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From Okwe Obi, Abuja
President Bola Tinubu has been urged to address lingering insecurity and land disputes in the South-East.
The call was made by some indigenes of Owo clan in Nkanu Local Government Area of Enugu State, who claimed they have been engaged in a long-running battle with a monarch, Godwin Okeke Arum, of Mbulu-Owo Autonomous Community.
A member of the community, James Okechukwu Ogbodo, speaking on behalf of the people, told journalists in Abuja that some youths in the community were attacked last year at Obodo Eze Square, Ohuani Owo, leaving some members gravely injured, during a power tussle.
Ogbodo claimed that petitions sent to the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG FCID Abuja) in October 2023 to investigate the crisis have yielded no results, leaving the indigenes to continue experiencing untold hardship.
According to him, two indigenous Catholic priests who came to celebrate Holy Mass to mark the commencement of a general assembly last year were also victims of attacks by thugs.
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“Quite unfortunate and regrettable is that most of the boys committing these crimes are well-known people in the village and members of the state-recognised security outfit called the Neighbourhood Watch.
“To some of us, we are very sure our dear governor has not seen our letters because we find it difficult to believe that he saw them and yet kept quiet.
“We know him to be a peace-loving person, as he has demonstrated his passion for peace and security in the state by providing logistics, modern and sophisticated equipment for tackling criminals and criminalities in the state.
“We are law-abiding citizens, and we choose to follow the path of peace and stability.
“We want to let men and women of conscience know that our lives are highly threatened by the day, and we cannot go back to our motherland. So, the question on our lips is, for how long shall we run from our home— for how long?
“It is on this premise that we are calling on the whole world to take more than a passing interest in the happenings in Owo and ask pertinent questions. Owo people are writing in agony.”
