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Punch Newspapers Sections Edward Nnachi There are mixed feelings in Ebonyi State among residents over Governor David Umahi’s clampdown on cultists and their sponsors in the state. The governor had during a special thanksgiving service, last Sunday, at the Christ Embassy Church, Abakaliki, vowed to deal with cultists and their sponsors. Umahi had said, “In the past few days, we have terrible cult activities. But let me warn that we are starting war against cultism. There are big people that are involved and I will not spare you. I will not spare you and our trouble will not be here; you w...

By Chukwuemeka Opara Abakaliki, Dec. 21, 2020 The Ebonyi Government, on Monday, said that nine persons were killed in a renewed clash between two rival cults in the state. The Commissioner for Border Peace and Internal Security, Mr Stanley Okoro-Emegha, made the disclosure in Abakaliki while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the state Security Council meeting. Okoro-Emegha, who is also the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, said that 37 suspected cult members had also been arrested by security agencies. “It is pertinent to note that some membe...

My daughter was abducted and murdered during end-of-year party closing prayer — Father of two-year-old Ebonyi girl Published 21 December 2020 Mr Sylvia Ufiem-Nnachi is the father of a two-year-old pupil, Miss Rosemary Ufiem-Nnachi, who got missing at an end-of-year party she attended with her parents on Saturday, December 12 in Obeagu Aba village in the Ebonyi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, while her body was found floating in a river on Monday. In this interview with EDWARD NNACHI How did the incident that led to your daughter’s disappearance happen? My name is Sylva Nnachi. I ...