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Enugu rights group accuses police of shooting five detainees in Akpawfu community The civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network has submitted a petition to the Inspetor General of Police, seeking redres for five individuals who were allegedly subjected to torture and shot in the legs by police oficers in Enugu State. Some sources and residents The petition, signed by CRRAN President, Olu Omotayo, Esq. and dated September 16, requested the IG to take immediate action to address the situation. The five individuals, who are members of the Neighbourhood Watch in Akpawfu community, Nkanu East Local Government Area, Enugu State, are - Sunday Nwobodo (also known as Divine Spoon), Onyeka Nnaji, Nnamdi Gabriel, Nweze Igweshi and Nwabunkeonye Nnamani. The petition demanded the IG to also ensure their immediate release or arraignment in a court of law, should they be suspected of committing an offence. It also demanded a thorough investigation into the alleged torture and shooting of the individuals. The petition partly read: "The family members of the above named detainees informed us that they were randomly arrested between August 3, 2024, and August, 12, 2024, from the community. "We were further informed that one Mr. Nnaji was reported to have been killed some time in July 2024, by unknown persons in the community. The community thereafter arrested one Mr. Ogodo and two others who they suspected had a land dispute with the deceased and handed them over to the police in the area, but the police later released the suspects and invited some members of the community's Neighbourhood Watch to report to the Octopus Base. The Neighbourhood aforementioned Watch members reported to the Plr and they bave since been detention. We were further ior that the police have access to the detainees by families and lawyer further stated that when s members of the community allowed to see the detainees t weeks ago, they were al in as they had been tortured shot on their legs by the Police while in detention. #12
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Ezinano community petitions PSC chair,
protests officer's alleged misconduct LEADERS and titled chiefs of Ezinano Ezinano community in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State have petitioned the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Hasimu Argungu, seeking for the investigation of the officer-in- charge of Police Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, Supol Iburu Ifeanyi. The community is protesting and accusing Supol Ifeanyi of various alleged misconducts bordering on unlawfu] activities, including unlawful use of firearms, harassment, threat to life, intimidation, and meddling in land matters. They urged the PSC to investigate and take disciplinary action against Supol feanyi. •Contiuued on www.punchng.com #15
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Residentsof Ugwu Mkpume layout I. Achalla Agu Community seek intervention as flood
havoc in their community. Several families and persons are currently affected and displaced by a flood disaster at Ugwu MKpume layout , Achalla Agu Community in Nkpor Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. South-East PUNCH indings showed that the severe impact of flooding has been a persistent issue in Anambra in recent years, especially across communities near the River Niger and other flood-prone areas. With the prediction of NIMET of impending flooding in the months to come, the worst may not have come yet. Anambra, being among the states being pencilled down by NIMET to be affected by the impending flooding, residents are worried that if critical steps and deliberate effort are not taking to forestall this danger, it might spell doom across all facets, incuding lives and property, farmlands and •Trapped victimns and submerged houses in the community livestock, among others. South-East PUNCH had reported that two persons, including a mother of three children and a yet-to-be- identified young man, were recently killed in the flood that suddenly hit the Ugwu Mkpume Layout, Achalla Agu community in Nkpor, on September 6, 2024, during a midnight downpour. The victims were reportedly asleep when the flood suddenly broke into their houses and swept them away. •Continued on www.punchng.com #17
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Anambra agency warns
traders against street trading in Awka THE Operation Clean Healthy Anambra, (OCHA Brigade), has warned traders to desist from street trading, indiscriminate dumping of wastes, open defecation and urinating at unauthorised places, as the ember months approach. Speaking with journalists in Awka, the Anambra State capital, on Tuesday, the Managing Director of OCHA Brigade, Chief Celestine Anere, also reminded the general public that the law prohibiting open defecation, street trading and indiscriminate urinating in unauthorised places are still in force. Anere said the warning became necessary as the 'ember months,' which 1S a season of increased commercial and economic activities begin. He said, "Ember months is period of hustling towards Christmas festival. •Continued on www.pumchng.com #19
Ex-Power minister, Nnaji, debunks
land grabbing allegations Raphael Ede, Enugu NORMER Minister of F Power, Prof. Bartholomew Nnaji, has denied allegations of land grabbing and forceful eviction by the Nkomoro Onuogba Nike community in Enugu East Local Government Area. Nnaji explained that he acquired the land in 2005 from the original owner for an auto manufacturing industry and independent power project. He described the occupants as illegal squatters who recently migrated from Ezza Nkomoro in Ebonyi State. The community had staged a protest, last Thursday, claiming forceful takeover and demolition of their houses. However, Nnaji maintained that the land belongs to him, not the "squatters." Nnaji gave details through his Media Assistant, Dr Chijoke Ogbodo, in a statement issued on Monday, titled "The Facts Regarding Prof Nnaji's Land at Onuogba Nike Community. The former Minister said that the disputed land was legally acquired. The statement reads, "Several squatters occupying a piece of land in Onuogba Nike in Enugu East Local Government belonging to Professor Bart Nnaji, NNOM, CON, FAS, have, as part of their spirited campaign against the owner of the land, addressed the media in Enugu on Thursday, 12 September 2024, on what they sensationally described as land grabbing in the area. •Continued on www.punchng. com #20
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