A women group in Ebonyi State, Ebonyi Federated Women Organization (EFWO), has petitioned Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA) and other human rights organizations over alleged disruption of their August meeting by Ebubeagu operatives. The women stated this in Abakaliki while protesting the operatives’ invasion of of People’s Club premises along Abakaiki/Enugu Expressway which disrupted their meeting which was holding with the theme “Women, Nation Builders”. Speaking to newsmen on behalf of other women, the President of Umuada Ebonyi Women, Mrs Charity Chukwuemeka, described the incident as sacrilege and attack on Igbo women and Igbo culture and urged the IGP and human rights organizations to call the security operatives to order. “That these attacks are unreasonable and unwarranted infringements on the constitutional rights of the women of Ebonyi State which must not be tolerated. “That for unjustifiably attacking and humiliating our women in this sacrilegious manner, Ebonyi women hereby call on the Inspector-General of Police and civil rights groups to come to our aid,” she said.

Source: Nigerian Tribune August 21, 2022 10:20 UTC