The Eze of Umuaka Asa Autonomous Community, Ukwa West Local Government, Abia, Eze Sunday Nwaokoru Nwogu, has vended off a 300 KVA Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC-donated transformer for supply of power in the community.<\/p>\n\n
The Eze who sources say was recently made a Knight of Anglican Church, also claimed he had the authority of the government, to use the proceed to investigate a vandalized armoured cable. Rather than comply with the alleged instruction from the government, the millions of Naira from the sale of transformer was diverted to install a shrine at a major entrance of Umuaka Nkwor Market, where modern government lockup shop facilities were built for daily commercial activities of the community.<\/p>\n\nUmuaka Asa Autonomous Community\n\n\n
At the installation of the shrine, that was well-attended by more than 20 traditional native doctors in Ukwa West LGA, and beyond, each with \u201cOfor\u201d \u2013 a symbol of deity, glamourised the installation and created panic and chaos, prohibiting villagers, vehicles from Rivers and Bayelsa States, among others, from accessing the road for their various businesses.<\/p>\n\n
A villager who never wanted his name on print, revealed that Eze Nwogu, a young native doctor, who recently returned from Okporo, Imo State, is currently installing shrines for youths to compliment his fetish powers.<\/p>\n\n
According to a villager who is one his cabinet members, revealed that the significance of the shrine was to resurrect all the community \u201cdead gods\u201d empowering and energising them with other foreign deities for a central worship in the community.<\/p>\n\n
Another member of the community, Pastor Divine Ebere Elele, who saw the installation as a desecration and denial of freedom of worship narrates;<\/p>\n\nA member of the community\n\n\n
\u201cA day before the shrine was enshrined, his town crier informed the community of the unveiling of the persons behind the theft of an armoured cable. There was still another announcement on Friday concerning the exercise.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cWhen I returned from my prayers at Obehie Central School, I went to him to know if the suspects had been unveiled, he didn\u2019t give me any response.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cWhen I went to the market square, I saw enough splatter of blood all around the concrete floor. I was led by my spirit to clear out the shrine. I saw a little chick firmly tied to the tree, probably to gradually die there, a tortoise, an earthen clay pot full of unknown substances on the base of concrete platform, pieces of red and white clothes wrapped around a little tree, feathers of different birds, an old headless knife in between the sticks.\u201d<\/p>\n\nand his\u00a0shrine.\n\n\n
\u201cIt was an embarrassment that the King will deceive the community only to install a shrine in our market place where we come for daily business, he said.<\/p>\n\n
Responding to the selling of community transformer,<\/p>\n\n
\u201cI saw a hiab truck loading the transformer while his vigilant group escorted the truck to the main road.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cHe has no respect for anybody, often threatening life and property of the community. The community didn\u2019t support him legally to get the staff.of office. Only three people participate in the plebiscite. He did not participate. Ever since he has been imposing threats. I request a revocation of that staff for peace to reign in the community, he said.<\/p>\n\n
On September 17, 2020, Eze Sunday Nwogu was said not to have participated in community plebiscite to choose another Eze after the death of HRH, Eze J N Ahuruonye, but manipulated to get staff of office from the former administration.<\/p>\n\n
Villagers complain about his highhandedness, creating chaos and prohibiting religious crusades in the community.<\/p>\n\n
In March 13, 2025, notable media houses covered the protest made by women, condemning the prohibition of Christian religious crusades, sale of community palm for personal enrichment and incessant harassment and detention of women by Special Ant-Robbery Squad, SARS in Obehie, leading to brutalisation of a community youth, Chidiadi Kingston Ulelu, by soldiers from 144 battalion, Obehie.<\/p>\n\nDonated by the Niger Delta Development Commission\n\n\n
Eze Nwogu beside selling off the NDDC-donated power transformer which ran into millions of Naira, had against the community will, sold palm fruits in 2024 and 2025, which equally runs into millions of Naira, yet unaccounted for, while noticeable community infrastructure rot away.<\/p>\n\nas the Eze squnder about N26m community palm sales.\n\n\n
Addressing journalists who covered the community women\u2019s protest, on March 13, 2025, the State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Uzor Nwachukwu, said that the Government White Paper on this issue will soon be made public.<\/p>\n\n
The Umuaka Autonomous Community requests the intervention of Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti to investigate these issues for endurable peace.<\/p>\n\n
As rumours go round about a possible human head underneath the shrine\u2019s concrete platform, the community equally requests the state government to excavate the platform for the justification of the allegation.<\/p>\n\nforced to learn in unacceptable and chaotic conditions\n\n\na tangle of grasses and a haven for rodents\n\n\n
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