RAYMOND OZOJI reports
More shocking revelations have trailed the arrest of a suspected kidnapper named Chukwudi Tansi in Enugwu-Agidi community of Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State as President-General of the town alleged that the arrested suspect is loyal to the traditional ruler of the community.
It would be recalled that online news reports had it that the Operation Udo Ga Achi Security Team had in the early hours of 30th January 2025 bursted a kidnappers' hostage camp in Enugwu-Agidi and in the course of the operation arrested one Chukwudi Tansi whose picture is already viral on the internet and recovered 2 AK-47 rifles, 8 Pump Action Guns, 4 Locally-Made Pistols, 3 Packets of Catriges, 4 Empty Magazines of AK-47 rifles, 3 Cutlasses, 1 Baofeng Radio, 1 Motorcycle and some charms.
When HEADLINE NEWS contacted President-General of Enugwu-Agidi Brotherly Union (EBU) Hon. Chukwuebuka David Onuorah for his take on the discovery of abductors' camp in his community by men of the Operation Udo Ga Achi squad, he disclosed with very shocking documented evidence that the said Chukwudi Tansi has been a cog in the community's wheel of progress because he has the backing of the monarch.
Onuorah revealed that his objections to the inclusion of Chukwudi Tansi in Enugwu-Agidi Central Vigilante whose name was No 5 on the list has made him incur the wrath of the traditional ruler whom he accused of vowing to make the community ungovernable and uncomfortable for him unless he voluntarily resigned for the Igwe's preferred choice of President-General to be installed.
In his petition to the Inspector-General of Police dated 4th April 2024, Onuorah called the attention of the IGP to issues bothering on unlawful possession of firearms, cultism and threat to life with firearms as well as conducts likely to cause breach of public peace in Enugwu-Agidi community.
The petition read in parts, " After my inauguration as PG, I have received different threats from the traditional ruler of Enugwu-Agidi HRH Mike Okekeuche of Umuakwuelo-Etiti village Enugwu-Agidi in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria, ranging from series of petitions of being a kidnapper threat to my life, forceful invasion of my residence and privacy, and the restriction of my free movements.
At exactly 11:07am on Friday 29th March, 2024 my residence was surrounded and invaded by heavily armed unknown faces who later revealed themselves as men of the Nigeria Police Force acting on the petition brought yet against me by Mike Okekeuche where I was bundled and taken to the RRS facility at Awkuzu the defunct Awkuzu SARS facility and interrogated for kidnappings with no substantial evidence to authenticate the arrest.
The Igwe of Enugwu-Agidi through one Mr. Chukwudi Tansi of Anaofia-Etiti village Enugwu-Agidi in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State and another of Ogwugwu village Enugwu-Agidi have on several occasions attacked me with guns threatening to kill me, where I had to run for my dear life. They both alleged that the Igwe empowered them to do so.
The Igwe is not relenting in ending my life save I resign and step down from my position as the President-General of my community Enugwu-Agidi and his own choice of a President-General installed. My life is in danger. "
Onuorah told HEADLINE NEWS that he petitioned the IGP for the police to be able to know his killers just in case he was assassinated before his letter is attended to as he does not want to be amongst the long list of unresolved murder cases.
He however expressed profound gratitude to Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo for the launch of Operation Udo Ga Achi Security Outfit, stressing that the operation is indeed yielding positive results in the communities because according to him, no evil will ever go unpunished.
Meanwhile the traditional ruler of Enugwu-Agidi His Royal Highness Igwe Michael Okekeuche when contacted on 30th January 2025 by this journalist for his opinion on the discovery of kidnappers' den, recovery of assorted firearms and charms coupled with the arrest of one Chukwudi Tansi a suspected kidnapper in his domain together with claims by the PG of making attempts on his life, said what the journalist requested from him were security issues and can not be discussed in the open.
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