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Abia: Ex-President-General assassinated three days after calling for help
More revelations have continued to emerge after the assassination of Mr Igwe Akuma Akwu, the former President-General of National Association of Ohafia Students, NAOS, on January 2, 2026.
Akwu, a youth and an indigene of Ndi Uma compound of Okon-Aku, Ohafia LGA of Abia State was shot dead on Friday, 2nd January by unknown gunmen, a development that sparked fury and destruction of many property in the community.
Abia State Police Command in a statement after the incident, also said it arrested some suspects and had sent two tactical teams to restore order in the community.
But records from some posts made by late Igwe Akuma Akwu on December 30, 2025 on social media, have shown that the former President-General actually alerted the government and security agencies that his life and those of his people were under threat.
In the post he made on December 30, 2025, three days before his death, Igwe Akuma Akwu cried out that he was mercilessly beaten by some thugs working for an individual, in January 2025.
He also lamented that his Toyota Corolla car was set ablaze on October 28, 2025 by a group allegedly boasting connection and control of government.
In the same post, he lamented that his five-year-old cousin was missing after an attack, before finally raising the alarm that his life may be under threat as a result of the publication.
Meanwhile, some human rights groups, traditional institutions and other youth groups have appealed for calm, with calls for thorough investigation into the matter.
In a strongly-worded press release on Sunday, the Executive Director of Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy & Development, FENRAD, Nelson Nnanna Nwafor demanded the arrest and prosecution of those involved in the killing, among other demands.
“We call for a review of the security response mechanism to reported threats and early warning signals to prevent recurrence of similar tragedies.
“FENRAD also demands intentional accountability for any lapses or negligence that may have contributed to the failure to protect the deceased”, Nwafor said.
The United States Mission in Nigeria has condemned the k!lling of more than 200 civilians in recent attacks on communities in Kwara State.
Recall that terrorists launched de@dly attacks on Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday night, k!lling unsuspecting citizens.
It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the villages, opened fire on residents and burned homes.
According to reports, the de@th toll from the unfortunate incident hit 200 on Thursday night.
Reacting, the US Mission Nigeria condemned the k!lling via a post on its official X handle.
The post reads, “The United States condemns the horrific attack in Kwara state in Nigeria, which claimed the lives of more than 160 people, with the de@th toll still unconfirmed and many still unaccounted for.
“We express our deepest condolences to the families of those affected by this senseless violence.
“We welcome President Tinubu’s order to deploy security forces to protect villages in the area and his directive to federal and state officials to provide aid to the community and bring the perpetrators of this atrocity to justice.”
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“I’ll never settle for a barber, yahoo boy or a poor man” — nail tech’s list of men she says she can’t marry sparks reactions online
A Nigerian nail technician has set social media talking after openly listing the kind of men she says she can never settle for.
In a now-viral post, she stated clearly that she refuses to “settle for less” and went on to mention professions and traits she considers a no-go area.
According to her, she can never settle for a barber, an aza man, a yahoo boy, a mechanic, an actor, a laundry man, a hype man, or a plumber. She also added that she wouldn’t marry a man with a high body count or a poor man.
The Nigeria Police Force INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja has successfully repatriated the sum of Twenty-Three Thousand United States Dollars ($23,000) recovered from an international romance scammer to the victim in The Cayman Islands.
A statement from CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesperson of the force, says the repatriation followed a request received from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service seeking assistance of the INTERPOL NCB Abuja to investigate a Nigerian national, Achufusi Obioma Ikenna, who defrauded a resident of the Cayman Islands through an online romance scam.
‘’Acting on the request, INTERPOL NCB Abuja conducted discreet, intelligence-led investigations which led to the arrest of the suspect and the recovery of the sum of $23,000.
Following the completion of all necessary documentation and in collaboration with international partners, the recovered funds were formally handed over to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, through the British High Commission in Abuja, represented by Mr. Shaun McLeary, for secure delivery to the victim.’’
Hundeyin added that the suspect will be arraigned at the conclusion of investigation.
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