Gunmen kidnap five Catholic nuns in Delta state

 Asaba  suspected Gunmen abducted five Catholic nuns

By Festus Ahon, ASABA SUSPECTED gunmen, Friday abducted five Catholic nuns of the Order of the Missionary of Martha and Mary in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area, Delta State under the Issele-Uku Diocese.

The circumstances surrounding the kidnap were still hazy. Our correspondent learnt that the victims were said to be returning  from a burial ceremony in the eastern part of the country when the hoodlums struck around the Railway Line near Agbor. The hoodlums intercepted the private vehicle of the nuns and shot at the vehicle of the clerics, injuring two nuns on the leg region before making away with the other five. As at the time of filing this report, the abductors were yet to make contact with the leadership of the Catholic community in Issele-Uku Diocese.

 In a text message to our correspondent in Asaba, a priest in the diocese said: “Please pray for the release of five MMM Sisters kidnapped on Thursday, October 25, 2018 at Agbor, and two other MMM Sisters in the same vehicle shot at the leg region. The Sisters were on their way from the east where they went for a funeral.”

Effort made to reach the Public Relations Officer of the state police command, DSP Andrew Aniamaka proved abortive at press time. The state Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Mustafa however confirmed the incident, adding that the victims were in a private vehicle when the hoodlums struck.

Saying the identity of the victims were yet to be ascertained, he said the occupants of the vehicle were more than five as at the time of the attack by the hoodlums who shoot sporadically into the air to scare away any form of resistance. He said his men have been mobilised to trail the kidnappers to possibly rescue the victims unhurt.

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 Chris Ekejimbe dies after receiving overdose of Malaria Drugs

The Nigerian movie industry was thrown into mourning last Sunday following the death of a veteran producer, Chris Ekejimbe.

Ekejimbe who passed on at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), was said to have been battling acute malaria and typhoid fever for more than two months.

Founding President of the Association of Nollywood Core Producers (ANCOP), and APC candidate for the Warri Federal Constituency seat in the forthcoming House of Representatives election, Comrade Alex Eyengho, who confirmed the news of Ekejimbe’s death, said the film maker passed on about 9 am on Sunday at LUTH.

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Army discovers missing General Alkali's grave in Jos

Major General Idris Alkali (rtd) was found where his body was allegedly buried 

Following intensified efforts by the military towards unraveling the whereabouts of Major General Idris Alkali (rtd) who was declared missing on Monday 3rd of September, 2018 while travelling from Abuja to Bauchi, an open shallow grave where his body was allegedly buried before it was exhumed and taken to an unknown place has been discovered.

Alkali’s car was found in a mining pit at Dura-Du Village in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State.

An expert who allegedly aided in exhuming the General’s remains alongside other accomplices have been apprehended and are now helping in the investigations.

Also, some of the persons, including the district head of Dura-Du, Mr. Yakubu Rapp, who were declared wanted by the Police in connection with the incident, have turned themselves up to the Police.

In a short statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Terna Tyopev, a Deputy Superintended of Police, the command said, “The Plateau State Police Command’s decision to declare some people wanted in respect to the case of the mysterious disappearance of Major General IM Alkali (rtd) has started yielding results.

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