Group notifies Governor on impending anarchy, break down of law and order
Group notifies Governor on impending anarchy, break down of law and order
The Awulu Peace Ambassadors, a pressure group in Umuawulu town, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra has urged Gov. Chukwuma Soludo to intervene in an alleged unconstitutional leadership style in the area.
The group also urged the governor to wade into the land dispute crises in the town to avoid total breakdown of law and order.
The Awulu Peace Ambassadors is a duly registered pressure group with the Corporate Affairs Commission and is chaired by Mr Mbanefo Oranye.
In a Pre Action Notice sent to the Town’s Leadership on Sunday and signed by its lawyer, Okwudili Alagbu , the group further urged the state governor to urgently set-up a fact finding team to investigate the alleged leadership flaws in the town.
It also sought for the investigation and intervention of the state, in the land dispute of the community that might further degenerate to avoidable circumstances.
In the letter addressed to the President General of Umuawulu, Mr Christopher Ekweozor, the Traditional Ruler and copied to the state government, the group stated that for the past one year, youths of the town have clamoured for constitutional leadership to avoid breakdown of law and order .
“The former deputy speaker of Anambra, Mr Aford Oseke, who hailed from Umuawulu promised anambra government that he would intervene and pleaded to the government that he would talk to the leaders on an alleged misuse of powers in Umuawulu.
“With the death of the former deputy speaker, the issue of alleged unconstitutional leadership has resurfaced. ”
The group further alleged that the town had been administered without a properly constituted cabinet but with some hand picked individuals who are not adding value to its peace and development.
“Indeed, the town by tradition must have constituted cabinet members which must be representatives of the three quarters that made up Umuawulu.
“Our investigations revealed that leadership of our community had been unfair to our youths with some arrested for alleged crimes for speaking up against injustices in the area.
“Regrettably, those who speak up are tagged terrorists and kidnappers.
“The attention of the Commissioner of Police in Anambra and the deputy speaker of Anambra were drawn to the threats to the liberty of the young ones.
“Most recently, the youth leader of Agbana quarter, one Mr Chibuzor Nwakaji was arrested on fabricated allegations.
“We also discovered that there is a land dispute between Enugu quarter and Umuenu quarter that may lead to total breakdown of law and order if not urgently handled.”
According to the group, Umuawulu town is boiling and it’s important that the governor should swiftly intervene to stop the crisis from further deepening.
The group said that if the present leadership allegedly continued with the high handedness 30 days from now, it would have no alternative than to approach the courts. (NAN)
