Chairman of the Oneh-eh-Eleme Stool Peace Committee, Archbishop Ignatius Kattey has appealed for calm as the Onel-eh-Eleme chieftaincy crisis will soon be resolved.
Archbishop Kattey who said that at the inaugural sitting of the committee at Eleme on Monday said with the cooperation of all, we expect this matter to be resolved very soon.
“We plead for caution calm and sincerity. We urge that all our speeches should be reconciliatory and bear no attacks on any individual but upon the process
“we wish to state categorically that this committee is completely independent and is not funded or sponsored by any of the parties involved” he said.
It would be recalled that the committee which included Professor Ndowa Sunday Lale, vice chancellor University of Port Harcourt, Rev. Loveday N. Nwafor a retired civil servant, Pastor Dada Emere Johnson and Barrister Anthony Enyindah had approached a Port Harcourt High Court handling the matter for out of court settlement.
Meanwhile, the Okori, of Eleme Kingdom, King Appolous Chu says he has explicit confidence in the ability of the panel to amicably resolve the issue.
King Chu who is a claimant to the stool, told newsmen after the inaugural sitting that he expected the panel to come up with resolutions that would serve as a basis for the installation of future kings of Eleme.
According to him, the panel has the capacity to resolve the issue but added that Eleme people will resist any resolution that will not promote peace in the kingdom.
Meanwhile, at the inaugural sitting, counsel to the Oneh-eh-Eleme King Philip Obele, Barrister Justice Chichi staged a walk out, accussing the panel of procedural error.
The Oneh-eh-Eleme himself was absent at the meeting.