A traditional title holder in Nri Community, Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, Oba Maduka Arubaluezeama, has been shot dead.

A source in the community told journalists that Arubaluezeama, who is popularly known by his title name, Oba Muozuluaru, was assassinated on Tuesday night at a building site where he went to supervise work on his ongoing project.

The community is currently pervaded by tension, especially as it is suspected that his killing may have to do with the current tussle in the community over who becomes the next traditional ruler.

The community’s traditional stool has been vacant for about eight years now, after the death of its traditional ruler, Eze Obidiegwu Onyeso.

Several attempts to crown a new king have not yielded fruit, as some indigenes have been engaged in a bitter battle over who the next king will be.

The source said Arubaluezeama was murdered at about 7 p.m. on Tuesday in Nise, wondering if his dispute with some other landowners around his property could be the problem or the kingship tussle, in which the deceased had remained vocal.

According to the source, “That estate where Oba Muozuluaru is building his house is also under dispute because there are other multi-millionaires who also purchased their own plots of land there to build their own houses, but most people are pointing their fingers at the controversy around the Nri traditional stool because a gang of suspected cultists had in the past attacked Chief Sunday Alike and inflicted severe machete cuts on him just as he was stepping out from Oba Muozuluaru’s house.

“Just last year too, the commander of Nri Central vigilante, Ogazi, was also assassinated in the evening, and many people are suspecting the controversy around the traditional stool as the cause of the unfortunate happenings.

“Also, members of the Nri Nze-na-Ozor traditional society were said to have been attacked a few years ago while they were holding their meeting at Agbadani village hall, and many fingers were pointed at the traditional stool controversy as the reason for the attack.”

It was gathered that the assassins confronted Arubaluezeama at his building site and ordered him to leave. As he made to enter his car, they shot at him, spilling his brains instantly.

DAILY POST learnt that the entire community has been thrown into mourning because of the popularity of the victim in the area. The source said the community is calling for an extensive investigation by the police.

Meanwhile, as at the time of filing this report, the police spokesperson in Anambra, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, denied knowledge of the incident.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned no fewer than three suspects over alleged visa fraud in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

The commission noted that the trio of Emmanuel Serah Motunrayo, Awotunde Olugbenga and Idowu Olugbemi Sunday were arraigned before Justice Olusola Adetujoye of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan on Thursday.

Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, made these assertions in a statement.

The statement was made available to DAILY POST in Ibadan.

Oyewale, in the statement, explained that the suspects were dragged to the court by the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the commission.

Oyewale, in the statement, explained that counsel to the defendants, Jimoh Wasiu, informed the court that bail applications had been filed.

He then urged the court to admit the defendants to bail pending the hearing and determination of the charges against his clients.

But Justice Adetujoye thereafter adjourned the matter to August 26, 2026, for hearing of the bail application.

He ordered that the suspects be remanded at Agodi Correctional Facility.

The Osun State Police Command has arrested five suspected members of an armed robbery syndicate and recovered an AK-47 rifle, 13 rounds of live ammunition and a single-barrel firearm.

The arrests followed the theft of a newly acquired Lexus Jeep from a resident of Ada, Osun State, by armed men on Monday night.

According to a statement issued on Thursday by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, the victim reported the incident to the police, prompting the Command’s Anti-Robbery Team to commence a pursuit using the vehicle’s tracking devices.

“The tracking operation led to the arrest of two suspects, identified as 30-year-old Johnson Friday and 28-year-old Augustine Godwin, at a filling station in Ibadan, Oyo State, while they were refuelling the stolen vehicle,” he said.

The police said preliminary investigation showed that the suspects were allegedly taking the stolen Lexus Jeep to a receiver at Idiroko when they were arrested.

Ojelabi said the suspects’ statements provided information that led to the arrest of two other alleged members of the gang, Augustine Godday, 18, and Semiu Ogunlowo, 20, at Esa-Oke in Osun State.

“Further investigation based on information provided by the suspects led operatives to Ila-Orangun. An AK-47 rifle with 13 rounds of live ammunition and a single-barrel firearm were recovered.

“The firearms were reportedly concealed inside a sack and kept behind Godwin’s room,” according to the police.

“The investigation also led to the arrest of 29-year-old Olamide Afeez, who the police described as an alleged informant to the robbery gang and a close friend of the complainant,” the statement added.

The Command said investigation was ongoing to arrest the suspected receiver at Idiroko.

The Commissioner of Police (Election), Osun State Command, CP Samuel Erale, commended the Anti-Robbery Team for its swift and professional response.

CP Erale, while urging members of the public to remain vigilant and provide timely information to the police, assured residents that anyone found culpable would face the full weight of the law.