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The traditional ruler of Isiala Umudi in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State, Joel Nwankwo, has escaped from his abductors. A source close to the monarch said that the monarch escaped from Okwu forest in the Ikeduru LGA of the state where he was taken to by his abductors. According to the source, the monarch who was abducted last Friday in front of his office at Tetlow Road in Owerri, the state capital, has reunited with his family. His abductors had called his family 48 hours after his kidnap and demanded N200m as ransom. The source said his abductors had reduced the ransom to N12m before he “miraculous” escaped from the den of the kidnappers on Tuesday. The source said, “By the grace of God His Royal Highness has escaped from the den of his kidnappers. He took the advantage of the lapses of his abductors at Okwu forest in Ikeduru Local Government Area to run away. By the grace of God help came his way in the process and he is home now. “They had made a demand of N200m and ...

- Asks Uzodinma to Account for N241 Billion LGA Funds, Loans  - Urges Buhari Never to Bow to Pressure  to Re-Commission a Complex Built 30 Years Ago By Sam Mbakwe The statement from Collins Opurozor, Imo state people’s Democratic party’s  Publicity Secretary reads, “ The People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State views Senator Hope Uzodinma's obsession with constantly seeking to bring President Mohammadu Buhari to Imo State to commission uncompleted projects or projects that have been in use for three decades as a ploy to always subject Nigeria's helmsman to public scorn. “The party holds that Uzodinma's announcement that the proposed presidential visit on Tuesday is for the purpose of commissioning the Owerri-Okigwe Road, which completion rate is still below 30%, and the Imo State House of Assembly Complex which was built by the iconic Sam Mbakwe in 1983, proves that the far-spent regime of Uzodinma still has nothing to show to Imo people as its achievement. “Our par...