UPDATE: GOV. OTTI SIGNS 2025 BUDGET, PLEDGES COMMITMENT TO INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT. (PHOTOS).

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Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has signed into law a budget of Seven Hundred and Fifty Billion, Two Hundred and Eighty-Two Million, Two Hundred Thousand Naira (750,282, 200,000₦750,282,200,000 for the 2025 fiscal year. Speaking while assenting to the bill passed by the Abia State House of Assembly, Governor Otti commended the lawmakers for their diligence in scrutinizing and passing the appropriation bill promptly. He described the budget as a tool that would empower his administration to deliver on its promises to the people of Abia State as well as drive infrastructural development and sustain economic growth. “I want to thank specially, the House members and the leadership of the House for doing such a thorough job in record time. I want to commend you for being thorough. That’s actually what our government is about. “We pride ourselves as a serious-minded government, so anything we present, we are ready for scrutiny, and I want to thank you for a great job you did in scrutiniz...

POLICE ARREST EX-CONVICT FOR ARMED ROBBERY TWO DAYS AFTER RELEASE FROM JAIL. (PHOTO).


 Police arrest ex-convict for armed robbery two days after release from jail


An ex-convict, John Agbontean has been arrested by operatives of Edo State Police Command over alleged robbery.

A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Moses Joel Yamu said the suspect was arrested in connection with a robbery incident at the Restoration Gospel Ministry, situated at no. 11 Oviasuyi Street off Ogiemwenke in Benin City.

The PPRO said Agbontean’s arrest came two days after he had served a jail term for another crime.

The suspect was arrested with a cut-to-size gun while attempting to rob the church.

“Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to being an ex-convict who gained his freedom from Oko Prison, Benin-City on 19/12/2024.

“He stated that he and his accomplice, one Ola whose surname is unknown now at large, conspired to rob the aforementioned church of the proceeds from the Church’s end-of-year harvest thanksgiving where he was arrested in the process while his accomplice narrowly escaped arrest”, the statement added.

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