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By Obi Madu
Tension is mounting in Umuanuta kindred of Uruoji village, Nri, in Anaocha local government area of Anambra State following alleged distortion of the history of the community in a published document that excluded Umuanuta.
The development has caused disquiet in the area, with the leadership of Umuanuta calling for the correction of the anomaly for peace to reign.
In the said publication titled, "All the villages and kindred in Nri", Umuanuta was conspicuously missing, prompting the people to embark on a protest in the town.
Chairman of Umuanuta kindred, John Jideobi, in a terse statement he copied to the President General of Nri Progress Union (NPU) said: "Our attention has been drawn to the publication of Omenana Na Odinana Nri, written by Chukwudi Nwokoye and Charles Chizoba Chukwurah as co-authors in which Umuanuta Kindred of Uruoji village Nri was conspicuously and mischievously not mentioned as a Kindred of Uruoji village.
This is capable of creating more tension in the already volatile village and Nri community in general.
"The Umuanuta Kindred of Uruoji village, Nri therefore wishes to clearly and unequivocally express disappointment in the ignorance of the authors of the book and we hereby resolve to state our position on the matter as follows:
*That Nri town so far has six villages which are Agbadana, Uruoji, Obeagu, Uruofolo Diodo and Ekwenaanyika.
*That the four Kindreds that make up Uruoji village are Umuanuta, Umuesona,
Umunriomalo and Umunrievuzo."
Jideobi said, however, that his people would not like to go into the controversies and ridiculous procedural errors and fiasco that surrounded the purported Anuta creation in Nri, since the matter is with a court of competent jurisdiction, to avoid any act of contempt of the court.
He also expressed happiness that the authors agreed in the book that there are three villages in Agukwu section of Nri when they stated that there are two Ogwemuo units for easy administration of Nri.
He alleged that the publication has exposed the mischief and mission of the authors, which he added, was to create confusion in the town.
"The Umuanuta kindred of Uruoji village Nri therefore wishes to disassociate themselves from the spurious publication as it is misleading, misinforming and grossly ill-intended" he said.
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