Palpable fear has enveloped the residents of Agbor, in Delta State, Nigeria, over a clash of communal land. What appeared like a generational battle is said to have been the lot of the present generation, as two communities, Umunede and Emoho have revived the land issues that was layed to rest few years ago. It was a bloody weekend, Friday December 27, 2013, as the two waring communities of Umunede and Emoho layed a manslaughter over claims to right of ownership of the land in their common boundary. Trouble was…
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Man,18, escapes death for refusing to serve deity …Family banished, house burnt
There are strong indications that the refusal of Ugonna Benneth Uzohuo of Oleme Ajafulem in Ofeahia Amaifeke in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, to serve the community’s Arusi Ogidi deity following his selection as chief priest, prompted the people of community to descend on him by burning his family house and banishing the entire family. His ordeal was said to have started on May 11, 2010, the day his community’s deity, Arusi Ogidi, chose him to be its priest. That particular announcement marked the beginning of…
Read MoreBarbarism: 22 year -old man refuses to serve deity, escapes from community
Mr Felis What appeared a baberic and unbelievable inhuman act was recorded last weekend, December 29, 2012 in the South South geopolitical zone of Nigeria, as a twenty two year old man was forced out of his fatherland for not serving a deity. The victim identified as Felis Innocent, who hails from Ivue in Uromi Edo State, Nigeria, and a Primary 4 school dropout has reportedly left his original abode uncelebrated, when he declined to serve the village deity, served by his late father, Mr. Felis. Information gathered by…
Read MoreOrlu Zone Gang Up Against Owerri Over 2027 Imo Guber
Some powerful forces in Imo West Senatorial District (Orlu Zone ) are putting up a fierce and formidable resistance against the proposed power shift to Owerri zone in 2027. This implies that the impending responsibility for Owerri Zone to produce Imo State’s next governor in 2027, in accordance with the Imo Charter of Equity, faces stern opposition from select political leaders and influential figures in Orlu zone. This charter, devised by the Imo State Council of Elders, is structured to cyclically rotate the governorship seat among the three geopolitical zones—Orlu,…
Read MoreEzi-Orsu Monarch, Eze Ijeoma Allegedly Attacks Pastor With Matchete
…His two children, Maduka, Victor fingered …As victim petitions Imo CP Apparently shocked at the alleged matchete attack on him by three persons, two of whom are believed to be the children of His Royal Highness, Eze Ijeoma of Ezi-Orsu Autonomous Community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State, an indigene of the community, Pastor Chinonso Deruo has petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Imo State over what he alleged as “Serious case of Assault occasioning Harm/Attempted Murder” against him by three persons including two children of the said Ezi-Orsu…
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