Abonnema indigenes of akuko-toru Local Government of Rivers state have called for an unbiased investigation of the election-related violence that ravaged their communities in the run-up to the February 23 presidential elections.
The people, under the aegis of Kengema unity forum, said they are unhappy over accusations levelled against their community leaders whom they say have been apolitical in the fierce political rivalry in the state.
Akukotoru in Rivers state has of late been in the news for the wrong reasons, no thanks to the political violence that descended on the community on the weekend of the presidential and national assembly elections.
There have been accusations and counter-accusations by the political actors on who was responsible for the crisis.
The Kengema unity forum, which speaks for the interest of the Abonnema and Kalabari people is now challenging the claims against some of its community leaders which it says are false.
The forum also demanded to know why there was no political violence in the areas where the two political gladiators in Rivers state come from, urging the Kalabari to rise and protect their land.
The Kengema forum restated the innocence of Tein Jackrich and Kenneth Opusingi and called for a thorough investigation and punishment of the real perpetrators of the killings and violence that rocked Abonnema.
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