Ogalla sets joint committee for Ufu Elugwu Ezike Oba Land dispute

The end to frequent misunderstanding in Ufu Elugwu Ezike Oba Land is in sight as the Executive Chairman of Igbo Eze North Local Government council, Chief Michael Uche Ogalla has set up a joint committee to end the dispute.

The committee is a bold steps to permanently resolve the lingering land dispute in Ufu Ezikeoba between Enugu-Ezike and Amube community.

The Chairman during his visit to the Onyeishi Ezike Oba, Agu Silas Eze-okpe, noted that his administration is determined to bring permanent peace among the people.

As part of his efforts to ensure lasting peace and unity in the area,

the Chairman immediately constituted a high powered committee which was drown from both sides to resolve the crisis.

The members of the committee are, 

1Chief Emmanuel Eze

2 Surveyor .David Eyadinma

3 Chief Michael Mbah

4 Mr. Kevin Odo

5 Hon. Chidi Nwomeh

6 HRH Igwe Gabriel Agbedo

7 HRH Igwe Peter Attah (Igwe Amanato)

8 Barr. Abuguja Henry C.

9 Mr. Paulinus Eze and 

Heads/Representatives of Six Family Clans from Amube.

He maintained that the peace process must be total and directed that no individual or association should interfere or visit the land except members of the committee as the Committee has been given two weeks timeline to carry out the assignment.

Reacting to the development, some of the elders of Amube community who were present during the inauguration at the palace of the Onyeishi Ezike Oba, apologized over the violent attack on the committee by their people which took place when the Ufu Elugwu Ezike Oba Land committee visited the area to complete the sharing of the land which they attributed to wrong advice given to their people by one Mr Ndubuisi Ayogu-agbo popularly known as Ayogu-agbo a self acclaimed Igbo Eze North youth president and promised that their people will not repeat such action again.

In an interview with our correspondent just after the inauguration of the Committee, Chief Emmanuel Eze who noted that the recent unwarranted violent provocation that happened recently while the Land Committee were on their way to the Ufu Elugwu Ezike Oba to complete their assignment of sharing the remaining Land is uncalled for and warned the instigators of the artificial crisis between Enugu Ezike and Amube Community to stop it as Amube is part of Enugu Ezike and that they have their own potion of land in Ufu Elugwu Ezike Oba just like the other thirty nine communities Communities.

Also speaking, Surveyor David Eyadima who is a member of the committee and also the Surveyor that paslated the land for Enugu Ezike people, assured the people that every document concerning the survey plans of the Land are intact and will be made available to the thirty nine Community head's at the end of the committee work.

Surveyor Eyadima noted that what necessitated the re-sharing of the Ufu Elugwu Ezike Oba Land was that some Community lands where affected after the peace deal with the people of Ekoyi Iheaka and the elders in council directed the Land Committee to reshare the land to make sure that those Communities whose land was affected will be accommodated which the committee did and when they are on their way to the land to show all the Communities their own, the Amube people attacked them but through the intervention of the Security agencies normalcy was restored and the committee continued with their work.

In his reaction, the former Chairman of Igbo Eze North Local Government Area Chief Chidi Nwaomeh and a member of the committee/Secretary Ufu Elugwu Ezike Oba Land committee assured the people that the members of the committee are equal to the task as they will do everything within their power's to ensure a lasting peace as far as the Ufu Elugwu Ezike Oba Land is concerned and warned the instigators of the artificial crisis to desist from their actions and called on the security agencies to go after such people as they are the real enemies of the people.

He further urged the aggrieved Amube people to follow the steps of the Ekoyi Iheaka people who presented their case genuinely before they elders in council which lead to peaceful resolution of their demands with permanent boundary.