Fix Failed Onitsha-Owerri Road, Rights Groups Tell FG, Anambra State Govt

Alphonsus Nweze Civil Society groups have called on Federal Government and Anambra State Government to immediately begin rehabilitation of Onitsha end of Onitsha-Owerri Road, which has become an unpassable and death trap to the users. The Campaign for Democracy (CD) and Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders’ Foundation (HURIDE) made the call in a joint statement they made available to newsmen in Awka, the Anambra State capital, weekend. In the statement signed by the Chairman of CD in South East and Executive Director, HURIDE, Dede Uzor A Uzor, the…

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Police kill two robbers, arrest four at Obosi Bye-Pass

*HURIDE/CD laud Anambra Command By Alphonsus Nweze The Human Right, Liberty Access and Defenders’Foundation (HURIDE) and the Campaign for Democracy (CD) have lauded the Anambra State Police Command for bursting the criminals who rob people at Idemili Bye- Pass, Obosi, along Onitsha- Owerri Express Way. Following series of complaints from the public over the nefarious activities of criminals under the flyover, the Police despatched a crack team who ambushed the criminals as they came to rob motorists during the weekend. In the ensuing attack, two of the robbers were said…

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