Amasiri/Okporojo Crisis: Diaspora Group Seeks Lasting Peace, Commends Gov Nwifuru For Proactive Measures
...Donates ₦2m Relief The Ebonyi State Union United Kingdom and Ireland (ESU UK & Ireland) has expressed deep concern over the recent communal disturbances between Amasiri and Okporojo in Oso Edda, describing the violence as painful and regrettable given the long-standing ancestral and familial ties shared by both communities. In a statement jointly signed by its leadership,led by Chief Otu Chukwu-Etuu, and Secretary, Dr. Francis Ama Kalu the diaspora body said it received news of the conflict with sadness and dismay, particularly through disturbing reports and images circulating on social and mainstream media. The group noted that both communities share common matrilineal origins, inter-marriages, and kinship networks, making the loss of lives and destruction of property deeply distressing to Ebonyi indigenes at home and abroad. The union commended the Ebonyi State Governor, Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, for what it described as his prompt and courageous intervention, including ...
