The Concerned Indigenes of Amagu Oduma Autonomous Community in Aninri Local Government Area of Enugu State has petitioned the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Enugu, over an alleged suppression of the report of the forgery investigations involving the community’s Traditional Ruler, Igwe David Ohabuikem, and President General, Mr Christian Onyeabochukwu.
The group had accused the duo of amending the community’s 2011 constitution without the due process.
The concerned citizens, represented by Mr Aloysius Chukwu, Mr Christian Ekwe, Mr Abel Chukwu and Pastor Chigozie Orjiani, had in the petition dated 11th August, 2026, through their lawyer, B.O. Nwozor, of B.O. Nwozor & Co, accused the investigating police officer in the case, CSP Solomon Nwali, of deliberate efforts to suppress the report of the investigations.
The counsel stated that his clients reported the case of forgery against the president general of the town, Mr Christian Onyeabochukwu, and the traditional ruler, Igwe David Ohabuikem, upon which the matter was signed to CSP Nwali of Section ‘E’ of Force CID Annex, Enugu, in March, 2026 to handle.
The counsel alleged that CSP Nwali was intimidating and harassing his clients on why they should write a petition against the president general and the traditional ruler. Nwali, according to the counsel, “further told our clients that the traditional ruler and the PG are equivalent of President of the country and the Governor of a state of which our clients were surprised by such utterances coming out from a policeman who is supposed to be an umpire in a matter that he was investigating”.
The complainants further alleged that they were not informed about the day CP Nwali visited Oduma on an investigation, thus expressing fear on the credibility of the outcome of his investigations.
The Origin Of The Case
On May 9, 2026, the Concerned Citizens had petitioned the Inspector General of Police, through their lawyer, GO Okafor, of Dr Okafor & Co, alleging forgery and criminal deception perpetuated by the President General of Amagu Oduma Autonomous Community, Comrade Onyeabochukwu. The petitioners claimed that the community has an extant constitution since 2011 known as The Constitution of Amagu Community Development Union.
Our correspondent reports that the problem started when the traditional ruler and the PG presented the purported amended 2024 version of the community’s constitution as evidence in an ongoing legal tussle. The amended constitution, it was alleged, altered some provisions of the earlier one.
The traditional ruler of the community had sworn to an affidavit to the effect that the constitution had been amended in 2023, and assented to in 2024. The traditional ruler, in the affidavit tendered on 3rd June, 2026, at the High Court of Enugu State, Awgu Division, in support of a motion on notice, had sworn that, “The committee that birthed the amended constitution was constituted at the General Assembly Meeting of Amagu Oduma Community held sometime in 2021.” He explained that, “The need for the review was a result of the inabilities of the old constitution to meet the needs of some current development in the community.”
He said the amended version was submitted on 28th April, 2023, entitled “The Constitution of Ofamagu Community Development Union (revised in April, 2023)”.
It was gathered that the alleged doctored version included Section 4.1 partaining to the duties of the president general. The amendment stated that the PG in conjunction with the traditional ruler, together with any other person as may be nominated by the executive council, shall be the proper party to represent the community in any legal proceedings to which the community may be a party.”
The petitioners said the new constitution was unknown to them. Quoting the petition, “In the course of the civil litigation in suit no. HAW/39/2025 between Mr Christian Ekwe and others versus Mr Nelson Mbah and another, the PG of Amagu Community, Comrade Onyeabochukwu, in his desperate haste to be joined in the suit, pleaded and placed heavy reliance on a rather curious document which is entitled ‘the Constitution of Amagu Oduma Development Union (Amended, 2024)’ which he purports to be the extant constitution of Amagu Community.”
The PG had claimed that the said constitution was adapted by the people of Amagu Community at the General Assembly held on 4th day of May 2024. The petitioners however disagreed, arguing that it was never adopted. They however said they are aware that there is a review committee set up to review the constitution which has not submitted its report.
They called on the police to arrest the suspect for questioning. They also demanded that he be arraigned before a court of jurisdiction on charges relating to conspiracy, forgery, fraudulent representation of facts and criminal intention to mislead a court of justice. They also want the court to compel the suspect to desist from further criminal activities to withdraw the acts of forgery.
Enugu State Ministry Of Chieftaincy Affairs Clarifies
The government of Enugu State, through the state Ministry of Chieftaincy Affairs, in a letter dated 17th June, 2026, with reference ENSG/MLGRDCA/41/2026, sequel to a request by one Christian Ekwe of Uhuagu Amagu Oduma autonomous community, stated that the alleged amended version of the constitution is unfounded. The letter, signed by the Commissioner, Dr Charles Egumgbe, read that “Your community file in the records of the ministry has been perused and the 2024 amended constitution of Amagu Oduma Autonomous Community could not be traced. Consequently upon the above, the ministry cannot issue Certified True Copy of the said 2024 Amended Constitution.”
The petitioners, had in a letter dated 16th June, 2026, addressed to the commissioner, sought the release of the community’s purported 2024 amended constitution. The document, signed by one Christian Ekwe, had stated that, “If however no such amended constitution exists in your ministry’s records, I kindly request that you issue a written confirmation stating that the document is not available in your records. The request is made for official and lawful purposes, including reference, study, and proper understanding of the provisions of governing the administration, leadership structure, rights, duties and affairs of the autonomous community.”
Transfer The Matter To Court, Group Begs Police
The group told our reporter that they want the matter to be charged to court without further delay. “We want the matter to be charged to court so we can defend our position. The facts are available. The manner the police are handling it is no more satisfactory to us. We believe that court remains the last hope of the common man. The matter has been concluded. We appeared before the AIG, and he interrogated us before the IPO. We proved our matter one after the other. Our concern is that two days after, we went back. We were told that a superior had told them to stay action in the matter. It is not the duty of the police to declare an accused innocent or otherwise. Rather, it is the court in accordance with the Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2015. Having concluded the investigation, let the matter be charged to court. Our evidence is in documents, and the court is the best place to interrogate our claims. We suspect that police are suppressing the report. The matter was reported to them since March.”
Efforts to speak with the traditional ruler and the PG failed as their numbers were not reachable at the time of filing this report.
