While the match ended 2-1 in favour of the visiting Aba, Abia State side, the after-match situation was very chaotic.
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It is part of the larger Port Harcourt-Maiduguri railroad project started by the Muhammadu Buhari administration.
Abia Command of the Nigeria Police has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel on Tuesday evening in Aba, the commercial hub of the state, by unknown gunmen.
The incident, it was gathered, happened at the popular SAMECK junction linking road users and visitors to the popular shoe market, Old Express and Ariaria International market respectively.
Governor Ikpeazu made this known on Thursday during an interaction with newsmen at the Governor’s Lodge in Aba.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that only few steel products were salvaged from the fire that gutted some shops.
The spokesman of the Abia State Police Command, Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria.
Two of the attackers were however neutralised by the police in the ensuing gun duel.
The warehouse is situated at No. 5 Market Crescent/Umuode Road, opposite Ekumi Plaza.
A worker with Chab, who pleaded anonymity, said the fire outbreak began at about 12 noon and lasted till about 2pm before it was quenched by the Abia State Fire Service firemen from both Aba and Umuahia stations.
Others summoned by the house leadership are Vice Chancellor of Abia State University, Uturu and Chairman of the Joint Action Committee of Medical Unions in Abia State University Teaching Hospital (ABSUTH), Aba.
The spokesman, Abia State Police Command, Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria.
Labour and Productivity Minister, Chris Ngige in a letter to the highly successful football administrator stated that the award is being conferred on him based on his hard work, productivity and excellence.
It was gathered that the incident happened at about 2 pm at the Uratta, Aba area of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway as the gunmen, wearing black attires, suddenly marched through popular streets and markets warning traders and residents about the imposition of a two-day sit-at-home order slated for Thursday and Friday.
The command’s Spokesman, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba Friday.
The first opposition Governors made their position known at the just concluded regular meeting in Aba, Abia State, south east Nigeria.
The Abia State Police Command spokesman, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
John Nwanborogwu, Chairman of the Governing Council of the institution, disclosed this to newsmen in Umuahia.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed the arrests in Aba on Thursday.
The fire also gutted a makeshift warehouse at the back of the three storey building with motorcycle spare parts and also burnt the contents of rooms on three floors at the back of the main building.