BY CHINENYEH OZOR
Nsukka—There was tension at Nsukka, Enugu State, as a councillor representing one of the communities in the local government was ostracized and mourned alive over alleged gross anti-community activities.

The lawmaker faced multiple problems as youths in his community threatened to recall him if he continued to indulge in the alleged anti-community activities.

Vanguard gathered that the embattled councillor had allegedly been in running battles with members of his community since he was inaugurated and had allegedly boasted to the traditional ruler of the community that he was political head of the area, a statement the community considered as spiteful on the monarch.

Sources in the community further said that they had tolerated the actions of the councillor enough but he refused to change hence the decision to ostracize and carry out his funeral activities while he was still alive.

“He was never the choice of the community to be elected a councillor but the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had its way by imposing him on us.

Since then, he had vowed to deal with the community,’’ the sources told Vanguard, adding that the councillor resorted to the use of police to harrass the people through false and frivolous reports against the people.

’’He has no respect for anybody in the community, having insulted our monarch, among others. We carried out his funeral rites according to our tradition to enable us forget about him”.

We know the rigours involved in the process of recalling him but we are ready to tackle him headlong,’’ they said.

The said Councillor told Vanguard that there was nothing wrong in his community, except that some people who were jealous of his achievements as the councilor resorted to all sorts of antics to run him down and declined further comments on the issue.