Ebubeagu Court

It also ordered the Department of State Services and Police to collect all weapons in the possession of the group.

Michael Odo, Counsel to Onyike, told journalists that he approached the Court to seek for a determination on: “Whether the Ebonyi State House of Assembly has the constitutional powers to enact such Security Agency. “I also approached the court to seek whether the arrest of the plaintiff on 9/11/2022 and detention and torture by operatives of the Ebubeagu Security Agency and/or Ebonyi State Ebubeagu Corps at the Old Government House , Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, are lawful. “I hereby declare the Ebubeagu outfit illegal and, therefore, it ceases to exist as Ebonyi State House of Assembly has no powers to approve their existence,” he stated.

The Federal High Court in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, yesterday, disbanded the Ebubeagu Security Network, in the state. There had been several cases of alleged ...

The court also issued an order compelling the fifth and sixth defendants to disarm all members of the Ebonyi State Ebubeagu Security Agency and Ebonyi State Ebubeagu Corps of all guns, arms and ammunition, government property and logistics provided to them by the first, second and third defendants in furtherance of the objectives and functions or in exercise of powers created of conferred by the Ebonyi State Ebubeagu Security Agency Law No. “Whether the establishment of Ebonyi State Ebubeagu Security Agency and the Ebonyi State Ebubeagu Security Corps under sections 6 and 21 of the Ebonyi State Ebubeagu Security Agency Law No. Consequently, the court declared that the establishment of Ebonyi State Ebubeagu Security Agency was unconstitutional, null and void.

The Federal High Court in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday, disbanded the South-East security outfit, Ebubeagu, in the state.

The judge declared the Ebonyi State Ebubeagu Security Agency and the Ebonyi State Ebubeagu Corps had no powers to mount roadblocks on federal highways and major roads in Ebonyi State. N78) Laws of the Federation of Njgeria, 2004.” The Federal High Court in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday, disbanded the South-East security outfit, Ebubeagu, in the state.