Vanguard learnt yesterday in Owerri, that the apprehension in Umuohunma community was as a result of what some of the villagers, described as indiscriminate arrests of their people by the police, following the alleged murder of one Ulumma Ekwebelem, an 18-year-old girl by her said to be fiance, Chibuzor Alaneme.
However, calm has started returning to the troubled community, days after they told Vanguard that the ten persons said to have been earlier arrested by the police, last week, have regained freedom.While at the time of filing this report, some elders of the affected community were having meetings in view to finding a lasting solution between the parents of the deceased and the village where the accused hails from.
“At a point, our neighbouring villages were not ready to accommodate us because they thought doing that would put them at risk.