Tag: Ebube Agu
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Insecurity: South East Govs condemn IPOB’s sit-at-home directive, to launch Ebube Agu in all five states before end of year
The South-East Governors Forum has said that the ‘Ebube Agu’ security outfit will be established in all southeast states before the end of the year. The governors said this as part of their eight-point agenda during a meeting that took place at the Enugu State Government House on Tuesday. “The meeting agreed that the South-East…
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Reps move to give legal backing to Amotekun, EbubeAgu
The House of Representatives has passed through second reading, a bill to allow states establish security outfits to support the police. The constitution alteration bill, if passed, will give constitutional backing to regional security outfits like Amotekun of the South-west and Ebube Agu of the South-east. The bill is seeking to amend sections 197, 214…
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Insecurity: More woes for South East as fresh crisis cripples Ebube Agu before official takeoff
Major-General Obi Abel Umahi (rtd), chairman of Ebube Agu, a Southeast joint security outfit has resigned his position. According to him, Ebube Agu failed to take off because the governors of the five eastern states did not fund it Announcing his resignation as chairman of the Southeast Governors Forum (SGF) security committee on Monday, Umahi…
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Insecurity: Southeast govs, leaders meet in Enugu, give update on ‘Ebube Agu’
Governors and leaders of the South East states meet on Sunday in Enugu insisting that its newly formed regional security outfit, ‘Ebube Agu’ will soon be operational. The governors said the legal framework for Ebube Agu has been set in motion. They directed attorneys-general of the five states to propose laws to give the outfit…
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Gunmen attack Ebonyi community hours after S’East Govs launch ‘Ebube Agu’
The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, Aliyu Garba, confirmed on Monday that gunmen attacked another community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state on Sunday. Garba told newsmen that the gunmen attacked Ebele village, Umuogodo Akpu, Mgbo in the LGA. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that some unknown gunmen earlier attacked five communities in the…
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Why South-East Governors launched ‘Ebube Agu’ – Ikpeazu
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has explained why South East governors formed their own regional security outfit, ‘Ebube Agu’. Ikpeazu who spoke on Sunday on a monitored Channels Television programme said the new security outfit would oversee and monitor the activities of vigilante groups in the region. “Today we have come together to synergise and…