THE traditional ruler of Ogwuaniocha in Ogbaru local government area of Anambra State, Igwe Oliver Nnaji, kidnapped in 2021, is still missing three years after his abduction following communal crisis in the area.
Although 21 persons were declared wanted by the Anambra State Police command in connection with the abduction, peace has not been achieved in the area to date.Worried by the development in the community, which is part of his constituency, the member representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Afam Victor Ogene, called on Governor Chukwuma Soludo to make deliberate efforts to end the communal conflict in Ogwuaniocha for peace to return.
According to him, the crisis has led to untold hardship and increased criminality in the entire Ogbaru local government area, lamenting that the Anambra State government, since the last administration of Chief Willie Obiano, has been treating the crisis in the oil- rich community with veiled disdain, in spite of the fact that the community produces the oil revenue which the state is currently enjoying.
“It is troubling to recall that violent gangs have overtime, set up camps in and around Ogwuaniocha Community, sacked the residents, kidnapped the traditional ruler, Igwe Oliver Nnaji, who is yet to be accounted for, killed and maimed many others, mostly unchallenged in brazen desecration of the traditional institution and erosion of our cultural values. And this should alarm both the people and government of Anambra state.
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