede, a furniture maker to death by hanging, for robbing a couple and raping their teenage daughter. The condemned armed robber and rapist was arraigned before Justice Marshall Mukoro on a three-count charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed robbery and rape.

He was found guilty on all the charges and sentenced to death on count one and two while he got life imprisonment on the charge of rape.

Prosecution from the Delta State Ministry of Justice had told the court that Chijioke Ede, age 26, resident at No 17, Iyela Street, Warri with another person now at large, on or about October 12, 2009 at Okoro Street in Warri, off Marine Gate within the Warri Judicial Division, robbed his victims (names withheld) of DVD player, a laptop computer, cash, jewelries and other valuables at gun point and raped their teenage daughter while the parents watched helplessly.

The convict was, however, arrested by a vigilante group in the area as they made to escape with their loot.

Justice Mukoro in his judgement said: “With avalanche of facts and evidences before this court, for the accused to say he was not involved in the crime is laughable and afterthought. For the court to hold the evidence of the accused will amount to denial of justice thereby bringing the Bar and the Bench to disrepute. I thereby uphold the evidence of prosecution as all the ingredients of the offence has been proved beyond reasonable doubt and sentence the accused to death by hanging on count one and two.”

Shocking: Kpomo Sellers Arrested For Using Embalming Fluid to Increase Kpomo Size in Delta

Wonders indeed, shall never end! This is very sad but true. 

There's been a row between Health officers and kpomo sellers in Sapele, since this week. 

No less than 10 patients are sick and lying in a critical condition at the Sapele General Hospital for poisoning from the popular animal hide popularly known as kpomo. 

The allegation was that some of the meat sellers had injected a chemical, usually used in embalming corpses, into the kpomo they were selling to make the said kpomo increase in size and attract customers.

The health workers confiscated over N200,000 worth of kpomo, arrested some of the meat sellers and handed them to the police for prosecution.

A senior health official, who craved anonymity, confirmed that the confiscated kpomo had been buried, while some were left for laboratory test. He also said that the poisoned kpomo were not from cows but from a yet to be ascertained animal.

It's very unfortunate to note that this wicked people do not care about the health and lives of innocent buyers. God help us!

Students’ Peaceful Protest Turns Bloody in Asaba, Delta State as Police Open Fire

Peaceful protest organized by Nigeria Students Delta State over the continuous Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike turned out to be bloody as police were alleged to have fired both tear gas and gunshots at students to prevent them from protesting.

As a result, many of the students were alleged to have received various degree of injuries. 

A three hundred level student was allegedly seriously injured and is presently receiving treatment in an hospital.

Urhobotoday gathered that three of the students who were critically injured as a result of the police action are admitted in different hospitals.

“We embarked on the rally on the 22nd of August 2013 after writing to Delta State Commissioner of Police Mr Ikechukwu Aduba and Director of State Security (SSS) intimating them of our intention to go on a peaceful protest. To our dismay, the Nigeria police did everything possible to obstruct our effort by first of all arresting the Student Union President of Delta State University Abraka, Agboroli Joshua and other students on their way to Asaba along the expressway before the Asaba International Airport.

“After much trouble and intervention the arrested students were released. Despite the police' effort to obstruct our peaceful rally, we finally succeeded in conveying at summit junction where we intended moving on to the SSG’s office along Okpanam road by Zenith Bank where we wanted register our grievances to the government. It was at that point that police said we should not move further.
“One Mr Ifeanyi Emmanuel of the Nigeria police Asaba then ordered the police to shoot at harmless students who were going about their protest peacefully. He said the order to shoot at the students was an instruction from an ‘Oga at the Top’ whom he later identified as Delta State Commissioner of Police.

“In the course of the police shooting sporadically and firing canisters of tear gas, many students and even journalists sustained various degree of injuries with three students critically injured. They are presently receiving treatment at St. Joseph Hospital Asaba,” the student reported.

The students who alleged that the State Government did not show any interest about their plight, however appealed to the Inspector General of Police Mr Mohammed Abubakar to investigate the issues for them to get Justice.
Attempt for Urhobotoday to get police side of the story was however futile as Delta State Commissioner of Police Mr Ikechukwu Aduba and the State Police Public Relation Officer refused to pick our calls before going to press.

Source: Urhobotoday

Woman Poisons Husband For Starving Her of Sex

A sex starved housewife identified as Maureen (surname withheld), a native of Benin City, Edo State, who resides in Asaba, Delta State, has allegedly poisoned her husband with "Chemical poison", leaving him admitted into the hospital.

It was learnt that the suspect had complained bitterly to her relations of the husband’s "lack of sexual attention" to her, and threatened to make life unbearable for him, but was advised to "drop" such sinister plans.

Sources said the husband allegedly swim in litany of sex scandals especially with married women and in most cases, his victims attack the wife to call the husband to order.

As it were, the incident took place on Sunday night when the victim who lives around Otuogu, Asaba, reportedly returned home late and was perceived to have been drunk by the wife who had allegedly prepared his meal with the Chemical substance that was given to him.

Trouble started when after he ate the meal, he started vomiting; in the process, neighbours heard his screaming, dashed to the scene and rushed him to a nearby hospital where the doctors diagnosed him of food poisoning after a long battle.

A senior police office who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to the crime saying she committed the act to teach him a lesson.

Tension in Delta State as Ijaw youths kill 4 Itsekiri

At  least three youths and an elderly man were, on Tuesday, shot dead at Ajamita community in Warri North council area of Delta State, while about 34 houses were burnt down at Gbokoda, Ajamita and Udo riverine
communities off the Atlantic Ocean by armed Ijaw youths in an early morning attack.

The armed youths were said to have invaded the three communities at 5.00a.m., shooting sporadically with indigenes running into nearby bush for safety. The corpses of the three dead youths are currently at a private morgue in Sapele, while the elderly man was said to have been buried at his community.

President of Itsekiri Development Association, IDA, and member of Delta State Waterways Security Committee, Mr. Omolubi Newuwumi, told Vanguard on phone that the perpetrators were the same Ijaw youths from Egbema that recently sparked off crisis by hijacking and kidnapping some boats and persons travelling to various communities along the Benin River axis of Warri. He said their mission was to ignite another round of Itsekiri/Ijaw fratricidal war from which they intend to make enormous financial gains as in the recent past. He said they do not enjoy the support of well meaning Ijaw leaders and youths of Egbema kingdom, who cherish the peaceful co-existence now in place. 

Chairman, Warri Study Group, WSG, and Secretary to the Itsekiri Leaders of Thought, Mr. Edward Ekpoko has, however, called on the Federal and state  governments, and all security agencies to investigate the killings and unwarranted burning of houses by the attackers with a view to bringing them to book to serve as deterrent to others with similar evil intentions.He maintained that the quick apprehension of the culprits would douse the tension and prevent any retaliatory measure, saying that any war at this time in the Itsekiri/Ijaw relations would not benefit both ethnic nationalities in anyway. Ijaw elder statesman and Egbema leader, Chief Emma Ebimami condemned the attacks and the killings, arguing that as a result of the leadership tussle in Itsekiri communities, some aggrieved Itsekiri youths could have invited the Ijaw youths to come to their assistance.

He stressed the need to thoroughly investigate the matter and bring the perpetrators to book.

Meanwhile, Mr. Omolubi said the Commanding Officer of the Joint Task Force, JTF, codenamed Operation Pulo Shield, has since relocated to the troubled areas to ascertain the level of carnage, saying that they are working round the clock to apprehend the assailants. 

He charged Itsekiri youths to exercise patience.

Source: VanguardNews

Panic In Agbor, Delta State Over Suspected Ritualists

Alisimie community in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State are in fear over alleged presence of suspected ritualists in the community.

Two of the suspected ritualists were allegedly spotted in one of the villages (Ahima) and again in Idumuenor, sources disclosed.

A woman, who went to harvest cassava was said to have narrowly escaped from the suspected ritualists, who were on the prowl for women private parts.

The development has heightened fears, tension and anxiety in the community as women no longer go to farm, unless accompanied by their husbands or grown up children.

Worried by the ugly development, the people of Idumuenor village were said to have combed the bush, intent on apprehending the suspected ritualists, with no luck.

Meanwhile, Chairman of Alisimie Central Executive Committee, Mr. Augustine Uwagwu, reacting to the development, urged the people in the community to be vigilant.

He called on the Delta State Government and the security agencies in the state to assist the community in addressing the alleged security threat

See How Kidnap Kingpin Tricked Delta State' Commissioner of Police

The most wanted Kidnap Kingpin in Delta State, Kelvin, who is suspected to be a drug addict, ambushed and killed three officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service, NPS, Warri, with his gang, 48 hours after he phoned the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, begging for amnesty.

Aduba, who thought he was dealing with a remorseful hoodlum, subsequently called his boss, Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, minutes after  his discussion with Kelvin ended, March 11, to narrate what transpired and obtain his permission.

Kelvin had promised the commissioner that he would assist the police to smash the kidnap industry in the state and the Inspector General predicated his imprimatur on his surrendering arms and cooperating with the police.

Unknown to Commissioner Aduba, it was a hoax, as the kidnap kingpin, currently on the run, struck two days after with a gang of nine gunmen and successfully freed two notorious Kidnap suspects, identified as Rufus and Frank, from warders, while they were being taken to court on March 13th, 2013. Read that story here.

Aduba said Kelvin (The Kidnap Kingpin) had not been arrested since then, because information about his whereabouts was in short supply. He (Aduba) had previously accused prison officials of being involved in the prison break on March 13th, stating that the police were not informed that prisoners were to be taken to court, on the said day. Also see here

Aduba said from his findings, the Kidnap Kingpin was on drugs and speaks like a human being when he is sane, but once he had sniffed, would behave like a monster.

He attributed the prowess of Kelvin to a shrine in Kokori, known as Egba, which he said most of the people owed allegiance to, stressing that information at his disposal indicated the person that could neutralize Kelvin’s powers was the Ose Egba (chief priest).

He said his initial plan was to blow up the shrine, where Kokori people go to renew their charms, but he changed the idea to see how the chief priest could assist the police in the task of checkmating the kidnap kingpin.

Source: VanguardNews