Reported By Eke Macdonald Ndubuisi -
TBP August 28,
2017
Recall that this
high-headed tyrant Governor[Anayo Rochas Okorocha] had in the past took some of
the Eke-Ukwu Owerri market leadership to a bushy land at Egbeada without him
being the Governor erecting any building there where the traders can pack;
stock and sell their commodities, this rural area has no access road as erosion
and flood are major constraints towards transversing that area. Due to the
nature of that area and the inability of the State Governor to develop the
area, forced the traders to stay back and continue with their businesses until
the Governor [Rochas Okorocha] comes up with something tangible to show that he
is serious over him relocating them.
Barely fifteen hours the
Governor [Rochas Okorocha] deployed all the armed forces and state created
security operatives to come and force the indigenes and owners of the market
inside their houses; on receiving this callous threat on their lives by the
Governor while he traveled to Abuja for APC caucus meeting, the former youth
leader of Owerri Chief Ebube Agu sent some of his kinsmen to play agogo (town
crire )lerting the traders that they should continue with their businesses as
what they perceived that their market is traditional and indigenous market not
Government created market.
On the eve of that same
Friday night the youths of Owerri went on a peaceful demonstration and protest
highlighted their points and opinion to the deployed Military men on-ground why
they can not allow the Governor to go ahead with his plans; later that same midnight
between the hours of 3:30am a call came-in to which we cannot say who called
the Military but the people instincts
said it was the Governor that called; later the both parties agreed that it was
only illegal structures along the ever-busy Douglas road Owerri, after this
agreement some youths rescinded from the peaceful demonstration cum protest to
their various houses in peace.
The people of Owerri never
knew that Rochas Okorocha has another plan and second thought for them; later
by 5:00am another information filtered in that the Governor has reneged from
the agreement he reached upon with the people of Owerri not to demolish their
traditional market which they inherited by virtue of blood and indigenous
rights; on reaching Douglas road by 5:00am bulldozers has started demolishing
things not in-line with the agreement reached upon.
Also recall that the Governor
of Imo State Rochas Okorocha and the people of Owerri are in competent court of
jurisdiction; there is an effective court injunction that mandated the Governor
to withdraw from carrying out this demolition exercise until the final ruling,
instead of him [Rochas Okorocha] to wait pending the outcome of the court
ruling acted out of his own tyrant power just to weaken and wicked Owerri
people that he is in-charge and that he is the Governor and that he has the
final say; what! In a democratic setting.
The information we got
from the indigenes of Owerri is that Rochas Okorocha has bought one side of the
market opposite Heritage Bank near Rotobi-Douglas road and built a personal
market plaza which no one is patronizing his shops therefore he came up with
threat to demolish the Eke-Ukwu Owerri market so as to persuade the traders to
come over to his own personal plaza; another source also has it that Rochas
Okorocha has also perfected plans to sell their traditional market to Dangote
his blood brother.
For Rochas Okorocha to
perfect his plans; recruited Ohaji amnestied militants group that his
Government granted amnesty and paid them huge amount of money in the tune of
fifteen million naira with pump action guns; short guns and other forms of
fortifications to fight over Owerri people, the leader of this dreadful group
is known as Banga who led his boys to fight the fight for the Government.
What happened on the 26th
day of August 2017 can be said to be a "Black Saturday" for the
indigenes of Owerri; Rochas Okorocha rented militants pursue the indigenes of
Owerri inside their homes to pave way for the demolition exercise to continue,
the rented militants shot direct bullets at unarmed youths of Owerri under the
state supervision of the Nigerian Military, Police, Civil defence and Imo
security network. The Nigerian armed security operatives instead formed a
ring-support behind the rented militants; in any case that the security
operatives witnessed any form of resistance from the youths of Owerri to stop the
demolition exercise shot live bullets and tear gas to dispersed the people from
protesting.
Moreso while the
demolition exercise was on-going the rented militants on the go, looted
people's goods; maimed passerbys, laptops, phones and purses were snatched away
from the people by Okorocha rented boys and the Government protected them in
the face of this ugly and public harassment, this got the youths of Owerri
infuriated to question this ugly scenario and the security operatives rained
bullets on them; this now led to the military shooting uncontrollably at
different directions; on the spot the commander of Imo security watch shot
direct at former youth leader of Owerri Chief Ebube Agu for cheering the youths
up not to relent in their efforts to resist the demolition until there comes a
satisfactory court ruling.
Due to the nature of
violence employed by Okorocha rented militants which the public incurred pushed
them to start burning some places since
the military and the militants has joined hands in shooting and killing for
daring to ask questions; what type of society are we in that the government
rented militants to maim and kill the same people he sworn an oath to protect?
Who gave these boys the guns they used against the youths of Owerri? The
Nigerian military shot dead a ten years old boy who went with the father to
pack out their goods before the demolition exercise will reach or get to his
father's shop; these and more questions are begging for answers.
Rochas Okorocha rented
militants later resorted into breaking people's houses with stones, clubs and
lethal weapons; strayed bullets killed many resting in their homes and later in
the evening of same day Rochas Okorocha came back into the State after their
APC caucus meeting in Abuja; drove down to inspect what he instructed his boys
to do, it was seen that they sang praises of him, popped champagnes and shared
money in the open for a job well done.
Stay tuned as more
information will be coming your way; this time around it will be one on one
live encounter or personal interviews carried out to know how the people felt
over this evil act by Rochas Okorocha.
Published/Edited by : Anyi Kings
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