New Leadership Emerges As Soludo’s Community Ends 20-Year Old Crises
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The 20-year-old intra communal crisis in Isuofia town, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State has finally been resolved following the reconciliation of the two factions and the ultimate election of a new town union executive council.
A quarter of Isuofia community, had in 1997, announced its secession from the town and change of nomenclature to Isuanioma Community, a move that resulted to break down of law and order in the area.
No fewer than nine buildings were reportedly touched and over thirty six families fled their homes for fear of attacks while two persons were alleged to have been missing while the communal crisis lasted.
Consequently the then Isuofia Peoples Union Federated Executive functioned for about eighteen years which the rest of the community described as illegitimate.
247ureports.com however gathered that the two decade face off was amicably resolved following the setting up of a peace and conflict resolution committee made up of clerics from the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Pentecostal churches including some stakeholders in the community last year.
However a law suite was filed shortly after the truce by Chief Samuel Nwankwo and eleven others against former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Prof Charles Soludo, eight clerics and twenty two others which was however quashed by the presiding judge of Aguata High Court Justice Obiora.
It was on the strength of this development that the two warring camps in compliance to the directives of Special Adviser to Anambra State governor on chieftaincy and town union matter, Barr Ikechukwu Onyeabo conducted its town union election to elect a new executive.
Addressing newsmen shortly after the election that produced Mr. Jude Okeke as the President General, Soludo described the development as a new dawn in Isuofia community.
“War or crisis is an evil wind that blows nobody any good and you can imagine what our community has lost in the last twenty years, socio-economically.
“I wish to announce my support for the new executive and I call on all and sundry both those that won the election and those that lost to work together for the progress and development of Isuofia town.
“I also thank the Anambra State government for its role in ensuring peace in Isuofia town and we the indigenes will ensure that we cue in to all the developmental schemes and policies of this executive and the state government,” he said.
