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Soludo Appoints 15-member C’ttee on IPOB activities in anambra, Elsewhere

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Anambra State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo has appointed a 15- member Truth, Justice and Peace Commission to curb the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
The committee is headed by human rights activist, Prof Chidi Odinkalu with the wife of late Dim Chikwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Amb. Bianca Ojukwu as Secretary
In a statement endorsed by Secretary to the Anambra State Government (SSG), Prof Solo Chukwulobelu, named other members of the committee as Mr Charles Oputa, aka His Royal Pinkness, Charley Boy; music icon Onyeka Onwenu; Dr. Joe Nwaorgu; Dr. Udenta Udenta; Dr. Uju Agomoh; Rev. Fr (Msgnr); Jerome Madueke and Canon Dr. Okechukwu C. Obi-Okoye
Others who made the list are: Dr. John Out; Mr. Ngozi Odumuko; Dr. Joe Abah, Mr. Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu; Mr. Sam Egwuatu and Prof. Joseph Ikechebelu.
The committee, the statement explained, “will seek a restorative justice approach for truth-telling or real facts, for the healing of the victims of the violence, accounting for responsibility and accountability of the actors, conditional mercy for the repentant perpetrators, restitution for certain losses and rehabilitation of the perpetrators, for the overall aim of restoration of peace and justice as well as the promotion of development in the state, the south east region and Nigeria at large.
Although no date was fixed for the inauguration of the committee, it has a six-month timeline to conclude the assignment from the date of inauguration.

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