A group, Effium Commu­nity Development Union in Ebonyi State, has called on the Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State, relevant security A

agencies and the Nation­al Security Adviser, Mal­lam Nuhu Ribadu, to order the arrest, investigation and prosecution of some “misguided” elders and elites of Uffiom in the com­munity for what it termed “dissident act” of purport­edly issuing quit notice to Effium indigenes of Ezza Ezekuna extraction during the recent visit of Effium Community by the Retired Bishop Michael Okoro – led Peace Committee on Effi­um crisis.

The Peace Committee was set up by the admin­istration of Governor Francis Nwifuru of Eb­onyi State to resolve the lingering communal crisis in Effium Community of Ohaukwu LGA of the state.

This was made known in a statement signed by the Chairman of Ef­fium Community Devel­opment Union, Chief Chukwu Nwefuru, and the Secretary, Mr. On­wudiwe Olo.

The community con­demned the quit notice which the video clip is said to be trending on the Internet; and described the act of Uffiom people as an affront on the Nigerian constitution, the powers of the Governor of Ebonyi State in whom all lands in Ebonyi State was vested; and on the constitutional and customary rights of Effium indigenes of Ezza Ezekuna extraction as en­acted in both the Land Use Act and the 1999 CFRN.

Effium Community of Ebonyi State has been en­gulfed by war which has defied the Federal Govern­ment peace intervention and consumed thousands of lives of women, chil­dren and other vulnerable groups as well as property worth billions of naira. (Daily Independent)