By Clems Iheme, and C Collins.
Two Anambra and Imo states communities bordering each other -Lilu (Ihiala LGA) and Orsuihiteukwa (Orsu) respectively have raised the alarm over recent more killings in their communities.
The outcry led by youths of these neighboring communities specifically fingered a previously booming location unfortunately baptized ‘Murder Valley’ by the gunmen as the main black spot and operational base of the murderous gangsters who have extinguished every form of economic lives, decorum, and sanity but replaced it with the guns, and language of the jungle where might was power.
The location named Udeke by their ancestors according to history was renamed by these hoodlums as it has sadly became a spot where they do the absurd. They reportedly rape, rob, kill, maim and carry out human sacrifices for years now.
The Orsuihiteukwa Youths/the young-at-heart in the community led by Orsuihiteukwa Gadinma Ozo took select team of local/foreign based journalists, historians, anthropologists and documentarians to see things for themselves.
While addressing the visitors, the spokesperson for the community who gave his name simply as “Chukwuebuka”, noted that he’s presently keeping his full name under cover now for obvious security reasons said they were tired of running away from their homeland.
Chukwuebuka, like Lilu in Ihiala Council of Anambra State, lamented that “it was indeed doubtful if the Imo State governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma and the State Assembly still recognized Orsuihiteukwa and other neighbouring communities now daily soaked in blood as part of Imo State.”
He bemoaned the sad situation where the historical popular Eke Ututu market which hitherto drew patrons from all corners of the world become a wild forest in the last six years when insurgency started in the area.
Barrister Chukwuebuka told the visitors that majorly two villages of Orsu and Uda were the worst hit as almost the entire residents were driven out of their ancestral abode.
Moreso, all the major access roads, farmlands, bushparts, etc have been laced with deadly landmines. And needs military sweep as it has been decimating unsuspecting natives.
Toeing the same line of Lilu who intermarried, attends schools, churches in each other’s community asked the State government, ‘Is Orsuihiteukwa still part of Imo State? Where has our share of revenue allocation, appointments and other democracy dividends been going?
According to a resident who mustered enough courage to speak to the visiting team, the Federal and two States governments have failed us and our children.
