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UPU appeals for calm in Ughelli over market ownership


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The Urhobo Progress Union (UPU) Worldwide, has appealed to the warring communities of Ekiugbo and Iwhreko in Ughelli North LGA to sheathe their swords  and allow constitutional and traditional authorities look into their grievances.

It appealed to well-meaning sons and daughters of both communities to wade into the lingering crisis over the ownership and control of the Ughelli Main Market.

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In a signed statement, its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Abel Oshevire, stressed that: “Our President-General, Worldwide, Olorogun Dr. Moses Taiga, JP, is very worried and unhappy at the renewed hostilities between the two sister communities and  appeals to them for calm. The aggrieved parties should lay down their weapons and allow the relevant arms of government, traditional leaders and other stakeholders intervene in the matter. Communities can only enjoy economic growth and prosperity in an atmosphere of peace. With economic prosperity comes development, with positive and lasting spiral effect on both communities.

“As Urhobo people, we share common ancestry and blood links. Our tradition and culture, importantly the laws of the Country, forbid the shedding of blood and destruction of properties.  No piece of land or property is worthy of any form of blood shedding or destruction, especially by children of common blood and ancestry.

“The UPU emphasises that peace between the communities is crucial to finding a lasting solution to the lingering dispute, and therefore calls on the Chairman of Ughelli North LGA and the State Government to urgently intervene in this unending hostilities over the Ughelli Main Market by evolving a permanent solution.”



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