The leadership of Ishiagu Community Development Union in Ebonyi State under the watch of Mr David Ajah has been reinstalled following the intervention of the Peace Implemention Committee constituted by Governor David Umahi's led government.
The Chairman of the Peace Committee, Mazi Ogbonnia Onu Iwuchukwu stated this during the community people's meeting at their civic centre, Amaeze Ishiagu, on Saturday.
Mazi Onu explained that the state government in the last two weeks constituted the peace committee and after meeting with the Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Matters and Rural Development, Chief Donatus Njoku with Ivo local government authourities and some key stakeholders from Ishiagu including the state Commissioner for Information, Barr Uchenna Orji and Chief James Aro Nweke - former Chairman Ivo Council Area resolved to restore peace in the community.
He said the efforts by the local government commissioner, Chief Donatus Njoku and Chairman of Ivo Local Government Area, Chief Onyebuchi Ogbadu in conjunction with the committee, attracted the key community stakeholders who worked together to restore peace in the community.
Onu said the committee resolved that divide and rule in the community development union should be stopped completely, declared total war against formations of destructive groups which had allegedly contributed to different intra-conflicts in the area.
He also stated that the community town President, Mr David Ajah has been reinstalled, following his assurance to be more committed in delivering the expected services by their people.
The committee chairman urged the people to always accord the town Union leadership a due respect, saying anybody who attempts to further negotiation against the position of the president would face a severe punishment.
He, however, expressed the readiness of the committee with the community stakeholders to attract more developmental projects to the area, for the benefit of their people.
He commended the people for turning out massively for the meeting, describing their response as 'wonderful, encompassing, unprecedented and unifying.'
"From what I have seen, there's nobody that can divide us again. We are together with His Excellency, the Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr Chief David Nweze Umahi. He has done well. He brought peace and we should adhere to that peace.
"What we came here to do is a work of God and not a work of man. Blessed is he who searches for peace. I'm here to make sure that peace reigns as the Chairman of the Peace Implementation Committee and from all indication even the blind felt it, that there's peace now in Ishiagu. No more gun around or any form of attacks. we are together as a people and no one can deceive us into fighting one another again. We have better fight to fight and we can't be fighting intra-war, and that's why we unanimously reinstall the ICDU leadership," Onu added.
On his part, the community stakeholder and former Chairman, Ivo Council Area, Chief James Aro Nweke commended the new development, and advised the people to continue to embrace peace. "Anybody against community leadership and development in his area is against self and the entire society as well, that's why we must all support our town union president, David Ajah to continue his leadership," he said.
Also speaking, the Odu II of Ihe Community, HRH Eze Gabriel Uzoma Okoro, Agu III of Ishiagu, HRH Eze Moses Okafor Ngele, the Secretary of the Peace Committee, Chris Ejiofor Ndukwe, among others commended the committee's resolution and those who contributed for the restoration of peace in their area, applauding the reinstallation of the Town Union President. Some of them described the president as a person with humane character and good vision for the development of their community.
The newly reinstalled Town Union President, Mr David Ajah has assured his community people of greater commitment to ensure worthwhile development projects being brought to the area, including commercial banks.
