h an insult dr

nference organized by the Ministry of Local Development. With state camer

they slap it away. They want to drag us back to the past. I cannot and will not condone their rebellio

ip wen

o longer just a statement

and heavy hands launched their orders in silence. They didn't come

Entire family compounds were razed. The houses of those connected to the lawsuit were hit first glas

at Ebuka, a 28 year old schoolteacher

ed village meetings. But he was the nephew of one of the elder

on rods. Left him bleeding on the ground outside the very

his body and co

topsy was conducted.

not a mistake.

ved openly

he people b

. Quiet packing. Hasty goodbyes. Children lifted from their beds in the middle of

ple would take them in. Others went to cousins, siblings, sisters married off i

orship, and ancestral bones,

e at the center of the village stood alone the same tree where Pa

s, the village wa

heir own country people witho

. somethin

appointed to the state. Hi

tribal shows or regional manipulation. But he beli

g praised for "transforming Umuchukwu," something didn't sit right. There

for a quiet investigation

worn-out mothers in roadside sheds, to children who hadn't bee

in plain clothes, the site where Nkerehi's central shrine used to sta

as e

hi borders, disguised as a state-backed "Agricultural Scheme." It was

the state police headquarters, Commissioner Maduka stepped up t

is a matter of law, and of God. I am here to say: Nkerehi people must return. And anyone who lifts a hand ag

lice Commissioner Decl

within days, patrol vans were deployed to Nkerehi borders. Safety

e began t

e. House

, pots, firewood. They swept the dust. Repaired

ere son

triumphant.

n a war, but because God, through one h

had not

land rememb