Ebonyi State indigenes want Etiti State

Thousands of Ebonyi indigenes from Ohaozara, Onicha and Ivo local Government areas have demonstrated their unwillingness to remain as citizens of the state last weekend.

They yearned to be included in the proposed Etiti State, which should be the additional state for the South East geopolitical zone of the country.
The indigenes, acting under the umbrella of Ezumezu Ohanivo, who gathered in their large numbers at Isu in Onicha local government area of Ebonyi State, were seen carrying placards with various inscriptions.

The placards read: “We belong to the proposed Etiti State;” “We support the creation of Etiti State;” “Those fighting our interest are against Ohanivo people and our destiny;” and “We support an additional state for the South East geopolitical zone”, among others.

The people, in a communiqué signed by the Coordinators of Ohaozara, Ivo and Onicha local government areas, Green Obasi, Chief Silas Okoro, Mallam Gabriel Ani and others, expressed their determination to be part of Etiti State.

They appealed to members of the National Conference and the South-East delegates, headed by General Ike Nwachukwu (rtd.), to ignore the few political officer holders in and from Ebonyi State who had already chosen to remain there because of their selfish ambition in 2015.

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