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Ebonyi Law Maker & His AK 47 Rifles by oduasolja: 12:07am On Jun 08, 2012 |
Ebonyi Law Maker & His AK 47 Rifles There are fears of violence and bloodshed in the coming elections in Ebonyi state, as law enforcement agents uncover arms pillaging by desperate politicians. Ebonyi state police command, recently, recovered fifteen assault rifles from those suspected to be behind the protracted Ezza/Ezillo bloody clashes, and paraded 16 suspects including Chief Geoffrey Chukwu, pioneer chairman of the state branch of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), three traditional rulers, as well as an officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the area, Joseph Amanga. The paramount rulers were listed as Ezes Christopher Ewa, Lawrence Akochi, and Basil Nwafor. (Photo shows Odefa Odefa, gun running member of Ebonyi state House of Assembly) Ammunition displayed by the police in the course of the suspects’ parade in Abakiliki included an LMG Machine gun which, according to Police Commissioner Emmanuel Ayeni, could load over a thousand bullets. Other recovered dangerous weapons were seven G.3 rifles, a LAR rifle, a SMG, three AK47 rifles, two LAR, rifle magazines, a toy pistol, an axe, a sword and a cutlass. Ayeni disclosed that the suspects themselves confirmed that it was prominent Ezza perspnalities of the area who regularly met and donated money, in addition to imposing levies on other Ezzas for the procurement of arms and ammunitions among other things. But the foregoing scenario seems like scratching the surface of the story of the violence and mayhem that may signpost the council and other forthcoming elections unless Chief Martin Elechi government and, indeed, other security apparati in the state take urgent precautionary measures to nip the imminent untoward situation in the bud. Just recently, a member of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Odefa Obasi Odefa, and his political cronies were nabbed with AK 47 rifles. Hon. Odefa, in his reported confessional statement to the State Security Services (SSS), admitted that he had in his possession 19 (Nineteen) AK 47 and Pump Action rifles out of which five were recovered from his village home when the SSS operatives conducted a search there. A petition to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, dated April 31, 2010, and signed by Chris Eze Omukwu (Esq) of Chris Eze Omukwu & Associates, Abakiliki, narrates several deadly outings of Hon. Odefa-led killer gang in the area. Stated the petition, ‘It is pertinent to remind you, Sir, on the 9th April, 2010 at about 9 pm, a 16-man gang comprising Messrs Odefa Obasi Odefa, Ali Odefa Obinna O. Odefa…stormed the premises of Chief Elebe Nwekeye in Umualoke in Umungbala-Oshiri where a funeral wake-keep was holding. The gang was armed with AK 47 riffles and other kinds of guns. They sacked the funeral wake-keep and scattered the crowd as they were rampaging the entire compound and shooting sporadically.’ The petition added that the honorable member (Odefa Obasi Odefa)’s killer gang, in the ensued pandemonium, pounced on one Chiadikaobi Eze, tied him up, and dragged him on the ground to about 200 kilometers distance where Odefa himself was waiting for them. The petitioner alleged that Hon. Odefa, immediately Chiadikobi Eze was brought before him, drew a gun and shot him (Chiadikaobi Eze) on his right leg. The shocking aspect of this story is that not only that Odefa shot Eze, he, subsequently, reportedly implicated him in a murder charge. The magazine was told that nothing came out of the reports made to the Coordinator of Oshiri Development Area for onward official report and transmission to the police. Part of the petition accused the law maker of being responsible for the formation of a cult gang called the ‘Broom Fraternity’ which allegedly uses to terrorize Oshiri community in particular and Onicha council area in general. ‘This cult gang formed, financed and led by Messrs Odefa Obasi Odefa, Ali Odefa, Obasi Nwode and Victor Obaji attend funerals and openly display and shoot sophisticated guns like AK 47 rifles and pump action guns. ‘During the burial of their grand mother on March 12/13, 2010 at their residence at Oshiri, Messrs Odefa Obasi Odefa, Ali Odefa, Obinna Odefa, Obasi Nwode, Victor Obaji and others openly used AK 47 rifles to show off their newly-acquired intimidating fire-power over the community. Their display of firepower was generously captured by their own video of the burial ceremony’, the lawyer wrote. According to the petition, ‘Hon. Odefa has already confessed to the crime of illegal possession of and use of prohibited firearms, admitted having 19 (Nineteen AK 47 rifles) and has even surrendered some of them to the Department of State Security’. Odefa’s accusers, also, cited several instances where his alleged 29 member-gang of the ‘Broom Fraternity’ storm burial ceremonies armed with sophisticated weapons including AK 47 rifles. The petition added that ‘the intimidation and brigandage of the Odefa family in Oshiri since 2004 had actuated the community in 2006 to petition the office of the Inspector-General of Police to come to their rescue’. The petition, therefore, called on the IG to direct the arrest and investigation of the honorable member, (Odefa Obasi Odefa), Ogbonnaya Ogo and other mentioned persons for conspiracy and murder. Another appeal to the IG hinged on the arrest of the accused legislator and his cohorts for forming and operating an unlawful (cult) which has unleashed a reign of terror, murders, violent activities and gangsterism on otherwise innocent rural dwellers. Hon. Odefa and his co-accused cultists, the people begged, should be arrested to explain the source of their illegal acquisition, possession and use of prohibited firearms of the caliber of AK 47 rifles or such other firearms. Rather than good reputation, it has been all knocks for Hon. Odefa from the home front. A press statement by the people of Oshiri enumerated several acts of terrorism which they claim to have undergone in the hands of their law maker son and his ‘Broom Confraternity’. ‘We like to use this opportunity to call the attention of the state government to the political thuggery and terrorism of Hon. Odefa against the people and Oshiri community. There is nobody in Onicha Local Government Area who is not aware of the evil activities of Hon. Odefa and his gang who have also gone into armed robbery. While we seek the protection of the state government from Hon Odefa and his thugs, we make it clear here that the maiming and destruction in Oshiri by this group cannot continue’. Oshiri people expressed shock that in spite of the weight of evidence about the illegal possession of arms by Hon. Odefa and his ilk, they are still walking the streets free, lamenting the indignation with which security agencies (especially SSS) have ignored the video and photo clips given to them showing Hon. Odefa, Hon. Obasi Nwode and some members of the gang carrying AK 47 rifles. The SSS unfortunately lost their grip on the ‘legislator cultist’ even in spite of the confessional statements he (Hon. Odefa Obasi Odefa) was said to have made on record. The people thus called on Governor Elechi to immediately order the arrest of Hon. Odefa and his cult members so as to stem the replication of the Ezillo crisis in the area. ‘This situation must be nipped in the bud before it explodes because this gang, which is behind the robbery and kidnapping in Onicha Local Government Area and some parts of the state, has terrorized the area enough. Also, the Governor is prayed to order the removal from office of Hon. Obasi Nwode as the Chairman of Onicha Local Government. These actions, when taken, will stem the kind of crisis that took place at Ezillo and sustain the confidence of the people of Oshiri in the ability of the government to protect lives and property’, Oshiri community cries out. The people, equally, called on the state House of Assembly to immediately suspend Hon. Odefa and hand him over to the law enforcement agents for prosecution as he has, according to them, by all intents and purposes, shown that he is not worthy to continue as a member of the House. The petition, further, added: ‘He (Hon. Odefa and his brothers are simply outlaws and should be arrested before they cause greater havoc than they have wrecked on the community since 2004. Similarly, we urge the PDP as a peace loving and security conscious party, to disqualify Hon. Obasi Nwode from contesting the forth-coming local government elections. Unless this is done, it will be understood that they are deliberately harboring criminals in their fold for the purpose of destabilizing the society’ Yet, another petition from the Chambers of Chris Eze Omukwu & Co to the Ebonyi State Director of SSS fingered Hon. Odefa and his gang in the gruesome murder of one Nwaji Egbe of Amaokpara-Oshiri in Onicha Local Government Area of the state. Nwaji Egbe was, sometime, found dead at a place called ‘Ogudu Ikele’ in Umungballa village in Oshiri. However, Hon. Odefa, in a telephone interview with Insider Weekly, denied the gun-running charges, retorting that all the allegations are masterminded by his political enemies. Further efforts by the magazine to get the legislator to, in a one on one interview, respond to all the other accusations against him proved fruitless, as he did not react to a text message sent to him to that effect. For now, peace or crisis in Ebonyi will depend on how effectively both Elechi government and the law enforcement agencies handle the Oshiri mayhem. http://klinreports..com/2010/05/ebonyi-law-maker-his-ak-47-riffles.html |
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