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NDU graduate killed in cult violence

Another Niger Delta University (NDU) graduate has been killed in cult-related violence in Amassoma, just days before the university’s convocation ceremony.

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Another Niger Delta University (NDU) graduate has been killed in cult-related violence in Amassoma, just days before the university’s convocation ceremony.

Another graduate of the Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University, Comrade Precious Abinna Briggs, has been killed in cult-related violence at Amassoma in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state.

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It was gathered that Briggs, a graduate of the Faculty of Engineering, was shot around the crotch on Monday night at a place called On Point, Okolobama Express Junction at Amassoma.

A community source who pleaded anonymity because he was not permitted to speak to the media on the incident said that the deceased was immediately rushed to a medical facility in the town, where he died.

The source said: “He was shot in the buttocks and he was rushed to Tantua Clinic in Amassoma where he died.”

The attack is coming as the university has lined up activities for the convocation ceremony on Friday, May 16, for the three previous sets of graduating students.

He was shot in the buttocks and he was rushed to Tantua Clinic in Amassoma where he died.

The late Briggs is the third NDU graduate to die in the past four days after the killing of Ayaokpo Sinclair and another at Gbarantoru Community last Friday.

Briggs, who once aspired to become the president of the Student Union Government of the university, signed out last Thursday after he wrote his final examination papers.

He was the president of the NDU Student Union Government, another student body, and was popularly referred to as The President Who Never Became A President.

A student who refused to be identified told our correspondent on Tuesday that some of the engineering students sought the protection of some men in army and police uniforms to write their final papers for fear of a reprisal, but it could not be confirmed.

“Some engineering students came to write their exams under security by some armed men wearing army and police uniforms, but look at what happened,” he stated.

When reached for comment, the Public Relations Officer of NDU, Mr Indoni Ingrzi, said he was not aware of the development and referred our correspondent to the Chief Security Officer.

When contacted on Tuesday, the spokesman of the Bayelsa State Police Command, Mr Musa Mohammed, confirmed the incident saying an investigation was ongoing.

“Yes, an investigation is ongoing,” he stated.

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R Kelly Prison Collapse Sparks Murder Plot Claims

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R Kelly prison collapse has triggered a legal storm as the disgraced R\&B star alleges a plot by prison officials to have him murdered.

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The claim, detailed in court filings this week, comes alongside a reported medical emergency that saw Kelly hospitalised with blood clots in his lungs.

According to documents filed by Kelly’s legal team, the 58-year-old singer collapsed at the Butner Federal Correctional Institution in North Carolina, where he is serving concurrent 20 and 30-year sentences for child sexual abuse and racketeering.

His lawyers allege that the collapse followed a deliberate medication overdose administered by prison authorities.

In a statement filed on Tuesday, his attorney Beau B. Brindley claimed, “These people did overdose him. They did leave him with blood clots in his lungs and remove him from a hospital that sought to do surgery to remove them. And they did it within days of his exposure of a plan to kill him set forth by Bureau of Prisons officials.”

Kelly’s legal team insists the murder plot involved officials seeking help from leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood, a violent white supremacist prison gang.

They argue that the singer should be placed on temporary home detention for his safety, citing what they describe as a credible threat to his life.

Government prosecutors have dismissed the allegations as “repugnant” and lacking in legal standing. They argue that a judge in Chicago has no authority to alter a sentence involving convictions handed down in New York and Illinois.

These people did overdose him. They did leave him with blood clots in his lungs,” said attorney Beau Brindley.

“Kelly has never taken responsibility for his years of sexually abusing children, and he probably never will,” federal prosecutors said in response. “Undeterred, Kelly now asks this Court to release him from incarceration indefinitely under the guise of a fanciful conspiracy.”

The Bureau of Prisons declined to comment, citing policy on ongoing legal matters and conditions of confinement.

Kelly was convicted in Chicago in 2022 of producing child sexual abuse images and enticing minors for sex.

He had earlier been found guilty in 2021 in New York for racketeering and sex trafficking. His appeals, including one to the U.S. Supreme Court, have so far failed.

The singer has also sought clemency from former President Donald Trump.

Despite his global fame, Kelly’s fall from grace has been long and public. Once celebrated for his chart-topping hits such as “I Believe I Can Fly” and the dramatic series “Trapped in the Closet,” the singer’s reputation crumbled after decades of allegations surfaced.

Public outrage reached new heights following the release of the 2019 documentary Surviving R. Kelly, which reignited calls for justice.

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A court hearing on Kelly’s latest claims is scheduled for Friday at Chicago’s federal courthouse.

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