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taking for a ransom. Specifically, our crime reporters gathered that there is hardly no week without one or two persons being kidnapped along the Innichhare, a wary federal road in a Nambra state, especially between Over community and Ihiala town. As we gathered that most victims of kidnapping in the state are hard working small and medium sized business owners who most of whom struggled out of poverty to become

wealthy successful traders. This we learnt there may be no wealthy successful business owner along the Ihiala or who road left to be kidnapped or forced to pay ransom to the kidnappers, while in ober, wealthy people are being kidnapped quietly and ransom in millions are paid in silence to the kids. According to members of the community, a young successful businessman was kidnapped recently at a location between the ober New Road and Old Road junctions shortly after he

visited his building construction site. While we also learned that some people in the state to report or contract their friends to kidnappers just to get a share from the ransom that will be paid afterwards or when such people have issue or dispute with their friends or co traders.

It may interest you to know that the Enambra State Police Command recently arrested a twenty four year old male suspect Muanaye Victor for allegedly luring his friend to be kidnapped by his criminal gang Innuli Ihiala Local government area of the state, and they reportedly collected a ransom in dollars equivalent to five point three million narers with his gang members, just as government in a not too long distance time abducted a lawyer and two other persons in

in polgu Aguata Local Government area of Anambra, in addition to the previous cases of kidnapping of the owner of De Porsche Club, Chief Phoebea Worg by unknown gunmen after the gunmen killed numbers of persons along the New Ober Newi Road in Idomili South Local Government area of a Nambra State, with the number of those killed at the Porsche Nightclub said to be seven, but one of the security operatives was beheaded and another had his foot cut

off and made away by the invading deadly kidnappers. This occurred shortly after a well known native doctor or which doctor Chidos in nawangu Aka, Aqua Okako Tiuaaki was kidnapped after his two personal aids killed in the vicinity of his hotel at ober community before the kidnappers effortlessly took him away and was released after ransom in millions were

reportedly paid. That not all. On May twenty first, twenty twenty two, shortly after Professor Chikuma Saludo was sworn in as governor, Gunman abducted the lawmaker representing Aguata to constituency in the State House of Assembly, hok Chukua Koye. A Koye also known as Hoki Dioke represented Soludo's state constituency Isoophia.

A Koye was killed and beheaded alongside his aid, Cyril chi Egboka, six days after they were abducted along Aguilazigbo Road, Anaroka local government area of the state, and their heads and bodies dumped along a roadside in the state, and in December twenty twenty four, another lawmaker in the State House of Assembly was kidnapped and killed and the victim, the lifeless body of the member representing Anicher North one constituency in the Anambra State House of Assembly, Justice Azuka,

was found along the Second Niger Bridge, with Azuka's lifeless body, said to be already decomposing, was found by a joint team of security operatives forty four days after he was kidnapped on December twenty fourth, twenty twenty four along the Ugunerabaka Road in Inland Town, Anischa while returning home for Chris and The most prominent among the incessant cases of kidnapping in the state is Martin's on Yekse, well known

as Phish Magnet. The kidnapping and subsequent killing of the young small business owner sparked protest and public awareness like never before, with a social right activist, martinsoz Ka Veridartmann coming to the state earlier on Sunday and led a protest walk on Tuesday, which was tagged Candlelight Procession March

in honour of Phish Magnet. One of the most recent victims of the unabated deadly monetary kidnapping business, apparently thriving in an Ambra like some other states in Nigeria, with Veridartmund saying during the protest that it may be right to say that kidnappers killed Phish Magnet, but the actual killers are the administrative failures of Professor Charles Chukuman Soludo, the state governor, Senator Bolah Ahmed Tenubu, the President of Nigeria,

General Christopher Musa, the Nigeria Chief of Defense Staff, Kyode Eggbetoken, the u Inspector General of Police and the local government area chairman or mayor, and accused him of incompetence in managing security matters in the state and the country at large, while the Enambra State Police Command spokesperson Tochukua Kenger, who also joined the campaign, said the campaign walk was not only about Phish Magnet, but a bold statement collectively made

by an Ambra youths in solidarity and in support of the efforts of the security agencies in the state against killings and other crimes. After the protest, Veri Dagmann stated in a post that I'm glad I found this online and like I clearly said, Phish Magnet was killed by Chukuma Charles Soludo, he was killed by President Bola Ahmed Tanubu. Ellipsis Dot, rest in peace, my name's sake, Martin's on ye Kca Fessenachi Deer at Phish Magnet, you send me

a DM and I didn't see it. Even if I had seen it, I wouldn't have responded because I have other priorities and a lot of issues going on, and I always think people give me things to have me advertise for them, so I don't accept gift. When I saw your post on tunde ed nut page, I actually commented something funny to let you know I saw it. You were gone now and I sincerely wish I had collected the fish from you. Ellipsis dot dot. I will like to also beg Nigerians to support his business to

his legacy continues. It should not be a case where because he is no more and then people will stop the patronage. The office and business is still operating. Follow at Fish Magnet they deliver nationwide. Lolai finally did the advert for you and you won't even see it. Rest on King my namesake Tochukua Kenga, the Nambra State Police Command spokesperson, in a post also said it was a walk for peace, a stand against violent crime. The youths of Anambra came out in their numbers in a symbolic

walk for peace, a collective stance against violent crime. It was not just a march for phish magnet. It was a show of solidarity with the Nigeria Police and other security agencies. A bold statement to condemn all forms of criminality. Together, they echoed a clear message. Enough is enough. Criminals can no longer be allowed to terrorize an Amra's state in the Southeast region. The time has come for unity, vigilance

and community driven action for a safer Anambra. An Ambras State Association of Town Union HASATU Youth President Comrade Kennicoli, as well as an Ambra State Commissioner for Youth Development, Mister Patrick Akamber were also at the event, with almost all the protesters dressed in black and black matched from a Roma junction in the state capitol to the fish magnet factory in Orca. The protest did not take place without an earlier warning issued against forredarkmen by the police.

The Nigeria Police Force had in a statement said the Commissioner of Police an Amera's State Command CP iqa Oratugu f WCMNIPSPHD has issued a stern warning two social media influencer mister Martin's Vincent Odds popularly known as Baridagmann, cautioning him against making statements or taking actions capable of inciting

tension or breaching public peace within the state. The CP noted the decision of the family of the late mister Professenachi Homnukera, Managing director of Phish Magnet Outlet, to publicly dissociate themselves from any proposed or ongoing candlelight procession or memorial gathering being organized in his name. They therefore pleaded that they should allow the family to grieve privately while

trusting the authorities to do their work. The CP emphasized that an Amra's state remains one of the most peaceful in the region due to the sustained efforts of the police and other security agencies in collaboration with critical stakeholders, stress that no individual, regardless of social status, would be allowed to disrupt the existing peace and security architecture of the state. CP or tougu urged residents and visitors alike to go about their lawful duties without fear, reaffirming the

Command's commitment to maintaining law and order. He further advised social media uses and public figures to exercise restraint and avoid spreading misinformation or making inciting remarks. The Command further warns that anyone found undermining public peace, either online or offline,

will face the full weight of the law. We have reported that the Inambra State government under the leadership of Governor Charles Chukuma Soludo, has said that the state is currently in search of justice over the killing of a young and creative fish farmer, Martin's of Fessinachi on Ye kc, well known by his business name as Fish Magnet, who was reportedly shot on the leg while being kidnapped on Sunday, the twenty seventh of July twenty twent at his residence

in Zini Fitte village of Puno Inorca, the Enambra State capital. This Dr George Mogalu, the Labour Party candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in the state, said that Anambra State is no longer safe, adding that people are being killed, sorted for their families to bury in silence, while the state governor, Professor Charles Chukuma Saludo luks the other way with no sympathy, condolence, visit or statement. Specifically, Mongolou said,

I must speak frankly. An amber is no longer safe, not even in the state capital. Our people are being sorted, kidnapped and buried in silence while the government looks the other way. This is not leadership, it is abandonment. Just recently, we lost over ten lives in a ghastly accident at Dmichi no We South local government area. Yet there was no statement, no condolence, not even a visit from the state government. Instead we see street renamings and political endorsement rallies.

Where is our conscience? Mongolu stated, while the former lawyer to Namdikanu, the detained Biafra Agitation leader, Barrister afany G four, said the people of the state are currently romancing with crimes, hiding criminals and painting absurd narratives on social media to glorify and justify the rising crimes in the state, saying the most frightening part the reckless energy our own people expend defending these killers. When you shield murderers because they

are your kinsmen, you embolden them. When you justify kidnappings under the guise of ethnic pride, you leave the gates wide open for the real external aggresses like armed herdsman, whose invasion will come when we are weakest and most divided.

and five passengers on board. Others killed in a helicopter crash as confirmed by the Office of the President of Ghana include doctor al Haji Mattala Mohammad, MP for Tamali, Central Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Alhaji Munaru Mohammad, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator, Doctor Samuel Sarpan, Vice Chairman of the NDC, Samuel Abboagier, former parliamentary candidate, Squadron Leader Peter Buffemi Anela, flying Officer to Amampado and Sergeant ernest

Ado Mensa. It was gathered that the military helicopter went down at a Dancy acrofrom in the Ashanti region on Wednesday for yet to be stated cause of the incident, as video footage showed the burnt beyond recognition bodies of those on board the aircraft. The aircraft was from ACCR and heading for Abousi and is currently off the radar. All efforts of being made to establish contact the Ganer Armed Forces had stated in a statement earlier on Wednesday.

The Government of Ghana has directed that all national flags be flown at half mast in honour of the late government top officials Edward Omein Boehmer, Minister for Defense and Ibrahim Mattalamahammad, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, among others,

who died in the military helicopter crash. According to local media, the fatal incident occurred on Wednesday, August six in the Adansi Hakrofum district of the Ashanti Region, while the two ministers, along with six others were en route to Abuasi for official duties. Announcing the directive, Chief of Staff Julius Debre expressed the government's deep sorrow regarding the loss of the two senior public officials and others on board the helicopter.

The President is emotionally down. The Vice President is leading

a team to formally inform the families. Education Minister Paruna Idrasu told news reporters following the tragic helicopter crash that claimed the lives of top government officials, including the Defense and Environment ministers, while announcing the death of the all passengers and crew members on board the Ghaner Chief of Staff Julius Deborah said on behalf of the President of the Republic, his Excellency John Dramani Mahamma, the Vice President,

Professor nna Jaya Poku Agumang, who is with us here and the Government of Ghana, I have the unpleasant duty sadly to renounce a national tragedy involving the crash of a military helicopter this morning around the Adancy area in

the Ashanti Region. Government regrets to announce the demise of the following persons in the tragic crash, Doctor Edward Kofi Omain Bohmer, Minister for Defense, Al Haji Doctor Ibrahim Mattala Mohammad, MP, Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, al Haji Munaru Mohammad, Acting Deputy National Security Coordinator and former Minister for Food and Agriculture, Doctor Samuel Sapong, Vice Chairman of the National

Democratic Congress, and Samuel Aboagier a former parliamentary candidate. Squadron Leader Peter Barfemi, Anla Flying Officer mannin In Tuamampadu, Sergeant ernest Ado Mensa. The President and Government extend our condolences and sympathies to the families of our comrades and servicemen who died in service to the country. All flags are to fly at half masted until further notice. Julius Debora, chief of Staff, stated in a press briefing.

the a Dancy area in Ashanti Region. Government regrets to announce the demise of the following persons in the tragic crash, Doctor Edward Kofi of Manebama, Minister for Defense Alagi, doctor Ibrahim Mutala Muhammad MP, Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Alaji Muniu, Mohammad Lemonad, acting Deputy National's Critic Coordinator and former Minister for Food and Agriculture, Doctor Samuel Supper, Vice Chairman of the National Democratic Congress and mister Samuel Baji,

a former parliamentary candidate. Squadron Leader Peter Barthemi and Allah flying Officer maneing To and Peru and Sergeant and ast adult Mensa. The President and Government extends our condolences and simpathies to the families of our comrades and the servicemen who died in service to the country. Our flags had to fly at half mast.

not even in the state capital. Our people are being sorted, kidnapped and buried in silence while the government looks the other way. This is not leadership, it is abandonment. Just recently, we lost over ten lives in a ghastly accident at Amchi no We South local government area. Yet there was no statement, no condolence, not even a visit from the state government. Instead we see street renamings and political endorsement rallies.

Where is our conscience? Mogolu stated, while the former lawyer to Namdi Cardu, the detained Biafra agitation leader, Barrister afangy g four, said the people of the state are currently romancing with crimes, hiding criminals and painting absurd narratives on social media to glorify and justify the rising crimes in the state, saying the most frightening part the reckless energy

our own people expend defending these killers. When you shield murderers because they are your kinsmen, you emboldenham when you justify kidnappings under the guise of ethnic pride. You leave the gates wide open for the real external aggresses like armed herdsman, whose invasion will come when we are weakest

and most divided. A Nambra's State Commissioner for Information Law Mepher made the government position known on Sunday after he led other government officials on a condolence visit to the bereaved mother of the victim, who happened to be the woman leader of the Enambra's State All Progressives Grand Alliance

APGA missus ester on Ya KC. According to Punch newspaper, Honyakre, a son of the woman leader of the Enambra's State All Progressives Grand Alliance, was abducted by government at his residence in Zenified Community, Opuno, Orc, a South Local government area of Nambra State, in a late night attack on Saturday,

July twenty sixth, and was subsequently killed. In a press statement released on Sunday, the State Commissioner for Information Law Mepha sympathized with the deceased's family, assuring them that the state government is in search of justice while sustaining and strengthening security in the state. Mepher, who maintained that such a development is an affront to the Professor Chokuma Soludo Government's new security architecture. Also expressed delight that the police

are on the heels of the perpetrators. The Commissioner was quoted as having stated this when he paid a condolence visit to the woman leader of the Enambra's State apger

ester On Yeakese. According to the statement, the statement read in part, the Enambra State Commissioner for Information, Doctor law Mepher, recently paid a condolence visit to the woman leader of the Enambra State All Progressives Grand Alliance, Missus ester On Yeakese, whose only son, Martina fessanaci On yaks a prominent fish dealer in the state popularly known as fish Magnet, was kidnapped.

Added recently in an Ambra State, Meher, who described the fish dealer's death as dastardly and heart wrenching, sympathized with the deceased mother, assuring her that the state government is with her in search of justice while sustaining and strengthening

security in an Ambra State. He maintained that such a death is an affront to the solution government's new security architecture and expressed happiness that the police are on the heels of the perpetrators and have issued a statement on the matter after recovering the vehicle in which they drove him away, adding that nobody can commit such a dastardly act in an Ambras state and get away with it. So may his sole rest in peace. We'll fight and

get him justice. The mother will get justice, the family will get justice, and an amoror will get justice. It's a very painful loss for all of us and the government is always challenged when things like this happen because it's an affront to the new security architecture put in place by the Solution government led by Professor Chukuma Soludo. The Commissioner said security in Enambra has significantly improved since Soludo launched a new security architecture on February eighteenth, twenty

twenty five. He noted that troubled areas are now receiving proper attention and that anyone causing unrest must now face the government's security outfits, Hagenekembrand, Operation Ludo Garachi and whoever is constituting a security challenge in Anambra now knows that they have the government's new security outfits hagenekembrand Operation Ludo Garachi to contend with the statement read Also on the condolence visit along with the Commissioner was the Chairman of

the Noui South Local Government Area Van Georgia z e Oged. Meanwhile, the Enambra State Police Command of the Nigeria Police Force had sent adjoint security operatives recovered the victim's vehicle which

the assailants used to escape the scene. In a statement, the police said the Commissioner of Police CP Ikya Aratugu f w C MNIPS PhD has directed all tactical and intelligence units to redouble their efforts in tracking down the armed men responsible for the abduction and subsequent killing of Mista A Fessenachi Omnukera, the managing director of Phish Magnet Outlet, who was attacked in the evening of the twenty seventh of July twenty twenty five at his residence in Zini

Fitte Village, Opuno, Orca. This directive follows the recovery of the victim's Navy blue Toyota Corolla along Akulu Igarium Road by the joint security team comprising of a number of vigilante operatives and the police. Preliminary investigations revealed that the assailants had trailed the victim before launching the violent attack, during which the deceased was shot in the leg and forcibly taken away. He was later found lifeless, sparking public

outrage and deep concern among residents of Orca. CPE. While condemning the killing, assured that the criminal elements behind this cowardly act will be brought to book. He further stated that the policeo is to the family, the people of Nambra and the memory of the deceased to ensure that those responsible face the full weight of the law. Further

developments would be communicated accordingly. S p tochokuakenga police public relations officer an Ambras State Police Command stated in a press release on Wednesday, Labor Party governorship candidate doctor George Mogloo said, my heart is heavy. I received with deep sorrow the devastating news of the brutal murder of mister Martin on Yea KC, the only son of missus esther On Yea k C, the enambrous state woman, leader of

the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA. Martin was a promising young man, an industrious fish farmer in his twenties whose life was cut short in a most cruel and senseless manner, Abducted from his family home in Alleka, shot in the leg, and later found dead despite ransom being paid. This is not just a family's tragedy. It is a painful reminder that our dear state is in crisis. My thoughts and prayers are with misses on ye Keesi and her entire

family in this moment of unimaginable grief. No parent should ever have to bury a child, especially under such horrifying circumstances. I must speak frankly, Anambra is no longer safe, not even in the state capital. Our people are being slorted, kidnapped and buried in silence while the government looks the other way. This is not leadership, it is abandonment. Just recently, we lost over ten lives in a ghastly accident at

Amchi Noi South Local government area. Yet there was no statement, no condolence, not even a visit from the state government. Instead we see street renamings and political endorsement rallies. Where is our conscience. This is not a political party. This is about human life. This is about the safety of our people, our mothers, our fathers, our children. As a father and a fellow Annambrarian, I feel this pain personally. As a leader, I cannot keep quiet. We must return

empathy to governance. We must put humanity before politics. The enumer of our dreams cannot be built on propaganda, silence and indifference. It must be founded on compassion, courage and the result to act, especially when it matters most. May the soul of young Martin on ye k c find rest and may his death not be in vain. Doctor George Mogulu, Labour Party governorship candidate in a Nambra State,

stated this on Friday August first, twenty twenty five. Former lawyer to Namdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB Barrister Afani G four, in a statement said the brutal abduction and subsequent killing of a Fessenachi on Yequlu, popularly known as fish Magnet in orca an Amber State is yet another chilling reminder that our homeland is bleeding and we are running out of time

to act. Just last week, social medium was awash with heart wrenching reports of how this promising young man was kidnapped in his own home at zini Fite community, o Puno, Orcasouth local government area during a late night invasion by gunman. He was whizked away and later gruesomely murdered despite an undisclosed ransom being paid. The most devastating part, A Fessenachi, was the only son of his family, one life brutally snuffed out, a family shattered beyond repair, and a community

thrown into mourning. I condemn this dastardly act in the strongest possible terms. I call on the Governor of an Ambra State, security agencies and every community stakeholder to rise to the occasion, not merely to issue statements, but to act decisively, hunt down these murderers, bring them to justice, and urgently strengthen the security architecture to forestall further bloodshed. But let us not deceive ourselves. This is more than

an isolated tragedy. It is a symptom of a larger, deadlier disease that is eating deep into the soul of aler Igbo. A disturbing trend where crime is romanticized killers are shielded and absurd conspiracy theories appeddled on social media to justify barbarity. Some people, hiding behind faceless accounts shamelessly

defend these murderers. Others spin reckless narratives like the laughable claim that the gunmen who killed over twenty innocent souls in Arndi's Rogua Fulani herdsman who master did Igbo language. What a tragic delusion. Must death knock at your door before you accept reality? And then there is the digital complicity, the growing chorus of voices on line excusing or minimizing the blood bath Rabite jing IMO's state and other parts

of the Southeast. Many victims remain silent, paralyzed by fear, while some communities, particularly in the Achigue axis, have literally been conquered by criminal gangs who now dictate life and death within the domains. The most frightening part the reckless energy our own people expend defending these killers. When you shield murderers because they are your kinsmen, you embolden them.

When you justify kidnappings under the guise of ethnic pride, you leave the gates wide open for the real external aggresses like armed herdsman whose invasion will come when we are weakest and most divided. Let this be crystal clear. Crime is crime, no matter who commits it. A criminal is not a hero. Anyone involved in these heinous acts must be decisively dealt with, without ethnic excuses, without sympathy,

and without protection under any guise. To my dismay, only yesterday I saw a report purportedly authored by alleged Umuaka community trying desperately to downplay the scale of kidnappings and killings in their area. I ask, what message are we sending to a people who now live under siege, a community where fear is the new normal. The hard truth is this security is not the responsibility of government alone.

It is a collective duty. Sadly, the conventional security architecture appears to have abandoned halpless citizens of imst State to their fate, either by wilful act of dereliction of duty, compromise, or collusion. But we as a people cannot and must not abandon ourselves. This is a wake up call. If we do not unite against this evil now, it will consume us all to morrow. It could be your brother, your sister, your only son, the time to act is now.

Sir A feannyegioport Esquires stated this on Saturday, August second, twenty twenty five.