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Former CP appeals to Gov. Mbah to rescind decision to demolish Nsukka market

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By Agency Report A retired Commissioner of Police, Chief Sunny Ngwu has  appealed to Gov, Peter Mbah to have a rethink on the planned demolition of part of Ogige Main Market, Nsukka, in Nsukka local government Area of Enugu State. Enugu State government had recently marked some parts of the market for demolition to pave way for the planned construction of Bus Terminal by government and has given affected traders ultimatum to vacate the market. Government directed owners of the affected shops to submit their documents for verification and possibly compensation by government. Briefing newsmen in Nsukka, Ngwu begged the Governor to consider the plight of the traders given the present harsh economic  situation in the country and reconsider his decision. " The governor should find alternative place for the siting of the proposed Bus Terminal as many traders will loose source of earning a living,"he said. Ngwu who was also a former Police Public Relation Office (PPRO) noted t

Herdsmen killings: Farmers desert farms in Nimbo, says Sen Utazi, urges govt urgent intervention

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By Agency Report Sen Chukwuka Utazi who represented Enugu North Senatorial District from 2015 to 2023 in Senate says as result of constant killing of farmers in Nimbo, in Uzo-uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State by suspected herdsmen native and migrant farmers in the area have deserted their farms for fear of being killed. Utazi said this in a statement signed by himself and available to newsmen on Thursday while reacting to last Sunday (April 28) killings of four farmers in Nimbo by herdsmen. He said natives, farming settlements and migrant farmers have as result of constant harassments and killings of farmers abandoned their farms for fear of death in the hands of gun-wilding herdsmen. “Adani, the seat of farming in Enugu State, is now a shadow of its former self. Opanda Nimbo, a cosmopolitan town thickly populated by migrant farmers from all parts of Enugu State and beyond is now totally deserted because of kidnappers and violent herdsmen’, he said. Utazi urged President