15 March 2025
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BREAKING: Gunmen Kill Four Police Officers, PoS Operator In Imo

Wendy R.

Gunmen on Monday evening killed four police officers at stop and search checkpoint along Owerri-Onitsha road in Imo state. An eyewitness, who claimed to be a resident of Irete in Owerri-west Local Government Area of the state, said fear couldn’t allow him and others to ascertain how many civilians were also shot. He said, “The gunmen stormed one of the popular hotels where the police checkpoint was mounted at Irete around 6:30 pm and shot at the four policemen on the stop and search duty, including a Point of Sale operator. “They also shot dead a female Point of Sale…

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SERAP Sues INEC Over Failure To Prosecute Electoral Offenders In Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa

Wendy R.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project said it has filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission over its failure to arrest and prosecute suspected electoral offenders during the governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states.” This was contained in a press release made available on Sunday. The suit, numbered FHC/ABJ/CS/1694/2023, was filed last Friday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. In it, SERAP sought, “an order of mandamus to direct and compel INEC to probe the allegations of electoral offences including electoral violence, in the off-cycle governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states.” They also sought…