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Imo State: The Call For HRH Eze Ilomuanya’s Reinstatement Heightens

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As the Court of Appeal judgment which reinstated   HRH Eze (Dr.) Cletus Ilomuanya as Chairman of Imo State  Council of Traditional Rulers continue to elicit reactions, more pressure is being mounted  on Governor  Rochas Okorocha  to abide by the  Court’s  judgment in the interest  of peace,  justice  and rule  of law.

 

At the heels of this landmark judgment, pundits had expressed doubts about Okorocha complying with the court’s order. They contended that the governor’s antecedents in which he has openly showed  contempt and disregard  to other previous court judgments against  his administration even though  he  professes obedience to the rule of law in the Imo State’s anthem  usually recited every  now and them in the state’s  owned  Orient FM radio, are cases in point.

 

Demanding  for  the unconditional obedience  to  the court judgment,  a group  of traditional  rulers  in Imo State  under the auspices of  “Royal Stars” has insisted  that the governor should  uphold the  supremacy of the rule of law above personal interest. During  the group’s  meeting last  weekend  at the  palace of HRH Eze Jude Nwachukwu of Isiozi-aka Community in Njaba LGA of Imo State,  the Royal Fathers agreed unanimously that  the Governor Okorocha should  remember  the clause that  “rule of law  must  reign in our time  and that this is our prayer”, which is part of the  state’s anthem, adding  that time has now  come  for the governor  to live up to what he preaches.

 

They  assured  the   governor  that   Eze Ilomuanya will work cordially with him, stating that the entire traditional rulers  in Imo State  have embraced  the return  of Ilomuanya  as Chairman,  Imo State  Council  of Traditional Rulers  in line with the Court’s  judgment.

 

Another group, Orluzurumee Youth Assembly, while demanding   the immediate enforcement of the court  of  Appeal  Judgment  since it is declaratory,  “argued that it  is only by everybody  being law abiding that democracy  in Nigeria can grow”.  The group  contended  that it is by the people learning to fight  for their right  that the society could be made better, insisting that “it takes resistance  to overcome  oppression and  tyranny in  every developing society”.

 

In a statement endorsed  by its National President, Comrade  Precious Nwadike and National Secretary, Comrade Kyrian Echerebo, the group while congratulating Eze Ilomuanya for gallantly fighting to ensure that justice prevailed  at  last,  noted  that “the judgment is a judgment for democracy  and  a call on all those  in authority  to guide against   a similar reoccurrence of  such impunity”, adding  that “those who should  uphold  the law  should not appear  to destroy  it especially in  a  case  like this where  a person’s statutory  tenure  is clearly spelt  out by the law”.

 

The Orluzurumee Youths Assembly also commended Eze Ilomuanya’s maturity in pledging to work harmoniously with governor Okorocha, describing the gesture  as the hallmark of a leader.  The group further pleaded  with the monarch to ensure  that youths are carried  along in government activities just as they demanded  his intervention  to stop  the continuous  balkanization  of communities in the state  into hamlets  under the guise of creating  more autonomous communities.

Signed:

 

Kennedy Eweama Esq.

Chief Press Secretary to Chairman

Imo State & South East Councils of Traditional Rulers

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