Tag Archives: Ebonyi

Two gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home order in Ebonyi have been killed by the police in a gun duel.    Ebonyi police spokesperson Onome Onovwakpoyeya also announced on Tuesday, July 11, that security operatives who received information that gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) were …

A High Court sitting in Abakaliki Judicial Division, Ebonyi State has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Offor Okike to death by hanging for armed robbery.   Okike was convicted of robbing a resident of the state, Lydia Nwuba of her Toyota Corolla on April 2, 2019 at Elias Odili Street, off …

Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Emmanuel Igwe and Ajah Okafor, father of Ohaneze Ndigbo Youth wing chieftain, Damian Okafor.   The incident happened in Ishiagu community in Ivo Local government area of Ebonyi State on Sunday evening, June 18, …

The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed an attack on two communities in the state by suspected gunmen.    The attack occurred in Uburu, the hometown of the immediate past governor of the state, David Umahi, while the second happened in Okposi community, both in Ohaozara Local Government Area of …

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have killed an intern attached to the Dental Therapy Department of Alex Ekwueme Federal Teaching Hos­pital, Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.    The Dental Therapist identified as Kelvin Onuchie, was shot dead in front of the entrance gate of his resi­dence at Mberi Street, …

An Abakaliki Chief Magistrates Court on Monday May 23, remanded a suspected cultist, Chigozie Nwachukwu at a correctional centre in Ebonyi over attempted murder.    Nwachukwu, 27, a suspected member of Barger Confraternity, is facing a three-count charge which bordered on conspiracy, cultism and attempted murder.    The Police Prosecutor, …

The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi State, Faleye Olaleye has warned against any protest during and after the May 29 inauguration.   The commissioner in a statement released by the state’s police spokesperson, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, said they got an intelligence report that some individuals were planning protests over the …

Reverend Nicodemus Ude of the Nigeria Reformed Church in Edufu-Egbu, Ishieke of Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, was on Sunday, April 23, rescued by operatives of the Nigerian police.    The cleric was kidnapped and eventually released by his captives following a distress call to members of the …

The Ebonyi State Police Command has paraded four suspects in connection with the murder of Mr Peter Nweke, the Peoples Democratic Party’s ward chairman in Ezza North Local Government Area of the state.   Nweke was murdered during the March 18 gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections.   Speaking at …

12 people died on Tuesday, April 11, in an accident at the Ezillo end of Enugu-Abakaliki-Ogoja highway, Ebonyi State.   The accident was between a ford shuttle-bus and an articulated vehicle. An eye witness said the vehicles collided while on high speed.   Two persons were also seriously injured in …