Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led government of Enugu State has imposed a 12-hour curfew on Oruku, Nkanu East Local Government Area, over the killing of two community leaders.
The Commissioner for Information, Chidi Aroh, stated this in a statement on Thursday, saying that the curfew takes effect immediately and would end on March 31, 2021, after which the government would evaluate the security situation in the community.
He added that the curfew would be from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am and urged the people to go about their lawful businesses outside the affected hours.
“The curfew was imposed by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, according to Executive Order No. 2: 2021 of February 25, 2021.
“The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, has been directed to take all legal measures to enforce this order and ensure the arrest as well as prosecution of the perpetrators of this heinous crime,” Aroh said.
Igwe Emmanuel Mba, the traditional ruler of the community, was murdered on December 26, 2020, by unknown gunmen.
The occurrence provoked the state government to inaugurate a judicial commission of inquiry into the crisis.
Amid all that, on February 24, the Vice Chairman of Oruku Town Union Caretaker Committee, Samuel Ani, got murdered in a gruesome manner.
Ani was to appear before the judicial commission when he was killed. His killing came barely two months after the community’s traditional ruler was shot and killed.