“NO ELECTRICITY, NO VOTE,” SOUTH AFRICANS THREATEN TO SHUN RULING PARTY ANC. (PHOTO)

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 “No electricity, no vote,” South Africans threaten to shun ruling party ANC Residents in Katlehong, a township outside Johannesburg, have resolved to boycott South Africa's upcoming local elections on November 4 due to long-standing failures by authorities to provide basic services like electricity. For over 20 years, around 180 households in the community have relied on illegal electrical connections pulled from neighboring areas to power their homes. Angry over the lack of formal grid infrastructure, residents are directing their frustration at the ruling African National Congress (ANC). "We have made a collective decision: no electricity, no vote," said community leader Lesiba Rankapole, 59. "We know it is illegal, but we had no choice because we cannot live without electricity. Our children cannot progress without electricity." "I was born ANC, but today I do not want anyone to tell me about the ANC because I am suffering," added 57-year-old resid...

ABIA POLICE RESCUE MEDICAL DOCTOR FROM KIDNAPPERS, ARREST POS OPERATOR FOR RECEIVING RANSOM. (PHOTO)

 


The Abia State Police Command says it has rescued a medical doctor from kidnappers and apprehended a Point of Sale, PoS operator for allegedly receiving ransom money from the family of the rescued doctor.


The Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Wilfred Afolabi, disclosed this on Friday in Umuahia while briefing journalists on the achievements of the Command in under one month after his assumption of office.


He announced that the medical doctor, Ikenna Ilo, who was abducted on August 19, 2026, has been rescued by operatives of the Abia State Police Command through actionable intelligence.


“Leveraging actionable intelligence, operatives of the Command were immediately deployed, and the movement of the vehicle was traced towards Imo State, prompting collaboration with the Imo State Police Command.”


The CP who confirmed that the medical doctor was rescued unharmed, said that four suspects, including a PoS operator have been arrested for dismantling the car tracker in the victim’s car, and for receiving ransom money, respectively.


“Three other suspects who were involved in the dismantling of the tracker in the vehicle and the POS operators who received ransom are in our custody as an investigation is ongoing and efforts intensify to identify, apprehend and dismantle other members of the criminal syndicate.”


He said that under his watch as the Abia CP, many suspected criminals have been arrested with guns, ammunition and stolen items recovered from suspects.


He added that suspects were also arrested in various parts of Abia State for defilement, vandalism and other criminal activities, among other achievements.

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