The traditional of Ozubulu, Igwe
Nnamdi Oruche, has revealed how the problem in the town, which consumed scores
of people started.
Recall that a gunman had on
August 6 attacked St Philip’s Catholic Church, Ozubulu in Anambra State,
killing several worshipers.
The royal father recalled that
the problem in his domain started about 10 years ago when Ozubulu Development
Union, ODU, which has a branch in South Africa, wanted to elect a new
president-general there.
Recalling the genesis of the
mayhem, Igwe Oruche said, “This created a major disagreement over who would be
their leader in that country and it eventually tore them apart.
“But the overall President
General both in Ozubulu and in Diaspora, Norbert Anigbogu, intervened by
inviting the two factions back home for a peaceful resolution of the problem.
“When they returned, a
traditional oath was prepared for them to take in order to enthrone
brotherliness among them and to further quell the rift between the factions,
but most of them refused to take the oath on the basis that they are
Christians.
“At that point, an alternative
was made and a Catholic priest, Rev. Father Chidolue was invited to perform the
Christian aspect of oath-taking, which was done and everyone appreciated it.
“But later, the conflict was
rekindled by some of them who reneged on the agreement made during the
oath-taking, alleging that since I, the traditional ruler, was not present
during the exercise, the reconciliation was null, void and improper.”
The royal father called on the
state and Federal Governments to assist the community in tracking the killer
squad and bring them to book, promising that the people of the community would
not rest on their oars until the needful was done.
“We have an old culture, so our
traditional deities will bring them out when the rituals are done by us at the
appropriate time,” Igwe Oruche said.
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You would have instead remain quiet because this your explanation gave no information about the situation at all. Give us the immediate cause of the mindless killing and you're talking about oaths taking. Police 🚓 has already said the truth behind the scene.
ReplyDeleteBut Nnamdi kanu,IPOB leader, said that the Igbo people are not capable of carrying out such attack and that the attack was carried out by a terrorist group, supporting criminals b/c the people are his ethnic group. I thank God for the traditional ruler for exposing the truth, propaganda will not help us in Nigeria
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