… No!, Orie Ogbaku Is Not A Joint Market… Eze Onyeanwu
We Have Spend Time&Resources In Ogbaku…. Developer
Anselem Anokwute
The Leadership of Ezumezu-Ogbaku Progressive Association an incorporated umbrella body holding the Four Autonomous Community in Old Ogbaku Clan in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State has beckoned to the governor Senator Hope Uzodimma to use his exotic office as the State Governor to Called the Traditional Ruler of Nsokpo Ogbaku Eze Benedict Agu Onyeanwu to stop instigating Crisis and to allow the Orie Ogbaku Market Developer to go on with the Modernization of the Market.
Speaking, Chairman, Ezumezu Ogbaku Progressives Association Hon.Emmanuel Ebere Nwokoro, explained in details the backwardness and slow pace of the rehabilitation of Orie Ogbaku by the developer, Cocars Limited since several months ago as a result of misunderstanding from one out of the Four Traditional Rulers in Ogbaku, Eze Benedict Agu Onyeanwu’s sole ownership Claims on Orie Ogbaku.
He pointed out that Nsokpo Ogbaku wherein, Eze Benedict Agu Onyeanwu Village was the least Village to arrived Ogbaku, during the migration days and wonder how and where the market belonged to him?
Speaking Former President General Ogbaku Autonomous Community and, Ezumezu Ogbaku Deputy Chairman, Engr. Chief Iyke Nnadi, in long detailed narrations explained how Ezumezu-Ogbaku was legitimized, from “Ogbaku Common Service Committee” to be incorporated at the Cooperate Affairs Commission, Abuja FCT, in line with the directives to form an umbrella management body to superintendent and Manage all the Jointly owned Immoveable Community based Accessibility such as Orie Ogbaku Market, Timber Market, Presentation Secondary School, Divisional Police Headquarters, Post office, Central School, Civic Center, St Calvin Catholic Church and many others.
According to Engr. Nnadi, who is also from the same Community with Eze Benedict Agu Onyeanwu point out that, the Monarchs overbearing behavior, high handed and a troublesomeness has cost the people alot of losses who out of his shared ignorance made the people of Ogbaku to lose the relocation of Imo State University Second Campus in Ogbaku Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State even when he claimed to be an Educationist as a retired School Principal.
Explained that the crisis in Orie Ogbaku is coming from the Traditional Ruler of Nsokpo or Obi Ogbaku who refused vehemently to afixed a Prefix or Suffix to the Ogbaku like other Three Autonomous Community as it has necesited the Old Ogbaku Ancient kingdom’s Critical Stakeholders and leadership meetings at the House of the Chairman Emumezu Ogbaku, Chief Emma Nwokoro who is also the President General Ogbujioma Ogbaku Community.
“We have Ezi Ogbaku Autonomous Community, Ogbujioma Ogbaku Autonomous Community, Okwu Ogbaku Autonomous Community and Nsokopo Ogbaku Autonomous Community respectively, wherein Eze Benedict Agu Onyeanwu hail from and the least in the Old Ogbaku Ancient kingdom and can’t lay claims over the Ancient Market”
“We unanimously accepted and agreed to asked the Developer back to site to ensure that the market is rebuild inline with the Market Open Shades plan, Drainage Gutters, Land scaping and Street solar lights facilities as we have equally created a temporary space for relocations of the petty Traders and assured that the developer will deliver on time based on the agreement on 45 percentage returns to the Community” Engr. Nnadi.
Contributing, President General Ogbaku Autonomous Community, Hon. Obizu Ibeawuchi stated that he was the one that signed for the Ogbaku Autonomous Community column at the time of Written of the Memorandum of Understanding with the Developer at Mbaitoli Local Government Area Council headquarters Nwaoriubi and will not lie against his conscience, even when his Traditional Ruler, Eze Onyeanwu is currently claiming to have removed him from the office as the PG, whereas he, himself was appointed by the government on which Eze Onyeanwu also received his Staff of Office and Certificate to work as the Traditional Ruler.
Responding to Journalists in his palace, Eze Benedict Agu Onyeanwu,( Ogba 11)
Said that the issue of Orie Ogbaku Market Ownership has been successfully settled by the State Government through the Office of Bureau for Conflict Resolutions and failures of his kin brother Autonomous Community to accept the verdict have prompted his decision to take the matter to the Court of Competent jurisdiction to finally settle the matter for the incase of the future and children yet unborn.
Eze Onyeanwu point out that those Jostling to lay claims on the market are simply ignorant of the truth and the issue of Autonomous Community status.
The Retired School Principal said that he was not contesting against the development of the market but simply asking those who are no longer involved in the market to remove their hands as they are now Different Community. How will Four Autonomous Community claim One Market?.
“You see, some people don’t know what they want, before you went for Autonomous Community status there are requirements, of which one is having a market, schools, Health Facility, Enumerated number of people”.
“Orie Ogbaku Market are for the people of Ogbaku of which I am their traditional ruler”. We want development of the market not as a joint venture but for the community alone and we are yet to discuss with the Developer until that’s done, Currently we are in the Court but I also obliged with the traders because of the prevalent insecurity and economic hardships, the Developer should wait a bit’. Eze Onyeanwu.
Narrating their ordeal, Orie Ogbaku Market Developer, Cocars Limited Representative, said that the delay in the execution of the market project have tired his time and resources as he has already procured all the necessary building materials to do the work.
According to him, He didn’t jump into the market to develop but was officially offered the job by the Management of Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State. He pointed out that after series of meetings with both of the Four Autonomous Community Traditional Rulers and their President Generals and the Leadership of Mbaitoli Local Government Area wherein the MOU was signed and the people of Ogbaku Clan under the Ezumezu-Ogbaku Progressive Association accepted him to come and start work.
However, wondering how, one of the Traditional Rulers, Eze Onyeanwu, was thereafter laying claims over the Market as the sole ownership and inheritance of his own community causing the delay.
The action he said has caused confusion and crisis leading to his suspension of work to ensure peace in the market. He pointed out that the cost of building materials is at the high cost and called on all the appropriate Town Unions, Traders, Traditional Rulers and the Council to come and make sure that the work commence immediately as it will not last long for the Company to deliver accordingly inline with the Agreement.
