Observing that natural communal clashes do not last for more than one month, they noted that the law does not respect anybody who felt he had a monopoly of violence, urging them to sheathe their swords.
The Chairman of the group, Comrade Stanley Emeka-Uzor, an Ambassador of Peace, made the appeal in Abakaliki, on Tuesday, during a meeting with journalists.
Emeka-Uzor noted that the rate of communal crises recorded in some parts of the state was worrisome, stressing that the ugly trend was driving investors out of the state.
He commended the State Government for the massive infrastructural transformation in the state, pointing out that there was a need to continually embrace peace for much development.
Emeka-Uzor said, “We are here for the very fact that the Association of Ebonyi Indigenes in China wants peace in the state. We are here to call on all the warring parties and communities to know that the one who kills his brother is not a strong man. We are here to appeal to the people to, ‘Say No’ to the crises in our state. We are not happy that in various areas of our state, a lot of crises have been going on-killing our brothers, sisters or wives, and children we are not happy that this is going on. So we, living in China, first and foremost, thank the state government for its efforts in making sure that peace is restored. We also thank the security operatives for how far they have gone in curtailing the crises and we also encourage them to do more. We are also happy about how our state has been transformed infrastructurally and in other areas. We are saying that we should continue to build unity and love. The waring communities should, please drop their weapons and let’s come together as one. We here in China are from different Local Government Areas of Ebonyi State; but we don’t discriminate, we do not see ourselves as different people, we do things together and that same love is what we want in Ebonyi. This is because when the state is conducive, we can come home and invest, and other people who are not from Ebonyi can also come and invest but when there is a crisis, nobody will come home and invest. So there is a need, an urgent need, for peace.” Communal crisis cannot last for more than a month and when such happens, you know that somebody somewhere is sponsoring it either for political reasons or for communal reasons, to show the power of supremacy to a weaker community. So security agencies should do more to fish out the perpetrators and bring them to book. The law is not a respecter of any man who is involved in these crises and sponsoring them. Those involved should be arrested and prosecuted accordingly.”
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it was observed that between 7 am and 10 am, on Thursday in Abakaliki, the state capital there were no vehicular and human movements.
It was also observed that neither civil servants nor students were seen going to work or school, on Thursday, in the state.
Both banks’ premises were under key and luck and our correspondent, noted, that the Nigerian flag was seen lowered in their offices.
Also, parks of major transport companies such as Peace, Onitsha South, GUO, Ifesinachi, Eastern Mass, ROMCHI, among others, were shut down.
It was also observed that filling stations in the state, were shut down and didn’t open for business, on Thursday.
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IPOB spokesperson, Emma Powerful, said the state governors have been marked for attacks if they dare come abroad for any function.
He said “The Nuremberg IPOB family in Germany, in keeping with the long-standing directive from our leader to hound all instigators of the Operation Python Dance, is glad to report that Ike Ekweremadu was confronted and duly hounded out of a so-called New Yam Festival event in Germany. Despite repeated warnings to the organisers of this jamboree that Enugu, Ebonyi and other parts of ‘Biafraland’ is under siege by the Fulani caliphate and their collaborators within, they went ahead to invite a known traitor, co-conspirator and one of those who worked with Igbo governors to proscribe and tag IPOB a terror organisation while they never raised any voice against the murderous Fulani herdsmen. This should serve as a warning to Nnia Nwodo, Dave Umahi, Okezie Ikpeazu, Willie Obiano and others that any day we find them in a public event abroad, they will be humiliated. IPOB is strategically located in over 100 countries around the world. Anywhere we find them, they will be dealt with.”
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