Months After Launch, EbubeAgu Yet To Get Legal Backing

“We have not started sitting since the strike ”, Ejiofor responded via sms on inquiry from him on whether the state Assembly has received any bill from the state executive arm for the legalisation of operations of Ebubeagu.His Awka-North constituency counterpart, Okoye gave a similar response, adding that it is the majority leader of the Assembly that ought to know if such a bill has been brought before the House.

The state commissioner for Information and Strategy, Declan Emelumba, told LEADERSHIP that while drafting of legal frame work requires meticulous approach, they are working round the clock to realise the objective. According to the then Commissioner, the South East governors had in 2020 directed the Attorneys-general to fashion out laws to guide the establishment of Ebube Agu, hinting that it has been finalised.

According to him, the law which was passed by the State House of Assembly after all the processes was concluded and named Ebube Agu Security Agency and other Related Matter Law 2021 was assented to by the state governor at the Government House, Abakaliki. He pointed out that the law was all-encompassing and captures all the needed areas, just as he said it is well articulated law.

The source maintained that making every stage of the arrangements public would amount to the government exposing its flanks to those behind insecurity in the state, adding that the backing is in the pipeline. Garba who described Ebube Ivom as the sector commander of ESN/IPOB noted that also in attendance during the meeting was a Cross River State-based native doctor , who was invited to fortify members of the group with marks on different parts of their bodies.

The police commissioner noted that 8 suspects made useful statements to the Police, while one of them, Elom Daniel, 17, took men of the command to their hideout at Agbaja-Izzi community in Abakaliki local government area where the owner of the house escaped leaving behind his wife and a child.

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