Effium/Ezza crisis: 20 guns, offensive weapons recovered
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By Peter Okutu
EBONYI State Police Command, yesterday, stated that it has recovered 20 pump action guns and many other offensive weapons from those arrested in connection with the crisis in Effium and Ezza Effium communities in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state.
Speaking with Vanguard , the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Loveth Odah who observed that peace has returned to the affected communities added that the Police had over the weekend escorted some members of the community back to their homes.
“They have embraced peace. They have agreed to drop their hostility against one another. Normalcy have returned to the affected communities. We escorted many of them back to their homes before we returned. The ones arrested are the warriors causing problems and destruction of properties.
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A group under the aegis of Ohaukwu concerned elites in Ebonyi State at the weekend urged Governor David Umahi to free some stakeholders of Effium community who were arrested in connection with the clash between the Ezza and Effium people.
Recently, no fewer than 8 persons were reportedly killed, hundreds of houses razed, and valuables worth millions destroyed in a bloody clash between the two tribes
Governor Umahi had in an attempt to quell the clashes, invited prominent stakeholders of Effium community including the council chairman of Ohaukwu LGA, Barr. Clement Odah, Mr. Chinedu Awo, a member of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly among others.