Deadly Attack In Ebonyi: Governor Nwifuru Sacks Appointees, Dethrones Monarchs From Afikpo

<p>Deadly Attack In Ebonyi<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Ebonyi State Governor&comma; Francis Nwifuru has directed immediate sack of political appointees&comma; including commissioners&comma; management committee members&comma; traditional rulers&comma; town union and village heads in Amasiri&comma; Afikpo Local Government Area&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The monarchs have been dethroned with their certificate of recognition invalidated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Governor announced the sack on Saturday during his on-the-spot assessment visit to the scene of deadly attack that claimed the lives of at least four persons in Okporojo community in Osso Edda&comma; Edda local government area on Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a viral video circulating on social media <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Okporojo<&sol;a> community members alleged that some people from Amasiri in Afikpo Local Government Area came to their area in Oso-edda to attack and destroy their properties and buildings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Nwifuru was said to have cut short his working visit in Abuja and returned to the state&comma; and from the airport&comma; proceeded straight to Okporojo in the Edda local government area for first-hand assessment of the situation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;