“They Are Trying To Put Fear In Us”, Eze Ohanwe Says Concerning Monarch’s Abduction In Imo State
“They Are Trying To Put Fear In Us”, Eze Ohanwe Says Concerning Monarch’s Abduction In Imo State
Two monarchs abducted last Sunday in Imo state’s Okigwe Local Government Area spent the night in the captor’s hands.
The family and relatives of the affected traditional rulers of Amagu Ihube Autonomous Community, Eze Acho Ndukwe, and Ihitte Ihube Autonomous Community, Eze Paul Ogbu, both in the Okigwe LGA, have all entered into prayers to seek God’s intervention for their release.
While the whereabouts of the two kidnapped monarchs are still unknown, many traditional rulers in the area have been forced to relocate to Owerri, where they may be safe.
“This story I am telling you now is very serious. Many traditional rulers in Okigwe local government area, are relocating out of their domain. Some of them are moving to Owerri town,” a community leader from nearby areas stated, requesting anonymity.
“There is this feeling now that the monarchs are the target. Let me tell you, they were supposed to have an emergency meeting in the local government but I was told they have suspended it and shifted the venue of the meeting to Owerri, where there is enough security to protect them.”
When Eze Emmanuel Okeke, the Imo state chairman of the traditional rulers’ council, was contacted on Monday, he said that they were in a meeting.
The meeting was reportedly linked to the kidnapping of the two monarchs in Okigwe, as well as other issues the state’s royal fathers are currently confronting.
Eze Oliver Ohanwe, the traditional ruler of Ihim Autonomous community in Isiala Mbano local government area, said, “Those who are kidnapping monarchs are not doing the right thing. They want to put fears in the minds of our brothers and sisters outside the state so that they cannot come back and celebrate in their father’s land. They want them to go into exile.
“Imo state traditional rulers are peacemakers. We love peace. We pray for progress. I want to ask when you kidnap the monarchs who pray for you to succeed and bring something good to the community who else do you want to pray for you again.
“I want to beg them to stop and let peace reign. All we want in Imo state is peace and only peace we can achieve a better Imo state.”
