There is uneasy calm in Enugu State following intelligence reports that the State High Court Two in the coal city, with Justice Romanus O. Odugu presiding, is contemplating the release of the two key suspects in a high-profile murder case.
There is palpable tension in Enugu State capital as reports indicated plans by State High Court allegedly contemplating the release of the two key suspects in the gruesome murder case of late Igwe Emmanuel Chidiebere Mbah, traditional ruler of Oruku community.
PSC commissioner condemns alleged police extortion on South-East roads
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja
The Commissioner representing the South-East geopolitical zone and the Organised Private Sector in the Police Service Commission, Chief Onyemuche Nnamani, has said he is working to ensure that the seeming marginalisation of the Igbos in the top echelon of the force was redressed in the interest of equity and justice.
Nnamani, who was recently sworn-in by the President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), noted that deliberate efforts must be made to carry the Igbos along to rise and occupy high positions of relevance in the Nigeria Police Force.
The commissioner in a statement on Sunday, also decried the extortion by policemen on the highways in the South-East.
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President Muhammad Buhari had in October 2020, sent the nomination of Chief Nnamani for confirmation.
The Senate subsequently referred the nominee to its committee on Police Affairs for screening.
Presenting the Committee’s report at Plenary on Wednesday, Chairman of the Committee, Senator Jika Dauda Haliru (Bauchi Central), said the nominee passed the screening exercise, adding that there was no petition against him.
Senator Chukwuka Utazi (Enugu North), while supporting the nomination of Chief Nnamani, described him as a nationalist who, when appointed, would help the Commission achieve the desired goals.
Utazi said despite being a member of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), Chief Nnamani was at peace with everyone in Enugu State, including the opposition, urging his colleagues to support his nomination.
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