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Nigeria: Ezza/Ezillo Violence – Elechi Vows to Punish Sponsors

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Original Post Date: 2010-04-05 Time: 16:00:03  Posted By: News Poster

By Christopher Isiguzo

Enugu – Ebonyi State Governor, Martin Elechi, weekend, said his administration would not take it kindly with anybody associated with the bloodshed in Ezza/Ezillo, as they would be made to face the full weight of the law.

Also yesterday, the police vowed to fish out those behind the lingering communal violence, which has claimed over 600 lives.

The police high command had last week, deployed no less than 1200 mobile policemen to the war zone after detaining for almost a week, all the political office holders from the area, especially Chairmen of Ezza North, Ikeuwa Omebe, Ishielu, Onwa Ali Onwa, as well as traditional rulers of Ezza and Ezillo extractions.

They were accused of master-minding the crisis, which had been on since May, 2008, claiming lives everyday.

Speaking to newsmen shortly after the Easter service at the Government House, Abakaliki, Leader of the police Mobile Force from the Force Headquarters, Mr. Felix Uyanna, said the police had swung into action to restore lasting peace to the area, adding that the first major feat already recorded was the clearing of the Enugu-Abakaliki expressway to traffic, and arrest of 36 persons at the scene of the conflict.

Elechi said the end of the conflict was in sight, especially with the deployment of a special squad of the Nigeria Police Force involved in a full scale land and air operations in the area, adding that not only would peace be restored, but that the culprits would be apprehended.

He said violence in the area was master-minded by unpatriotic elements who wanted to destabilise the state for political reasons, adding that by the end of the ongoing police operations in the area, no other group would contemplate taking up arms against the state government or innocent people in the state again.

Elechi said it was a terrible miscalculation by sponsors of the conflict and others who thought the state government would not be able to contain the situation, adding that the peaceful disposition of his administration should not be misconstrued for weakness.

He said at the end of the security operation in the area, all those involved, no matter how highly or lowly placed would be prosecuted, expressing dismay over sleepless nights, human lives and resources that have been wasted over the avoidable crisis in Ezza/Ezillo.

Original Source: This Day (Lagos)
Original date published: 5 April 2010

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201004050651.html?viewall=1