Governor of Bayelsa State Orders Arrest Of Monarchs, Appointees Over Killings

Representative David Umahi of Ebonyi State

Senator David Umahi of Ebonyi State has requested the capture of the conventional leader of Umuogodoakpu-Ngbo people group in Ohaukwu Local Government Area and his partner in Ohankwu people group in Ikwo Local Government Area of the state, over a missing maritime official and the killing of a 70-year-elderly person, in the two networks individually.

Umahi additionally requested the capture of organizers of Ohaukwu West, Barr. Stephen Igwe Ogenyi, and Ikwo East Development Center, Mr. Ekuma Emmanuel, in Ohaukwu and Ikwo region of the state, separately, following the two episodes.

The senator additionally requested the suspension of Technical Assistants, Senior Technical Assistants, Executive Assistants, Liaison Officers, Management Committee Members, and different representatives from the two networks.

He provided the requests during a statewide communicate on Saturday, at Abakaliki.

A month back, a maritime official apparently got missing at Eguorie town, Umuogodoakpu-Ngbo people group, in the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state.

A 70-year-elderly person from Amana people group, in the Ezza South Local Government Area of the state, was purportedly slaughtered by aggressors working for Ohankwu individuals in Ikwo Local Government Area.

The two networks had been enmeshed in a contention over a mining site in a limit between them, which had prompted killings and decimation of property.

As indicated by Umahi, if by Tuesday, April 14, 2020, the rulers neglected to give data on the characters of culprits of the episodes that prompted the missing of the maritime official and killing of the lady, they would be ousted.

"I have said it and I'm stating it now, I direct that the TAs, STAs, ECs and every single other deputy from these networks be suspended.

"I likewise direct the capture of the customary leaders of the two networks. They ought to be captured and if by Tuesday, they don't give data on the personalities of the culprits, they will be ousted. This is awful and, the time you carry out wrongdoing right now you go unpunished, is finished," Umahi said.

He cautioned that gone were the days in Ebonyi State, when individuals carried out wrongdoing and went without any penalty.

Umahi additionally ended the halfway lifting of restriction on strict exercises in the state, compelling from Sunday, April 12, 2020.

The state government had on Wednesday declared halfway lifting of restriction on strict exercises, and entombments in the state.