The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged the people of Izzi and Ikwo Community in Ebonyi State to pursue peace rather than allowing themselves to become objects of pity in the state.
PDP made the call in a statement titled “Urgent Need for Cessation of Crisis Between Izzi and Ikwo clan of Ebonyi State” and signed by its National Vice Chairman South East, Chief Ali Odefa on Sunday.
According to Odefa, Ebonyi State has suffered unwarranted bloodletting in the last few years and urged all warring communities to desist from turning the gun on themselves.
He stressed that the state is blessed and is a land flowing with milk and honey that can only be harvested in an atmosphere of peace and harmony.
He then urged the leaders of the two clans to immediately come together and put a stop to the needless altercation that has led to the loss of lives and destruction of property in the areas.
The statement reads: “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Southeast is deeply concerned and worried by the reported renewed hostilities between the people of Ikwo and Izzi in Ebonyi State.
“We are concerned because Ebonyi State has suffered most devastatingly unwarranted bloodletting in the last few years.
“From the crises in the Ngbo Agila axis, Cross River/Ebonyi boundary, herdsmen massacres and now Izzi/Ikwo crises, we definitely cannot continue like this.
“Already, Nigeria is facing serious existential crises occasioned by the failure of Federal Government to rein in terrorists, bandits and insurgents that have combined to unleash terror on hapless Nigerian citizens.
“The people of Ebonyi State cannot turn the gun on themselves and expect anyone to take them seriously or be clapping for them. We, therefore, urge our people in Izzi and Ikwo clans of Ebonyi State to pursue peace rather than allow themselves to become objects of pity amongst the people of the state.”
The PDP, however, called on the government of Ebonyi State to as a matter of urgency eschew politics and squarely work on engendering peace amongst the Izzi and Ikwo clans, as well as among all residents of the state.
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