Tag: Bayelsa

Bayelsa: Man kills roommate, sells body parts for rituals

Aminu Imam

A 34-year-old man, Okpegboro Avwerosuo, has allegedly killed his roommate in Sagbama Town, Sagbama local government area, of Bayelsa. Okpegboro was alleged to have sold the deceased’s vital organs to a pastor in Port Harcourt, who is currently at large, for ritual purposes. Confirming the incident, the State’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Asinim Butswat, said that the suspect, who hails from Ugheli-North local government area of Delta, was being detained at the State’s Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for further investigation. He said that the name of the victim…

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Bayelsa: Woman stabs 14-yr-old boy to death while fighting his grandmother

Aminu Imam

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a woman, identified as Arugu Chidinma Benedicta, for allegedly killing a 14-year-old boy over a lingering dispute with his grandmother. It was gathered that chaos broke in Okaka, a suburb in Yenagoa, the State capitalon Tuesday, after the woman stormed the deceased’s house to challenge his grandmother over an undisclosed issue between them as the deceased, Joseph Thomas, was preparing to go to school. The incident was said to have happened some distance away from a Federal Correctional facility in the area. After…

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Woman stabs 14-yr-old boy to death while fighting his grandmother

Aminu Imam

The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a woman, identified as Arugu Chidinma Benedicta, for allegedly killing a 14 year-old boy over a lingering dispute with his grandmother. It was gathered that chaos broke in Okaka, a suburb in Yenagoa, the State capitalyesterday, after the woman stormed the deceased’s house to challenge his grandmother over an undisclosed issue between them as the deceased, Joseph Thomas, was preparing to go to school. The incident was said to have happened some distance away from a Federal Correctional facility in the area. After…

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Bayelsa guber Polls: Gov. Diri wins at Supreme Court

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed Douye Diri as the duly elected governor of Bayelsa. A seven-member panel of the apex court led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta in a unanimous judgement, dismissed the six appeals filed against the governor and his Deputy, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. Justice Ngwuta predicated the dismissal of the appeals on the withdrawal of the six appeals by lawyers of the appellants. The appeals dismissed were filed by the Alliance for Democracy, Advanced Nigeria Democratic Party (ANDP), Labour Movement (LM) and Accord Party (AD). Diri of the Peoples…

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Lagos, Bayelsa, other pending bye-elections for Dec. 5 – INEC

Aminu Imam

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the pending bye elections for December 5. According to a statement it issued yesterday, INEC’s National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education, Festus Okoye, the Commission said that based on consultations with stakeholders in the eleven states where the elections will take place, it believes that security in the affected States has improved, “consequently, the Commission has decided to hold all the pending bye-elections on Saturday December 5, 2020.”

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