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President Muhammadu Buhari has extended heartfelt condolences to the Nwodo family on the passing of their patriarch, Dr Joe Nwodo.
According to a statement issued by Garba Shehu. Senior Special Assistant to President (Media & Publicity) on Sunday, the President joined the government and people of Enugu State, the royal family and friends in mourning the loss of “a truly remarkable Nigerian and one of the strongest voices on unity in diversity.”
“Dr Nwodo played a crucial role in shaping the political landscape of the country in the nineties and in the murky waters of politics, he clearly understood what it means to bring people together and inspire them to give their best,” the President said.
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Published 13 March 2021
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing allegations of human rights abuses against the disbanded police Special Anti-Robbery Squad on Saturday gave a cheque of N7.5m to a 40-year-old man, Marc Nwadi, unduly incarcerated for six years in at the Kirikiri prison without trial.
Nwadi had during his appearance before the retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel recounted how his inability to pay a bribe of N10,000 to policemen in the Idimu area of Lagos led him to prison where he spent six years unjustly.
In her ruling on Saturday, Justice Okuwobi said “The petitioner was incarcerated in the prime of his life without justification for six years and was never tried or sentenced for any crime despite enduring a long six-year stay in prison and losing a vital part of his youth and opportunities.
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A palm wine tapper and husband of three wives, simply identified as Osigwe Ayomonekhai, was reportedly killed by unknown assailants in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.
Ayomonekhai, said to be in his early 50s, was reportedly killed in the early hours of Thursday, when he set out from his Iyuku Road residence for his usual palm wine tapping business.
A source in the community who did not want to be named said, the husband of three wives and father of many children, recently bought the motorcycle to boost his palm wine business.
The source added that the deceased was heard screaming and begging, “please don’t kill me”, but his plea, however, fell on deaf ears, as his attackers killed him and made away with the motorcycle.”
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