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See Photos Of Pregnant Teenagers Rescued From Owerri Baby Factory....

Speaking with newsmen in Owerri on Friday, the State Commandant, 
Pedro Idiba, said the command, acting on a tip-off, stormed the 
orphanage home, known as Jehovah Jireh, located at Orlu in Orlu Local 
Government Area of the state at about 9.30am on Thursday, last week.No fewer than 17 babies and four pregnant teenagers have been rescued
 by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps operatives in Imo State
 from an orphanage home allegedly being used as a baby factory.Idiba gave the names of the teenage girls as Onyedikachi Obialor, 
Oluchi Uzoma, Hope Ndukwu and Ogechi Njoku, adding that a two weeks old 
baby, belonging to one Kasarachi, was among the babies rescued from the 
supposed orphanage home.He explained that his men uncovered a 2007 expired licence of the 
orphanage home, alleged to have been owned by a Local Government staff 
member in Orlu, known as Cecelia Egemole.Idiba
 said, “That place was used as an orphanage home in disguise, when the 
licence we saw there has since expired since 2007 and not renewed.“The place was used as both maternity and other thing as confirmed by
 the girls we saw there; it was an unhealthy environment.The girls are 
teenagers, the oldest among them is 19.”Also, a nanny, said to be an elder sister to the proprietress, Mrs 
Felicia Egemole, confessed that some of the girls came to the orphanage 
home to deliver their babies and left them behind.

See Photos Of Pregnant Teenagers Rescued From Owerri Baby Factory....

Speaking with newsmen in Owerri on Friday, the State Commandant, Pedro Idiba, said the command, acting on a tip-off, stormed the orpha...

Ihedioha Challenged The Declaration of Chief Rochas Okorocha as Governor of Imo State.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Owerri, has struck out the case filed by Chief Emeka Ihedioha, the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State, challenging the dismissal of his petition by the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal.<br />
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 Ihedioha was challenging the declaration of Chief Rochas Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor of Imo State.

In his ruling yesterday, chairman of the Appeal Panel, Justice Jimmy Bada, said the case was dismissed on grounds of improper service of summons on the respondents, whose addresses were not properly listed.<br />
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 But Ihedioha, in his reaction sent by his media assistant, Chibuike Onyeukwu, said he would approach the Supreme Court for redress.

Similarly, Okorocha, in a statement signed by his chief press secretary, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, said the judgement had upheld justice and respected the popular and lawful actions of the people over who would govern them at any given time.

He also commended Ihedioha for exercising his rights, adding that the legal actions were designed “to strengthen our democracy.”