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The Enugwu-Agidi Community in Dunukofia Council Area of Anambra State has dissociated itself from a 34-year-old man, arrested for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl at Amanuke in Awka North Council Area of the state.
The suspect, Chukwudi Okoye, a seminarian, had upon interrogation, claimed he hailed from Enugwu-Agidi.
But the traditional ruler of Enugwu-Agidi, HRH Okekeuche, the Okpalariam III and Igwe Enugwu-Agidi, in a statement, distanced his community from the suspect.
The rebuttal, issued by Vin Onyekwelu, royal publicist to the monarch, said the suspect is from a neighbouring community, Nawgu in Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state.
The statement reads in part, “It has come to the notice of H.R.H Igwe Okekeuche, the Okpalariam III and IGwe Enugwu-Agidi na Umunri Ancestral Dynasty, of the claim by a certain man currently being accused by the Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs & Social Welfare of defiling a 10 year old girl, that he is from Enugwu-Agidi. That is false.
“It is totally irresponsible of the accused to falsify the community he is from by falsely mentioning that he is from Enugwu-Agidi community, rather than, stating the truth that he is from and an indigene of a neighbouring community called Nawgu.
“The Traditional Ruler of Enugwu-Agidi wishes to use this communication to notify the general public, Anambra State Ministry of Women Affairs, Security Agencies, and the Government of Anambra State that the person in question is from Nawgu.
“The great people of Enugwu-Agidi, hereby, distance themselves from the illegal and despicable actions of the suspect and also distance themselves from AMANUKE in AWKA L.G.A of Anambra State where the crime was committed.”
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