Enugu state government on Friday inaugurated a Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the killing of Igwe Stephen Nwatu of Ogbozinne Akpugo Community, Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state, allegedly by his subjects.
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The Zonal Head of the Commission, Adamu Danmusa, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen during the African Anti-Corruption Road Walk on Wednesday in Enugu.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the Catholic Priest identified as Rev. Fr. Paulinus Udewangu of St. Marks Catholic Church, Nsude in Udi Local Government Area of the state, was abducted on July 4 during his routine jogging exercise within the axis.
The peaceful protest was organized across the country by the three house unions of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Radio and Television and Theatre Arts Workers’ Union and the Senior Staff Association in the corporation.
Delivering judgment, Justice Kayode Ariwoola leading four other justices held that the appeal against his election at the April 11, 2015, governorship poll, was unmeritorious and merely academic in nature.
Ugwuanyi was having a legal battle with Senator Ayogu Eze over election primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2015 governorship poll in Enugu State.
The Police Public Relations Officer for the Command, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Enugu.
The Chairman of ESIRS, Emeka Odo, disclosed this in Enugu on Wednesday after sealing off eight offices, which comprised companies, agencies and institutions in the state.
The Command’s Spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Enugu.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident occurred at the Independence Layout axis of the city on Saturday night during a downpour.
NANS Public Relations Officer, Comrade Bestman Okereafor, said in a statement on Monday in Enugu that the expulsion was not founded on clear investigation and concrete evidence.
A statement by the Commissioner for Chieftaincy Matters, Emeka Okeke on Saturday in Enugu noted that the state government expressed grave concern over the ugly and unfortunate incident.
The command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, made the appeal in a statement on Monday in Enugu.
NAN reports that police said Igwe Steven Nwatu, the traditional ruler of Ogbozinne autonomous community, Akpugo, Nkanu West Local Government Area of Eunu State, was murdered on Monday.
Odo was elected unopposed on Wednesday along with others to lead in Enugu.
The command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Enugu on Wednesday, describing the incident as unfortunate and barbaric.
The minister made the call in a message to a summit organised by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Enugu Chapter, in Enugu on Wednesday.
The command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, said that three others sustained injuries in the incident that occurred on June 9 in the state.
NAN correspondent who visited the prison in company of the Nigeria Prisons Service reports that the Federal Government replaced the old and dilapidating buildings with newly constructed 36 cell building.
The Controller, Nigeria Prison Service, Enugu State, Ndubisi Ogbodo, made the disclosure in Oji River on Monday during a facility tour of prisons in the state.