Umahi suspends, orders arrest of council coordinator over communal crisis

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Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered the suspension of Mr Declan Ovunna, Coordinator of Alike Development Centre in Ikwo Local Government Area over the renewed violence by youths from a  community.

Umahi also suspended other political appointees from the community and the centre  and asked the police to arrest them.

“It was my intention to dissolve the development centre through the state House of Assembly so that people would see that this government is not weak.

“The fact that the government is Godly does not mean that it is weak as the management committee members from the centre, special assistants, technical assistants, vigilante heads, youth leaders, among others, are suspended and should be arrested,” Umahi said.

Recalls that the people of Noyo-Echilaike in Ikwo Local Government Area situated in the centre and Enyigba in Abakaliki Local Government Area were…



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