Women in Ebonyi State, under the umbrella of Ebonyi Federated Women Organisation (EFWO), have petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA) and other human rights organisations over the disruption of their August Meeting by Ebubeagu operatives. The women lamented the disruption of the annual meeting known as August Meeting.
Speaking on behalf of the group, president of Umuada Ebonyi Women, Mrs Charity Chukwuemeka described the attack as "a sacrilege and an attack on Igbo women and culture". She further stated that:
"The hard-working, peace fostering women of Ebonyi State under the aegis of Federated Ebonyi Women Organization, were on this day 20th of August 2022, unjustifiably attacked, embarrassed, and chased out of the venue of their 2022 Annual August Meeting slated to hold in People’s Club Hall, Abakaliki. This abominable act was carried out by the Executive Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi, through his attack dogs, the Ebubeagu Security outfit of Ebonyi State. It is not new or alien to the Igbo race that the entire women meet every August to discuss and chart the best possible developmental ideas and projects to improve the well-being and welfare of our people."
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Mrs Charity Chukwuemeka urged the inspector-general of police and civil rights groups to come to the aid of the women's group by ensuring that Governor Umahi’s agents whom he used to perpetrate these crimes were brought to book. The further agitated that Umahi’s militia known as Ebubeagu Security Network be disbanded by the federal government."
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