Killings: Nwifuru orders destruction of shrines, deities in Amasiri community

By Jeff Agbodo

Ebonyi State Government has directed that all the shrines and deities in Amasiri clan be destroyed following killings in the area.

Governor Francis Nwifuru, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary Dr. Monday Uzor, constituted a 19-member committee to carry out the demarcation of the disputed boundary between Okporojo and Amasiri communities.

The statement said Governor Nwifuru announced the development shortly after an expanded security council meeting held at the Old Government House, Abakaliki, attended by heads of security agencies, traditional rulers, elders’ council and stakeholders of Okporojo, Amasiri, Akpoha and Afikpo communities.

“The Council has also directed that all the shrines and deities in Amasiri clan be destroyed and stakeholders of the area are under obligation to show the State Government and security agencies the locations of the shrines,” the governor said.

Nwifuru added that the demarcation has become expedient since the two parties had signed an agreement to that effect.

The committee is headed by the State Commissioner for Border and Conflict Resolution, Prof. Paul Nwobashi.

Members include the Surveyor General of the State; Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Commissioner for Primary and Secondary Education; Chairmen of Traditional Rulers Council in the 13 Local Government Areas; Dr. Boniface Chima While Chief Sunday Oyibe is to serve as the Secretary.

According to the governor, the Council also resolved that the curfew imposed on Amasiri Community should remain in force until the severed heads of the victims of Okporojo killings are recovered.

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