Armed youths, believed to be land-grabbers, weekend, stormed
a prayer ground in Umudioka, Awka South Local Government Area, Anambra State,
and beat comatose one Kenechukwu Nebeolisa and some prayer warriors for
allegedly invoking the wrath of God on them.
Nebeolisa had invited the prayer
warriors to the community to ward off all manner of evils, including
land-grabbing, intimidation, harassment, robbery and thug activities in the
community. Vanguard gathered that in the middle of the vigil by Nebeolisa and
the prayer warriors, some armed youths stormed the prayer ground and beat
everybody there to a pulp, for invoking God’s wrath on them. Narrating his
ordeal in the hands of the youths, Nnebolisa said:
“They said I did not take
permission from them before inviting the prayer warriors to curse them; that as
those in charge of the youths in Ezi-Awka, I must take permission from them.
“Those youths have been going about extorting money, beating up people and
taking over their land. The last time they met me at Aguoye Hills, they beat
the hell out of me. I reported the case to the Chairman and the Secretary of
Ezi-Awka Youth Assembly and also to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for
necessary action.” Contacted, Chairman of the Ezi- Awka Town Assembly,
Ikechukwu Ezenwa, said: “I have received several reports against the clandestine
activities of the group, who even claim in the media sometime to be the elected
executive of the Ezi-Awka Youth Assembly. “During the recent celebration of
Imoka, the same group stormed the arena and robbed, destroyed canopies and
items meant for the occasion. They injured many. “A town crier, Mr.
Ozoanadimkanyi, was brutally beaten up, his house ransacked and his tenants
robbed by the land-grabbers. “Unless security operatives arrest them, they will
continue to commit all kinds of crimes in the community.”
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