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A’Ibom court sentences factional village head, two others to death over murder

Evidence before the court showed that the faction associated with the defendants eventually gained dominance in the village.

They assumed control of the administration and unilaterally determined how palm fruits would be harvested. To consolidate their authority, they hired security guards from Ikot Itie Udung, a neighbouring community.

The guards, placed under the supervision of the third convict, Ubong Udo Okpon, were reportedly paid ₦25,000 monthly.

The defendants’ extrajudicial statements, admitted in evidence as Exhibits 3 and 5 without objection, confirmed these arrangements.

Mubanga
Feb 21, 2026

A’Ibom court sentences factional village head, two others to death over murder

Evidence before the court showed that the faction associated with the defendants eventually gained dominance in the village.

They assumed control of the administration and unilaterally determined how palm fruits would be harvested. To consolidate their authority, they hired security guards from Ikot Itie Udung, a neighbouring community.

The guards, placed under the supervision of the third convict, Ubong Udo Okpon, were reportedly paid ₦25,000 monthly.

The defendants’ extrajudicial statements, admitted in evidence as Exhibits 3 and 5 without objection, confirmed these arrangements.

Mubanga
Feb 21, 2026

Winners Chapel pastor gets death sentence for killing landlord

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Ifa Ikot Ubo–Ifa Ikot Okpon Branch, Uyo, Prince Emmanuel Umoh, to death by hanging for the murder of his landlord, Gabriel Bassey Edward.

Mubanga
Feb 20, 2026

Winners Chapel pastor gets death sentence for killing landlord

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, Ifa Ikot Ubo–Ifa Ikot Okpon Branch, Uyo, Prince Emmanuel Umoh, to death by hanging for the murder of his landlord, Gabriel Bassey Edward.

Mubanga
Feb 20, 2026

Eno defamation case: Court admits petition as exhibit against Facebook user

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, admitted a petition written to the Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, against a Facebook user, Princess God’sown Udoito, over alleged defamatory publications against the State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno.

The document was tendered by the prosecution from the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Justice, led by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Friday Itim, Esq., during the continuation of evidence by the first prosecution witness (PW1), Ememobong Nicholas, Esq.

Mubanga
Feb 19, 2026

Eno defamation case: Court admits petition as exhibit against Facebook user

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, admitted a petition written to the Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, against a Facebook user, Princess God’sown Udoito, over alleged defamatory publications against the State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno.

The document was tendered by the prosecution from the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Justice, led by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Friday Itim, Esq., during the continuation of evidence by the first prosecution witness (PW1), Ememobong Nicholas, Esq.

Mubanga
Feb 19, 2026

Man killed in suspected cult clash in Yenagoa

A suspected rivalry between two cult groups has claimed the life of a 30-year-old man in the Igbogene community of Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

The deceased, identified simply as Ebi, popularly known as “Npotor,” was said to be from the Amassoma community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.

Sources within the community alleged that the killing was linked to an ongoing supremacy battle between two rival cult groups known as the Bobos and the Greenlanders.

Mubanga
Feb 16, 2026

Man killed in suspected cult clash in Yenagoa

A suspected rivalry between two cult groups has claimed the life of a 30-year-old man in the Igbogene community of Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

The deceased, identified simply as Ebi, popularly known as “Npotor,” was said to be from the Amassoma community in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.

Sources within the community alleged that the killing was linked to an ongoing supremacy battle between two rival cult groups known as the Bobos and the Greenlanders.

Mubanga
Feb 16, 2026

Akwa Ibom dismisses reports of 76 oil wells cession

The Akwa Ibom State Government has dismissed media reports suggesting that its 76 oil wells have been ceded to Cross River State.

The government maintained that the draft report by a Federal Government Inter-Agency Committee to the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) does not amount to a reallocation of oil wells.

The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Uko Udom (SAN), alongside Paul Usoro (SAN), the Commissioner for Information, Mr Aniekan Umanah, and the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Ekerete Udoh, stated during a joint media briefing on Monday in Uyo that the two Supreme Court rulings of June 24, 2005, and July 10, 2012, which decided decisively in favour of Akwa Ibom and affirmed the 76 oil wells to the state, remain valid.

Mubanga
Feb 16, 2026

A’Ibom police vow relentless action against drug peddlers

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has intensified its intelligence-driven crackdown on dealers of Indian hemp and other illicit substances, leading to multiple arrests and the recovery of significant quantities of suspected banned drugs during coordinated raids on identified flashpoints.

The operations were strategically planned and executed simultaneously in known criminal hideouts based on actionable intelligence. Several suspects are currently in custody and will be charged upon the conclusion of investigations.

Mubanga
Feb 16, 2026