Breaking: Achebe’s 70 year-old kinsman killed , three injured in Anambra communal clash

Communal clash involving late Prof Chinua Achebe’s kinsmen in Ogidi and Umusiome Nkpor in Idemili local government area of Anambra State has claimed the life of 70- year- old man and injured three others.
The Police public relation’s officer in Anambra state, Mr Mohammed Haruna, confirmed this on Thursday in Awka.

He said the case was under investigation when he was contacted.

Addressing reporters in Awka, the spokesman for Ikenga Ogidi, Amechi Ekume, alleged that Umusiome people encroached in their land despite Supreme Court judgement of 1997 that ceded the land to Ikenga.
Source: https://thenationonlineng.net/breaking-achebes-70-year-old-kinsman-killed-three-injured-in-anambra-communal-clash/

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