…Urges trouble makers to embrace peace or face consequences
By Jude Onyenedogha
The Chairman, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area, Prince Marcel Amadioha has restated his commitment to peace in the LGA, which he said has been one of the major achievements of his administration.
The Chairman made this assertion while reacting to a recent cult gang incident in Obile, one of the autonomous communities in the LGA which lead to loss of lives and destruction of properties, and which has also lead to allegations and counter allegations, with some segments giving it political coloration.
The immediate past President General of Obile Autonomous Community, Kingsley Omuruka (Popularly known as Blogger) had dragged the name of the Chairman and the Vice Chairman into the crisis with petitions and publications.
One of the reports sighted by our correspondent had the headline -Tension in Obile Community as Suspected Cultists Kill Oil Company Staff, Indigenes.
…Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Chairman, Amadioha, Vice Chair, Mrs. Elizabeth Opara Fingered in escalating crisis
The report had linked the escalating crisis to the alleged unilateral appointment of one Mr. Paschal Ndubuisi Obido as the new President-General of Obile by the Chairman on February 10, 2025, adding that the Vice Chairman, Mrs. Elizabeth Uluma Jude Opara facilitated the appointment.
In the report, Omuruka accused Mr. Obido and his group, who he described as a cult gang of being responsible for the murder of Mr. Denoute Gbaraka, a staff of Endroma Oil Servicing Company, and another indigene, Mr. Chinedu Chukwu. He further alleged that the same group kidnapped a man known popularly as “Onwa” from the Ogbonna family on October 1, 2025.
However the LG Chairman rubbished Omuruka’s allegation linking the crisis to the issue of President General of Obile community, wondering how the action of a known criminal gang and serial killers should be trivialized by linking it to the issue of President General of the community.
Amadioha made it clear that he never unilaterally appointed a President General for the community, rather he upheld a peace accord reached by the warring factions of the community, that included Omuruka, where a list of leadership provided by the two factions (the one controlled by Omuruka and the one controlled by the traditional ruler of the community) were harmonized leading to the emergence of Obido as the P.G and that after the harmonization, peace returned to the community, until the recent uprising of the cult gang, who are seeking recognition.
On the allegation by Omuruka that the current President General is a well known cult leader and criminal, the chairman made it clear that it is only the law enforcement agencies and court of law that has the power to declare someone a criminal, after thorough investigation might have proven any allegation against such person.
He said based on the petitions and allegations raised by Omuruka, the P.G was invited by the Department of State Services (DSS) who later released him after some days of questioning and thorough investigations, probably because they didn’t find anything incriminating against him.
The Chairman expressed his openness and readiness to submit himself to any investigation by law enforcement agencies, making it clear that he will thereafter follow legal means to seek redress over the malicious and libelous allegations against him by Omuruka in general.
He used the opportunity to urge indigenes of Obile community and Ohaji/Egbema to go about their normal daily businesses without any fear of molestation, as adequate security measures has been put in place to guarantee their safety, while re-emphasizing the call on the cult gang to surrender their arms and embrace peace or be ready to taste the full wrath of the law.
He further used the opportunity to extend sympathy and condolence to those whose lost their loved ones and those who properties were vandalized, promising that the government will extend helping hand to them at the appropriate time, describing them as victims of unpleasant circumstances that were not their making.
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