#EndSARS:

Gov. Ugwuanyi visits defunct SARS office to confirm closure

*To inaugurate panel on Wednesday

…As he visits ailing Mbazulike Amaechi in hospital

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Monday, visited the defunct office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Nigeria Police Force in Enugu to confirm that the facility has been closed in compliance with the Federal Government’s directives based on the demands of the protesting youth against SARS brutality in the country.

Gov. Ugwuanyi who was accompanied by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Miletus Eze and his Information counterpart, Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh, was received by the State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmad Abdurrahman, who took him round the facilities including the empty cells.

Speaking, the Commissioner of Police confirmed to the governor, who he described as “the most-friendly and security-disposed governor” that the SARS unit has been closed accordingly and the eleven detained suspects evacuated from the cells, saying: “Today, we don’t have SARS in Enugu”.

In his remark, the State Attorney General, Mr. Eze disclosed that the Judicial Panel of Inquiry recently constituted by Gov. Ugwuanyi to investigate complaints of police brutality or related extra judicial killings, as demanded by the protesters, will be inaugurated on Wednesday.

Earlier in the day, Gov. Ugwuanyi also visited the ailing first Republic Minister and prominent Igbo chieftain, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, who is in a hospital in Enugu and wished him quick recovery.

Chief Amaechi who expressed delight that Gov. Ugwuanyi visited him assured the governor that he will recover soon to reunite with his loved ones.

Enugu State is in the hands of God!

#amokelouis

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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has denied the claim by Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state that he sponsored the attack against him at PDP mega rally in Ondo on Wednesday.

The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, has said that his boss does not intend to join issues with the former governor whom he said appears perpetually desirous of hugging the limelight even when the occasion doesn't desire such grandstanding .

"I believe that ex-governor Fayose and his handlers need to look far away from Oyo state in search of their enemies.

"Governor Makinde has no link whatsoever with the incident Fayose's aide was talking about".

"We expect all right- thinking members of the PDP to join the Governor of Oyo State in the prosecution of the noble and democratic assignment he is executing on behalf of the PDP in Ondo State at this time, instead of seeking to distract him one way or the other".

"The governor will, however, not be distracted either on the task at hand or on the well- intentioned desire to join other leaders to rebuild the PDP in the South West geopolitical zone."

https://www.independent.ng/fayose-merely-seeking-attention-i-wont-join-issues-with-him-makinde