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Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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President Jonathan Establishes the Committee on National Conference
President Goodluck Jonathan bowed to pressure from well-meaning Nigerians as he sets up a committee on national conference. The decision became known in the morning of October 1, 2013, Tuesday.
The committee, which he announced during his nationwide broadcast to mark Nigeria's 53rd Independence anniversary from Great Britain, is to be headed by an Afenifere chieftain, Senator Femi Okunroumu.
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Police nab three teenage stowaways at Lagos airport
The Airport Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested three teenagers for allegedly attempting to illegally board some international flights in Lagos.
Commissioner of Police for the command, Salahu Waheed, said the suspects, Lateef Popoola, 13; Amadi Joshua, 14; and Ukpabio Onyedikachi, 14, were arrested at different times at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja.
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Reps Declare ₦320bn Lacking From Crude oil Remittance
Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Finance, Hon Abdulmumuin Jibrin, last weekend declared N320billion missing from the remittance by the Nigeria Nationl Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). He said that the sum of N1.516 trillion was paid in by NNPC into the Federal Government treasury.
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INFIDELITY: Husband flings His Wife, 4-Month-Old Daughter Into River Sindh
A man threw his wife and four-month-old daughter into the Sindh River off a bridge in Bhind district. The woman miraculously survived the 200-feet fall but, the infant has not been traced yet.
The man committed the crime in a drunken state after a quarrel with his wife. The woman had been ostracised by her family and in-laws on suspicion of infidelity.
The woman's husband works in a private company in Delhi and she had earlier gone to the city to look for him, but was unable to locate her his house and wandered around in the capital for four days. This led him to suspect her.
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U.S. Starts Hunting For Nigerian Keyboard Masters (419s)
Nigerian scams are widely known throughout the world. Though they are often poorly disguised, some gullible people still fall for them, and become victims of greedy and sly fraudsters. In United States, a new government's initiative may put an end to those practices. The body responsible for consumer protection, the Federal Trade Commission, recently signed a memorandum of understanding with two Nigerian agencies to increase cooperation against that type of scam. "Cross-border scammers use fraudulent emails and other scams to bilk consumers all over the world, while undermining confidence in legitimate businesses," FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez said in a statement announcing the partnership. The memorandum of understanding is the first to include a foreign criminal enforcement authority, the FTC said. Looks like the U.S. had enough! Which country would be next to start hunt down on Nigerian scammers?
Extremely Graphic Video: How Boko haram behead Female SSS Agent Like A Goat (Plz Don't View If U Can't Stand The Sight)
See how Boko haram Slaughtered a lady (reported) to be a Nigeria State Security Service (SSS) Agent Like A Goat :Religion Vs Commonsense.
The Video going viral and making many begin to ask questions that we have asked a million times over; Is Islam truly a religion of Peace,if so why all this senseless killings in the name of Islam?
The said video, available here below (please do not open if you can't stand the sight) showed a female Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) agent (as reported) been slaughtered by members of Boko Haram.
Now Ọmọ Oódua Dearest readers, please be open minded as much as you can be as you go through this piece, at the end, we'll appreciate your thoughts on this wicked act via comment.
Photos: New Investors Take Over PHCN As Workers head to the street
President Goodluck Jonathan has handed the share certificates and licenses to 14 new investors of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN successor companies with an assurance that things are certain to get better in the energy sector. Jonathan described the process of the privatization programme as probably the most transparent in the annals of privatization in the country.
Meanwhile PHCN staff aren't happy about this improvement because their salaries are yet to be paid. They protested today in Government offices in Abuja and Lagos, and also warned the new investors to stay away from power installations for the present time until their demands are met. More pictures after the break.
FG’s Plan To Unveil A New National Carrier On October 1 Under Attack
The Federal Government plan to unveil a new national carrier on October 1 – in commemoration of the country’s 53th independence anniversary – is under attack from analysts.
They say the development is a step back to the dark ages, in view of the current global sentiments towards divestments.
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Female Nigerian Pilgrim From Jigawa Dies In Medina
The Jigawa State pilgrim welfare board on Monday announced the death of one Hajiya Safiya Musa in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The state’s Executive Secretary for the board, Alhaji Sani Alhasan, announced the death of the pilgrim shortly before the departure of the state’s intending pilgrims to Mecca. Alhaji Alhassan explained late Safiya Musa who was 58 years died in motor accident on Monday. Reports from the holy land indicated that the deceased was trying to cross a road in Medina after prayer.
The executive secretary noted that the deceased died in the hospital where she was rushed to after the accident. The state government had already informed her family.
“We don’t kill policemen except on special occasion", drama in Court as Notorious Robbers Beg for Amnesty
There was a mild drama at the office of the Lagos State Police Commissioner in Ikeja on Friday as three suspects, who were arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, were paraded before the House Committee on Police Affairs.
The suspects, Abiodun Ogunjobi, aka Godogodo; Felix Sunday, aka K Money; and Nwanyim Uche; pleaded for amnesty.Continu after the break.
DEMONIC: 7 People Brutally slaughtered On Maiduguri/Damaturu Road
In a shocking incident, seven people have already been reportedly killed Makintamari village in Kaga Local Government in Borno state over the Damaturu/Maiduguri road.
Based on eyewitnesses account, the travellers were beheaded with their heads placed on the lifeless bodies on the key road.
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Imagine: I Don’t Know Whether Boko Haram Leader Is Really Dead or Alive – Jonathan
Speaking on a nationwide radio/television programme Presidential media chat, which was monitored by Ọmọ Oódua blog, President Jonathan revealed that just like majority of Nigerians who are puzzled by the validity of the death of Boko Haram leader, Shekau, as president, he does not know whether he is dead or alive.
BOKO HARAM In his words, ‘I do not know whether he is dead or alive I don’t want to speculate’, Jonathan says in response to a question on whether Boko Haram leader, Shekau, is dead
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Gov. Fashola Ultimately Unveiles The Tallest Hotel In West Africa
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola, yesterday, unveiled the N30 billion tallest hotel in West Africa, the Intercontinental Lagos. The hotel located at Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, is really a 23-storey building with 358 rooms, 37 suites and a presidential suite.
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Deacon Shoots Dead His Pastor While Preaching In Church
A pastor in Lake Charles, Louisiana was on Friday shot and killed as he preached in his church.
The man who shot him is allegedly Woodrow Karey, a 53-year-old deacon in the church. He is said to have called 911 and told the dispatcher what he had done.
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President: I never said I wouldn’t contest 2015 election
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said contrary to reports making the rounds, he had never at anytime promised that he would not contest the 2015 presidential election.
He also denied the claim by Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State that he signed an agreement with some Peoples Democratic Party governors for only one term in office. He challenged anybody with a copy of such agreement to produce it.
Jonathan was fielding questions from a panel of journalists during the Presidential Media Chat in Abuja on Sunday.
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‘I’m depressed’ , says Jonathan Goodluck
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday had an emergency meeting with service chiefs over the killing of 50 students of the College of Agriculture in Yobe State.
Jonathan disclosed this while fielding questions during the Presidential Media Chat broadcast live on television stations. He had earlier at the 53rd Independence Anniversary Interdenominational Church Service at the National Christian Centre, Abuja, admitted that activities of the sect were depressing him and his administration.
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Sunday, September 29, 2013
5 aliens nabbed for illegal bunkering
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Five foreign nationals, who allegedly specialised in conveying petroleum products from pipeline vandals to Benin Republic, have been arrested by the Nigerian Navy Task Force in Badagry area of Lagos State.
The suspects, comprising four teenagers from Benin Republic and a 50-year-old Ghanaian, were reportedly arrested while conveying 113 50-litre jerrycans filled with petroleum products.
Parading the suspects before journalists, weekend, Administration Officer, NNS Beecroft, Apapa, Commander Hyacynth Nwaka, said operatives of the Task Force at Atlas Cove, acting on a tip-off, intercepted the suspects at 3.30a.m. and brought them to the base for further investigation.
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Russia calls to curb Libyan ‘weapons spillover’
Alexander Zmeevsky, Special Envoy for the Russian President on Countering Terrorism and Organized Crime |
Russia has urged the Global Counterterrorism Forum in New York to prevent Libyan weapons from falling into the hands of terrorists who will bring them home after fighting in warzones.
Speaking at the ministerial summit in New York, President Putin’s anti-terror envoy Alexander Zmeevsky said the meeting focused on “averting the threat that is posed by terrorists coming back from warzones, as well as by the continuing spillover of Libyan weapons that are picked up by terrorist organizations.”
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Lavrov says Syria rebels have chemical arms, proofs mounting
The Russian foreign chief added the results of the probe were available to all member states of the UN Security Council.
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“ Things Late MKO & I Did Together In School” – OBJ Reveals
A book titled “Baba’s Story: Nigeria Is 50″ by a Ghanaian author, Abyna-Ansaa Adjei on ex-Nigerian president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo(aka Baba), is fast-selling at the moment. The 60-page hardcover book, which its foreword was written by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote, is a story of Obasanjo’s origin as told by the ex-president himself. One of the revelations in this book is the relationship between Baba and late Bashorun MKO Abiola which he rarely talks about. Excerpts:
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Photo: Over 40 dead by Boko Haram sprayed Bullets on Sleeping Students In Yobe.
Boko Haram men this morning stormed the College of Agriculture of Gujba in Yobe State and killed over 40 students while they were asleep. This is not the first time Boko Haram members will be storming a school to carry out their unholy act. Only few months ago, they attacked a secondary school killing over 24 students. An official at the Damaturu Specialist Hospital, in Yobe has confirmed that 40 bodies have been received so far. May their souls rest in peace
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ASUP resumes strike on Friday
ASUP Chairman, Mr. Clement Chirman, told newsmen in Jos on Sunday that “the frustrating inertia of the Federal Government to convincingly fulfil any of the promises and agreements reached with the union before the suspension of the earlier strike on July 172013 shows that government is not serious.”
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33-Year Old Nigerian Man Charged To Court In US For Supporting Al Qaeda
A Nigerian, Lawal Babafemi, 33, was on Friday arraigned in a U.S. Federal Court, on charges of providing material support to al Qaeda and criminal use of firearms.
Babafemi, who is also known as “Ayatollah Mustapha’’, was arraigned on a four-count charge of indictment, conspiracy, providing material support to AQAP, and use of firearms.
He allegedly provided the support to the group in the Arabian Peninsula, the terrorist organisation’s Yemen-based affiliate.
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'Pregnant' 2-Year-Old Boy Had Parasitic Twin Removed From His Stomach After Surgery - Video
Saturday, September 28, 2013
Nigerian Woman Dies: Tolu Kalejaiye Stabbed To Death by Son in her London Home
On Thursday the 26th of September, 2013, the family of Mrs Tolu Kalejaiye, a London-basedaccountant and mother were shocked when they learnt of her untimely death.
The 46-year-old hardworking mother was found stabbed to death at her house in Wickford, Essexaround 10 am on Thursday morning. As we speak, her 21-year-old son, Oladotun Emmanuel Kalejaiye has been charged for her murder.
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A Vessel Carrying 150 Guests Capsize In River Niger! No One Has Been Found Alive Yet
No fewer than 42 people were yesterday drowned in a boat mishap on River Niger close to Malilli village in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger when traders were returning from Malilli Village to Tunga Illo village, after the day’s market.
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2015: The Real Reason Fashola Apologized to Igbos
Ọmọ Oódua Blog is beginning to suspect that Lagos State Governor, Raji Fashola, is being prepared to run in 2015 as a running mate to Buhari who is likely to get the All People's Congress, APC, Presidential ticket. This thinking is fueled by Fashola's recent apology to the Igbo nation over the deportation of alleged indigent Igbos from Lagos to Anambra state which sparked off an uproar amongst the Igbo.
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Another Nigerian Police Man caught on Video asking for ₦10,000 (62 U.S.D) Bribe.
French National Kidnapped By Ansaru Calls For “Negotiations”
Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru (Ansar al-Muslimeen) on Friday released a video of a French national kidnapped in December, the SITE jihadi tracking website said.
In the video, posted online, the hostage identifies himself as 63-year-old Francis Collomp, an engineer with the French firm Vergnet, who was “kidnapped in Rimi in Katsina state on 19 December 2012 till today, 25 September 2013.”The hostage appears wearing a white t-shirt, with an unidentified person holding a weapon in the background.
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“I Gave MKO Abiola ₦35Million For 1993 Presidential Election” - IBB
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Prof. Wole Soyinka Escaped Death In Nairobi Kenya Mall Assault
But for a stroke of luck, Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, would have been among the dead in the terror attack that took place at the Nairobi Westgate mall in Kenya last weekend.
Speaking at a press conference at the Freedom Park, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Friday in honour of the late Ghanaian poet, Professor Kofi Awoonor who died in the attack, Soyinka led a group of eminent Nigerian writers to condemn the Nairobi massacre. Soyinka, who said he, like Awoonor, was invited to the Storymoja/ Hay Literature Festival, said he couldn’t attend because of other pressing engagements he had elsewhere.
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It Was Wrong for Fashola to Apologize to Igbo - FFK ( What Do you Think?)
Former minister for aviation, Chief Femi Fani Kayode, has lashed out at the Lagos State governor, Raji Fashola, over his recent apology to Ndi'Igbo on the deportation issue which sparked off a major controversy over citizenship and rights of a Nigerian citizen within Nigeria.
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Friday, September 27, 2013
Irritated Okada Man Flings himself In Entrance Of Oncoming Truck over Seizure Of His Bike
Pandemonium broke out yesterday at Iyana Adeoyo, Ring Road part of Ibadan when an unidentified man in his thirties, attempted suicide by jumping facing oncoming vehicle, after officers of the Oyo State commercial vehicle registration unit impounded his bike because his papers were fake.
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Abdul Haji, Kenyan-Somali Muslim Saves Hundreds Throughout Westgate Enemy Assault, Hailed As International Hero!
Mr Haji has been having nightmares since Saturday. His wife tells him he weeps in his sleep and Wednesday was the first time he went to work.
“I'm angry at what I saw, what those individuals did, and the claim they did it in the name of Islam,” he explained yesterday, insisting on being interviewed in a public place what he explained was an indicator of defiance to terror. “I'm a Kenyan-Somali and I'm Muslim; Islam does not advocate violence. They are doing the opposite of what Islam teaches,” he said.
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Police Arrested Chinese Man for ₦105m fraud
The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Ikoyi, Lagos State has arrested a Chinese fugitive, Fang Yang, for his involvement in a ₦105m fraud.
The SFU said Yang had been declared wanted in China about 17 years ago for fraud perpetrated against the 2nd Sub Branch of China Agricultural Bank of Qingdao in 1996.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Police IG, Lagos Police Commissioner Sued For ₦25 Million over Neglect of Mother
The family of a woman, Taskirat Anjolaiya, who was hit by a reckless and negligent police driver and knocked into a comatose state along with her new born baby, has filed a N25 million lawsuit against the police. Inspector General of Police Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Umar Manko are named as defendants in the lawsuit.
The accident occurred three months ago in Lagos as a police driver in an official van drove in the wrong direction on a one-way street.
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Taraba: My deputy betrayed me, says Suntai Taraba
AILING Taraba State Governor Danbaba Suntai has accused his deputy, Alhaji Garba Umar, of betrayal. Suntai said he least expected the deputy governor to lust for his (Suntai’s) office given the confidence he reposed in him.
Suntai, who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Sylvanus Yakubu, said the governor was not the only one that felt betrayed but the entire people of the state.
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University Don Urges FG To Dedicate 36 Per Cent of Budget To Education
An educationist, Abiola Awosika on Tuesday urged the federal government to dedicate 35 per cent of its budget to education to ensure that the country meets the international educational standard.
Speaking during a programme on Channels Television, the education professor said she had written an academic article in 1992, recommending that 25 per cent of Nigeria’s budget be dedicated to education because “we had a shortfall and we needed to catch up with the rest of the world”.
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Governor Babangida Aliyu Incites Army General Against President Jonathan in Coup Baiting
The real motives of the action of the 7 rebel PDP governors in factionalizing the People's Democratic Party, PDP is coming to light as the Niger state governor, Dr. Babangida Aliyu yesterday reported the president to the commander of Nigeria Army Corps Artillery, Kontagora Major General Hussaini Salihu for not keeping to an alleged 'secret' pact to do one term.
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Fashola Apologises To Igbos Over Deportation Saga - The Nation Newspaper
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Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday offered an unreserved apology for the misunderstanding generated by the alleged deportation of some destitutes to Onitsha, Anambra State.
The state government was accused of dumping 70 beggars at Onitsha Bridge on July 24, a situation that generated public outcry and bad blood.
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GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Drug-users Eaten Alive By Flesh-eating Illness Caused By Homemade Heroin Substitute
The first cases of a terrifying new drug called 'Krokodil' that eats flesh from the inside out, is flammable and leaves addicts with reptilian-like skin have been reported this week in Arizona and the state fears the beginning of an epidemic.
It was first encountered by Banner's Poison Control Centre when two drug addicts arrived in emergency rooms with their flesh hanging off their body, exposing bone or with skin resembling that of a crocodile, hence its name.
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26-Year Old To Die By Hanging For Robbery & Rape
For robbing a couple at gunpoint and raping their teenage daughter, a Delta High Court sitting in Warri, yesterday, sentenced a 26-year-old furniture maker, Chijioke Ede, to death by hanging.
The condemned armed robber and rapist was arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed robbery and rape before the court.
He was found guilty on all the charges and sentenced to death on count one and two, while he got life imprisonment on the charge of rape.
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A night at a Lagos police station
The telephone call came in the middle of the night, rousing me rudely from a deep and exciting sleep. I had slept very early the previous day having had a very exhausting afternoon. As a routine, I had ensured that my mobile phones were put in the silent mode. But on the fateful night, I had forgotten to change the tone. So, when the stringent Nokia tune broke the eerie silence of the night, I cursed under my breath. As I fumbled around in the Power Holding Company of Nigeria-induced darkness, I had wondered who could be calling at that ungodly hour. In my drowsy state, I answered the call. Then, I recognised the voice at the other end to be that of a neighbour. He frantically told me he had been arrested by the police for wandering while returning from work.
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My critics implemented a shoddy privatisation programme – Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has berated his opponents, particularly those who handled the past privitisation exercise, saying they are now “opening their mouth wide” to attack his administration.
Jonathan, who said this while addressing Nigerian professionals in New York, United States, on Monday said the privatisation of public utilities by his administration was being done in a transparent manner.
He also said the problem of the Boko Haram insurgency was being exploited to blackmail his administration.
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Only Child of Tasty Fried Chicken boss Olubunmi Adedayo dies - R.I.P
May his soul rest in peace....
US Congress to hold hearing on B’Haram, terrorism
The United States Congress will next week hold a public hearing on the militant Islamic sect, Boko Haram.
The leader of American Congress Committee on African Affairs, Mr. Chris Smith, said this in Abuja on Tuesday during a meeting with the President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor.
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VIDEO: Suspected Robber Nabbed , Beaten to point of death By J.J.K ( Jungle Justice Killers)
Nigeria police hardly respond on time whenever they are called for an emergency like this, leading to the mob taking the laws into their hands. The guy was almost given the harsh "Aluu" treatment.
Magazine To Pay Gov Adams Oshiomhole ₦25m Over A False Story They Wrote About Him
A Benin High Court has awarded Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, ₦25million as damages in a libel suit he instituted against the publishers of News of the People, a soft sell weekly magazine.
Governor Oshiomhole had dragged the soft sell weekly magazine to court demanding N250million as damages over their report with the headline:
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Heartless!!! Baby Buried Alive In Church
The police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, have shut a church where a two-year old baby girl was allegedly buried alive at Egbeda.
Already, the police at Idimu Division have exhumed the body of the victim for autopsy and arrested the pastor of the church identified as Dare Ogunloye.
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