How police nabbed killers of Imo Catholic priest
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by ikechukwu iweajunwa3 he said that based on his experience in mortuary business he was able to steal the corpse2 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that until his death egbom was the parish priest of st patrick catholic church amucha in njaba local government area lga of the state2 it will be recalled that the hoodlums barged into a salon in nkwere local government council where the priest was barbing his hair and killed him on sept. 102 the commissioner who paraded the suspects on thursday gave their names as chigozie uzoukwu and peter boniface2 also galadanchi paraded two other suspects who stole a corpse from o-jesus mortuary akabo and demanded for n5 million ransom2 the commissioner of police in imo mr dasuki galadanchi said on thursday in owerri that the command had arrested two suspects involved in the killing of a rev. fr jude egbom2 the names of the suspects were given as chukwudi chukwu and bethel ibe2 in their separate reactions bethel ibe a commercial bus driver said he was lured into kidnapping by his friends2 he said they decided to steal the corpse to raise money for what he called a mega business2 his co-suspect chukwudi chukwu said he was an ex-mortuary attendant and was sacked by management of o-jesus mortuary2 he explained that the criminals were arrested in a forest in mbaitoli lga on sept. 12 after keeping the corpse for many days2

How police nabbed killers of Imo Catholic priest
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by ikechukwu iweajunwa3 he said that based on his experience in mortuary business he was able to steal the corpse2 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that until his death egbom was the parish priest of st patrick catholic church amucha in njaba local government area lga of the state2 it will be recalled that the hoodlums barged into a salon in nkwere local government council where the priest was barbing his hair and killed him on sept. 102 the commissioner who paraded the suspects on thursday gave their names as chigozie uzoukwu and peter boniface2 also galadanchi paraded two other suspects who stole a corpse from o-jesus mortuary akabo and demanded for n5 million ransom2 the commissioner of police in imo mr dasuki galadanchi said on thursday in owerri that the command had arrested two suspects involved in the killing of a rev. fr jude egbom2 the names of the suspects were given as chukwudi chukwu and bethel ibe2 in their separate reactions bethel ibe a commercial bus driver said he was lured into kidnapping by his friends2 he said they decided to steal the corpse to raise money for what he called a mega business2 his co-suspect chukwudi chukwu said he was an ex-mortuary attendant and was sacked by management of o-jesus mortuary2 he explained that the criminals were arrested in a forest in mbaitoli lga on sept. 12 after keeping the corpse for many days2

Imo APC re-elects Ekeh as party chairman
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by ikechukwu iweajunwa3 but the deputy chief of staff to gov. okorocha kingsley uju insisted that a faction of the party went into an unknown place to hold state congress even when a court injunction was served against the conduct of the election1 the party delegates who described the congress election as peaceful and successful also re-elected deputy chairman mr ugochukwu nzekwe1 however gov. rochas okorocha described the election as illegal claiming that there was a court injunction restraining the party from conducting the election1 okorochas chief press secretary mr sam onwuemeodo on saturday issued a statement that the governor had obtained an injunction from an owerri high court to stop the congress1 the party chairman hillary ekeh countered the claim by saying neither he nor any member of the executive was served the injunction notice1 but the imo police command claimed an injunction notice was served them and appealed that the congress be put on hold1 andrew enwerem police public relations officer ppro who disclosed this added that police will not allow any illegal gathering in the state1 mr hillary ekeh has been re-elected as imo apc party chairman in the just concluded apc state congress in imo1 he said there was no fracas or any form of violence during the process and commended the party chairman for his re-election1 he also lauded party delegates who in their wisdom decided to retain ekeh as their chairman1 asked if he has any idea of the injunction notice araraume said there was nothing like injunction stopping the conduct of the election1 we the party stakeholders have no idea of any injunction but even if there is an injunction nobody had been served so our election has to move on he said1 sen hope uzodinma in a telephone interview told nan that there was no hitch during the conduct of the election adding that the congress in imo indicated that democracy is growing in imo1 deputy governor mr eze madumere said the state congress was held successfully and the mandate of the people has been protected1 speaking to the news agency of nigeria nan after the election sen ifeanyi araraume described the congress election as peaceful and well-coordinated1