Delta Monarch, Aninshi Okonjo II, Denies Preventing Farmers From Farming

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The Obi of Ogwashi-Uku Kingdom, Delta State, His Royal Majesty, Obi (Dr.) Ifechukwude Aninshi Okonjo II has stated unequivocally that nary husbandman successful his kingdom has been asked to register, question support oregon prevented from engaging successful morganatic farming activities anyplace wrong the kingdom.

This whitethorn not beryllium unconnected to the presumption of Ogwashi-Uku Development Association (ODA) successful a purported municipality hallway gathering wherever the accepted ruler of the kingdom ,Obi Ifechukwude Anishi Okonjo 11 amongst others was accused of alleged high-handedness by directing farmers to get support from the palace earlier they tin farm.

Speaking done Prince Ifeakanachukwu Emordi, Palace Secretary, the lone class of persons asked to get support are those who privation to workplace connected lands lawfully recovered done valid tribunal judgments and placed nether the custody of the Obi of Ogwashi-Uku.

“This measurement is purely for security, coordination, and record-keeping purposes, to guarantee that bid and bid are maintained connected those estates during the farming season, ” helium said.

Corroborating, the Ogwashi-Uku Town Union (OTU) besides powerfully condemned a communiqué issued by a faction of the Ogwashi-Uku Development Association (ODA) threatening to state quarters/Villages successful the kingdom autonomous communities.

In the connection signed by the acting president-general, Mr Francis Osude and secretary, Mr Nkem Charles, the national said the communiqué by ODA was a hopeless effort by self-serving individuals to incite unrest aft years of betrayal and onshore racketeering.

“The ODA has nary capableness wrong Ogwashi-Uku. Traditional authorization successful our kingdom rests with His Royal Majesty, Obi (Dr.) Ifechukwude Aninshi Okonjo II, and members of the Obi-in-Council who are the recognized assemblage chiefs.

“None of these chiefs oregon immoderate lawful representatives of the radical participated successful this communiqué oregon the purported municipality hallway meeting. Some of the signatories successful the communiqué are facing superior transgression charges” the connection read.

“Some of these factional ODA members are the aforesaid radical who presided implicit the fraudulent merchantability of hundreds of acres of Ogwashi-Uku onshore worthy hundreds of millions of naira, onshore that rightfully belongs to the kingdom.

“Now that the Obi has lawfully recovered these lands done court-backed processes, they are crying foul and trying to mislead the public.”

It said the timing and code of the communiqué were dangerously provocative arsenic the kingdom is entering its ineffable Ineh (New Yam) Festival, a clip of thanksgiving, bid and unity

accusing the radical of antecedently endorsing parallel Ineh festivals and supported actions that led to attacks connected the accepted ruler.

The national nevertheless warned that “We volition clasp anyone from the ODA personally and collectively liable if they effort to disrupt the ineffable play of ineh festival oregon inflame communal tensions successful the kingdom.

“Any effort to disturb the bid during the Ineh Festival volition beryllium firmly resisted by the radical of Ogwashi-Uku,” the municipality Union declared.

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