Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has imposed a curfew on the community following the recent killing of the Vice Chairman of Orukwu Town Union Caretaker Committee, Chief Samuel Ani.
The murder of Ani is coming on the heels of the December 26 killing of Igwe Emmanuel Chidiebere Mba, traditional ruler of Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state, which is the “subject of an ongoing Judicial Commission of Inquiry.”
A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Nnayelugo Chidi Aroh, disclosed that the governor imposed the curfew pursuant to Executive Order No. 2: 2021, of February 25, 2021.
Aroh stated that the curfew, which is between the hours of 6pm to 6am daily, commences from 6pm, on Thursday, February 25, 2021 and ends at 6pm, on Wednesday, 31st March, 2021, in the first instance.
The Information Commissioner further stated that “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”.
The state government therefore “enjoined the people of Oruku to stay the course of peace and go about their lawful businesses outside the hours of the day under curfew”.
