PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that the couple, Jacob Udo and Comfort Udo, were attacked and beheaded by hoodlums in their residence.
Floodwaters of Famine: Maiduguri deluge exacerbates Nigeria’s food crisisIreti Kingibe’s claims on first-year constituency projects in FCT had more flaws than factsMonetising writing in a digital age, By Toyin FalolaFloodwaters of Famine: Maiduguri deluge exacerbates Nigeria’s food crisisIreti Kingibe’s claims on first-year constituency projects in FCT had more flaws than factsMonetising writing in a digital age, By Toyin FalolaThe police spokesperson in the state, Maureen Chinaka, disclosed...
Ms Chinaka said five of the suspects were arrested for their alleged involvement in the beheading of a couple in the state. that the couple, Jacob Udo and Comfort Udo, were attacked and beheaded by hoodlums in their residence on 1 October. Ms Chinaka said three of the suspects were arrested earlier in October for their involvement in alleged child trafficking in the state.
“In furtherance of investigation, police detectives raided an alleged orphanage home where 16 pregnant girls and a set of twins were rescued. Ms Chinaka said, in a related development, two suspects – Timothy Chukwuemeka, 27, and Valentine Nwaocha, 53 -were arrested in September for their alleged involvement in the abduction of a 7-year-old boy in the state.
“The victim stated that she was tricked by the suspect who is at large with a packet of biscuit, to leave her mother’s shop at Orie-ugba and followed the suspect to a bush at Umukama.
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