The Labour Party in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, has strongly criticized the state’s continued incessant killings.
Barrister George Ukpai, the Party’s Director-General Ebonyi Liberation Campaign Council, revealed this to journalists in a statement made in Abakaliki, the State Capital.
“Recent events in Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State remained one of the negligence, nepotism, and self-deception that heralded the carnage, massacre, burning, and maiming that occurred in Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the same state a few months ago,” Barrister Ukpai said. What began as a personal spat between two political gladiators over the Chairmanship of an Effium motor park devolved into a full-fledged catastrophe that claimed multiple lives. Even now, the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi claims to be on top of the situation, yet there are still examples of guerrilla warfare going on in the neighborhood. Many people have been killed, and many more have been displaced.”
Ukpai stated that the Ekoli Edda incident, similar to the Effium case, was precipitated by a simple election among a youth organization. The election was said to have been won by a specific group of young people.
“This winner group belonged to the former Chairman of Afikpo South Local Government Area and the House of Representatives Candidate for Afikpo North and South Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC, Barrister Eni Uduma Chima. The losing group had the backing of the State Chairman of the APC and the Security Consultant to the Governor Dave Umahi-led government, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha”
“Reports revealed that these two political gladiators from the same village have never been at peace with each other, even, being stakeholders in the same political party could not bring them together. This makes the situation to be more worrisome and suggests that there is more than meets the eyes. It is now a known fact that the difference between the duo has several unprintable affiliations. While Barrister Eni Uduma Chima’s ‘boys’ are home-grown with their own identity, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha relied wholly on the State Security apparatus; the killer Militia group christened Southeast Ebubeagu Security, Ebonyi State Chapter, with backups from the other security agents in the state’
“One question that needs an urgent answer is: was the state government not aware of the build-up to the crisis and why did it not take steps to prevent the arson and killings that happened later. Must the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi wait for the bloodbath before the coming of the dew? If not for the self-aggrandizement and egocentrism that surround Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha, as the Security Consultant to the state government, why did he not alert the government he serves or better still; report any misdeed to the appropriate authorities instead of resorting to confrontation and high-handedness”?
He said the blood-thirsty politicians from Ekoli Edda were reportedly arrested as he explained that the arrest cannever equate the lives of the policeman and other people including a pregnant woman that were killed.
“Moreover, we have seen such arrests before in the Ezza/Effium crisis, where the immediate past Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, Barrister Clement Odah and the member representing Ohaukwu North in Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr Chinedu Awo were given kangaroo arrests but were immediately released. Take a trip to the Abakaliki Correctional Centre today, boys from Ezza and Effium on awaiting trial list are not fewer than 300, but the key players are freely roaming the streets”
“Any government that fails to provide the people with adequate security for their lives and property, meet their daily needs, provide security, and employment for the teeming youths, and assure them of a better formula for addressing their challenges, should pave the way for another.”
He stated that the rebirth of the Labour Party (LP) under the leadership of Peter Obi, the language of Nigerian politics, and the appearance of Arch Dr Edward Nkwegu as the Labour Party’s Ebonyi gubernatorial candidate had given the teeming populace newfound hope.
The Labour Party in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, has strongly criticized the state’s continued incessant killings.
Barrister George Ukpai, the Party’s Director-General Ebonyi Liberation Campaign Council, revealed this to journalists in a statement made in Abakaliki, the State Capital.
“Recent events in Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State remained one of the negligence, nepotism, and self-deception that heralded the carnage, massacre, burning, and maiming that occurred in Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the same state a few months ago,” Barrister Ukpai said. What began as a personal spat between two political gladiators over the Chairmanship of an Effium motor park devolved into a full-fledged catastrophe that claimed multiple lives. Even now, the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi claims to be on top of the situation, yet there are still examples of guerrilla warfare going on in the neighborhood. Many people have been killed, and many more have been displaced.”
Ukpai stated that the Ekoli Edda incident, similar to the Effium case, was precipitated by a simple election among a youth organization. The election was said to have been won by a specific group of young people.
“This winner group belonged to the former Chairman of Afikpo South Local Government Area and the House of Representatives Candidate for Afikpo North and South Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC, Barrister Eni Uduma Chima. The losing group had the backing of the State Chairman of the APC and the Security Consultant to the Governor Dave Umahi-led government, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha”
“Reports revealed that these two political gladiators from the same village have never been at peace with each other, even, being stakeholders in the same political party could not bring them together. This makes the situation to be more worrisome and suggests that there is more than meets the eyes. It is now a known fact that the difference between the duo has several unprintable affiliations. While Barrister Eni Uduma Chima’s ‘boys’ are home-grown with their own identity, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha relied wholly on the State Security apparatus; the killer Militia group christened Southeast Ebubeagu Security, Ebonyi State Chapter, with backups from the other security agents in the state’
“One question that needs an urgent answer is: was the state government not aware of the build-up to the crisis and why did it not take steps to prevent the arson and killings that happened later. Must the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi wait for the bloodbath before the coming of the dew? If not for the self-aggrandizement and egocentrism that surround Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha, as the Security Consultant to the state government, why did he not alert the government he serves or better still; report any misdeed to the appropriate authorities instead of resorting to confrontation and high-handedness”?
He said the blood-thirsty politicians from Ekoli Edda were reportedly arrested as he explained that the arrest cannever equate the lives of the policeman and other people including a pregnant woman that were killed.
“Moreover, we have seen such arrests before in the Ezza/Effium crisis, where the immediate past Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, Barrister Clement Odah and the member representing Ohaukwu North in Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr Chinedu Awo were given kangaroo arrests but were immediately released. Take a trip to the Abakaliki Correctional Centre today, boys from Ezza and Effium on awaiting trial list are not fewer than 300, but the key players are freely roaming the streets”
“Any government that fails to provide the people with adequate security for their lives and property, meet their daily needs, provide security, and employment for the teeming youths, and assure them of a better formula for addressing their challenges, should pave the way for another.”
He stated that the rebirth of the Labour Party (LP) under the leadership of Peter Obi, the language of Nigerian politics, and the appearance of Arch Dr Edward Nkwegu as the Labour Party’s Ebonyi gubernatorial candidate had given the teeming populace newfound hope.
The Labour Party in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, has strongly criticized the state’s continued incessant killings.
Barrister George Ukpai, the Party’s Director-General Ebonyi Liberation Campaign Council, revealed this to journalists in a statement made in Abakaliki, the State Capital.
“Recent events in Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State remained one of the negligence, nepotism, and self-deception that heralded the carnage, massacre, burning, and maiming that occurred in Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the same state a few months ago,” Barrister Ukpai said. What began as a personal spat between two political gladiators over the Chairmanship of an Effium motor park devolved into a full-fledged catastrophe that claimed multiple lives. Even now, the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi claims to be on top of the situation, yet there are still examples of guerrilla warfare going on in the neighborhood. Many people have been killed, and many more have been displaced.”
Ukpai stated that the Ekoli Edda incident, similar to the Effium case, was precipitated by a simple election among a youth organization. The election was said to have been won by a specific group of young people.
“This winner group belonged to the former Chairman of Afikpo South Local Government Area and the House of Representatives Candidate for Afikpo North and South Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC, Barrister Eni Uduma Chima. The losing group had the backing of the State Chairman of the APC and the Security Consultant to the Governor Dave Umahi-led government, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha”
“Reports revealed that these two political gladiators from the same village have never been at peace with each other, even, being stakeholders in the same political party could not bring them together. This makes the situation to be more worrisome and suggests that there is more than meets the eyes. It is now a known fact that the difference between the duo has several unprintable affiliations. While Barrister Eni Uduma Chima’s ‘boys’ are home-grown with their own identity, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha relied wholly on the State Security apparatus; the killer Militia group christened Southeast Ebubeagu Security, Ebonyi State Chapter, with backups from the other security agents in the state’
“One question that needs an urgent answer is: was the state government not aware of the build-up to the crisis and why did it not take steps to prevent the arson and killings that happened later. Must the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi wait for the bloodbath before the coming of the dew? If not for the self-aggrandizement and egocentrism that surround Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha, as the Security Consultant to the state government, why did he not alert the government he serves or better still; report any misdeed to the appropriate authorities instead of resorting to confrontation and high-handedness”?
He said the blood-thirsty politicians from Ekoli Edda were reportedly arrested as he explained that the arrest cannever equate the lives of the policeman and other people including a pregnant woman that were killed.
“Moreover, we have seen such arrests before in the Ezza/Effium crisis, where the immediate past Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, Barrister Clement Odah and the member representing Ohaukwu North in Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr Chinedu Awo were given kangaroo arrests but were immediately released. Take a trip to the Abakaliki Correctional Centre today, boys from Ezza and Effium on awaiting trial list are not fewer than 300, but the key players are freely roaming the streets”
“Any government that fails to provide the people with adequate security for their lives and property, meet their daily needs, provide security, and employment for the teeming youths, and assure them of a better formula for addressing their challenges, should pave the way for another.”
He stated that the rebirth of the Labour Party (LP) under the leadership of Peter Obi, the language of Nigerian politics, and the appearance of Arch Dr Edward Nkwegu as the Labour Party’s Ebonyi gubernatorial candidate had given the teeming populace newfound hope.
The Labour Party in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, has strongly criticized the state’s continued incessant killings.
Barrister George Ukpai, the Party’s Director-General Ebonyi Liberation Campaign Council, revealed this to journalists in a statement made in Abakaliki, the State Capital.
“Recent events in Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State remained one of the negligence, nepotism, and self-deception that heralded the carnage, massacre, burning, and maiming that occurred in Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the same state a few months ago,” Barrister Ukpai said. What began as a personal spat between two political gladiators over the Chairmanship of an Effium motor park devolved into a full-fledged catastrophe that claimed multiple lives. Even now, the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi claims to be on top of the situation, yet there are still examples of guerrilla warfare going on in the neighborhood. Many people have been killed, and many more have been displaced.”
Ukpai stated that the Ekoli Edda incident, similar to the Effium case, was precipitated by a simple election among a youth organization. The election was said to have been won by a specific group of young people.
“This winner group belonged to the former Chairman of Afikpo South Local Government Area and the House of Representatives Candidate for Afikpo North and South Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC, Barrister Eni Uduma Chima. The losing group had the backing of the State Chairman of the APC and the Security Consultant to the Governor Dave Umahi-led government, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha”
“Reports revealed that these two political gladiators from the same village have never been at peace with each other, even, being stakeholders in the same political party could not bring them together. This makes the situation to be more worrisome and suggests that there is more than meets the eyes. It is now a known fact that the difference between the duo has several unprintable affiliations. While Barrister Eni Uduma Chima’s ‘boys’ are home-grown with their own identity, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha relied wholly on the State Security apparatus; the killer Militia group christened Southeast Ebubeagu Security, Ebonyi State Chapter, with backups from the other security agents in the state’
“One question that needs an urgent answer is: was the state government not aware of the build-up to the crisis and why did it not take steps to prevent the arson and killings that happened later. Must the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi wait for the bloodbath before the coming of the dew? If not for the self-aggrandizement and egocentrism that surround Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha, as the Security Consultant to the state government, why did he not alert the government he serves or better still; report any misdeed to the appropriate authorities instead of resorting to confrontation and high-handedness”?
He said the blood-thirsty politicians from Ekoli Edda were reportedly arrested as he explained that the arrest cannever equate the lives of the policeman and other people including a pregnant woman that were killed.
“Moreover, we have seen such arrests before in the Ezza/Effium crisis, where the immediate past Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, Barrister Clement Odah and the member representing Ohaukwu North in Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr Chinedu Awo were given kangaroo arrests but were immediately released. Take a trip to the Abakaliki Correctional Centre today, boys from Ezza and Effium on awaiting trial list are not fewer than 300, but the key players are freely roaming the streets”
“Any government that fails to provide the people with adequate security for their lives and property, meet their daily needs, provide security, and employment for the teeming youths, and assure them of a better formula for addressing their challenges, should pave the way for another.”
He stated that the rebirth of the Labour Party (LP) under the leadership of Peter Obi, the language of Nigerian politics, and the appearance of Arch Dr Edward Nkwegu as the Labour Party’s Ebonyi gubernatorial candidate had given the teeming populace newfound hope.
The Labour Party in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, has strongly criticized the state’s continued incessant killings.
Barrister George Ukpai, the Party’s Director-General Ebonyi Liberation Campaign Council, revealed this to journalists in a statement made in Abakaliki, the State Capital.
“Recent events in Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State remained one of the negligence, nepotism, and self-deception that heralded the carnage, massacre, burning, and maiming that occurred in Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the same state a few months ago,” Barrister Ukpai said. What began as a personal spat between two political gladiators over the Chairmanship of an Effium motor park devolved into a full-fledged catastrophe that claimed multiple lives. Even now, the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi claims to be on top of the situation, yet there are still examples of guerrilla warfare going on in the neighborhood. Many people have been killed, and many more have been displaced.”
Ukpai stated that the Ekoli Edda incident, similar to the Effium case, was precipitated by a simple election among a youth organization. The election was said to have been won by a specific group of young people.
“This winner group belonged to the former Chairman of Afikpo South Local Government Area and the House of Representatives Candidate for Afikpo North and South Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC, Barrister Eni Uduma Chima. The losing group had the backing of the State Chairman of the APC and the Security Consultant to the Governor Dave Umahi-led government, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha”
“Reports revealed that these two political gladiators from the same village have never been at peace with each other, even, being stakeholders in the same political party could not bring them together. This makes the situation to be more worrisome and suggests that there is more than meets the eyes. It is now a known fact that the difference between the duo has several unprintable affiliations. While Barrister Eni Uduma Chima’s ‘boys’ are home-grown with their own identity, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha relied wholly on the State Security apparatus; the killer Militia group christened Southeast Ebubeagu Security, Ebonyi State Chapter, with backups from the other security agents in the state’
“One question that needs an urgent answer is: was the state government not aware of the build-up to the crisis and why did it not take steps to prevent the arson and killings that happened later. Must the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi wait for the bloodbath before the coming of the dew? If not for the self-aggrandizement and egocentrism that surround Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha, as the Security Consultant to the state government, why did he not alert the government he serves or better still; report any misdeed to the appropriate authorities instead of resorting to confrontation and high-handedness”?
He said the blood-thirsty politicians from Ekoli Edda were reportedly arrested as he explained that the arrest cannever equate the lives of the policeman and other people including a pregnant woman that were killed.
“Moreover, we have seen such arrests before in the Ezza/Effium crisis, where the immediate past Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, Barrister Clement Odah and the member representing Ohaukwu North in Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr Chinedu Awo were given kangaroo arrests but were immediately released. Take a trip to the Abakaliki Correctional Centre today, boys from Ezza and Effium on awaiting trial list are not fewer than 300, but the key players are freely roaming the streets”
“Any government that fails to provide the people with adequate security for their lives and property, meet their daily needs, provide security, and employment for the teeming youths, and assure them of a better formula for addressing their challenges, should pave the way for another.”
He stated that the rebirth of the Labour Party (LP) under the leadership of Peter Obi, the language of Nigerian politics, and the appearance of Arch Dr Edward Nkwegu as the Labour Party’s Ebonyi gubernatorial candidate had given the teeming populace newfound hope.
The Labour Party in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, has strongly criticized the state’s continued incessant killings.
Barrister George Ukpai, the Party’s Director-General Ebonyi Liberation Campaign Council, revealed this to journalists in a statement made in Abakaliki, the State Capital.
“Recent events in Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State remained one of the negligence, nepotism, and self-deception that heralded the carnage, massacre, burning, and maiming that occurred in Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the same state a few months ago,” Barrister Ukpai said. What began as a personal spat between two political gladiators over the Chairmanship of an Effium motor park devolved into a full-fledged catastrophe that claimed multiple lives. Even now, the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi claims to be on top of the situation, yet there are still examples of guerrilla warfare going on in the neighborhood. Many people have been killed, and many more have been displaced.”
Ukpai stated that the Ekoli Edda incident, similar to the Effium case, was precipitated by a simple election among a youth organization. The election was said to have been won by a specific group of young people.
“This winner group belonged to the former Chairman of Afikpo South Local Government Area and the House of Representatives Candidate for Afikpo North and South Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC, Barrister Eni Uduma Chima. The losing group had the backing of the State Chairman of the APC and the Security Consultant to the Governor Dave Umahi-led government, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha”
“Reports revealed that these two political gladiators from the same village have never been at peace with each other, even, being stakeholders in the same political party could not bring them together. This makes the situation to be more worrisome and suggests that there is more than meets the eyes. It is now a known fact that the difference between the duo has several unprintable affiliations. While Barrister Eni Uduma Chima’s ‘boys’ are home-grown with their own identity, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha relied wholly on the State Security apparatus; the killer Militia group christened Southeast Ebubeagu Security, Ebonyi State Chapter, with backups from the other security agents in the state’
“One question that needs an urgent answer is: was the state government not aware of the build-up to the crisis and why did it not take steps to prevent the arson and killings that happened later. Must the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi wait for the bloodbath before the coming of the dew? If not for the self-aggrandizement and egocentrism that surround Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha, as the Security Consultant to the state government, why did he not alert the government he serves or better still; report any misdeed to the appropriate authorities instead of resorting to confrontation and high-handedness”?
He said the blood-thirsty politicians from Ekoli Edda were reportedly arrested as he explained that the arrest cannever equate the lives of the policeman and other people including a pregnant woman that were killed.
“Moreover, we have seen such arrests before in the Ezza/Effium crisis, where the immediate past Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, Barrister Clement Odah and the member representing Ohaukwu North in Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr Chinedu Awo were given kangaroo arrests but were immediately released. Take a trip to the Abakaliki Correctional Centre today, boys from Ezza and Effium on awaiting trial list are not fewer than 300, but the key players are freely roaming the streets”
“Any government that fails to provide the people with adequate security for their lives and property, meet their daily needs, provide security, and employment for the teeming youths, and assure them of a better formula for addressing their challenges, should pave the way for another.”
He stated that the rebirth of the Labour Party (LP) under the leadership of Peter Obi, the language of Nigerian politics, and the appearance of Arch Dr Edward Nkwegu as the Labour Party’s Ebonyi gubernatorial candidate had given the teeming populace newfound hope.
The Labour Party in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, has strongly criticized the state’s continued incessant killings.
Barrister George Ukpai, the Party’s Director-General Ebonyi Liberation Campaign Council, revealed this to journalists in a statement made in Abakaliki, the State Capital.
“Recent events in Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State remained one of the negligence, nepotism, and self-deception that heralded the carnage, massacre, burning, and maiming that occurred in Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the same state a few months ago,” Barrister Ukpai said. What began as a personal spat between two political gladiators over the Chairmanship of an Effium motor park devolved into a full-fledged catastrophe that claimed multiple lives. Even now, the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi claims to be on top of the situation, yet there are still examples of guerrilla warfare going on in the neighborhood. Many people have been killed, and many more have been displaced.”
Ukpai stated that the Ekoli Edda incident, similar to the Effium case, was precipitated by a simple election among a youth organization. The election was said to have been won by a specific group of young people.
“This winner group belonged to the former Chairman of Afikpo South Local Government Area and the House of Representatives Candidate for Afikpo North and South Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC, Barrister Eni Uduma Chima. The losing group had the backing of the State Chairman of the APC and the Security Consultant to the Governor Dave Umahi-led government, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha”
“Reports revealed that these two political gladiators from the same village have never been at peace with each other, even, being stakeholders in the same political party could not bring them together. This makes the situation to be more worrisome and suggests that there is more than meets the eyes. It is now a known fact that the difference between the duo has several unprintable affiliations. While Barrister Eni Uduma Chima’s ‘boys’ are home-grown with their own identity, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha relied wholly on the State Security apparatus; the killer Militia group christened Southeast Ebubeagu Security, Ebonyi State Chapter, with backups from the other security agents in the state’
“One question that needs an urgent answer is: was the state government not aware of the build-up to the crisis and why did it not take steps to prevent the arson and killings that happened later. Must the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi wait for the bloodbath before the coming of the dew? If not for the self-aggrandizement and egocentrism that surround Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha, as the Security Consultant to the state government, why did he not alert the government he serves or better still; report any misdeed to the appropriate authorities instead of resorting to confrontation and high-handedness”?
He said the blood-thirsty politicians from Ekoli Edda were reportedly arrested as he explained that the arrest cannever equate the lives of the policeman and other people including a pregnant woman that were killed.
“Moreover, we have seen such arrests before in the Ezza/Effium crisis, where the immediate past Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, Barrister Clement Odah and the member representing Ohaukwu North in Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr Chinedu Awo were given kangaroo arrests but were immediately released. Take a trip to the Abakaliki Correctional Centre today, boys from Ezza and Effium on awaiting trial list are not fewer than 300, but the key players are freely roaming the streets”
“Any government that fails to provide the people with adequate security for their lives and property, meet their daily needs, provide security, and employment for the teeming youths, and assure them of a better formula for addressing their challenges, should pave the way for another.”
He stated that the rebirth of the Labour Party (LP) under the leadership of Peter Obi, the language of Nigerian politics, and the appearance of Arch Dr Edward Nkwegu as the Labour Party’s Ebonyi gubernatorial candidate had given the teeming populace newfound hope.
The Labour Party in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria, has strongly criticized the state’s continued incessant killings.
Barrister George Ukpai, the Party’s Director-General Ebonyi Liberation Campaign Council, revealed this to journalists in a statement made in Abakaliki, the State Capital.
“Recent events in Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State remained one of the negligence, nepotism, and self-deception that heralded the carnage, massacre, burning, and maiming that occurred in Effium in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the same state a few months ago,” Barrister Ukpai said. What began as a personal spat between two political gladiators over the Chairmanship of an Effium motor park devolved into a full-fledged catastrophe that claimed multiple lives. Even now, the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi claims to be on top of the situation, yet there are still examples of guerrilla warfare going on in the neighborhood. Many people have been killed, and many more have been displaced.”
Ukpai stated that the Ekoli Edda incident, similar to the Effium case, was precipitated by a simple election among a youth organization. The election was said to have been won by a specific group of young people.
“This winner group belonged to the former Chairman of Afikpo South Local Government Area and the House of Representatives Candidate for Afikpo North and South Federal Constituency under the platform of the All Progressives Congress APC, Barrister Eni Uduma Chima. The losing group had the backing of the State Chairman of the APC and the Security Consultant to the Governor Dave Umahi-led government, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha”
“Reports revealed that these two political gladiators from the same village have never been at peace with each other, even, being stakeholders in the same political party could not bring them together. This makes the situation to be more worrisome and suggests that there is more than meets the eyes. It is now a known fact that the difference between the duo has several unprintable affiliations. While Barrister Eni Uduma Chima’s ‘boys’ are home-grown with their own identity, Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha relied wholly on the State Security apparatus; the killer Militia group christened Southeast Ebubeagu Security, Ebonyi State Chapter, with backups from the other security agents in the state’
“One question that needs an urgent answer is: was the state government not aware of the build-up to the crisis and why did it not take steps to prevent the arson and killings that happened later. Must the government of Mr Dave Nweze Umahi wait for the bloodbath before the coming of the dew? If not for the self-aggrandizement and egocentrism that surround Mr Stanley Okoro Emegha, as the Security Consultant to the state government, why did he not alert the government he serves or better still; report any misdeed to the appropriate authorities instead of resorting to confrontation and high-handedness”?
He said the blood-thirsty politicians from Ekoli Edda were reportedly arrested as he explained that the arrest cannever equate the lives of the policeman and other people including a pregnant woman that were killed.
“Moreover, we have seen such arrests before in the Ezza/Effium crisis, where the immediate past Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, Barrister Clement Odah and the member representing Ohaukwu North in Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Mr Chinedu Awo were given kangaroo arrests but were immediately released. Take a trip to the Abakaliki Correctional Centre today, boys from Ezza and Effium on awaiting trial list are not fewer than 300, but the key players are freely roaming the streets”
“Any government that fails to provide the people with adequate security for their lives and property, meet their daily needs, provide security, and employment for the teeming youths, and assure them of a better formula for addressing their challenges, should pave the way for another.”
He stated that the rebirth of the Labour Party (LP) under the leadership of Peter Obi, the language of Nigerian politics, and the appearance of Arch Dr Edward Nkwegu as the Labour Party’s Ebonyi gubernatorial candidate had given the teeming populace newfound hope.
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