‘EMPTY BARRELS’ – OTTI DISMISSES UZOR KALU, ORJI, IKPEAZU OPPOSITION GANG-UP. (PHOTO)

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 ‘Empty barrels’ – Otti dismisses Uzor Kalu, Orji, Ikpeazu opposition gang-up Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has urged Abians to disregard recent remarks by some leaders of the opposition in the state. Governor Otti who was speaking on Saturday at Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Umuoriehi, Umuahia North LGA, during the dedication of the church building, said that those who are gathering against him were the same people that failed to develop the state in the past. Otti was reacting to an alliance formed against his re-election by former Abia governors Orji Uzor Kalu, Theodore Orji and Okezie Ikpeazu. The governor slammed the opposition members for pursuing personal interest above the collective development of Abia, declaring that every gathering they are making against him would collapse. He said, “Pastor Uguru made reference to the noise that you may have been hearing in the last few days. “I want us to just dismiss it as noise, you know, and it’s always the empty barrel that makes...

‎EBONYI STATE GOVERNMENT RAISES ALARM OVER 482 INDIGENES ON DEATH ROW IN ENUGU PRISON. (PHOTO).


 ‎Ebonyi State Government raises alarm over 482 indigenes on death row in Enugu prison


Ebonyi state government has lamented that the state has the highest number of persons up to 482 on death roll in Enugu maximum security, noting that some of the criminals really committed the crime for which they were sentenced.

‎The Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Dr Ben Uruchi Odoh, made this disclosure during the maiden accountability forum organized for his office christened “civic catalyst, HAG open forum 2.0 empowering citizens advancing justice.

‎Odoh disclosed that the State Ministry of justice has written applications to the governor and has also started profiling the names of the sentenced criminals believing that in no distant time, the governor will grant pardon to some of them.

‎He  said that 159 warlords were arrested during the Effium and Ezza Effium communal war and the ministry interfaced with the governor  and he granted them amnesty, adding that there was de- radicalization exercise for the 159 warlords released from prison.

‎He also said that 151 combatants were arrested in Edda communal crisis and the wife of the governor, Mrs Mary Maudlin Nwifuru, paid fine for 109 inmates to secure their release from custody and empowered them.

‎“Ebonyi has the highest number of persons on death roll. 482 of them in Enugu maximum security. Some committed the crime for which they are sentenced. We have written many applications. We are profiling them and we believe the Governor will grant pardon."

‎The Commissioner disclosed that the Ministry of Justice under his watch established Ebonyi muli- door court house, Ebonyi state citizens mediation centre and the office of the public Defender.

‎He noted that those offices have helped to enhance mediation, reconciliation, restoration, reintegration and reinstitution in justice delivery and in line with the strategic legal framework christened charter of justice.

‎He said that the Citizens mediation centre has helped to reduce unreasonable litigations and that the office of the office of the public Defender has effectively complemented the services of the legal aid Council by rendering services to the less privileged in the state.

‎Odoh pointed out that litigation is not the only way to have justice and that with Ebonyi state Mediation centre, people who can’t afford to pay for litigation, especially the indigents, the centre will sign their matter to chartered mediators.

‎He disclosed that the Ministry of Justice has been decentralized across three senatorial zones of the state and established an Information Communication Technology law reporting department and introduction of Ebonyi state Ministry of Justice law journal.

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