Professor Chukwuma Soludo has set up the Truth, Justice and Peace Commission comprising of 15 members to look into the activities of the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB).
Prof Chidi Odinkalu will head the committee while Bianca Ojukwu will act as Secretary. The committee has a six months timeline to submit its report.
Secretary to the Anambra State Government, Prof Solo Chukwulobelu, in a statement on Wednesday named other members of the committee as Mr Charles Oputa (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 are: Dr. John Out; Mr. Ngozi Odumuko; Dr. Joe Abah, Mr. Chukwuma Okpalaezeukwu; Mr. Sam Egwuatu and Prof. Joseph Ikechebelu.
The statement further said the committee 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, and the region/Nigeria.
