A former gubernatorial aspirant under the banner of
National Rescue Movement NRM in the just concluded governorship polls in Ebonyi
State and a Chieftain of Ohanaeze
Ndigbo, Rev Paschal Gold Nwaigwe had alerted the Pentecostal Fellowship of
Nigeria PFN, Christian Association of
Nigeria CAN and Ohahaeze Ndigbo of a grand plan to install an emirate in Afikpo
In the letter to CAN, PFN and Ohanaeze made
available to Igbo Mandate Congress yesterday, the politician alleged that there
is a secret plot to have an Emirate in Afikpo.
According to
the statement,''From a reliable information some of our traditional rulers the
Eze Ogo’s are being lobbied to accept the crowing of an Islamic Traditional
Ruler, the arrangement is to institute an Emirate in Afikpo, An Ebonyi
born Moslem Imam has been slated for the
Hausa Fulani traditional rulership, which in no distance will translate to an
Emirate, first of its kind in the South East''.
''I urge the traditional rulers council chairman and
the Eze Ogos in Ebonyi State not to
stoop so low in accepting to crown a traditional ruler for the Hausa fulanis,
rather to stand up for the welfare of Ebonyi Indigenes Welfare and drop money
police which descrets the scared traditional leadership stool.''
Rev Nwaigwe also alerted that the plot to institute
RUGA in the state under another guise is still intact. In his letter to CAN he
claimed that the plot is still ongoing. According to him ''These Fulani men
were given a welcome package of N4m from the State Governor himself delivered
to them by the Chief of Staff of Ebonyi State. The youths took to the streets
in a bid to defending their villages from what is perceived as forceful step to
Islamize their community the video went round the whole world.''
Rev Nwaigwe mentioned the communities slated for
RUGA to include '' Achara 1 and 2, Okwata Ndunwangele, Oferekpe, Okpoduma,
Odariko, Nkwuda in Igbeagu Community, Sharon, Nwankaleke were not left out, but
Nkeleke and Okwata Ndunwangele is the war front''
It would be recalled that Rev Nwaigwe had a bloody
battle with the incumbent during the governorship elections and his campaign
director was stabbed severally, and his boys beaten and intimidated. He also
reported to INEC that his party agents’ tags were deliberately given to the
wrong persons by INEC and on the day of the polls his agents were arrested and
beaten for not putting on accreditation tags all in an effort to intimidate
him.
On another note a community leader in Izzi Local
Government Mr Camilus Onwe had told Igbo Mandate Congress how they stopped the
invasion of their communities by Fulanis on land grabbing scheme. Speaking with
the Director General of Igbo Mandate Congress IMC, Rev Obinna Akukwe in Abuja
yesterday, Mr Onwe said that they heard the rumour two days to the actual
invasion but ignored it as propaganda.
Onwe said “we heard the rumour, but ignored it as
another propaganda until these people came with hummer buses, young men, women,
children and even a few aged. They claimed that the governor of the state gave
them the land while we said that we are not aware yet. When the situation was getting
out of hand, an unidentified government official came with policemen and
pleaded with us to allow them settle for a few days while they resolve same
with the governor. We refused and insisted on seeing the governor or they will
leave.”
Mr Onwe said that the Fulanis had some millions of
naira in a bag which they showed them claiming the governor gave them for
upkeep and their coming was with official sanction. Military men were
positioned to protect them. They had to ignore the governor’s emissary and spoke
to the Fulani leaders in private to leave them alone. The Youth leader accused
the governor of ceding pasts of Izzi land for RUGA especially Nkeleke and
Okwata Ndunwangele without their knowledge said that the next rumored invasion
will be properly resisted,
The Director
General of Igbo Mandate Congress Rev Obinna Akukwe had asked Governor Umahi to
pursue his 2023 ambitions without overheating the polity. He made the calls
while speaking with the youth leaders from Izzi who were in Abuja to speak with
some NASS members on the security situation in the state .Rev Akukwe posited
that the infrastructures Governor Umahi put in Abakaliki within four years is
enough for him to move to a higher level in 2023 but dragging Islam and
Fulanization into it is unnecessary.
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