An Enugu State Magistrate Court sitting in Enugu North has remanded 46-year-old Inspector Daniel Dennis and one Mr Moses Nnamani for allegedly killing the late Igwe Emmanuel Mbah of Oruku community. SaharaReporters reported on September 14 that the Nigeria Police Force had finally released the police Inspector who allegedly shot and killed the traditional ruler of Oruku community in the Nkanu East Local Government Area of the state and one of his collaborators for trial 32 months after the killing.
Mr Ejike Mbah, younger brother of the late traditional ruler of Oruku Community in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, Igwe Chidiebere Emmanuel Mbah, who was gruesomely killed by one Inspector Daniel Denis has petitioned the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, to intervene and ensure the prosecution of the cops and his collaborators.
The Enugu State Government has nullified a hitherto gazetted Harmonised Boundary Agreement signed by two warring communities- Oruku and Umuode. DAILY POST
The people of Oruku Community in the Nkanu East local government area of Enugu State have raised the alarm over the state government’s release of three persons arrested in connection with the killing of their traditional ruler, Igwe Emmanuel Mba. This is coming as the President General of the Town Union, Chief Linus Nwatu was shot dead in his house on Saturday morning by the same criminal gang. This is sequel to the protracted Oruku/Umuode communal conflict that had lasted for over three decades.
There is pandemonium in Oruku Community in Nkanu East local of Enugu State after gunmen on Saturday morning reportedly killed the President-General of the Town Union, Chief Linus Nwatu. The assailants according to Community sources stormed Nwatu's residence early Saturday morning and murdered him in cold blood. His murder has brought the killings to eight of prominent residents of the community by gunmen in recent times.