Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has said Southern Governors may be wasting their time if they expect President Muhammadu Buhari to act on their resolution.
Falana, speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, commended the governors for banning open grazing in the 17 southern states of Nigeria.
He, however, urged them to back their ban with a legal instrument to enable the prosecution of offenders.
“I have read the resolutions. For me, the governors have done very well. They need to mobilise their northern colleagues. They need to walk their talk, because if you expect the presidency will act on this resolution, the governors may be wasting their precious time.
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The second-in-command to Ikonso, the neutralised commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/ Eastern Security Network (ESN) has been arrested.
Awurum Eze was nabbed by security operatives in Aba, the commercial centre of Abia State in the south-east region of the country.
The Director of Public Relations at the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement on Wednesday.
Forty-eight years old Eze is a native of Umoneke Nta in Isiala-Mbano Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
On Tuesday last week, the IPOB member was said to have escaped when operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) stormed his village house in Isiala Mbano where he was reportedly hiding.
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Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, made the announcement in a statement Wednesday night.
Ikonso and six others were eliminated three weeks ago. Other ESN members were nabbed in a joint operation by government operatives.
The spokesman said Eze, 48, is a native of Umoneke Nta, Isiala-Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State.
On May 4, 2021, he escaped when operatives of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) stormed his village house in Isiala Mbano.
Eze was eventually apprehended on May 12, in Aba, Abia State, after weeks of unrelenting follow-ups by operatives.
“Awurum Eze is one of the main sponsors of the numerous killings in Imo State and has been on the wanted list of security agents for more than 3 months. Many of the arrested IPOB/ESN terrorists had earlier mentioned him as their key sponsor, mastermind and Second in Command to late Ikonso.
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The Nigerian Army said Wednesday that its operatives have apprehended one of the most wanted leaders of the Eastern Security Network (ESN), identified as Awurum Eze, in the commercial town of Aba in Abia State.
The Army also said that Eze allegedly masterminded the recent killings of security operatives in Imo State.
According to a statement by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, Eze is the second in command to the late Ikonso, an ESN Commander who was killed by a joint team of security operatives in Owerri recently.
Yerima revealed that Eze is one of those IPOB fighters who have direct contact with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kalu.