US EditionEnugu: Tension Rises in Ekwenu Community over Igweship Tussle
- Chief Emma Ugwu has raised concerns about escalating conflict in Ekwenu community following plans to unlawfully grant official acknowledgment of leadership status to Chinwe Eze, despite an existing court injunction preventing such a move.
- The dispute stems from a subsisting High Court order barring any action on the Igweship stool pending the substantive suit's determination, which some parties allegedly plan to disregard.
- Chinwe Eze and allies, including Commissioner Okey Ogbodo and Udenu Local Government Chairman Aka Eze Aka, have been accused of attempting to bypass the court injunction by presenting Eze as Igwe-elect.
- Chief Ugwu said the plan aims to involve Governor Peter Mbah in contempt of court and cautioned political appointees against lawlessness; he urged the governor to intervene through the Attorney General.
- The ongoing legal appeal by Chinwe Eze against the restraint order is pending, while the situation threatens community peace and calls for strict adherence to the rule of law.
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Enugu: Tension rises in Ekwenu community over Igweship tussle
A community leader in Ekwenu autonomous community, Obolo-Affor in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu state, Chief Emma Ugwu, has warned of a looming crisis in the area over alleged plan to issue a certificate of return to one of the contenders for Igweship stool despite a court order against such action. Ugwu said if Governor Peter Mbah does not call the Enugu State Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Chieftaincy Affairs to ord…
On Friday, a car collided with a potato and onion cart in Jahazpur, Bhilwara. After which people beat the car driver to death. This led to communal tension. On hearing the news of the murder of the youth, a large number of people reached outside the hospital and created a ruckus.
Bhilwara News: Communal tension has spread in Bhilwara after a youth was beaten to death. Police have arrested the main accused. Vishwa Hindu Parishad has opposed the Moharram procession.
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