Enugu State government has ordered the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Inspector General of Police to transmit original case file of suspects arrested in connection with Ukpabi Nimbo incident in Uzo-Uwani Local Council of the state to enable it begin their trial.

This followed an alleged refusal by the Kogi State High Court presided over by Justice H.A Olusiyi to grant application for leave to enable the police prefer charges against five suspects arrested on May 25 and a suit by the Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network (CRRAN) against the Attorney general of Enugu State over his alleged inability to prosecute the suspects.

The suspects, Mohammed Zurai, Ciroma Musa, Saleh Adamu, Suleiman Laute and Haruna Laute had been arrested and paraded by the immediate past Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase in connection with the massacre, stressing that there were overwhelming evidence which included video recording of the incident found on one of the suspects.

CRRAN had on July 29 written the Enugu Attorney General to invoke his constitutional power and demand the case file from police and prosecute the suspects since the offence was committed in Enugu.

Piqued by the manner the letter was handled in prosecuting the alleged suspects, CRRAN had on September last month, dragged the Enugu Attorney General and Inspector general of Police to court, asking it to declare illegal the continued detention of the suspects by the police without trial.