Ezillo Crisis: The Plans Of Other Ebonyi Communities Over Ezzas
Author: Joel Raph
"Ochudo" we hail you! We hail you again our amiable governor neither for political reasons nor to flatter you but just on how you suddenly allowed Ezillo crises to ravage and escalate so high to an extent of allowing insecurity in the state, more especially Enugu- Abakaliki expressway. "Ochudo" I presume that the name is not just a mere name but a peace conscious person who fights tooth and nails to tranquilize his people. Peace we know is an indispensable element that everybody, nations, communities, states, countries need to make life worth living but it eludes the state.
What really is happening in Ebonyi state that we have remained the talk of the anywhere for killings and destructions of lives? Do all Ebonyians enjoy peaceful atmosphere? If not, has Ochudo proved his name towards achieving peace in the state? Or has it been that the Ezillo crisis has gone beyond Ochudo' s reach? No it can't be! Or can it be that it is a premeditated attempt to invade Ezillo? Must it be that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria does not protect the interest of the minority ethnic group? Or must it be that the lives and the properties of the people are used to the expense of Governors second term (2011 Election)? Does it mean that the innocent souls being lavished by the hired gun men by the Ezzas are generally accepted? Can it be that Ezillo crisis is politicalized to this great extent of allowing people die in their numbers daily? What is holding the Ebonyi State Representatives at the National Assembly from acutely notifying the Federal Government of Nigeria on the escalating crisis? What is really holding Ochudo from taking a giant and bold step in addition to the verdict he issued on 2nd October 2008 to bring a lasting peace in the state? What really are the underlined factors that transpired between Chief Martins Elechi and senator Ucha over Ezillo crisis? Does it mean that Nigerian security could be so porous and weak to an extent that the military posted to make peace in Ezillo could be over powered by the miscreants even killing many of them by the Ezzas? Answers to these pertinent questions are enough to quench the Ezillo crisis forever.
In 1991, in what could be seen as a replica of what is happening in Ezillo, the golf war erupted as the Iraqi an led by Saddam Hussein deliberately invaded a small country called Kuwait over what could be termed " Majority, Power and wealth against minority and non-powerful state" in an attempt to engulf and seize the Kuwaitis oil resources. But did it just ended that way? No, the Almighty God has remained the last choice to the common nation. The USA government suddenly intervened in the matter and saved the Kuwaiti Government from the miserable situation.
Akin to Ezillo crisis, other communities of the state, Oha na Eze ndi igbo etc are watching and will soon unleash terror on the unscrupulous Ezzas that want to turn the whole state into a war zone and an ungovernable state. Just like what happened in Kuwait, the Ebonyi youths fore see such coming in Ebonyi state to rescue the small hamlet Ezillo and bring a lasting peace in the state.
"Ochudo" since you can not bring peace in Ebonyi state, get ready to count your losses and loose your seat to somebody else not to a blood killer, sen. Ucha but to a peace conscious person who will move the state forward peacefully.
No! How can we keep watching the Ezzas causing commotions in the state owned by the whole Ebonyians. They have succeeded in obliterating the little Ezillo community, causing severe water scarcity in the state by using explosives to demolish the Ezillo water scheme, they also have made the Abakaliki-Enugu Expressway a dead trap, they have also succeeded in transferring their so called "powerfulness ness Ezza nation" to other parts of the states burning their houses and killing their indigenes of which; Okpoto, Izzi, Ngbo, Ikwo, Izhiangbo etc have had a share part in, they have caused a stern poverty, hardship, and agony to the people of Ezillo and its environ and even to the whole state at large.
May we bring to your notice that the non political youths from Izzi, Ikwo, Ngbo, Izhiangbo, Effium, Ntezi, Afikpo, Ohazara, our brothers from the southern parts of the state and the other Igbo esa members, and the people of good will, in total support from the Almighty God who hates evil and injustice have all gone in alliance to serve as the last resort to Ezillo and to stop the solitary move by the Ezzas to indoctrinate and usurp Ebonyi state government. Ucha, you have failed on this move.
How this will happen has remained our top most secret and will be unveiled soonest. Enough is enough! EZILLO SHALL RISE AGAIN!
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About the AuthorMbam Joel Chidi