By Okechukwu Onuegbu
Ezeokwghi Ezeofor Royal Family of Nanka, Orumba North LGA, Anambra state has appealed for speedy trial of four of their community leaders over alleged 'forgery and uttering' of constitution so as to bring lasting peace.
The family in a petition signed by Chief Ben Okeke as Chairman and Mr Wilfred Okafor as an Assistant Secretary, regretted that the constitution crisis which led to their trail had lingered for over ten years and urged governor Willie Obiano’s intervention.
The family petition also addressed to Obiano, the State Chief Judge, the state Attorney general, Director of Prosecution in the state ministry of justice and Administrative Judge of Aguata High Court, alleged that Nanka had been in crisis since creation of ‘Nanka Town Union and Chieftaincy Constitution 2011’ which according to them were approved by government unknowingly.
“We had gone to court on 17/8/2020 and the matter was adjourned sine die by the Magistrate based on the petition written by “an interested party” upon which the Attorney General and Commissioner for justice directed our lawyer to remit the original case file to her office to enable her answer the petition.
"Who is the interested party? What business has he/she in our case? Why is his/her identity being hidden from us and the public? These and others are questions left to the authorities to answer in the interest of justice. We deserve as citizens of this country to know what is happening in our case and to make contributions before decisions affecting us are taken by the government,” part of the petition read.
But responding in a telephone interview, the State Commissioned for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr C. Don Adinuba, who claimed to have been briefed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mrs Uju Nwogu, described as falsehood allegations that the government conniving with a party to the case, noting that they were working towards resolving it amicably.