AKPABIO URGES SOUTH EAST TO SHUN ARMED STRUGGLE, EMBRACE PEACE FOR DEVELOPMENT. (PHOTO).

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Senate President Godswill Akpabio has appealed to the people of the South East to sustain peace and prevent their youth from engaging in armed struggle against the Federal Government. Akpabio made the plea on Saturday during the funeral of Sir Albert Ikechukwu Nnamani, former Administrative Secretary of the defunct Oil Mineral Producing Area Development Commission (OMPADEC), held in Ikem, Enugu State. In a statement made available to journalists in Abuja, Akpabio emphasised that development can only thrive in a peaceful atmosphere and urged Ndigbo to properly mentor the younger generation. “For Ndigbo, I want to plead with you to continue to maintain the peace and watch the youth of today. They don’t understand politics. They don’t understand development. You can only have development in an area of peace,” Akpabio said. He warned that any attempt to wrest power or assert independence through armed struggle would fail, stating that “State power will always overwhelm you.” The Senate Pre...

RANSOM WAS PAID. POLICE DID NOT RESCUE ME FROM KIDNAPPERS- IMO MONARCH SPEAKA AFTER HIS RELEASE. (PHOTO).



Samuel Ohiri, former chairman of the council of traditional rulers in Imo state, says the police did not rescue him from his abductors. 


Recall that the monarch was kidnapped from his residence in Orodo Mbaitoli LGA, Imo State, on Jan. 6 and was released after 13 days in captivity. 


The Imo police command said it secured Ohiri’s freedom in collaboration with other security agencies. 


Speaking with journalists on Friday, Jan. 26, the monarch said he was released after ransom was paid. 


He said: "Contrary to what the police said about my release, there is no hiding the fact that the state police never played any role. 


"I actually do not want to speak on this but I am doing it just to set the records straight. 


"I am not disputing the fact that the police may have made efforts towards my release but I am talking what I know. 


"It was my relationship with God and the help from my family people that made it possible. Although, that was after we paid ransom.” 


Recalling how he was kidnapped, Ohiri said: "I came back home to celebrate Christmas and New Year with my people in Obi-Orodo. Then on the 6th of January, I decided to visit one of my old boys and senior students of Emmanuel College Secondary School in those days.  


"But when I was coming back after visiting my friend around 8:30 pm, I met able-bodied men in front of my palace gate who came in their vehicle. 


"They double-crossed me and forced me into their vehicle. My cousin’s brother smartly introduced himself as my driver and they set him free. They now blindfolded me and zoomed off to an unknown destination. 


"I was first kept in an uncompleted building before I was transferred to another location. Within the twelve days I spent in their den, I saw hell. 


"It looked so much as if they had some scores to settle with the traditional rulers and politicians, but luckily for me, their leader came out and ordered them not to torture me, that I am a decent man. 


"Negotiations began between my people and the kidnappers which eventually resulted in setting me free after we paid the first and second ransom. 


“They later took me and another victim to Eziama Obiato


 

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