South-East govs, ministers, others order compensation funds for protest victims
Leaders of the South-East region rose from a meeting on Thursday in Enugu and declared that they would compensate all victims of the recent violence occasioned by the #End SARS protests in the zone.
Ministers, National Assembly members , traditional and religious leaders from the region also tasked their state governors to set up a fund for the compensation to be successful.
The Chairman, South-East Governors’ Forum, Chief David Umahi, who read the resolutions of the leaders at the end of the meeting which lasted seven hours appealed to the Igbo youths to be calm and allow the Federal Government to address the issues of police brutality, extrajudicial killings and extortion, which were the primary reasons for the #EndSARS protests.
Apart from Umahi, the meeting, which continues today (Friday), had in attendance governors of Enugu state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; Abia state, Okezie Ikpeazu; Deputy governor of Imo state, Placid Njoku; and the Deputy Governor of Anambra state, Dr Nkem Okeke.
Some of the other dignitaries at the event are the Chairman of the Anambra state Traditional Rulers Council, Igwe Ambassador Lawrence Agubuzu.