According to Punch, a reliable source said that two state-owned
polytechnics (names withheld) where the suspects were arrested, were
popular with homosexual activities for financial gains.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mrs. Celestina Kalu, confirmed the arrest of the suspects.
Investigators say the three bodies were left in the hot, dingy garage for an extended period of time after being dropped off by a nursing home to the funeral home around the corner.
A coffin and two cardboard body boxes were found in that garage on the 2600 block of Hagert Street, police say.
The funeral home, which had been in Powell-Dailey's family for decades, had been operating without a license since 2012.
It
was not known why the facility was allowed to continue operating despite
the lack of license and multiple tax claims filed against the business
by Philadelphia in recent years.
Bodies
of Albert Andrews, 84, who died July 26, and Sally Czarnecki, 86, who
died August 13, were in unsealed cardboard cremation boxes.
The
body of Leon Nelson, 89, who died August 11, was in an unsealed coffin
when the bodies were found on the 25th, according to a suit filed
against Powell-Dailey.
Pearson said she and her family learned of the improper handling of her father's body through media reports.
They called Powell-Dailey, who allegedly told them Andrews had been cremated.
But
when the family repeatedly contacted Ivy Hill Cemetery, where he was
supposed to be interred, the cemetery said Powell Dailey never delivered
his remains.
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| Albert Andrews |
"She said I want you to know I did nothing wrong. She said it's the media coming after poor, black businesses," said Pearson.
Andrews is now laid to rest in an historic cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland, where Pearson lives.
Powell Dailey is now in police custody.
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| Leon Nelson |
"I
don't want her to have the opportunity to do this kind of thing to any
other families because it really hurt us," said Pearson.
Source: ABC News
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has banned all forms of street protests in the state, condemning the street protests by the Indigenous People of Biafra which have crippled commercial activities in the state. The governor declared : "let no one be in doubt of the resolve of the Rivers State Government and the security agencies to maintain law and order at all cost within the State and preserve the unity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria." In a state-wide broadcast on Tuesday night, Governor Wike decried the movement of protesters from neighbouring States into Rivers State, noting that they have inflicted injuries on other citizens going about their lawful businesses.He said: "Majority of these individuals have come from neighbouring States and in the course of these protests, disrupted social and economic activities, damaged properties, assaulted and inflicted injuries on other citizens going about their lawful endeavours." "While individuals and groups are free to exercise their freedom of expression, they must do so peacefully and strictly within the bounds of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. No individual or group has the right, whatsoever, to disturb public peace and order, threaten the safety of the public and create fear and an atmosphere of insecurity in the State or any part thereof."
"The right of any group of persons to agitate for their perceived rights cannot be allowed to infringed on the rights of other Nigerians, especially the people of Rivers State to remain an integral component of the Federal Republic of Nigeria." Banning all forms of street protests, Governor Wike : "Consequently, after due consultations with the members of the State Security Council, and in exercise of my constitutional responsibility to preserve the safety, security and corporate integrity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, it is hereby ordered that all forms of street protests, demonstrations, rallies or unlawful gatherings associated with the agitations for the secession of any group from the Federal Republic of Nigeria are banned in Rivers State.
" Any person or group who violates this ban or acts in any manner prejudicial to the interest of peace and security would be arrested and prosecuted. " The governor commended security agencies for their mature handling of the the protests so far, urging them to continue to work in the right direction.
Simeon Nwakaudu,
Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Electronic Media
