OBOSI COUNCILLOR DONATES BUS TO STUDENTS, LEADS FIGHT AGAINST CULTISM. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 Obosi Councillor Donates Bus to Students, Leads Fight Against Cultism By Chiedu Uche Okoye  Hon. Obichukwu Anyafulu (Zik), Councillor for Obosi ward, has donated a bus to students, who attend schools located in Obosi.  The councillor made the disclosure in an interview with the journalist at his Obosi country home, on July 11. Hon. Anyafulu said that the humanitarian deed he performed for the students was borne out of his belief that education is the cornerstone of national development.  "Education is the bedrock of national development. And only educated people who possess knowledge and skills can drive our developmental initiatives. "Based on that, I don't want students in Obosi to stay at home on school days because their parents cannot give them transportation fares," he said.  He further clarified that the bus would serve the additional purpose of conveying people to churches on Sundays, stating that religion is a tool for moulding the personalities of you...

JOINT SECURITY TEAM ARRESTS SIX SUSPECTS WHO ALLEGEDLY HIRED SICK PERSONS TO BEG FOR ALMS IN OBA. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 JOINT SECURITY TEAM ARRESTS SIX SUSPECTS WHO ALLEGEDLY HIRED SICK PERSONS TO BEG FOR ALMS IN OBA


A Joint Security Team comprising Police from Oba Divisional Police Headquarters and Anambra Vigilante Operatives on 16th April 2025 at 6.30 pm during a raid in an uncompleted building at Isu village, Oba arrested six (6) suspects who allegedly hired sick persons to beg for alms from members of the public. The suspects are Doris Basil ‘f’ aged 28 years, Peter Ezedike ‘m’ aged 38 years, Susan Monday ‘f’ aged 27 years Ogechi Okoro ‘f’ aged 27 years, Solomon Sunday ‘m’ aged 29 years and Kenneth Achi ‘m’ aged 29 years. 


The Operatives also recovered six mobile phones and Eighty-two thousand, four hundred naira (#82,400) in denominations of #50, #100 and #200 Naria notes and took in safe custody four ill persons from appearance suffering from brain tumour, breast cancer, and other terminal sicknesses. The Operatives also provided first aid for the sick persons and sought higher intervention for their treatment and safe return to their various homes. 


The Commissioner of Police *CP Ikioye Orutugu fwc mnips Ph.d* noted that Section 419 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act deals with obtaining property by false pretense, also known as "419 fraud". It is a felony that carries a potential penalty of three years imprisonment and expresses concern about the level of moral decay of individuals who take undue advantage of sick persons. He further directs the immediate interrogation of the relatives of those sick persons to ascertain their culpability. 


_All the suspects would be charged to Court on conclusion of the investigations_


*SP Tochukwu Ikenga* 

*Police Public Relations Officer*  

Anambra State Police Command, Awka  


17th April 2025

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