Oruku, Umuode Enugu conflict: Serving Army Major accused of sponsoring crisis, as police arrest 5
A Major serving in the Nigerian Army has been accused of sponsoring the Oruku and Umuode communal conflict that has lasted for over 25 years.
The army officer alleged to be a major sponsor of the communal war, hails from Oruku side and is said to be serving in the finance department of Nigerian Army. This was disclosed in two different petitions sent to the Inspector General of Police, the state governor and the state Commissioner of Police by a former Chairman of Nkanu East Local Government Area, Mr. Ejike Ani and Chairman, Oruku Town Union Caretaker Committee, Mr. Emma Mba.
The petitioners said that following Governor Ugwuanyi’s peace initiative which helped both communities to settle the age-long war on June 14, 2019, some Oruku natives have continued to sponsor some youths to extend the hostility against Umuode. “On the 1st of September 2019, the Major held series of meetings with some youths of the community and some soldiers in two hilux vans painted in Army colours that accompanied him.
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