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alexlee50:
so based on the statement of the useless and ungrateful idiot, you have established that the lady is henry's sugar mummy?

stan83:
Something must be [b]wroung/b] with your head

By Onozure Dania

There was a mild drama recently at the Agboyi/Ketu customary court when a woman Ethel Amagala 53, who had earlier approached the court for the dissolution of her marriage with one Emmanuel Amagala, 60, stormed the court in anger over newspaper publication of her divorce case.

Mrs Amagala whose children had earlier pleaded the court to discontinue the case, said her husband also became angry when he read their divorce story in the newspaper (not Vanguard). She said: “The children want the case discontinued as it is causing embarrassment to the family. They said they would find a way to bring peace into the family.”

She had on the November 12, 2015 approached the court for a divorce with her estranged husband who she said took a new younger wife. The President, Mr. O. T. William however lampooned Mrs Amagala over her behaviour noting that the court was a public place and could not have stopped journalists from doing their job.

The embattled woman sought divorce on the grounds of abandonment, infidelity, lack of love and threat to life. “My husband constantly tells me I’m old.”

Narrating how she met her husband over 27 years ago, she said: “When he was studying at the Teachers’ Institute in Bayelsa, he did not have money to take care of the family; I was frying and selling chips in Bayelsa and even borrowed money for his studies.”

When we had our first child, it was my elder sister who paid for the hospital bill and took care of me and the baby for three months. The situation remained same until 1991 when he took up an appointment with the NNPC, as a manager. Now, he decided to marry a younger woman and calls me a witch saying “I am old.”

She further claimed that her husband constantly beats her, leaving her with injuries. “He had one day threatened me with a knife in the presence of our tenants who rescued me as he would have stabbed me with the knife.” Mr Emmanuel Amagala denied the allegation of assault story on his wife but told the court he abandoned the house he built and decided to live alone in a rented apartment because of her incessant nagging attitude which he described as unbearable. The President however asked the couple to go home and make their marriage work.

During interrogation, Henry, 25, told the Police that the deceased was his sugar mummy for many years. Hear the Police source: “Henry hatched a plan to extort money from her family and executed the plan. He deceived neighbours and a nurse to tie Helen up and inject her with drug that could sedate her for several hours. When they discovered that she was no longer moving her body, they rushed her to the hospital where she was confirmed dead.
“To cover his tracks,Henry registered the deceased with a fake name and address.

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Four friends, Femi Olatunji, 17; Oyekanmi Rasheed, 18; Oladele Habib, 18 and John Alade, 16, are currently chilling at the police net in Lagos, for allegedly raping 14-year-old Habibat Adeolu (not real names).

Speaking to Saturday PUNCH when the men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Command paraded some suspected criminals recently, Habibat said the friends threatened to kill her if she told anybody about the incident.

Narrating her ordeal, the young girl who said she had known Femi as her tailor, said she went to him to have her dress mended when he and his friends pounced on her.
“Femi had once told me he would want to marry me and I told him I wasn’t interested.

That particular day, I had gone to his shop to give him a dress to fix for me. He said Brother Abidoye (I used to run errands for him) was calling me. I got to Brother Abidoye’s room and I didn’t see him.

“At that point, Femi and his friends entered the room, switched off the light and they raped me. I tried shouting and calling for help but because they had tied my mouth, I couldn’t shout very well.

“When they finished, my private part was paining me. I had to tell my mother what happened. That was when she alerted the police and the boys were arrested,” she said.

However, the young men claimed they didn’t rape her saying it was a consensual act.

Speaking to our correspondent, Femi said Habibat has been his girlfriend for about a year and she actually paid her for the sex they had.

“She is just lying against me. We have been dating since last year. She is more than 14 years old. She came to my shop that day and I suggested to her that we should enter the room. She said I should give her money. I asked her how much she wanted and she said N1,000. I gave her and we went inside and we had sex.

“My friends were outside. We couldn’t have held her hand. A lot of people were even outside. If we had forced her, people would have seen us. Her dad even met me and asked if I would accept her as my wife if she gets pregnant and I said I would because she is my girlfriend. Her dad said I should go because I didn’t have a problem. I have been sleeping with her since because she is my girlfriend.

In his own defence, Oyekanmi said Habibat readily agreed to have sex with him.

“We were at Femi’s place and she and Femi entered the room. Later on, I entered the room because I wanted to charge my phone. I didn’t see Femi there but I saw the girl naked. She wasn’t crying. So I told her I wanted to have sex with her and she said I should go ahead.”

Oladele as well, insisted Habibat collected money from Femi and also agreed to have sex with them.

“She was very comfortable with what we did. When I got to the room, I told her she should allow me to take my own turn and she readily agreed. Nobody held her. People have been sleeping with her. This wasn’t the first time. We all know her in our area.

She readily gives to anybody who asks for it.

Police prosecutor, SGT. Nicolas Akpene informed the court that the accused connived with a security guard also facing trial for the same offence to administer a poisonous substance on the complainant, Prince Hillary Unachukwu which made him to fall asleep from 8pm till 12 midnight in the night during which they ransacked his bedroom and stole his $1.5m and escaped.

By ISAIAH BENJAMIN

Man, 22 with the name Nuhu Tambala has been arrested and is presently with thecriminal Investigation Department of Kaduna State police command for armed robbery and raping.

The suspect according to the Police Public Relation Officer, Kaduna Command DSP Zubairu Abubakar, was arrested on the 18th of January,2016 at the Gadan Gaya market when he was identified by the victims as the man who raped her some days ago.

The police’s First Investigation report revealed that the suspect on the 15th January 2016 went to the farm of the victim and saw her harvesting Soya beans. The suspect was said to have asked the victim if she got the permission of her husband before coming to the farm.

The report added that when the victim replied that her husband permitted her to come to the farm, the said Nuhu now asked her when last her husband had sexual relation with her. Looking at the stupidity of the question, the victim was said to have ignored Nuhu and continued with her work on the farm.

Nuhu was said to have then pulled out a machete and grabbed the victim’s wrapper,then threatened to kill her if she raised any alarm. He pulled the victim into the bush and asked her to bring out the money on her. She produced N3,400 which the suspect collected and then asked her to lie down and show him how her husband did it last time.

The suspect, according to the victim removed his trouser and all pleas by the victim especially considering her age fell on deaf ears as he was bent on having his way with her. The victim put in a little resistance, this resulted in the suspect inflicting injuries on both her hands. At this junction, Nuhu was said to have had sexual intercourse with her against her will.

Speaking to our correspondent at the police head quarters, Kaduna, Nuhu said he is a farmer and father of two and his wife gave birth about a month ago, while blaming his action on the devil.

However, Nuhu said he did not penetrate into the woman but was enjoying himself on her laps until, he finally got satisfied. He said after the incident, he kept away from Ugwan Sokoto in Gadan Gaya but on the 18th of January,2016 he took his potatoes to the market for sale and behold he was face to face with the victim.

Although, Nuhu tried to escape, he was apprehended by the people around who later handed him over to the police from Rigachukwu division of Nigeria police.

The Investigating police officer debunked the claim by Nuhu that he didn’t penetrate the victim because medical report carryout on the suspect on the day she was raped shows there was vaginal penetration and some fluid coming out from her vagina which shows that there was actual penetration.

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chigoizie7:
in the real context of fraternity. male frats does not have anything to do with women.

men, initiates men, women initiates women, so there is no case of the later being molested sexually or otherwise by the former, as dem no get anything.


just like d OP said, those set of people mentioned are "terror groups"

Ugieda (Edo) - Two persons have died after consuming some quantity of locally-brewed gin popularly called ``Ogogoro’’, believed to have been contaminated.

Three persons were hospitalised at an undisclosed health facility, after taking the substance in Ugieda, South Ibie, in the Etsako-West Local Government Area of Edo on Thursday where the incident happened.

An eye-witness, Mr Lukman Rilwan, said that the five persons who consumed the local brew, had complained of stomach ache afterwards.

``After they consumed the gin, they began to complain of stomach ache; unfortunately two died immediately, while three others are currently hospitalised."

The traditional ruler of South Ibie Clan, Alhaji Kelvin Danesi, and the Chairman, Etsako-West Local Government, Mr Yesufu Busari, who confirmed the incident, said that a ban would be placed on consumption of the gin.

"I got a report that two people have died and three others are critically ill at the hospital.
"So, we are doing everything to make sure that such things do not happen again. I have already summoned a meeting of all those that are into the sale of alcohol and we are going to place a ban on local gin," the traditional ruler said.

Busari said that the council would liaise with relevant stakeholders, especially dealers in local gin, to educate and enlighten the people on current happenings.
He appealed to people of the area to immediately desist from consuming locally-brewed gin.

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She said when Edward saw her there and asked her why she was sleeping at the canteen, she informed him that his brother had accommodation problem and was trying to get another place.

She said Edward offered to assist her and asked her to be sleeping in his house pending when her brother would get another accommodation.

She alleged that during the night, Edward would lure her into sex and eventually deflowered her and impregnated her.

Under fire former militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo), seems to have backtracked in his face-off with the law, as he has now indicated his preparedness to appear before the court to answer to multibillion naira corruption fraud accusation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

He said “I will appear in court at the appropriate time.”

Tompolo, in a statement early Thursday morning, disclosed that his legal team is finalising moves towards his day in court.
A statement by Comrade Paul Bebenimibo, Tompolo’s media aide, denied his involvement in the January 15 bombing of oil facilities in Warri.

He also denied reports credited to his erstwhile colleague and comrade in arms, Mr Africanus Ukpasia that he (Tompolo) is amassing tools to go to war with the Federal Government, stressing that he remained bounded by the terms of his 2009 amnesty deal.
Ukpasia, who has since fallen out with the former MEND leader, also alleged that Tompolo masterminded the wanton destruction of gas and crude pipelines in Warri area of Delta state.

Bebenimibo, however, maintained: “Chief Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo) has consistently maintained that he has no hand in the recent bombing of oil pipelines in the creeks of Delta State.
“Let it be known to Nigerians and the entire World that, Tompolo will never wage a war against the Federal Government, as he has sworn in 2009 when he accepted the Presidential amnesty declared by late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

“He has kept faith with Nigeria. He has promised to work with the present administration unconditionally, and he stands by that declaration.
“He was seriously troubled by the recent pipeline bombing incident, because he has provided security for these pipelines even when the government refused to pay him. And so, he could not have been the one to damage same pipelines.”

Speaking on allegation that he is acquiring speed boats for war, he said “it is the biggest lie of the year, as the military is also aware of the boats and pick-up vans he purchased in 2011 for the surveillance of oil facilities as he was working hand in hand with the military then.
“Tompolo is a man of peace and he is poised for the development of the coastal Niger Delta region. He prays that this matter be amicably resolved so that everyone will know that he always put his people above his person gains.”

He recalled that before the bombing incident, he alerted the public that some aggrieved All Progressives Congress (APC) members in Bayelsa and Delta States want to destroy National assets, especially oil pipelines in the Delta Niger as a result of the outcome of the 2015 governorship election of Bayelsa State, where the APC lost the election.

He said the masterminds who carried out the acts are the ones pointing accusing fingers at him to further worsen his case with the APC-led Federal Government.
“And true to his fears, these set of APC chieftains that joined the party immediately after the presidential election of 2015, were the first people to accuse him of bombing the pipelines to divert public attention.

“These new APC members who the former chairman of the party, Chief Bisi Akande, described as parasites, also threatened to cause problem in the Niger Delta region if the pipeline surveillance contract in Delta State already awarded to Messers Ocean Marine Solution is not re-awarded to them.
“This is a clear testimony of their involvement in the bombing of the pipelines. Since then, we all have seen their role in misleading the military and the general public.

“Now, it could be recalled that this same Africanus Ukparasia threatened Tompolo not to show interest in the elections, as he was a strong supporter of the APC candidate. He killed and maimed fellow Ijaw people because of a governorship election, and now he is the one accusing Tompolo of bombing pipelines.”

The General Overseer (GO) of a church (name withheld) located at Oworonshoki area of Lagos State has been accused of raping an 11-year-old girl. A witness said the incident occurred January 23 at a brothel in the area. The witness said the GO lured the girl to the hotel and had carnal knowledge of her.

It was learnt that the victim’s cries of pains attracted some of the prostitutes in the brothel. They rushed to the room, but it was locked. They then alerted Alonge Police Division. The policemen were said to have forced the door of the room opened. They found the girl in a pool of blood and arrested the GO.

There was, however, outrage in the area after the police, for reasons yet unknown, released the GO after two days in detention.

One of the residents said: “The pastor is walking freely in the community.” The resident alleged that the GO had also done similar act on three young girls in the area before he defiled the 11-year-old girl.

Adedeko said while it was true that his client defaulted in the payment of the contractual amount agreed, it was not one of the responsibilities of NSCDC to help recover debts or intervene in civil matters

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday opened its case of Money Laundering against PDP Spokesman, Olisa Metuh, at the Federal High Court, Abuja.

The EFCC had charged Metuh and his company, Dextral Nig. Ltd., for receiving fund meant for the purchase of weapons for the military.

The prosecution called a former Wealth Manager,
Asset Resources Management, Miss Nneka Ararume, as a witness in the trial.


Ararume testified in her evidence-in-chief that Metuh transferred two million dollars to his investment portfolio with the company in December 2014.

The witness said Metuh had invited her to his house to hand her two million dollars cash for the transaction.

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A man’ suspected to be a hoodlum died yesterday in police custody, sparking jubilation among some residents of Ebute-Meta, Lagos Mainland.

Sunday Terror was arrested by the police around 11.20am on Ondo Street, following a tip-off.

He had been on the police wanted list for over seven months. He escaped each time the police got close to getting him.

Residents, who discovered his hideout, tipped off security operatives and the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Denton, Olarenwaju Quadri led a special squad to fish him out.

On sighting the police, Terror, said to be with his gang members identified as Dagbe, Omosoku and Oshankele, were said to have opened fire.

The police returned fire; Terror was caught, but the others escaped with gunshot wounds through the waterside.
When the news of Terror’s arrest was broken, people rushed to Denton Police Station, demanding that he should not be released.

He was said to have died around 1pm.
It was learnt that the crowd, which blocked the express road, included market women and traditional rulers. They cursed the suspect and reportedly asked that he should not be taken to a hospital.

Some eyewitnesses at the police station claimed that the suspect confessed before he died.

One said: “He has made life difficult for a lot of people here. So many people are afraid of Terror and his gang. People celebrated his arrest and his death because if he was taken to hospital, his godfathers, who are politicians, would have found a way to free him.

“He confessed here that he was behind the death of four people at Evans Square in December. His gang killed four people and injured over 20. He also confessed that he was the one who beheaded one member of the cult, as well as killed two people in Idumota.

“He also told the police that Oshankele, his gang member who lives in Mushin was the one who keeps their weapons. Terror also said his gang members have killed many policemen and collected their rifles.”

“Yes people are happy and I am also happy. We have been living in fear in Ebute-Meta because of Terror and his gang of criminals.

They have done so many bad things. People even fear him in death. I wish the police will arrest members of his gang so that we can have peace,” the witness added.

A security source told The Nation that Terror raped the daughters of some Baale (community heads) in the area.

According to the source, six Baales visited the DPO to thank him for apprehending the suspect.

“People helped us in arresting him. He ran into one house and when his colleagues saw us, they opened fire. When they saw that he would not make it, they shot him so that he won’t confess.

“But we were able to get him to talk before he died. He confessed that they usually engaged in Bank and ATM robbery in Ebute-Meta. That they usually operated on motorcycles and they killed any stubborn victim. He also said they usually terrorised sawmill operators and extorted money from them as well as traders.

“The residents wrote several petitions to the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations about Terror’s activities.

“He also confessed that some of his colleagues live at Ijora Badia and Lagos Island. He said they usually attacked people going for morning prayers by laying ambush by their homes and forcing them to part with their valuables.

“He also confessed that he raped many girls, including daughters of Baale, at gun point in their homes.

“He was begging us to give him water but we did not because that would have killed him instantly. He bled and died around 1pm.

“You needed to see the crowd that gathered here. They blocked everywhere, insisting that the police should let him die. They were shouting that he should not be taken to the hospital, that they were tired of his terror,” said the source.

Police spokesperson Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police (SP), confirmed Terror’s death, adding that a locally-made pistol and an axe were recovered from him.
She said a manhunt has begun for the fleeing suspects.

An automobile dealer, Osas Felix Bright, has confessed that he buys stolen vehicles from robbers and gave one of such SUVs to a pastor to pray for his barren wife to conceive in Lagos State, western Nigeria.

Bright was arrested along with the pastor, Titus Onwuchekwa who received the stolen SUV as gift.

Bright made the confession when they were paraded by the State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni last week.

The police also recovered 18 stolen vehicles of various brands from the suspects.

Delta Stat- born Bright also revealed that he did not tell his wife that he was buying stolen vehicles from robbers.

He explained that she only knew him as a genuine auto dealer at Berger.

“My wife does not know that I buy stolen vehicles. She got to know after I was arrested,” Bright said.

Bright also confessed that he knew that suppliers of the recovered vehicles were car snatchers because he buys the SUVs at give-away prices.

Pastor Titus Onwuchekwa of the Presbyterian Church, Umuahia in Abia State, was arrested along with other suspects, Bola Salami, 30, Opeyemi Aregbesola, 28, Chibuike Umeh, 22, and Ndibe Samuel by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni.

Bright said that Pastor Onwuchekwa did not know that the SUV he gave to him was stolen, but he committed himself when he contacted him again and was demanding to buy another car (Toyota Camry) for N250,000.

He said unknown to Onwuchekwa, he (Bright) was already in police custody, adding that it was when the pastor came to Lagos to buy the Toyota Camry he was also arrested.

Onwuchekwa said that he did not know that the SUV was stolen.

He said when he contacted Bright and informed him that he was a pastor, he was elated and informed him that he was sowing a seed with the SUV.

He said he only paid him N350,000 and he prayed for him and his wife became pregnant.

According to CP Owoseni, the police recovered an unregistered Toyota 4 Runner SUV, Toyota Camry with registration number, AAA 391 AA, Toyota Camry with number, FKJ 441 DV, Lexus Rx30 with number LSR 520 RF, Toyota Highlander SUV with number LSR 492 DX and Mitsubishi Pajero SUV with number SMK 484 DS.
Other suspected criminals paraded by CP Oweseni made confessed committing crimes such as kidnapping, fraud, robbery among others.

Some soldiers tried for mutiny, cowardly behaviour and sundry offences before the courts-martial instituted by the Nigerian Army have petitioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the arms procurement scandal. No fewer than 3,000 soldiers were dismissed by the courts-martial while 70 others were sentenced to death.

With the revelations from the probe of the procurement of arms for the military, the soldiers, in a petition dated January 19 and addressed to the Prosecutor of the ICC, Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, called for the investigation and prosecution of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Dambo Dasuki (rtd) and erstwhile Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, for crime against humanity.

The soldiers said Okonjo- Iweala failed to prevent the looting of arms fund as Minister of Finance.
Also, the soldiers, in the petition by their lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), stated that some former and serving military offices as well as public officials and private persons who engaged in the criminal diversion of $8 billion earmarked for the procurement of equipment for the armed forces to fight insurgency in the North-East should be made to face justice. Falana said that the only “offence” proved against his clients in the military courts was that they had the temerity to demand for weapons to fight the well-equipped troops of the Boko Haram sect.

He, however, asked the ICC Prosecutor to commence an investigation into the allegations of the criminal diversion of the security fund of $2.1 billion and N643 billion by suspected perpetrators, with a view to determining whether these amount to crimes against humanity within the court’s jurisdiction. Falana also asked the ICC to bring to justice those suspected to bear full responsibility for deliberate underfunding of the armed forces through widespread and systematic corruption in Nigeria.

In addition, he urged the Nigerian government to fulfill its obligations under the Rome Statute to cooperate with the ICC,including complying with requests to arrest and surrender suspected perpetrators of the criminal diversion of security fund, testimony and provide other support to the ICC.

“Although the government of President Muhammadu Buhari has, so far, shown some political will to fight corruption and recover stolen assets, we believe that an international investigation by the ICC from the perspective of crimes against humanity would complement the anti-corruption initiatives by the current government and contribute to ending a culture of impunity of perpetrators. “We submit that substantial grounds exist to warrant the intervention of the Prosecutor in this case.

Under Article 30(2) (b) of the Rome Statute, a person has intent “in relation to a consequence (where) that person means to cause that consequence or is aware that it will occur in the ordinary course of events. “We, therefore, submit that this is sufficient to hold Col. Dasuki and others that have been indicted in the arms theft scandal responsible for crimes against humanity perpetrated against Nigerians.

The failure of a former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to prevent widespread and systematic corruption, including the re-looting of the Abacha loot, amounts to complicity under the Rome Statute and, therefore, fits the legal requirements of a crime against humanity,” Falana told the ICC. The petition reads in part: “On account of the deliberate refusal of the former military authorities to equip and motivate the members of the armed forces involved in combat operations, the insurgents have killed about 25,000 soldiers and civilians, including children and displaced over 2 million people.

Having compromised the security of the people of Nigeria by collaborating with the terrorists, the former military authorities deliberately encouraged the brutal killing of innocent people, including ill-equipped officers and soldiers. “During a visit to Borno State in 2014, former President Goodluck Jonathan revealed to some selected leaders of the community that it was when Alhaji Modu Ali Sheriff caused the extra judicial killing of the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Mohammed Yusuf, that the group declared war on the Nigerian people.

Even though President Jonathan knew that Sheriff was a major sponsor of the terrorist group, government did not charge him to court under the Terrorism Act applicable in Nigeria. “In order to divert the attention of the Nigerian people and the international community from the aforementioned crimes against humanity, scores of soldiers were put on trial before courts-martial for demanding equipment to fight the well-armed members of the Boko Haram sect.
The military courts convicted the soldiers and sentenced them to various terms of imprisonment, while 70 were sentenced to death. Over 3,000 others were dismissed from the Nigerian Army in similar circumstances.

“Having investigated and confirmed that the said soldiers were sacrificed to cover up the criminal negligence of the former military authorities, the current Army leadership has ordered the recall and reinstatement of the 3,000 dismissed soldiers and commuted the death sentence of 66 out of the 70 convicts on death row to 10 years’ imprisonment.

“The inquiry conducted by the presidential panel on arms procurement has established that the bulk of the sum of $2.1 billion and N643 billion ($4 billion) earmarked for the purchase of military hardware to fight terrorism was criminally diverted by the former government through the office of the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd). It has also been confirmed that the said Col. Dasuki colluded with some serving and retired military officers and civilians to divert the sum of $2 billion and N29 billion set aside for the procurement of fighter jets and other equipment for the Nigeria Air Force.

“As if that was not enough, the sum of $322 million and £5.5 million from the Abacha loot, which was illegally transferred to Col. Dasuki by a former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, for prosecuting the war on terror, has also been criminally diverted. Part of the stolen fund was used to fund the campaign for the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 general elections…

“It is submitted that the former public officials, serving and military officers, as well as civilian collaborators who engaged in the criminal diversion of the security fund, are liable to bear full responsibility for the death of about 25,000 people killed by the Boko Haram sect and the over 2 million people displaced by the terrorist organisation.”

Technical partners from China, Pakistan and India have arrived Akwa Ibom State to kick start the production of electricity meters expected to hit the market in the next two months.

The company, Metering Solutions Manufacturing Services Limited (MSMSL) came to the state just last December when its foundation stone was laid in Onna Local Government Area of the state.

The spokesman of the company, Mr Zhang Loohang told journalists after a meeting with Gov, Udom Emmanuel at the weekend t Interacting in Government House, Uyo that the company which has just arrived Africa decided to site its plant in Akwa Ibom because of its strategic location in the Gulf of Guinea and attributed its establishment to the passion for making electricity available and affordable in the state by Gov.

Emmanuel since electricity holds the key to industralisation which the state government seeks to put in place for the people.

Mr. Loohang explained that Metering Solutions Manufacturing Services Limited is a conglomerate of several companies which would partner to proffer solution to problems arising from electricity generation and distribution.

He added that the company, when operational, would produce single phase and three phase electricity meters in various configurations and mountings, light weight, slim skeletal, compact meters for pole top installation, prepayment type meters, split type electricity meters, standard one unit electricity meters, bulk electricity meters, maximum demand meters and smart electricity meters.

The company which he said is designed as a high technology hub for production, testing and servicing of electricity meters and allied products has room for expansion in a modular fashion for additional production lines to develop and assemble various models of electricity meters and accessories.

Zhang gave the assurance that the firm would help electricity distribution companies to check theft, nonpayment, unreliable billing, consumer resistance, lost of revenue, and also ensure availability of Nigeria-based products which are of high quality and accessible to its customers, in addition to creating high tech, non oil related employment thereby making a strong contribution to economic uplift of the region.

The state commissioner for investment, commerce and industry, Mr. Emmanuel Enoidem, noted that the meeting had lent credence to the viability of the project and gave the assurance that the first product would hit the market in the first quarter of the year.

Mr Enoidem said that first batch of the employees would be sent to China and Pakistan for training on the operations of the industry, adding that arrangements have been concluded for industries which ground breaking were performed last year to commence construction and lauded the visionary leadership of Gov. Emmanuel whom he said has lived up to his sobriquet: Mr industrialisation.