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Simon Ekpa Compounds Enugu Governor’s Headache

<h4>Simon Ekpa Compounds Enugu Governor’s Headache<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Finland-based Pro-Biafra agitator&comma; Simon Ekpa&comma; is adding severe headache to the already traumatized governor of Enugu State&comma; Peter Mbah&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Peter Mbah who was sworn in as the 4th governor of Enugu State since the rebirth of democratic practices in 1999 has been enmeshed in a National Youth Service Corps&comma; NYSC&comma; certificate forgery scandal&comma; which has left him less focus on administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While that is on going&comma; Ekpa has written to the European Union and the United States of America over alleged human rights abuses carried out by Governor Mbah&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Three people were killed on Wednesday when traders took to the streets to protest the sealing of their shops by the state government for not opening for business on Monday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ekpa&comma; in a letter written to the international community afterwards however demanded a visa ban on Mbah for violating the citizens’ fundamental human rights&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He added that the Enugu State government confiscated and arrested people in the state without recourse to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The letter read&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We wish to bring to your notice the gross violation and fundamental human rights abuses of the people of Enugu State&comma; Biafra &lpar;in Southeast Nigeria&rpar; by Peter Mbah&comma; the governor of Enugu State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Peter Mbah is confiscating and locking up people’s businesses and means of sustenance without recourse to the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria or any chatter&comma; treaty or convention known anywhere in the civilized world&comma; thereby denying the people of Enugu State the right to personal property and free enterprise&period;<&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We request that you impose a visa ban on Governor Peter Mbah and add him to the list of terrorists and haters of freedom and democracy in Nigeria&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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