Women protest arrest of community leaders, youths in Abia community

Abia State Government has urged the radical of Amanato Eziama Nneato successful Umunneochi LGA to support bid with their neighbors, Umuacha Umuobi autonomous community, pursuing the alleged apprehension of immoderate of their kinsmen by information agents.

The Chief of Staff to Abia State Governor, Pastor Caleb Ajagba, made the entreaty connected Tuesday portion addressing a radical of women from Amanato Eziama Nneato who came to the Government House to protestation the apprehension of their people.

He promised that the onshore substance that caused the reported arrests would beryllium investigated, adding that the authorities authorities would besides perceive to the Umuacha Umuobi radical successful bid to get astatine an amicable solution of the matter.

He thanked the women for not resorting to violence.

“We person listened to your complaints. We volition instrumentality your messages to His Excellency and we committedness that the substance would beryllium looked into due to the fact that this authorities believes successful the payment of the people,” Ajagba said.

Speaking during the protest, the women of Amanato Eziama Nneato said antheral members of the assemblage person gone into hiding due to the fact that of incessant arrests by information personnel.

The women who spoke done Mrs Janeth Nwankwo, traced the apprehension to a 4 decade-old onshore quality with their neighbors, stressing that the substance is presently earlier the Court of Appeal successful Owerri.

She said that immoderate indigenes including Christian Obidike, ...