Attack on nurse: Enugu Assembly moves to regulate activities of masquerades

Enugu State House of Assembly has acceptable up an ad-hoc committee to travel up with applicable measures to modulate the activities of masquerades successful the state.

This follows the maltreatment of a pistillate nurse, Ms Blessing Ogbonna, by a radical of masquerades successful Ihe-Owerre, Nsukka Local Government Area of the state.

The mounting up of the ad-hoc committee connected Thursday successful Enugu followed a question moved by Mr Malachy Onyechi to code the maltreatment of quality rights, menace to life, and demolition of properties by masquerades successful Nsukka West Constituency.

Onyechi, representing Nsukka West constituency, noted that the menace of masquerade successful his country was alarming, arsenic galore person either been injured oregon mislaid their lives successful the process.

The lawmaker said that the caller maltreatment of Ogbonna had generated nationalist condemnation and outcry from the radical wrong and extracurricular the state.

“Mr Speaker, my attraction was brought to the lawsuit of a young nurse, Ms Blessing Ogbonna, who was assaulted by masquerades successful Nsukka. The onslaught was vicious and near her hospitalised.

“I person reached retired to her to measure the harm and connection my support. But this would not beryllium the archetypal time, arsenic determination abounds documentary grounds connected unit by misguided masquerades and their followers.

“The 7 masquerades were arrested and charged astatine a magistrate tribunal successful Nsukka for assault, extortion and blockade of national road.

“This question aims to harmonise practices, and rules of engagement successful the signifier of masquerade arsenic portion of taste exhibition, amusement oregon commercialized purposes successful a mode that safeguard parties from abuse.

“This telephone for interest does not suffer show of situations wherever masquerade has been unjustly treated either by individuals, organised groups oregon information agencies.

“Therefore, this question is not intended to witch-hunt anybody, oregon radical but to harmonize systems and practices,” Onyechi said.

The lawmaker besides condemned the enactment of blocking roads, thereby preventing workers similar nurses connected indispensable work from performing their duties.

Supporting the motion, Mr Pius Ezugwu, representing Nsukka East Constituency, revealed that the contented of masquerade had astir caused struggle betwixt 2 communities successful his constituency.