As crisis of different shapes ranging from anti-western education, resource control to communal clashes, spread across Nigerian state, Ezza-Ezillo, in Ebonyi state, Southern Nigeria has become unsafe for its citizens, friends and associates of the state.
The one and half year old conflict, which has so far claimed of over 500 lives started as a resulted of two friends’ inability to agree on how a call centre canopy could be erected to accommodate each other.
A thorough investigation into the root causes of the crisis and those behind it has just been concluded. It was discovered that highly some placed business men, politicians and Ebonyi state government are strongly behind the killings of these one family who have been living together for more than 100 years.
It was discovered that there is always a renewed clashes in Ezza-Ezillo each time there is allocation to Ishielu local government area, from the state government, when new arms and ammunitions are usually acquired and Militants are recruited from the Niger Delta to fight aganist the Ezzas; and Jobless youths are engaged from Benue and Kogi states to fight the Ezzas.
The current chairman of Ishielu local government area, the headquarters of Ezza-Ezillo has vowed to wipe Ezzas out of Ishielu and out of map of Ebonyi. It was learnt from that one of the aides of Governor Martin Elechi that the Governor has in his wisdom endorsed the actions of the local government chairman, to invest his local government funds in the purchase of arms and ammunition, to wipe out the Ezzas from Ebonyi.
According to the aide, who hails from Ikwo in Ebonyi, the governor and the local government boss, the Ezzas are crazy expansionist, adding that Ezzas are actually hardworking group of people, who undertake to do any kind of job to earn a living rather engaging into armed robbery and other illegal activities.
From Anambra, Enugu, Cross Rivers, Rivers, Imo, Abia, Sokoto, Kaduna, Kano, Abuja to Benue, an Ezza man is seen engage in legitimate job in order to earn a meaningful living at the expense of stealing and formenting troubles.
Other sponsors of the Ezza-Ezillo crisis, according to intelligent reports are some politicians from Abakaliki zone, comprising Ezza North, South, Central at the House of Representatives, Abuja and some of those at the state House of Assembly.
A Presidential source last night informed that President Yar’Adua has been briefed by the State Security Services on the skirmishes going in Ebonyi state. According to the source, several attempts to summon the state governor Martin Elechi have been greeted with excuses. It was learnt that the President has ordered that Senator Jim Nwobodo, a one-time executive governor of old Anambra state be briefed on the matter to ensure that these ugly situation is put to end, and protect the Ezza race.
The Ezzas, who are in the majority in the state, are facing serious challenges. Their children in Ezza-Ezillo are denied access to school and their safety is not equally guaranteed in private schools in the area. Their women and young girls are also being raped on hourly basis. Can the President Yar’Adua folds hands and watch the people of Ezza killed. What is the position of the Nigerian constituition in this reagard?
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