Photos: Anger, condemnation as Enugu traditional ruler accuses his subjects of witchcraft

Report by lawyer and blogger, Chukwudi
Iwuchukwu. Read below...

The story sounds like a fairy tale or a
Nollywood Epic Movie script but the story
is real and happened in Unadu community
in Enugu State.

The traditional ruler of Unadu community In
Nsukka Enugu State a retired police officer,
Barnabas Agbaji who allegedly forced
himself to become the Igwe of the town
recently elevated the act of wickedness by
arresting" two of his subjects Remigus Nwa
Ikeagwu and Silas Ameh, arbitrarily accused
them of witchcraft, convicted the accused
of being guilty of the offence of Witchcraft,
hung a tire around their necks, tied fresh
palm fronds all over their bodies and
paraded them around the community as
common criminals!!
According to a source in the community, the
Traditional Ruler has been ruling the town with
high handedness and impunity, leaving his
subjects in fear and misery, boasting that
nothing will happen to him because of his
Influence in Enugu state Government.

Tension is already running high in the community
and from my investigation, his people are
spoiling for wall threatening Fire and brimstone if
appropriate action is not taken against the ex-
policeman now.
Traditional Ruler and some of his subjects are
calling for his dethronement because his recent
bizarre action on his subjects is the height of
what they can tolerate

The question is: During his service years in the
Nigerian police, did this man ever arrest and
successfully prosecute anyone for practicing
witchcraft? Under which law did he do this?

Chukwudi Iwuchukwu is a Lawyer And Blogger
and he tweets @Chukwudi1985

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Girls aged 15 & 11, charged with premeditated murder in death of their 16yr old brother

According to CNN, the case is still under
investigation, but authorities believe that the
older sister took a handgun from their parents'
bedroom and shot her brother, 16 year old older
brother. The 11- year-old also allegedly assisted
her.

The children's parents, Keith and Misty Kornegay
(pictured above) were out of town and allegedly
left the three of them and a 3-year-old daughter
unsupervised. The two girls themselves tipped
off a local police officer to the shooting of their
brother in their Columbia County home, the
sheriff's office said.

Police officers went to the home late Monday to
investigate and found the boy's body on the
living room floor.

The girls were immediately
taken into custody. Their parents were also
arrested and have been charged with child
neglect
While police have identified the girls, CNN is
withholding their names since they are minors
and have not been charged as adults.

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Pic: Nigerian man jumps to his death trying toescape from police in Malaysia

The Nigerian man pictured named Osazuwa allegedly jumped to
his death from a 15-storey building on Monday October 13th as police
stormed a place he was staying with friends in Malaysia.

According to local media report, a Nigerian student had lodged a police
report in Puchong on Sunday October 12th claiming his girlfriend had
been kidnapped by Osazuwa and his gang.
"The boyfriend said he received a call from a suspect who
demanded RM40,000 for the release of his girlfriend, also a
Nigerian student here.

We suspected the kidnappers were people
that the victim must have known. Police immediately tracked the
victim and her kidnappers’ whereabouts.” criminal investigator
Datuk Mohd Adnan Abdullah said.

Malaysia police said the victim’s boyfriend cooperated with the police in
their investigations and he managed to coax the suspects into giving
him more time and told them he was gathering the funds.

The police managed to find the victim’s location on Monday. She was
being held in a condominium unit in Taman Melati, Ampang.

“We formed a team to raid the condominium unit and moved in on
the suspects at about 5pm.”

Mohd Adnan said when police ambushed the unit located at the
condominium’s 13th floor, there were three Nigerian men and two local
women.

The victim was being held in one of the rooms.

“Upon seeing the police, the suspects attempted to escape. The
raiding team arrested two women and two men,” he said.
The other suspect tried to climb down from the balcony to a unit below.

However, he could not grab hold of anything and fell to his death.

“The suspect who died was in his 20s and we are still trying to
establish his identity,” Mohd Adnan said.
The victim was unharmed while in the custody of the suspects. He said
investigation are underway to determine how many other kidnapping
cases they were involved in.

“The gang thought they could get money quickly by carrying out
this crime, but look what had happened — it has just gone awfully
wrong,” he said.

Source: Malaysia Star

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