Enwhe Igbide entered into covenant through traditional oath taking, sheathe swords

By Simeon Okworide

4^th September 2017 will remain evergreen in the annals of Igbide and Enwhe communities in Isoko south local government area of Delta state as the day peace finally returned to the two communities respectively after agreeing to sheathe their swords and entered into a covenant through the traditional oath taking witnessed by the Isoko Development Union (IDU) executive led by its President-General, 

Royal fathers and other stakeholders processing to the oath taking venue

High Chief Iduh Amaidle, Isoko traditional ruler’s council and the newly elected executive of Isoko national youths Assembly.

On a phone conversation with the IDU President General, High Chief Iduh Amaidhe, he confirmed to Isoko mirror that a peace process has actually been set on motion through the traditional oath taking .  He said, the oath taking took place in a place between the two communities because a boundary is yet to be demarcated for the two communities due to the current high volume of water (flood) which has prevented the surveyors and the committee in charge of setting up a boundary for the two communities. He narrated that the traditional oath taking is to allow the two communities to sheathe their swords and live peacefully with one another pending when the volume of water will go down

Preparing ground for the traditional oath taking while being watched by all stakeholders

Chief Amaidhe who expressed satisfaction over the outcome of the traditional oath taking process, he stressed that the IDU in collaboration with all stake holders in the crisis are working seriously towards a process where the inhabitants of both communities will be visiting each other without fear or molestation“What happened on the 4^th of September 2017 is to set a peace process on motion to allow a sleeping dog laid. I must say that because of the flood at the moment, there is no boundary demarcation yet, because the surveyors could not get to work and we and other stakeholders are also monitoring the level of compliance of the peace process by both communities because the traditional oath taking is just a starting point.

Stakeholders including Com.Umuakpo Ovie INYA President, Chief (Dr) Etaluku and other at the venue

 We are looking at a process where the inhabitants of both communities will start entering each other community. Inhabitants of the two communities will be visiting each other without fear or molestation”. He said

It could be recalled that the Enwhe, Igbide crsis has claimed scores of lives and several properties worth millions of naira.