A dismissed police sergeant has been arrested for vandalizing the electricity infrastructure of Aba Power Ltd, Nigeria’s newest electricity distribution company that provides electricity to nine of the 17 local government areas in Abia State. Francis Williams was arrested after vandalizing a 50KV transformer at National High School, off Port Harcourt Road in Aba, Abia State.
A nurse, Chinwendu Osigwe, has asked the authorities to compensate her family with N1 billion for the alleged killing of her brother, Ebere Osigwe, by a soldier on October 23, 2020.
She said this at the weekend while testifying before the Abia State panel on police brutality, extra-judicial killings and related matters headed by a retired Chief Judge of the state, Sunday Imo. x
She also demanded the offer of employment to the widow and another family member as part of the compensation.
Ebere Osigwe, who resided at Osigwe Lane, Aba, Abia State, was allegedly killed in cold blood by a soldier at Osigwe Lane, off Ngwa road by about 9 a.m.