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Mystery deaths: 4 more bodies float on Ezu River

 

1/25/2013

Barely two days after the police announced the evacuation of 18 dead bodies found in Ezu River in Amansea, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, four more bodies have surfaced in the river. Two out of the four surfaced on Wednesday while another two were discovered floating on the river yesterday.

Yesterday’s discovery coincided with the visit to the scene by the Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial District, which Amansea is part of, Chris Ngige, who vowed to ensure that the mystery behind the dead bodies and their dumping in the river was unraveled. Ngige also called on the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to come to the aid of the people of the area, whose only source of water had been poisoned by the dumping of dead bodies whose actual number and identities were yet to be confirmed, with materials for medical attention and other forms of assistance.

Confirming the discovery of more corpses, the traditional ruler of Amansea, Igwe Kenneth Okonkwo, while welcoming Ngige to his palace, said: “We had thought that the bodies have finished only to be shocked that more bodies are surfacing.” Corroborating him, a former councilor from Amaowelle village where the river is located, Chief Alphonsus Nwene said that “there is possibility that several other dead bodies are still in the water and once they decompose sufficiently they will come afloat.”

But addressing the people at scene, the former governor of the state, Ngige said, “I’ve discussed with Governor Peter Obi, he seems to have no clue as to what is happening, he told me that, so I decided I must come here myself so that we can discuss as Senator representing this area in the National Assembly. I am here at Ezu River and I have seen with my own eyes, not hearsay, not story, not media stories two corpses here now.

“But one thing I must assure you is that we must unravel the mystery of these corpses. We will find out what is happening and when we find it, we will stop it and we must stop it that is why I am here.” He promised to contact the Inspector General of Police on the issue, haven discussed with the state Police Commissioner and state director of the State Security Services (SSS).

Ngige warned the people not to use water from the river again until a time it would be certified okay for their use as the chemicals being used to disinffect it and the environs were toxic in nature and would be harmful if they drank from the river now.

The Senator donated to the people 6,000 cartons of water and promised that motorized borehole would be sunk in the area in his 2013 constituency project programme.

He further said: “For people at this time to be drinking and depending on Ezu River for water is inproper and it is against the set goals of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the policy of Millennium Development Goal (MDG).” and for a town like Amansea that falls within the Awka capital territory it is indeed shameful that it has no water borehole until this incident.”

 

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