Ajah said the 5-day ban on public gatherings began from the 26th to the 30th of September 2024 as a result of the increasing security threats to the lives and properties of the community people.
The council boss, yesterday in a statement signed by himself, also directed the ban on any form of media coverage, musical entertainment, and cultural display, among others, within the stipulated period.
He said: "Due to some serious security threats to the peaceful co-existence of the people of Ihie Autonomous community and considering the rising security challenges in Ivo LGA, I regret to announce the ban on every public gathering on the 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th of September 2024.
"The ban is within any place in the autonomous community or any of the four kindreds making up the community."
Ajah further described it as unhealthy to hold any public gathering amidst the hydra-headed crises rocking the community now, adding that the situation is a delicate moment in the community.
He stressed that if the situation could not be handled with utmost prudence, the brewing crisis might rupture into a community crisis.
The Council Boss noted that the ban on the intended new Yam festival of the Community and any other socio-cultural activities scheduled to mark the 2024 New Yam festival shall bind on the traditional ruling council and the youth wing, among others.
"No Coronation shall take place as there is no festival holding. There shall be no cultural dance; No DJ shall play, no media coverage in any gathering, and no decoration of a place," he disclosed.
Ajah warned that any person or group of persons who violate the security order shall be treated as an enemy of the government and shall be made to face the full weight of the law.
Recall that the Executive Chairman of the Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State has also banned funeral ceremonies in Ndiobokete Village in Ezzainyimagu Community in the Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State following the cholera outbreak, which has consumed over 10 lives in the area.
