Police link killing of Ebonyi indigenes to leadership tussle
Ohanaeze calls for justice
The police in Anambra Train delight in attributed Monday’s lethal attack at Ogboji in Orumba South Native Council, which left 10 indigenes of Ebonyi Train tedious, to a leadership dispute for the length of the affiliation representing Ebonyi other folks within the home.
This came because the apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, known as on Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra Train to urgently apprehend these guilty for the killings in present to forestall any likely reprisals.
It was gathered that armed males, riding in two Sport Utility Autos (SUVs), stormed a gathering of Ebonyi indigenes and opened fireplace without provocation, killing ten other folks and injuring plenty of others.
The Train Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, who led a joint security crew comprising the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and other sister agencies to the scene, announced the arrest of 1 Sunday Mbanu in connection with the attack.
He renowned that the incident was no longer a targeted attack towards any particular advise’s indigenes, but barely the cowardly act of enemies of peace and progress within the advise.
In a assertion, the advise Police Public Family Officer, Tochukwu Ikenga, explained that the meeting disrupted by the gunmen alive to a factional leadership of the Ebonyi community dwelling in Ogboji.
“It was alleged that the affiliation had earlier complained and written a petition to the President Identical old of Ogboji without recourse to the safety agencies,” he talked about.
He added that for the length of the interplay with some stakeholders of the community, including the Light Prime Minister, President Identical old of the Ogboji community, and the son of the landlord where the meeting was held—the crime scene—plenty of alternative revelations delight in been made.
“There would possibly be a leadership squabble within the Association of Ebonyi Train indigenes within the home.
“The President Identical old was attempting to use an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) solution to resolve the grunt. It escalated, ensuing within the heart-broken incident.
“The son of the landlord confirmed that one amongst the victims is a tenant of their compound and equipped some little print that the joint investigative crew is engaged on,” he disclosed.
Ikenga conveyed the sympathies of the Joint Security Team to the other folks of Ebonyi Train, particularly the family and chums of the deceased, whereas wishing the injured a transient recovery.
He restated the commitment of the Anambra Train Police Describe to making toddle that the perpetrators of the pass crime are brought to book. Apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, strongly condemned the killing, urging the advise govt to get rapid and decisive action.
In a assertion signed by its Nationwide Deputy President Identical old, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, and Nationwide Spokesperson, Chief Thompson Ohia, the organisation described the incident as horrific and insisted that it “can't and mustn't chase unanswered”.
They announced that Ohanaeze Ndigbo has declared four days of mourning to honour the victims whose lives delight in been nick short within the attack. The group wired the need for the Anambra Train govt to urgently determine and lift the perpetrators to justice. The assertion criticised the silence of Governor Charles Soludo, describing the dearth of rapid condemnation as “alarming and unacceptable”.
“Extra than 48 hours delight in handed since this insidious massacre, yet the silence from the Anambra Train govt stays deafening,” they talked about.
In line with the group, Ndigbo question of justice and a corpulent clarification for the atrocities committed towards their Ebonyi brethren residing in Anambra. They warned that Governor Soludo’s inaction no longer handiest casts doubt on his leadership but can also additionally foster discontent and mistrust amongst the other folks.
Ohanaeze counseled Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi Train for his swift and commendable response, including efforts to investigate cross-check justice and bewitch the Anambra Train govt. They wired that such collaboration is indispensable for therapeutic and restoring self assurance in leadership.
