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Agunese-Mmaku community protests
police harassment.

THE Agunese-Mmaku
community in Awgu Local
Government Area of Enugu
State has expressed concern
Over a looming potential
breakdown of law and order
as a result of constant police
harassment, arrest, and
detention of community
members on "trumped-up
allegations."
The community, through the
Agunese-Mmaku Development
Union, appealed to the police
high command under the
Inspector-General of Police,
Kayode Egbetokun, to order
the immediate release of
those being held at various
police detention facilities and
correctional facilities on such
charges.
Ina statement made available
to South East PUNCH on
Monday in Enugu, which was
signed by Mr Okike Simeon,
and Okolo Norbert Abba-Nebo;
the President-General and
Secretary-General of AMDU,
respectively, the community
condemned the arrest of Mr
Vincent Okafor, a Lagos-based
senior lawyer, and two others,
who were recently arraigned
and remanded in Nigerian
Correctional Service custodian
centre by the police for allegedly
promoting local war in his
hometown, Agunese Mmaku.
They described the charge as
baseless, adding that it serve the
interest of the traditional ruler,
who didn't want opposition
vOice and had been using the
police as a tool to hound and
silence dissenting voices.
•Continued on www.punchng.com

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