Okon-Aku disaster: Abia Attorney General warns committee members towards selective justice

The Okon-Aku disaster, which erupted on January 2, 2026, claimed the lifetime of youth chief, Igwe Akuma, induced the destruction of a number of homes, and led to the exodus of some natives from their houses.

Speaking by Mrs Becky Ukechi to the members of the committee in Umuahia, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice within the State, Ikechukwu Uwanna, SAN, warned the white paper committee towards permitting private curiosity to compromise the integrity of their jobs.

Uwanna, who was represented by Mrs Becky Ukechi, famous that suggestions coming from the white paper committee shouldn’t be altered or influenced by any exterior physique, however urged the members to make sure that the white paper was carried out to realize justice and lasting peace locally.

“We must not allow personal interests, sentiments, ethnic or cultural considerations to influence our decision. White Paper should serve as a guiding document.

“Our duty is to make sure suggestions are carried out in letter and spirit with out pointless alteration or selective software,” Ikechukwu Uwanna said.

Inaugurating the committee in Umuahia on Thursday, the Abia State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Uzo Nwachukwu, said that the Abia State government had earlier studied a report submitted by its administrative panel on the Okon-Aku crisis, before coming out with the white paper.

Nwachukwu, who advised the committee to restore lasting peace in Okon-Aku, recalled how the State government used security agencies to quell the destruction in the community.

He noted that the members of the committee are made up of the Department of State Security, DSS, Commissioner of Police, Abia State Homeland Security Agency, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Special Adviser to the Abia State Governor on Security Matters, Attorney General of Abia State, and Chairman of Ohafia LGA.