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how many chinese know how to speak, ibibio, igbo, yoruba or hausa?
It is time you guys make home better so that people will be clamouring to speak our languages.

Nigerians are ALWAYS appreciating other culture but theirs. If i ask how many people here speak their respective languages at home, majority will say no, we speak English at home not out LOCAL dialect.

Nigerians WE have a LONG way to go.

i do not know how to link the source

i got it from onlinenigeria.com it is the front page news

Police parade teenager who arranged fake kidnap to extort N6m from parents
Tuesday, September 4, 2007


Blinded by love, an 18-year-old female undergraduate of the Ebonyi State University has told how she faked being held hostage by a gang of kidnappers, which demanded a N6 million ransom from her parents after which she eloped with her boyfriend.

Now in police net, alongside three other accomplices, Nneamaka Promise Ubani, daughter of a Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) staff in Abuja, who was reportedly abducted on July 13, 2007 at Onitsha, says she arranged the fake kidnap to raise funds to cater for the education of Stanley Obi, her heart-throb, whom she met not long ago.

For over 30 minutes, she held the police top hierarchy and crime reporters spell-bound on Monday at the Louis Edet House police headquarters in Abuja, as she narrated how she became deeply passionate and melted in love for Stanley after he told her that he was an orphan and could, therefore, not actualize his dream of a university education.

" Stanley told me he was an orphan; that he is the last child of his parents, that all his other sisters have got married and he had nobody to help him. He told me he wanted to further his education. After some time, I started having passion for him. I told him that I was going to run away from home and feign kidnap; that we will then demand for ransom and use the money to sponsor him to school," Nneamaka, while being paraded with three other suspects, including a ‘man of God’.

Ironically, like someone acting under the influence of an irreversible oath, she was determined to extort millions of naira from her parents, despite the fact that besides her mother, Mrs. Juliana Ubani, who works as secretary to a senior manager in the PHCN headquarters in Abuja, her father is unemployed and is finding it difficult to fend for her other siblings.

After sealing the deal with her lover, Nneamaka left Abuja for her school at Abakaliki, and later traveled to visit her grandma at 32, Egerton Road in Onitsha, in preparation for the evil act. A few days after her arrival, while on an errand to purchase soap a few metres away from her home, she was allegedly kidnapped in the full glare of neighbours and passers-by.

Then, her parents were inundated with phone calls and text messages from the supposed kidnappers, demanding a N6 million ransom to be paid within 48 hours, or else the victim would be killed.

Although the distraught parents had no money, they negotiated the ransom down to N600, 000, which they raised after over one month of their daughter’s disappearance and paid into an account in a bank in the name of one Victor Augustine, whose real name has been discovered to be Jude Ofodu.

However, the bubble burst when Jude went to the bank to collect the money lodged into his account by Nneamaka’s parents. Moments after he commenced the withdrawal process, he was nabbed by detectives who had been positioned within the bank premises. Jude eventually led the police to fish out three other accomplices, whose names were given as Pastor Favour Uzoma, Amechi Obi and Desmond Obi, while Nneamaka’s lover, Stanley Obi, is at large.

Sensing that the game was up after the arrest of her collaborators, Nneamaka surrendered herself to the police at the Central Division in Onitsha, from where she was moved to the Anambra State command headquarters at Awka and later transferred to Abuja.

Looking sober but calm, Nneamaka did not mince words as she gave a blow by blow account of her journey into fake captivity from Abuja to Abakaliki, Onitsha, Asaba, Iselu-Asaba, and back to Abuja not into the warm embrace of her parents, but as a suspect in police custody.

Her confession: "I met Stanley in our compound in Abuja. He came to stay with his elder sister, who stays in the same compound with my parents. From there, we started an affair, which was not known to my parents, but my siblings and other residents in the compound knew about it. Stanley told me he is an orphan; that he is the last child of his parents, that his other sisters got married and he has nobody assisting him. He told me he wanted to further his education.

"After some time, I started having passion for him. I told him that I was going to run away from home and feign kidnap. That we will then demand ransom from my parents and we will use the money to sponsor him. So, Stanley now went to Lagos to stay with another of his sister and from there, he started sending text messages to my mother demanding that she resign from her job. He also sent other text messages.

"When I asked him when he sent that message that my mother should resign her job, he told me it was just a preamble to our plan, that my mother will not leave her job. Later, I left Abuja for my school at Abakaliki, and then went to see my grand mum at Onitsha on the 3rd of July. One day, my grand mum sent me to my uncle’s place and from there, I went to Asaba. Before then, Stanley had called one of his brothers called Desmond to pick me up at the Mr. Biggs in Asaba, that I am his fiancée. So, Desmond actually came and took me to a village called Akuku-Igbo in Delta State and kept me in one of his friend’s house.

"After two weeks, Desmond asked me why I’ve stayed for so long since I said I was a student. Then, I opened up to Desmond and told him about my plan with Stanley. So, Desmond called Stanley to come from Lagos. When Stanley came, he didn’t come to Akuku-Igbo. He stayed at Asaba where Desmond went to see him. When he returned, Desmond told me that his brother (Stanley), had already made arrangement on how to collect the money from my parents. That Stanley will use the bank account of one person whom I know to be Ekene, to collect the money.

"On the following day, which was a Friday, Stanley went with Ekene to the bank because my parents had called him and said they’ve paid in the money. Then, I was very sick. Not quite long on the same day, Desmond came to tell me that they’ve arrested Ekene and that Ekene was going to bring the police to look for us. By then, I was living with Pastor Favour, whom Desmond took me to and introduced as his fiancée. I stayed in Pastor Favour’s house for over one month, and he lived with his wife and children. With the new development, we had to leave Pastor Favour’s house that day.

"Though I was very sick, we left and took shelter in an uncompleted building till the next day (Saturday), and it was raining heavily. Desmond took me to one of his friend’s place at Iselu-Asaba. When we got there, they said his friend was not around. So, we took his room key from a neighbour and stayed there.

"On that same Saturday, Stanley came to me at Iselu-Asaba and told me that Ekene had been arrested at the bank and he escaped.

That one of his sisters and Pastor Favour have also been arrested. When he told me all these, I said we should go to the Central Police Station at Onitsha and report ourselves. He agreed to follow me to the station, but said because I was very sick, he needed to raise money to buy drugs for me. He said he was going to Calabar and would come back in two days. So he left and after two days when he didn’t show up again, I submitted myself to the police."

Commenting on the incident, the Ag. Inspector General of police, Mike Okiro, said amid incessant reports of kidnapping and hostage taking, the Nneamaka case has made it difficult for the police to know which is true or not until the completion of investigations. He warned parents, guardians and members of the public to always monitor their wards and keep them away from bad company.

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@ Poster
It is really sad to see a woman defend one of the greatest sin against women. Women! we are our own worst enemy.

You said it checks infidelity. Now what do you do to check a man's infidelity? You are a brainwashed woman, i hope you don't transmit that virus to the women and girls around you.

@TOF
Nice hair! you look nice.

Yeah i'm starting to work on that problem too, putting others ahead of me needs to stop. I also tend to force my self to feel things that are not there. Sometimes i say things with hope that i'll start feeling it sooner or later. I need to let things have their natural progression. I honestly wasn't feeling this guy like that but WAS WILLING to MAKE myself feel something.

WELL, We have not spoken since the incident. The last time time i heard from him was a week ago.

The relationship is over on my part and i assume his. I took his number off my phone so i don't know anything about him. I do not wish to talk to or see him again. I find him very repulsive. I'm glad it actually happen cuz i thought we were not connected on so many level. If it didn't happen i wouldn't have left him, and maybe i would have stayed on in a boring non stimulating relationship. God knows best

Thanks everyone.

@holiness
Very sorry about that, you still need to have some empathy towards others plight

@ Holiness
That's not fair. She is going through a lot of pain.

@ poster
I understand how you feel. It is going to hurt for a long while. believe me when i say you'll get over it. I did

@ Holiness
That's not fair. She is going through a lot of pain.

@ poster
I understand how you feel. It is going to hurt for a long while. believe me when i say you'll get over it. I did

Chidi all the way. He has a rugged sexiness to him. he has a sweetness about him. Uhmmmmmm, i love me some chidi

chidi Mokeme

the incident was a stunt pulled by the wizards. It was staged people! not real.

i wonder who is sleeping with those secondary school girls

hmmmm

@snazzydawn, Mbok Mkpo Adadie ke Idong? Uyo abadie in general.

my sister Love44 went to itak. yes! we never got along. We all thought adiaha obong was too thrashy because of their yellow uniform. Itak girls were doing shakara because of mma makara who later left the school. CCC is the best. the girls from there know how to strut. we were always invited to play for state events so Itak has nothing on CCC. I graduated 1999.

Kai! i miss home. i haven't been home since i left in 2001. i remember Aka road, oron Road and definitely Itu road. There is a market on the street that is open untill very late at night don't remember the name, the government was trying to get rid of it 6 years ago. my days at CCC are still best days of my life. i miss home. i miss uyo and Etinan

yak obong aba ye afo.

ami nke ka nwed ke CCC, afaha oku. Uniuyo ayaiya idahami. Ema ediong Itu Road about six years ago. I don't know how it is now.

My recovery level is at 80% right now. Thanks to all. We still haven't spoken yet about the whole stuff. It's been 5 days since his " honest revelation". He did send me text on monday. He was like we haven't spoken in days, it's sad how things have changed. I did not dignify the text with a response.

Thanks to all, i really do appreciate all your response.

hmmmmmmmmmmm

ndito ka mmi abadie? abasi adiong afid nyin, Amen. etim ba, eke iwana awan. Yak ndiseme owo eba ke idem ommo.

wow!

If that is the case then so be it. I mourned him for two WHOLE days and that is the end of it. But your perspective is refreshing.

He is not the first bad apple but the third. maybe i'm doing something wrong. I've never given a guy any "known" reason to break up with me, apart from being me.

Thanks very much for your extensive insight into this mess. I really do appreciate it. i'll do as you say and even more. I'm not in love with him though, but that doesn't stop me from hurting a little bit. I know i'll be fine. time is a great healer. i just hope i don't make anymore mistakes. And I'm DEFINITELY DONE with NIGERIAN guys. Well, at least for now

Well, thanks to all for taking time to respond. I think that i've grieved enough. He called me twice, i did not pick up. He left a message on saturday ( this thing happen on thursday) saying that he gets the message, that i don't want to talk. That he is glad he told me the truth, that he is relieved and is going to give me my space. On getting that message i decided to call, he did not pick up. i left a message telling him that if he is this very honest person he thinks he is, that he would have told me the truth from the beginnig . I also asked him what he expects me to do with his truth that he needs to make a decision. he did not respond to that message, i called him 2x that day and also sent a text asking to talk to him. That was saturday, so it's been two days now he hasn't responded.

I've realized that he doesn't care about me, at least that is what his actions says. He is mad at me! i wonder why? but i know this is another personal mistake.  He should be callling me at this moment, not ignoring me so i guess i get his message.

I'll let you guys know of any new development. Thanks for all your advice.

i was in a relationship with a guy that did not have a car for 8 months. He use to go around with my car. I would get mad if he did not feel the tank before returning the keys.

Answer is now capital NO. You gotta have your own whip even if it's 20years old. a car is like a leg, u need to get around, or at least here in the states.

@ PTH
I appreciate your replies so far, but u have it all wrong. HE CAME TO ME. HE said he wants a serious commited relationship, even as of that day He said the same thing. I've been hurt twice in a row with him now being the third. Now do you expect me to just fall inlove anyhow? I have to love smartly. I like the guy, I would love him all things being equal. I'm in the medical field too, it has nothing to do with his profession. I was actually having doubt about him because of that profession. Doctors don't make money, at least initially, if that is where you're heading to. it will take him 7 years from now to even start practising. i stand to make triple to quadruple of what he'll make for those number years, with a post graduate degree in my field, his money won't come close to mind in the next 8 years.

This is a matter of the heart not pocket or a perceive status. I'll rather be inl ove and happy with a teacher than stay with man because he's a doctor. I don't think women are still doing that, at least i hope so.

i mistakenly used my sister's screen again. the above is my post.

@ Double N, he told me that he has never been in love before.
@Vigasimple. i'll be 25 next month

There is no room for infedelity in marriage, at least i hope so, so ur guy need to move on. but it easier said than done.

Lord i ask for forgiveness of sin. I ask you to guide my steps. I ask for a retentive memory. I thank you for all the blessings and i praise you for the december gift you've given to me. I ask that my soul mate finds me and that i don't marry the wrong person. All these i ask in jesus name, Amen.


I thank you for my parents. I pray that u give them long life to reaped the fruits of their hard labor. i pray that u give my parents good health. I pray for good health for my sisters and my brother. I pray that your light shines in their heart. I pray that u direct their steps, i pray for their soul mates. I pray that my brother finds a good wife. i pray that he doesn't marry the wrong woman. Thank you for i know you have done great things in my family and will continue to do so. Glory be to God

He told me that he's been in my position before. that he was in the same position with this girl. the girl was trying to patch things up with her boyfriend of two years when he met her. I guess she wasn't sure on who to go with and could not give him a hundred percent so he decided to move on. He told me about 2 other girls he was seeing before me, but did not tell me of this one. When i asked why? he said i guess i was trying to supress the feelings. He also said he hasn't spoken with her in three days.

i went away thinking, he's even counting the days they haven't spoken, and he was seeing three girls at the same time! he once told me that our relationship could go the distance and asked if i see myself marrying him. Then he said that the ONLY problem we might have in the future is INFEDILITY. that old habits die hard. He has A LOT of female friends most of which are his exs, he told me that most of them are trying to get back with him.

I just got out of a bad relationship myself, he was the one who help me mend. I AM not in love with him. Sometimes i wonder what i actually feel,or if i feel anything at all. Maybe i just don't want to be alone.nevertheless, i'm really hurt cuz i gave him 100%

we have only been together for three months. He is in med school, on top of that he has a WHOLE lot of business going on, so we rarely have time to spend together unless we're running errand or he's using my pc. for the last two weeks we haven't spent any quality time together. I haven't been complaining, i just let him be knowing he has a lot on his plate. What brought about this revelation was when i asked him so when are we ever going to see? he responded honestly, i don't know, so i thought that was wierd. then he told me he had something to say.

I haven't spoken to him yet. it hurts that he had time to be talking to another female when he rarely does that with me and we leave down the street from each other. I've turn off my phone cuz i honestly don't know what to say to him.

LOVE44 is my sis, i used her pc to post.

sorry Love44 i didn't know you were logged.