Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Thursday described as a hoax the purpoted ostracism of the people of Edeaniagu village of Ishi-Ozalla in Nkanu West Local Government Area by the community.
Ugwuanyi, who addressed protesters from the village at the Government House, Enugu, said that such practice had no place in the state.
Recall that Ishi-Ozalla Automomous Community had been in turmoil following the alleged labelling of the people of Edeaniagu as outcasts and their subsequent ostracism by the community.
Ugwuanyi, however, described such alleged pronouncement as a practice which did not exist in any part of the state and warned those behind such to desist of face the wrath of the law.