In October 2024, Soludo appointed Emeakayi as Special Adviser on Community Security. Following Soludo's re-election and inauguration for a second term, Emeakayi was again reappointed to the position.
The controversy surrounding the 2002 murder of former Chairman of the Onitsha Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Barnabas Igwe, and his pregnant wife, Amaka, has resurfaced, with former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, questioning Governor Chukwuma Soludo's decision to place Ken Emeakayi, who is a suspect in the unresolved killings, in charge of community security in Anambra State.
Odinkalu made the remarks during an interview with Rudolf Okonkwo on 90MinutesAfrica. He argued that the appointment of Emeakayi as Special Adviser on Community Security was inconsistent with the findings and recommendations of the Anambra State Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (TJPC), which he chaired.
The Igwes were brutally murdered in Onitsha on September 2, 2002, in an attack that shocked the legal community and became one of the most controversial unresolved cases in Anambra's history. Twelve people were subsequently charged in connection with the murders, including Emeakayi, who was then Commissioner for Works in the administration of Governor Chinwoke Mbadinuju.
