Group Demands Probe, Prosecution Of Umahi And Ebonyi CP, Aliyu Garba, By ICC And Igp

Wants US, Uk And Other Countries To Place Travel Ban On Umahi And His Family.

By All Ebonyians in Diaspora, AED
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All Ebonyians in Diaspora, AED, a group made up of Ebonyi State indigenes including children born to Ebonyians that live outside Nigeria have called on the International Criminal Court to probe and prosecute the outgoing governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. David Umahi for his complicity in the genocide going on in Effium Community where the group alleged that over 5000 people including children and women have been killed since January 2021. The group is also demanding that the Inspector-general of Police, Alkali Usman, should investigate Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Garba, and prosecute him alongside Ebonyi State Police Command's armourer, Inspector Chika Elom, James Agena and all others arrested over the use of Ebonyi State Police Command's armoury by a party to Effium communal war to wage the war.

In a 34-paragraph letter to the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, dated 20th November, 2022 which was signed by the president-general of the group, Daniel Nwibo, Ph.D; Secretary of the group, Dr. Ogbonnaya Ngene; and representatives of Ebonyians in Europe, Canada, North America, Asia and Africa; and made available to journalists, the group alleged among other things that: "Since January 2021, Engr. David Umahi through the agency of his government appointees foisted a fratricidal war in Effium Community of Ebonyi State. Over 5000 persons including children, women, the physically-challenged and other vulnerable groups have been killed in that war. Ebonyi State Police Command under CP Garba Aliyu has been complicit in that war which continued unabated in spite Federal Government's efforts to stop it. The CP, without as much as preliminary investigation, released all armed war mercenaries arrested in Effium war theatre including the 55 armed warriors arrested in Effium by the GOC 82 Division and handed over to the police command for prosecution in April 2021.

"In September 2022, it was discovered that the armoury of Ebonyi State Police Command was used in Effium war. Following the leakage of the criminal act, the armourer of Ebonyi State Police Command, Inspector Chika Elom; and ex-soldier, James Agena and many others were arrested. For over 90 days now, both CP Garba Aliyu and Engr. David Umahi have refused to prosecute those criminals or issue any statement on that matter. It is believed that the duo of Umahi and CP Aliyu Garba are covering up that unprecedented crime while killings of innocent people are still going on."

Concluding the letter which was copied to the National Security Adviser, the Inspector General of Police, Director State Security Services, the Nigerian Senate, the Nigerian House of Representatives, Ebonyi State Governor, CP Ebonyi State, Amnesty International, British High Commission, United States Embassy and other embassies, the group made a total of eleven demands including the immediate transfer of CP Aliyu Garba from Ebonyi State and travel bans against Engr. David Umahi and his family.