Enugu State Govt Relaxes Curfew In Enugu Metropolis To 13hours, Directs Security Agencies To Ensure Compliance

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEnugu State Govt Relaxes Curfew In Enugu Metropolis To 13hours, Directs Security Agencies To Ensure Compliance

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 27, 2020

The Enugu State Government has announced an adjustment on the 24-hour curfew earlier imposed in three Local Government Areas in the state; Enugu East LGA, Enugu North LGA and Enugu South LGA. In a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information, Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh, the adjustment became necessary to alleviate the hardship occasioned by the sudden 24-hour curfew imposed in Enugu metropolis in the face of the endsars protests. “The 24-hour curfew imposed in...

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Submit Memoranda, Judicial Panel of Inquiry Calls on Enugu Residents

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPeopleSubmit Memoranda, Judicial Panel of Inquiry Calls on Enugu Residents

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 24, 2020

The Judicial Panel of Inquiry calls on interested members of the public to submit Memoranda on cases of police brutality and extra judicial killings within Enugu State not later than Friday, November 20th, 2020. The Memoranda should be in twelve hard copies of A4 size paper with double spacing and addressed to The Secretary, Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality and Extra Judicial Killings; C/o Enugu State Judiciary Headquarters, Old High Court (3), Enugu....

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Situation Report: 4 Dies In Abakpa, Enugu East LG, and Banks Vandalized…4 Vehicles Burnt

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaSituation Report: 4 Dies In Abakpa, Enugu East LG, and Banks Vandalized…4 Vehicles Burnt

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 23, 2020

ENUGU-– The Enugu North Local Government secretariat opposite old park Enugu felt the rage of hoodlums as they invaded the premises burning at least 4 vehicles and the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, office. A staff of the Enugu North LG told The West African Pilot that the violent protesters not only burnt the vehicles and the NULGE office building but also vandalized the Local Government hall where they carted away majority of...

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Gov Ugwuanyi Condemns Acts of Violence And Criminality In the State As He Addresses Enugu Residents.

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGov Ugwuanyi Condemns Acts of Violence And Criminality In the State As He Addresses Enugu Residents.

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 23, 2020

The Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Thursday addressed residents of the state over the unfortunate hijack of the peaceful #EndSARS protests by miscreants, leading to acts of violence, criminality and destruction of public and private properties. Ugwuanyi acknowledged the resentments of the masses against brutality but condemned the acts of violence and criminality perpetrated by hoodlums; he described their actions as needless because violence has never solved societal problems but rather compounds them. He...

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#Endsarsprotest Or Miscreants At Work? Enugu Boils As Ugwuanyi Imposes Indefinite 24hours Curfew In 3LGAs.

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPeople#Endsarsprotest Or Miscreants At Work? Enugu Boils As Ugwuanyi Imposes Indefinite 24hours Curfew In 3LGAs.

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 21, 2020

The peaceful end SARS protest in Enugu took a turn for the worse on Wednesday as bonfires at road junctions hindered commuters from proceeding to their desired destinations. Tension filled the air and young men were seen carrying sticks, barricading some roads with tires and tree trunks. The Phase 6 Trans Ekulu Police Station at Zion Avenue was burnt, dust bins hauled out of its position on to the road, traffic light destroyed and shattered...

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Gov. Ugwuanyi Inaugurates Judicial Panel On Police Brutality

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaGov. Ugwuanyi Inaugurates Judicial Panel On Police Brutality

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 21, 2020

The Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Wednesday inaugurated an 8-man Judicial Panel of Inquiry. The panel was set up to address the demands of the end SARS protesters and to receive and investigate complaints of police brutality and/or related extra judicial killings in the state. Inaugurating the panel at the Government House, Ugwuanyi revealed that setting up the panel is in response to the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Yemi...

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#PrayerWalkInEnugu: Oh Lord Heal Our Land! Enugu Youths Pray

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPeople#PrayerWalkInEnugu: Oh Lord Heal Our Land! Enugu Youths Pray

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 19, 2020

ENUGU—The unprecedented #EndSars protest in all the states of the federation for days now shook the nation as youths protest against police brutality with a demand to disband the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS. Despite the ugly turn of events in some states where innocent lives were lost, thousands of these youths are not deterred as they troop out en masse to protest. Realizing that most battles are won spiritually, these future generations changed the narrative...

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#EndSars: Ugwuanyi Sets Up Panel To Investigate Police Brutality, Promises Compensation And Other Remedial Measures.

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPeople#EndSars: Ugwuanyi Sets Up Panel To Investigate Police Brutality, Promises Compensation And Other Remedial Measures.

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 18, 2020

The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on Saturday addressed youths in the state who were protesting against police brutality in the state and country at large. In his address, he announced that his administration has set up a Judicial Panel of Inquiry to investigate complaints of police brutality or related extra judicial killings, as demanded by the protesters. The panel he said will be chaired by a High Court Judge with two representatives of the...

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#Endsars: Hearken to the Demands of the Masses, Speaker ENHA to IG Police

Law & JusticeNewsNigeria#Endsars: Hearken to the Demands of the Masses, Speaker ENHA to IG Police

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 14, 2020

ENUGU — Ubosi Edward, Speaker Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday after plenary urged the Inspector General of Police to hearken to the yearnings and demands of the masses on disbanding the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS in Nigeria Police Force. He made this call while addressing the mammoth crowd of protesters against SARS that trooped into the House of Assembly Complex in peaceful demonstration against incessant police brutality. “I urge the IG of Police...

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Enugu State House of Assembly Passes The Criminal Code Amendment Bill, Receives Annual Accounts Report

Law & JusticeNewsPoliticsEnugu State House of Assembly Passes The Criminal Code Amendment Bill, Receives Annual Accounts Report

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 14, 2020

The Criminal Code Amendment bill, HB 12, 2020 on Tuesday received accelerated reading during plenary at the Enugu State House of Assembly and was passed. The bill for a Law to amend the Criminal Code Law, CAP 30 Revised Laws of Enugu State 2004 and for other matters connected therewith sought the amendment of section 200 of the Principal Law. Section 200 of the Criminal Code Law third paragraph provides that, “A prosecution for either...

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