Anambra Govt Wades Into Nimo Town Union Crisis.
By Nneka Anoliefo
Anambra State Government says it will help address communal crisis rocking Nimo community in Njikoka Council Area, bothering much on Ana Owah, pleading for peace among stakeholders in the community.
The Community, for some time, has been in crisis over suspension of three elected executives members of Nimo Town Development Union, NTDU, over sale of Ana-Owa land, known as Obodo Oma Layout, among other challenges.
Governor Chukwuma Soludo, represented by the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Community Affairs, Hon.Tony Collins Nwabunne, during a reconciliatory meeting with Nimo town leadership at the SSG Conference Centre, Government House, Awka, called for a clear cut between the activities of the town union which are under the President-General, and Culture and Tradition of the town which fall under the office of the traditional ruler, Igwe Maximus Oliobi.
He maintained that the town union leadership should treat their matters, after which they intimate the traditional ruler for his fatherly advice.
Governor Soludo appealed that the three suspended Executive members of the Town Union be pardoned, and promised to apply the constitution of the town in the reconciliation process.
The Governor also cautioned against attacks on the social media for peace to reign.
In their separate reactions, the President General of Nimo Town Development Union, Mr Ekenenna Okafor Omabu, the NTDU, Legal Adviser, Chief Peter Afuba (SAN), Barrister Chucks Okonkwo, the Second Vice President General, Dr Val Oliobi,
and one of the youth leaders, Mr Chigbo Aniedobe, traced the genesis of the dispute, and called for government intervention to end the lingering crises for peace to reign.
On his part, the traditional ruler of the town, Igwe Maximus Oliobi, thanked the state government for its quick intervention, and assured that he and his Cabinet Members are fully in support of the reconciliatory process.
He indicated that he wants enduring peace and Unity in his community, as development can not thrive without peace and Unity.
