Amuri community people pouring libations against killers of Oyibo Chukwu
The people of Amuri Ancient Kingdom in Nkanu West Local Government Area of Enugu State on Tuesday placed curse upon the killers of the son and former senatorial candidate of Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 Enugu East Senatorial District election, Barr. Oyibo Chukwu.
Chukwu was murdered three days to the National Assembly elections, on February 22, with the assailants setting him and six other occupants of his Siena vehicle ablaze after shooting them, while returning from a political campaign outing in Enugu South local government area of the state.
However,. more than one month after the gruesome murder of the late politician with no news yet on the arrest of the perpetrators, the people of the community decided to take the matter to their ancestors.
The people, comprising mainly the elders and titled men from the four Communities that makes up the Ancient Kingdom, led by the eldest men in the locality and two traditional rulers, Igwe Charles Nwoye and Igwe Fidelis Nsiegbu, converged on their ancestial square, and placed curses on the perpetrators, and also invoked the spirit of their ancestors to avenge his death.
Igwe Nwoye, who said the people of the town believed strongly in natural justice and philosophy of ‘live and let live’, prayed their ancestors to rise up and bring justice to their late son.
The Monarchs, equally prayed the gods of the land to ensure that any one involved, directly or indirectly in the unholy act, young, or old is made to face the consequences of their nefarious conduct, adding that “he who kills by sword, must surely die by sword”
Speaking with newsmen at the event, an emotional younger brother to the late Barr. Chukwu, and Senator-elect, for Enugu East Senatorial zone, Sir Kelvin Chukwu, expressed appreciation to their kinsmen for the love and solidarity they have continued to show to the family since the ugly incident occured.
He specifically thanked the two Monarchs present and elders of the land, stressing that the performed traditional ritual aimed at seeking natural justice for their deceased brother has never failed the community from inception, especially when such present calamity falls on the locality.
According to the Senator-elect, the family is yet to recovered from the rude shock of the grousome “murder of our late brother, late Barr. Oyibo Chukwu, who was shot dead and his Corpse burnt by his killers.
“So, what our people are doing here today is important because it is in consonance with the tradition of our community, it’s our way of seeking justice through traditional means”.
Also speaking with Journalists, a Crown Prince in the Community and immediate past Chairman of the All progressive Congress APC in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, who moderated the ceremony, said “Amuri is a great Kingdom, and we are Descendants of Warriors. And in Amuri, the gods of our ancestors guides everything we do.
According to Nwoye, “We are spiritual people, we don’t engage in war without a just course. We don’t spill blood, but due to the last election, the blood of an Amuri son was spilled.
“So today, we have gathered here in our village Community square to invoke the Spirit of our Ancestors to speak justice to the spirit of our son, Barrister Oyibo Chukwu. We have come to ask all the gods of Amuri Ancient kingdom to avenge for us.
“You can see that all the elders from the kingdom, both those who can walk and those who can’t walk, some are above one hundred years of age, have all come out to invoke the spirit of our ancestors, the Warrior spirit to come and fight for us so, that all those who joined in the conspirial meeting to eliminate Barr. Oyibo Chukwu for political gains and their generations will get the justice they also deserves.