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5 Arrested, Army Major Fingered In Attempt To Renew 25 Years Enugu Communal War by Hibiscus50: 6:10pm On Sep 08, 2019
@ StateReporter News

Five persons have been arrested in a failed attempt to resume hostilities in the 25-year Oruku/Umuode communal war in Nkanu East, Enugu State.
A serving Major in the Nigerian Army believed to be a major sponsor of the conflict has also been fingered to be behind the plans to resume the war.
What could have been a major setback to the peace initiative by Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi was averted last Wednesday following the arrest of some young men allegedly hired by the army officer to renew hostilities against Umuode.
The army officer  alleged to be a major sponsor of the communal war, hails from Oruku side and is said to be serving in the finance department of Nigerian Army.
He was accused of working with some persons to scuttle the boundary delineation exercise ordered by the state government in the white paper on the resolution of the feud.
The Army officer who is related to a major stakeholder from Oruku had allegedly donated N6m to Oruku Town Union in March this year in support of the war.
This was contained in two different petitions sent to the Inspector General of Police, the state governor and the state Commissioner of Police by a former Chairman of Nkanu East Local Government Area, Mr. Ejike  Ani and Chairman, Oruku Town Union Caretaker Committee, Mr. Emma Mba.
Following the petitions, five persons fingered to be fighters in the communal conflict, were arrested by the police and arraigned in court on Thursday.
They were accused of plotting to launch fresh attacks on Umuode and cause further mayhem in the area  and were subsequently remanded in prison custody.
The petitioners said that following Governor Ugwuanyi’s peace initiative which helped both communities to settle the age-long war on June 14, 2019, some  Oruku natives have continued to sponsor  some youths to extend the hostility against Umuode.
They also claimed that the army officer personally threatened to eliminate them for raising the alarm over threat to their lives and the plot to launch fresh attack on the neighbouring Umuode community.
The petition by the former council chairman reads: “The Army Major attached to the Finance department of the Nigerian Army with phone number (withheld) has been financing and supporting the war with various amounts . He deposited N2,000,000 and N4,000,000 to the account of the Oruku Town Union with First Bank Plc on the 2nd and 19th March 2019 respectively for purchase of Arms and ammunition and was rewarded with over 3 hectares of land by the then Town Union headed by Mr. Anthony Nnamani.
“On the 1st of September 2019, the Major  held series of meetings with some youths of the community  and some soldiers in two hilux vans painted in Army colours that accompanied him.  He told the youths to attack Umuode community in the early hours of 3rd September, 2019 to scuttle the 
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Re: 5 Arrested, Army Major Fingered In Attempt To Renew 25 Years Enugu Communal War by Simplyleo: 6:11pm On Sep 08, 2019
He deposited N2,000,000 and N4,000,000 to the account of the Oruku Town Union with First Bank Plc on the 2nd and 19th March 2019 respectively for purchase of Arms and ammunition

The major must be a fulani herdsman and buhari must have given him the money to purchase the arms and ammunition for continuation of buhari fulanisation and islamisation agenda.

This is how the brain of an average ipob is wired to be reasoning.
Re: 5 Arrested, Army Major Fingered In Attempt To Renew 25 Years Enugu Communal War by UAE123(m): 6:19pm On Sep 08, 2019
We don't need any war in any part of the country again
Re: 5 Arrested, Army Major Fingered In Attempt To Renew 25 Years Enugu Communal War by Davash222(m): 6:20pm On Sep 08, 2019
Simplyleo:


The major must be a fulani herdsman and buhari must have given him the money to purchase the arms and ammunition for continuation of buhari fulanisation and islamisation agenda.

This is how the brain of an average ipob is wired to be reasoning.
Re: 5 Arrested, Army Major Fingered In Attempt To Renew 25 Years Enugu Communal War by PureGoldh(m): 10:19pm On Sep 08, 2019
There is fire on the mountain and no one seems to be running sad

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