ANAMBRA GOVT APPREHENDS 8 SUSPECTS FOR EXTORTING MORE THAN N800, 000 FROM WOMEN IN AWKA. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.
Anambra State Government Apprehends 8 Suspects For Extorting More Than 800,000 Thousand Naira From Women In Awka By Chidinma Ikeanyionwu Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, has arrested eight suspects for allegedly extorting more than Eight Hundred Thousand Naira from women in Awka. The arrest was part of state government's resolve in eradicating crimes and corruption in the state. The exercise came following the directive of the Executive Governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo of an NGO using government's name to extort the sum of twenty thousand naira and above from unsuspecting individuals mostly women in Awka. When the Women and Social Welfare Commissioner bursted the office complex of the Host Communities of Nigeria Anambra State Chapter located opposite government house Awka, it was discovered that the suspects were operating with the United Bank of Africa staff in opening a current account for the women who must pay
According to the Nigerian Police,a Benin based native doctor identified as 44 years old Owe was allegedly stabbed in the chest last friday at his residence located somewhere opposite Use Market Road Junction,Upper Siluko Road,Benin.The suspected attacker {name withheld},who is now is police custody,is said to be s friend of the victim's second wife.Trouble allegedly began on the fateful day when the deceased who returned from the house of hid third wife where he allegedly spent the night,did not meet the second wife at home,but was informed that the woman was away to Lagos street,in Benin for shopping.When the woman returned from the market,the deceased native doctor was said to have been enraged at his wife,locked the main door to her apartment,and fought with the woman.It was further gathered that all efforts by other occupants of the house to make peace between the warring couple proved unsuccessful as the angry native doctor transferred his anger to his assailant who said to be a close friend of his wife .Apparently irked by the deceased's action,the embattled lady allegedly ran to the kitchen,picked a knife and stabbed the native doctor to death.The State Police Public Relations Officer,DSP Stephen Onwochei,who confirmed the incident,disclosed that the attacker turned herself over to the police after the incident.One more photo below. 
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