The Senate on Wednesday asked the Federal Government to collaborate with the Finish government to extradite Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed disciple of detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu for prosecution.
The extradition request by the Senate follows Ekpa’s order for his loyalists to enforce the sit-at-home, which is crippling economic activities in the South-East.
At the plenary in Abuja, on Wednesday, the Senate condemned the sit-at-home and asked the government to ensure that Ekpa was brought back to the country.
The upper legislative chamber also rejected a recommendation for Kanu’s release, saying it would amount to subjudice as the matter was still in court.
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Enugu government seals shops, banks for obeying sit-at-home
In a recent developments, the Governor of Enugu state, Peter Mbah sealed no fewer than 106 shops and two banks in the state for observing Monday’s sit-at-home order.
The governor noted that all the sealed businesses would remain sealed for one week, after which his administration would consider either reopening them on certain conditions or selling them off.
According to a statement by the governor, through the state Secretary, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, the businesses were sealed on Monday by officials of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority.
Onyia, who led the exercise, said the action was in line with the governor’s warning, adding that Mbah’s intention was not to punish businesses but to encourage and inculcate the spirit of ‘no sit-at-home’ in traders.
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