Over 100 women in Ebonyi State have been seen protesting half-naked in front of the Government House situate in Abakaliki on Monday, December 16. These women were said to have trekked from their village to the government house over the incessant arrest of their sons. According to reports, the latest arrest of two of their sons over the weekend broke the camel’s back as the women could no longer tolerate the continuous arrests, hence the protest.
The arrests have been occasioned by a bloody clash which erupted between two rival groups in the community over which group would hold control of Agubia motor park. Unfortunately, the clash resulted in the death of one Chinedu Nwali, many were injured while houses, cars and other valuable properties were severely damaged.
IgbereTV, whose correspondent monitored the event quoted one of the women who said;
“the latest was the arrest of two persons from the village who came for a wedding ceremony in Abakaliki last Saturday”.
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Mrs Mercy Nwali, who spoke on behalf of the woman, according to The Guardian report, said the protest was to demand urgent and amicable resolution of the matter as their lives are in danger.
“What we demand is that all of them should come home so that we can make peace. They shouldn’t be in town here and be terrorizing us in the village. We no longer sleep in our homes and we want the government to intervene”, she explained. They also called for the immediate release of their children who had been in detention.
However, the Commissioner for Internal Security and Border Peace, Stanley Okoro Emegha, spoke to the women and assured them that the government would intervene in the issue and ensure peace is restored in the community.