Days after unknown gunmen killed Vice Chairman of Oruku Town Union Caretaker Committee, Chief Samuel Ani, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has imposed a curfew on the community.
Nnayelugo Chidi Aroh, the Commissioner for Information, in a statement disclosed that the curfew was imposed by Gov. Ugwuanyi, pursuant to Executive Order No. 2: 2021, dated 25th February 2021.
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Aroh stated that the curfew, which is between the hours of 6 pm to 6 am daily, commences from 6 pm, on Thursday, February 25, 2021, and ends at 6pm, on Wednesday, 31st March, 202, in the first instance.
He 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”.
