34 Court Cases against me ‘Political Weapons,’ Enugwu-Agidi PG, Onuorah vows transparent levy reform

 

Doreen Nkwachi

Awka

 

Hon. Amb. Ebuka Onuorah, President-General of Enugwu-Agidi since 2021, has for the first time, spoken about the legal onslaught against him at 34 separate courts, a figure previously whispered in beer parlours but never confirmed by the PG himself.

In a sit-down interview on the town’s protracted leadership saga, in his business office in Abuja, Onuorah described the cases ranging from terrorism allegations to vigilante petitions, as “orchestrated political weapons” deployed by entrenched interests threatened by his levy-collection overhaul and push for village-chairmen elections.

He insisted that he had never been indicted in any legitimate court because the truth always prevails, producing a certified true copy of a 2024 Federal High Court ruling dismissing a gun-running charge for lack of evidence.

The explicit tally of 34 lawsuits marks the first time any party in the Enugwu-Agidi crisis has attached a hard number to the legal barrage. Court registries in Nnewi, Awka, and Enugu confirm 28 active suits as of November 2025, with six struck out for want of prosecution. Sources close to the Igwe’s cabinet declined to comment on the figure, calling it “an exaggeration meant to play victim.”

Onuorah provided never-before-seen receipts showing that pre-2021 shop-owner levies; officially ₦500 per stall, were diverted into private accounts controlled by unelected “collection agents.”

His administration’s digitized system, launched in March 2022, has reportedly channeled huge amounts of the money realised into verifiable projects:

Street light along Obibia Enugwu-Agidi/Amawbia road

Renovation of Community Health Centre

Bursary for 42 indigent students, to mention but a few.

“No new levy was introduced,” he insisted. “We only stopped the old theft.”

 

Addressing the viral motorcade footage, Onuorah presented police incident reports documenting three separate assassination threats between 2022 and 2024, including a petrol-bomb attack on his family compound. The Nigeria Police Force, Zone 13, confirmed the deployment of a two-man escort “purely for protective duties.”

 

Despite the combative tone, Onuorah extended an olive branch: “I am ready for a town-hall audit of every kobo collected since 2021; let the people see the truth.”