Normalcy appeared to have returned to Ogidi community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state after crisis which trailed the death of a youth leader, Chike Okoye.
The pandemonium had sparked off last Thursday shortly after the late Chike Okoye allegedly jumped out of a two-storey building and died in a bid to evade arrest by a police team who stormed his Umueze Alor village to arrest him for allegedly leading protesting angry youths to Ogidi police station to forcefully secure the bail of one of the youth leaders earlier arrested and detained by the police for malicious damage.
The pandemonium attracted heavy presence of security personnel stationed at the Palace of Igwe Onyido,the traditional ruler of Ogidi Kingdom to disperse angry youths in the area.
However, on Sunday, the leadership of Ogidi Union Nigeria, OUN led by its President-General, High Chief Chuka Onubogu and the Igwe-in-Council paid a condolence visit to the bereaved family where they expressed their sincere condolence to the family on behalf of Igwe Onyido, the Igwe-in-council and the entire people of Ogidi.
Onubogu also handed over the mortuary papers to the bereaved family and promised that the town union and Igwe-in-council would play active role during the funeral ceremony to buttress their point that they were not happy with the death of the young man.
Reacting to the development, Igwe Onyido expressed sadness that the death of the young man has changed his Nwafor Ogidi annual cultural and masquerade festivals mood from good to bad, adding that when the youths visited his palace and demanded for the release of the detained youth leader, he obliged them by calling on the Commissioner of Police and DPO to release him for the youths but because the DPO said he would release him the next morning, the youths went berserk and took their protest down to the police station, which necessitated the hunting of their leaders after they had dispersed.
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