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The Umuihe autonomous community, Akaeze in the Ivo local government area of Ebonyi State, has been thrown into a state of confusion, following the unfortunate killing of their paramount ruler, HRH Umazi Ibo Ubani, by gunmen.
The criminal elements reportedly opened fire on the community during the invasion, causing chaos as people scampered for safety.
Chinasa Okorie, the coordinator of the Akaeze Development Centre, confirmed the occurrence. He said that the attack on the community occured at about 10:pm on Friday last weekend.
He condemned the killing of the monarch, noting that it will be very difficult to get a traditional ruler of his nature.
Okorie described the monarch who is in his 60s as bold, fearless and intelligent whose wealth of experience would be greatly missed by the community, the local government and the state.
“Around 10pm last Friday, I received a call that there was shooting in the house of our traditional ruler, that after the shooting, it was discovered that our traditional ruler has been killed and that is the traditional ruler of Umuihe Autonomous Community, Akaeze, HRH Eze Umazi Ibo Ubani.
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“This is a great loss to the community and Akaeze at large because he is a man of integrity, a man that would be difficult to replace because the man is intelligent, he is bold and he is fearless.
“The man does not know corruption because at all times, his integrity is always seen. I am very sad about his killing. It is a great loss to Akaeze Development Centre where I am the leader, Ivo local government and Ebonyi State.
“His voice is loud in Ebonyi State, he is a first class traditional ruler. The killing is a very bad incident”, he stated.
Okorie said only security agencies can know the cause of the incident and those behind it.
