The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, on Tuesday disbanded the South-East security outfit popularly known as Ebubeagu in Ebonyi State, declaring their activities illegal.
According to the court, the disbandment of the security outfit was as a result of human rights abuses, extortions, illegal arrests and use of fire arms.
The court while delivering judgement in a suit brought before it by Abia Onyeike, ordered Ebonyi State Government to pay to the Director of Media and Publicity in the Ebonyi PDP Governorship Campaign Organisation, the sum of N50 million as damage over his abduction and torture by the Ebubeagu Security Outfit in Abakaliki in November, 2022.
The court ordered the disbandment of the Ebubeagu outfit, and ordered the DSS and Police to take to possession all the guns and logistics the now illegal security network uses for its operations.
The judge declared the Ebubeagu outfit an illegal one and therefore, ceases to exist as the Ebonyi State House of Assembly doesn’t have the powers to approve their existence.
The Ebubeagu Security outfit has been accused of being used as willing tools by the state government against opposition parties and her members in the state.
