Yuletide: Monarch Preaches Peace, Urges Community To Shun Violence

In his usual way of promoting peace, King (Dr) Leslie N Eke, has called for violence free Christmas celebration throughout Evo Kingdom and beyond.
Eke, the Eze Gbakagbaka, made the call during the 2019 edition of the Eze Gbakagbaka Day 2019 in Woji in Obio/ Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State yesterday.
The Eze Oha Evo III said there was no gain in violence and any form of criminal life, rather peace should be advocated at every point.
According to him, those who sponsor crime always live in fear and regret should they be caught with the long arm of the law.
He further pointed out that no one or group of persons had benefited from violence means, thus his insistence to preach against lt.
The Nyerisi Eli Woji also lambasted those whose stock-in-trade was violence, and added that they were lazy people.
“There is no wisdom in violence/crime, so those who indulge in them are weakling. The strong and wise people go for capacity training”, he said.
He also explained that violence had a way of causing rot in the society due to its corrosive nature.
The Evo King pointed that the Rivers State Governor, Chief (Barr) Nyesom Wike was apt in his early crusade against insecurity in the state, and added that it was part of the reason for his
success story.
He maintained that Governor Wike would not have achieved much if there was violence in the state, as he called for more support for the governor in the area of security.
About the Eze Gbakagbaka Day celebration, he said its central idea was to promote peace in Evo kingdom as a mark of a well cultured people.
Meanwhile, he had warned against the indiscriminate use of fireworks and explosives in Woji and other areas in the state during the Yuletide celebration in order not to confuse security arrangement put together by the Government.

By: King Onunwor