New York, December 08, 2004—Following the mystery and controversy surrounding the death of Miss Theresa Ego Nkwoka, a native of Abatete, Anambra State, Nigeria and an aide to the governor of Anambra State in a New York hospital, Africans In America, Inc. wish to make the following statements:

We are calling on the New York Police Department and the Nigerian Police Force to conduct thorough investigation to determine the true circumstances leading to the death of this young lady.

We are requesting the key players in all circumstances leading to her death including the Anambra State Government officials, hospitals and medical centers where she was treated in Nigeria and the United States, the individual that kept her in New York and individuals that facilitated her movements to fully cooperate with the authorities in the investigation.

Since the deceased lady’s family was reportedly kept in the dark about the real cause of her death and details of her treatment at various hospitals, and was not even told that the lady was flown abroad accompanied by top government official, we are deeply concerned.

Since the deceased was reportedly pregnant by a top Nigerian government official, we are deeply concerned.

Since allegation and suspicion of murder and cover-up had been raised, and since the players in this case may have been involved in few other alleged murder and cover-up in the past, we are deeply concerned.

Since the governor of Anambra State - a medical doctor by training admitted visiting satanic shrine to perform rituals in order to get political position and power, the same shrine police later raided and discovered over 70 openly displayed human dead bodies and skulls at various levels of decomposition, and since the governor has not denied allegation that human beings were slaughtered for the rituals, we are deeply concerned.

The governor who publicly visited New York/New Jersey for the World Igbo Congress convention starting on September 1-6, 2004, secretly returned to New York at the end of October 2004 for undisclosed reason. This is quite unusual for Nigerian government official of his status.

It is unknown at this moment whether the death of the female aide has anything to do her work at the Anambra State Government.

High government officials must at least appear to be open, sincere and accountable in their conducts. Nigerian officials do often commit crimes with impunity and claim immunity from inquiry.

Africans In America, Inc., is a human rights advocacy and anti trafficking-in-persons organization dedicated to end abusive treatment of victims of human trafficking in the United States.

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