The Paramount ruler of Enugu-Agidi Igwe Micheal Okekeuche has raised alarm that his life and that of his cabinet members are in danger due to tension created in the land by land grabbers and buccaneers. peaceful community.
Speaking at a press conference at the weekend in Abuja Igwe Okekeuche stated that his life and those of his cabinet members and families have been threatened by the Land Bandits and their hirelings. He also stated that all efforts to get the intervention and protection of the Nigeria Police from Abagana Divisional Headquarters and Anambra State Police Command have so far failed.
According to him the purpose of the press conference was to draw the attention of the government, the security agencies, the general public and in particular, the Government and entire people of Anambra State to the recent crisis that has engulfed their once peaceful community.
The igwe said that the crisis has been smouldering since 2019, and they have been doing everything humanly possible to manage and contain it.
He said that on the contrary, the crisis peaked on February 15, 2021 when some violent hoodlums sponsored by one Mr. Izuchukwu Okafor , Mr. Chidi Okoye and Chukwuebuka Onuorah just to name a few invaded the community and unleashed violence on hapless members of his community.
The armed hoodlums mounted multiple road blocks and went from house to house hunting down their victims who they inflicted with various degrees of injuries. He said his palace was overrun and his security guards overwhelmed. Over 17 youths suffered various degrees of injury.
He claimed that till today, both the victims and those that survived their attacks live in fear and despair.
The Royal father pointed out that the most visible of their criminal activities is land banditry. They habitually deal on ancestral lands without the mandate of the community and neither do they render accounts to the community. They use proceeds from these illicit transactions of sales of Enugwu Agidi lands to induce the police and influence most of our youths whom they took to shrines to take oaths of allegiance to violent fraternal twins silence. This by itself has created tense situation among the populace.
He called out for help and to seek the intervention of the Federal Government and the Anambra State Government to come to their aid, so as to avoid further breakdown of law and order
