The appeal comes as calls intensify for the state government to consolidate its ongoing intervention in the dispute by ensuring a transparent resolution process capable of restoring peace and protecting businesses.
The Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has been urged to take decisive steps to resolve the lingering property dispute involving the Ozomagana Building Materials Market Association in Onitsha and the Modebe family, amid concerns that the disagreement could escalate into violence if not comprehensively addressed.
The appeal comes as calls intensify for the state government to consolidate its ongoing intervention in the dispute by ensuring a transparent resolution process capable of restoring peace and protecting businesses.
The governor is urged to take decisive actions to prevent further tension in one of Onitsha's major commercial hubs.
The call was made by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), which also demanded an immediate end to what it described as the criminalisation of the civil dispute by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police's Special Investigation Unit (SIU).
