Exclusive Exclusive: Oko Crisis Deepens As 6 Youth Leaders Remanded In Aguata Prison Over Burning Of Igwe Ekwueme's House

                   

Odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports exclusively that an Orumba North Magistrate Court sitting at Ajalli today jailed six youths from Oko Community for their roles in burning down of Chukwudi Nwankwo’s Guest House at Amaokpala and Igwe Laz Ekwueme’s palace at Oko during an alleged sponsored protest against the traditional ruler by some youths  backed by alleged suspended members of the community.

Those remanded at Aguata Prison located at Ekwulobia are Ebuka Okoli, Tochukwu Ezeokafor , Ifeanyi Ejikeme , Arinze Anyalogu , Chinedu Okeke and Jeremiah Nwafor. Many others sought for arrest by a combined team of police from Nnewi Area command were at large but the police have extended their dragnets to arrest all the fleeing members.

The Chief Magistrate Agu A.G , Mrs said she has no jurisdiction and remanded them till Monday next week after they were reigned before her and even charged Ebuka Okoli for contempt of court after he raised his voice against the Magistrate for saying they would remain in Prison  custody till Monday for court with jurisdiction to preside. The contempt case comes up the same Monday next week, odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports further.

The alleged ring leaders odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports were charged for arson , armed robbery , break and entry , attempted murder  in a case brought against the Youths by the Oko community.

The police would have allowed two suspended Oko community illustrious sons , one Ezeonwuka and Offoma to facilitate their bails after arrest but the community insisted they must be charged to court and at the end the police yielded to avoid complicating issues more. They appeared before Magistrate Agu who after hearing their offences remanded them as she lacks jurisdiction while frantic efforts by the said fellows couldn’t help out.  

Odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports that there is tension in Oko community , Orumba North local government area since the Community led by the Traditional Ruler Igwe Laz Ekwueme and the President General of the community Nwanmuo Cyprian engaged in an ego trip with the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko Prof Godwin Onu.

That ego trip led to so many alleged irresponsible acts and meddlesomeness on both parts leading to a frosty relationship between the Prof Onu led administration and the community led by Prof Ekwueme and Nwanmuo.

The community divided into two with some supporting the Rector and others supporting the community heightening tension that the community is insisting now that Prof Onu must go either exchanged or removed but Prof Onu is appealing to their conscience as according to him he has no problem with the community, odogwuemekaodogwu.com concludes.