Police arrest four suspected human parts dealers in Delta

Police detectives attached to the Delta State Police Command, Asaba, have arrested four persons, including two native doctors over alleged human parts sale in Asaba, Issele-Azagba and its environs.

Police Inspector General, Solomon Arase

The arrest of the suspects last Monday, the command’s image maker in the state, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, said, was made possible when the security operatives acted on a tip-off via a petition forwarded to the command.

It was reliably gathered that the suspected human parts dealers were arrested with the hand of a man allegedly cut off from his body by unknown persons.

The human part was found inside the boot of the suspects’ vehicle on their way to the eastern part of the country

But the State Police PRO, (Kalu) said security operatives were on a stop-and-search on the suspects when they found the human hand in their boot in a sack of bag, adding that the suspects were currently undergoing interrogation.

Explaining that other suspects within the area fled on sighting the police, Kalu said, “It is true that we arrested four persons and two native doctors with human parts, but we are interrogating them with the exhibit we recovered from them in the vehicle. They were travelling to the eastern part.”

The state police spokespersons said the leader of the gang identified as Samson (surname withheld), upon interrogation, confessed that they sold human parts to native doctors, who often lodged into a hotel behind the stadium in Asaba (name withheld).

She said investigations had revealed that the alleged sale of human parts were made possible with mortuary workers and dare devil armed robbers, who in turn allegedly sold to native doctors in Ondo State and some parts of the eastern states.

Meanwhile, an Ogwashi-Uku-based journalist, Innocent Osakwe, was last Thursday attacked by a gang of suspected armed robbers, who reportedly made away with N250,000 and his property.

Osakwe told Southern City News that the robbers came into his house in the community in the wee hours and at gun point, ordered him to surrender his money and property.

Police arrest four suspected human parts dealers in Delta

DPO threatens as Police nab 4 masked cultists in Asaba

By Nwabueze Okonkwo

ONITSHA—The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in-charge of C Division, Asaba, Delta state, Mr Emmanuel Ogbuanya, has vowed that officers and men of the division would not rest on their oars until some undesirable elements who have been terrorizing inhabitants of Jaret and Cable Point areas of Asaba are completely wiped out from the area, based on his new detective strategies.

Police Inspector General, Solomon Arase

Ogbuanya who sounded this note of warning weekend while inaugurating a vigilante outfit that would take care of Obumseli, Nwuga,Ogbolu, Abagana and Ijeh streets in Asaba, disclosed that based on the strategies, has been able to arrest four out of 30 masked cultists who have been terrorizing the residents of the area.

He therefore, warned parents to monitor the companies their children keep as they would not be spared when caught over their involvement in cultism or other criminal acts.

The DPO who said he had just been transfered to C Division, warned cultists, kidnappers and assassins to vacate the area to avoid meeting their waterloo.

According to him, “before I came in here, the residents did not have rest as a result of the negative of cultists who had have taken over the area but now I want some level of quietude henceforth”.

He charged the vigilance group to work in collaboration with the police and avoid detaining suspects becuase they don’t have the right to do so but to always hand such suspects over to the police with immediate effect, warning, do not bring dead or half dead person to me to carry. You will be held responsible for your illegal actions”.

Expressing satisfaction with the concerted efforts of both the police and vigilance group in fighting crime in the area, DPO urged the vigilance outfit to avoid acts capable of dragging the image of the outfit to ridicule.

Earlier in his address, the chairman of the security outfit, Mr Ejike Onwa had declared:”once it is 6.30pm you see people running to get inside their houses because of fear of these cultists numbering about 30 that attack the people, adding, it is because of these cultists that the five streets of Obumseli, Nwuga, Ogbolu, Abagana and Ijeh came together and formed security outfit to fight them and it has been yielding dividends as eight of them were arrested and handed over to the police so far before the take over by the new DPO”.

Flanked by his secretary, Mr. Okafor Henry, the chairman added that the cultists who attack the residents with guns, machetes, knives, charms, clubs and axe, confessed they were members of red carpet, black axe and trigger boys.

Contributing, an activist attached to Campaign for Democracy, CD, comrade Igweze Benjamin urged parents in the area to monitor their children and know the type of company they keep, adding that now that security

outfit has been inaugurated by the DPO, no cultist would be spared.

Also speaking, the councilor representing the ward, Hon. Chike Arinze disclosed that he was attacked by the cultists adding, “but some of those that attacked me were arrested”.He warned that he would not listen to any parent that comes to him for the release of his child if caught in cultism.

DPO threatens as Police nab 4 masked cultists in Asaba

Asaba, Delta State: Ebireri refutes bribery allegation against Delta Speaker

…..Says it is baseless and wicked

By Njamanze Fidel

Mr. Henry Ebireri, the Chief Press Secretary to the Delta State House of Assembly Speaker (Hon. Igbuya), on Thursday rebutted allegation that 23 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members in the Delta State House of Assembly contributed a sum of N5million each with which to compromise the panel of judges and receive a favorable judgment against opposition petitioners, describing it as wicked, baseless and reckless.

In a statement issued in Asaba, and sent to The Press, Ebireri described the allegation that the speaker approached Labour Party lawmaker to bring N5million to settle the panel of judges at the House of Assembly tribunal to get justice as political fabrication aimed at undermining the speaker’s integrity,

“The Delta State House of Assembly Speaker is an honest and highly effective speaker. He has built a reputation anchored on integrity over the years.

Stressing that the speaker will not mortgage the country’s democracy, the CPS accused some members of the opposition of putting personal interest above those of the people and the state.

Ebireri who also called the allegations nonsense, appealed to office and money seeking politicians to temper ambition and greed with concern for public good and genuine welfare of the people.

He also appealed to journalists and politicians to protect Igbuya from undue harassment by self-seeking elements whose stock in trade is to hide under the banner of the media to bring down their imaginary or perceived opponents.

Asaba, Delta State: Ebireri refutes bribery allegation against Delta Speaker

APC protests alleged inflated poll result in Asaba

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress in Delta State, on Tuesday staged a protest at the gate of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Asaba, alleging manipulation of the results of the presidential election in the state.

The group, led by the party’s governorship candidate in the state, Mr. O’tega Emerhor, stormed the INEC office at about 11.20am and were barred from entering the premises, where the collation of results from the local government areas was still going on.

The APC leaders, who chanted victory songs for the party’s presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, queried why it was taking so long to conclude collation of the results from Delta State, when results from most states had already been announced.

Emerhor claimed that the announcement Delta result was being delayed because the figures were being inflated in some local government areas of the state in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan.

He said, “There are two sets of results in some local government areas. Isoko South, Isoko North, Warri South-West, Ughelli North and Ethiope West have two sets of results.

“Our agent inside called us to tell us that the result that is being collated here is different from the results that were originally distributed to us. We don’t even accept the first set of results because they were fabricated. What we are talking about now is second degree inflation.

“This is not an allegation, our agent told us that he had reported to the state collation officer and he told him to fill an incident form. That means they want to take the inflated result to Abuja and we are saying we will not accept it.”

In his reaction, the PDP’s state agent for the presidential election, Funkemeke Solomon, denied the claims and commended the INEC for conducting the election with “integrity and transparency.”

Solomon, who is the state Commissioner for Works, said, “I believe they are entitled to their opinion. Section 131 of the Electoral Act stipulates that anybody that is not satisfied with the conduct of the election should go to tribunal.”

APC protests alleged inflated poll result in Asaba

Police shut down Asaba for Jonathan

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Business and social activities in Asaba, the capital of Delta State were paralysed on Friday as the police blocked major roads to provide security for the visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the city.

As early as 7am, hundreds of policemen mobilised from virtually all the commands of the state were deployed in Asaba.

They lined up the streets and blocked major junctions with their patrol vans. Residents and motorists that were caught unawares had to go through back streets and tortuous ‘nkoro’ roads to get to their destinations.

Those that could not get their vehicles through the difficult road blocks and long alternative route had to trek long distances.

The President was billed to visit delta State traditional rulers at the palace of the Asagba of Asaba, Prof. Chike Edozien, and hold private meetings with select groups as part of his campaign.

He was also scheduled to interact with people of Northern Nigeria origin in the southern parts of the country at the Asaba Cenotaph on Saturday.

But up till Friday afternoon, he had not arrived Asaba, and residents had to cope with the situation.

The venue of his meeting with traditional rulers was also cordoned off and local media were not allowed in by security agents.

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Police shut down Asaba for Jonathan

Another baby factory discovered in Asaba

MEN of the Delta State police command have smashed a baby factory at the outskirts of Asaba, arresting a 40-year-old woman who runs the factory.

Conducting newsmen around the sealed factory yesterday, the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Celestina Kalu said, “Today,  (4/4/14) at about 1030 hours, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO ‘B’ Division Asaba received information that a habitual human trafficker, one Chinelo Ezeugo, female, aged about 40 years at Oko market area Asaba recruits unknown pregnant  women and delivers them of their babies for sale.

“Operatives of the Division were mobilized and they swung into action and on reaching the scene, five pregnant women from different parts of the country and four children namely Ibrahim Usman, 5 years; Usman Mohammed 2 years ; Chidera Okechkwu 5 years and Abigal Ezeugo 1 year were rescued. The human dealer was also arrested”.

The PPRO also paraded seven suspected cultists  arrested in Sapele.

 

Another baby factory discovered in Asaba