Biafra: [Black Saturday] Blood Bath
As Eke-Ukwu Owerri Market Got
Demolished By Rochas Okorocha; Frustration Set-In - Part 1
Reported By Eke Macdonald
Ndubuisi -
TBP
August 28, 2017
Owerri- On 25th day of August being Friday 2017
the leadership of Eke-Ukwu Owerri market rang bell to alert and informed the
traders that they had a meeting with the Governor of Imo State Anayo
Rochas Okorocha, at Imo State International Conference Center; it was in the
meeting that the said Governor of Imo State told the gathered traders of his
own personal wish and thought to demolish the Eke-Ukwu Owerri Market within 48
hours; after this announcement from the tyrant Governor without any form of
question or public opinion dropped the microphone and left the event center.
Recall that this high-headed tyrant
Governor[Anayo Rochas Okorocha] had in the past took some of the Eke-Ukwu
Owerri market leadership to a bushy land at Egbeada without him being the
Governor erecting any building there where the traders can pack; stock and sell
their commodities, this rural area has no access road as erosion and flood are
major constraints towards transversing that area. Due to the nature of that
area and the inability of the State Governor to develop the area, forced the
traders to stay back and continue with their businesses until the Governor
[Rochas Okorocha] comes up with something tangible to show that he is serious
over him relocating them.
Barely fifteen hours the Governor [Rochas
Okorocha] deployed all the armed forces and state created security operatives
to come and force the indigenes and owners of the market inside their houses;
on receiving this callous threat on their lives by the Governor while he
traveled to Abuja for APC caucus meeting, the former youth leader of Owerri
Chief Ebube Agu sent some of his kinsmen to play agogo (town crire )lerting the
traders that they should continue with their businesses as what they perceived
that their market is traditional and indigenous market not Government created
market.
On the eve of that same Friday night the youths
of Owerri went on a peaceful demonstration and protest highlighted their points
and opinion to the deployed Military men on-ground why they can not allow
the Governor to go ahead with his plans; later that same midnight between
the hours of 3:30am a call came-in to which we cannot say who called the
Military but the people instincts said it was the Governor that called;
later the both parties agreed that it was only illegal structures along the
ever-busy Douglas road Owerri, after this agreement some youths rescinded from
the peaceful demonstration cum protest to their various houses in peace.
The people of Owerri never knew that Rochas
Okorocha has another plan and second thought for them; later by 5:00am another
information filtered in that the Governor has reneged from the agreement he
reached upon with the people of Owerri not to demolish their traditional market
which they inherited by virtue of blood and indigenous rights; on reaching
Douglas road by 5:00am bulldozers has started demolishing things not in-line
with the agreement reached upon.
Also recall that the Governor of Imo State Rochas
Okorocha and the people of Owerri are in competent court of jurisdiction; there
is an effective court injunction that mandated the Governor to withdraw from
carrying out this demolition exercise until the final ruling, instead of him
[Rochas Okorocha] to wait pending the outcome of the court ruling acted out of
his own tyrant power just to weaken and wicked Owerri people that he is
in-charge and that he is the Governor and that he has the final say; what! In a
democratic setting.
The information we got from the indigenes of
Owerri is that Rochas Okorocha has bought one side of the market opposite
Heritage Bank near Rotobi-Douglas road and built a personal market plaza which
no one is patronizing his shops therefore he came up with threat to demolish the
Eke-Ukwu Owerri market so as to persuade the traders to come over to his own
personal plaza; another source also has it that Rochas Okorocha has also
perfected plans to sell their traditional market to Dangote his blood brother.
For Rochas Okorocha to perfect his plans;
recruited Ohaji amnestied militants group that his Government granted amnesty
and paid them huge amount of money in the tune of fifteen million naira with
pump action guns; short guns and other forms of fortifications to fight over Owerri
people, the leader of this dreadful group is known as Banga who led his boys to
fight the fight for the Government.
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What happened on the 26th day of August 2017 can
be said to be a "Black Saturday" for the indigenes of Owerri; Rochas
Okorocha rented militants pursue the indigenes of Owerri inside their homes to
pave way for the demolition exercise to continue, the rented militants shot
direct bullets at unarmed youths of Owerri under the state supervision of the
Nigerian Military, Police, Civil defence and Imo security network. The Nigerian
armed security operatives instead formed a ring-support behind the rented
militants; in any case that the security operatives witnessed any form of
resistance from the youths of Owerri to stop the demolition exercise shot live
bullets and tear gas to dispersed the people from protesting.
Moreso while the demolition exercise was
on-going the rented militants on the go, looted people's goods; maimed
passerbys, laptops, phones and purses were snatched away from the people by
Okorocha rented boys and the Government protected them in the face of this ugly
and public harassment, this got the youths of Owerri infuriated to question
this ugly scenario and the security operatives rained bullets on them; this now
led to the military shooting uncontrollably at different directions; on the
spot the commander of Imo security watch shot direct at former youth leader of
Owerri Chief Ebube Agu for cheering the youths up not to relent in their
efforts to resist the demolition until there comes a satisfactory court ruling.
Due to the nature of violence employed by
Okorocha rented militants which the public incurred pushed them to start
burning some places since the military and the militants has joined hands
in shooting and killing for daring to ask questions; what type of society are
we in that the government rented militants to maim and kill the same people he
sworn an oath to protect? Who gave these boys the guns they used against the
youths of Owerri? The Nigerian military shot dead a ten years old boy who went
with the father to pack out their goods before the demolition exercise will
reach or get to his father's shop; these and more questions are begging for
answers.
Rochas Okorocha rented militants later resorted
into breaking people's houses with stones, clubs and lethal weapons; strayed
bullets killed many resting in their homes and later in the evening of same day
Rochas Okorocha came back into the State after their APC caucus meeting in
Abuja; drove down to inspect what he instructed his boys to do, it was seen
that they sang praises of him, popped champagnes and shared money in the open
for a job well done.
Stay tuned as more information will be coming
your way; this time around it will be one on one live encounter or personal
interviews carried out to know how the people felt over this evil act by Rochas
Okorocha.
Published/Edited
by : Anyi Kings
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