MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AFTER ALLEGEDLY THROWING CHILDREN FROM STOREY BUILDING IN ABA. (PHOTO).
DEVELOPING STORY: Man Found Unconscious After Allegedly Throwing Children From Storey Building in Aba A man was reportedly found unconscious but still breathing after allegedly falling from a storey building at New Phase of Umuobe by Barracks, Opobo Road, Obignwa, Abia State. The incident, which occurred on Thursday, has caused panic among residents of the area. Eyewitnesses told Magic FM Aba that the man allegedly threw two of his children from the building before attempting to throw down his wife. However, the circumstances surrounding the incident remain unclear. The two children were reportedly rushed to a hospital for medical attention. As of the time of filing this report, Magic FM Aba could not independently confirm their condition or whether they survived the fall. The man, who sustained an injury to the head, was still lying in front of his house and had yet to receive assistance as of the time of this report. Witnesses said he was unconscious but still breathing. Reside...
A British couple was found guilty on tuesday of keeping a Nigerian immigrant enslaved for more than two decades,forcing him to work for no pay and threatening him with deportation if he tried to escape.The British couple is identified as 61 year old Emanuel Edet and 58 year old Antan Edet held their victim captive from the time he was brought to Britain when he was 14 years old,said the Crow Prosecution Service.The husband and wife were convicted at Harrow Crown court in northwest London on charges of child cruelty,slavery and assisting in illegal immigration.They had told the teen when they broughtt him from Nigeria in 1989 that they would pay him and provide him with an education.Instead the victim now 40,was forced to cook,clean,garden and care for the couple's children without any pay for up to 17 hours a day.He was forced to eat alone and typically slept on hallway floors.He got no education and had only very limited contact with his family and the outside world.The couple took his passport and he had no identity documents.Prosecutor Damaris Lakin said the Edets told their captive he would be arrested as an illegal immigrant and deported if he left the house and contact the police.''He believed this and felt trapped and completely dependent on the Edets.Emanuel and Antan Edet have cruelly robbed this victim of 24 years of his life.They treated him with complete contempt.This was a shocking case of modern day slavery''.The conviction came on the first day of a two day Trust Women's rights and human trafficking held by the Thomson Reuters Foundation,The prosecutors said the Edets had changed the victim's name and added him to their family passport as their son when they brought him into Britain.
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