Police Uncover Baby Factory in Abia

Rescued Pregnant Women

Abia Police operative have uncovered a baby factory at the Ogbor-Hill area of Aba in Abia State and rescued five pregnant women.

The police also arrested a 54-year-old man, Nkem Nwokocha and his wife. Who were said to be the owners of the baby factory.

The pregnant women rescued includes Chidinma, 29, Ifeanyi Chukwu, who hails from Isiala Mbano in Imo State, Kelechi Sampson, 20, and Happiness Godwin from Mboko Umuanunu village in obingwa, Abia State.

Others are Okoronkwo Mercy, a native of Alayi in Bende Local Government Area and Oluebube Onyabu also from Umuanunu village in Obingwa Local Government Area of the state.

While parading the suspects at the police headquarters in the state capital, Umuahia, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeleye Oyebade, said the police acted on a report that the suspects were running a child trafficking home that led to their arrest.

The police boss frowned at the rate at which people indulge in the illegal sale of children in the state, adding that it was an act of wickedness against children.

BREAKING: Gov. Ikpeazu Wins First Appeal

 

Ikpeazu

An Abuja division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, faulted the judgment by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which sacked the embattled Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu.

Justice Abang had on July 27, 2016 sacked Ikpeazu as governor over tax evasion.

The judge had on July 8 insisted that he had jurisdiction to hear a motion for stay of execution of his earlier judgments delivered even after the appeals against the judgments had been entered.

Delivering the ruling, the Justice Helen Ogunwumiju-led five-man bench held that Abang’s judgment was made in error.

Reading the judgement, Justice Philomina Ekpe, held that Justice Abang in line with time-honoured doctrine of “stari decisis” should have transferred the motion to the Court of Appeal for determination.

Justice Ekpe also held that Justice Abang wrongly interpreted the provisions of Order 4(10) and (11) of the Court of Appeal rules when he held that the said provisions were only applicable to an interlocutory ruling of the lower court.

The judge read that Justice Abang lacked jurisdictions to interpret the provisions of the Court of Appeal being the rules of a superior court.

 A member of the panel, Justice Ogunwumiju, held that Abang by justifying his jurisdiction to hear the motion, when an appeal has been entered, “deliberately stood the law on its head.”

Allow Me to Concentrate First, Stop Visiting Me -- Gov. Ikpeazu Of Abia State Tells Supporters (DETAILS)

Governor of Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu has banned solidarity visits to him by his supporters.

In a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Enyinnaya Appolos, Ikpeazu, however, assured Abia people that “he remains confident that the judiciary will deliver fair and equitable justice that will reaffirm the mandate given to him by the majority of Abians in the April 11th and 25th, 2015”.