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Ekwunife Recognizes The Invaluable Role Of Mothers, As Catholic Women Organization

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 Ekwunife Recognizes The Invaluable Role Of Mothers, As Catholic Women Organization Celebrates Mothering Sunday The leading aspirant for the November 6 Anambra governorship election, Senator Uche Ekwunife, has felicitated with mothers in the state, describing them as priceless gifts to the society. She enjoined mothers to continue to pray for the peace and prosperity of the nation. Ekwunife, who said this in a statement released on Sunday, April 18, 2021, in commemoration of this year's Mothering Sunday by the Catholic Women Organization commended the great sacrifice of mothers in the family and society. Senator Ekwunife stated that this year's Mother's day theme, 'The Role of Women In Eliminating Discrimination And Gender Violence', is felicitous considering the engagement of women as vessels for reaching out to the downtrodden and the under-privileged in the society which according to her is visible in the activities of women organizations of all christian deno

Gunmen attack Imo prison, free over 1500 inmates

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 BREAKING NEWS Gunmen attack Imo prison, free over 1500 inmates Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Gunmen on Monday morning attacked the Owerri Correctional Prison in the Imo State capital and freed over 1500 inmates, The PUNCH has learnt. The attackers also razed the Imo State Police Command headquarters situated in Owerri and burnt almost all the vehicles parked at the command headquarters. The hoodlums further freed the suspects in almost all the cells at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the command. The PUNCH gathered that the gunmen operated from 1am till 3am on Monday. They sang solidarity songs at the Government House Roundabout for about 30 minutes before attacking the facilities, a security source confided in our correspondent. On breaking into the prison facility with the aid of explosives and dynamite, the attackers told the inmates, “Go home, Jesus has risen. You have no reason to be here.” When contacted, the police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, confi