Your Excellency Sir,
RE-AN APPEAL FOR THE RELOCATION OF THE PROPOSED ZOO IN EZIAMA AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY IKEDURU, IMO STATE
The attention of the good and well-meaning sons and daughters of Eziama Autonomous Community has been drawn to a kindergarten open letter credited to an unpopular group consisting of men who have not visited home for ages that call themselves EZIAMA IKEDURU DIASPORA ASSOCIATION addressed to-your good office and published in THE BIG TRUTH NEWSPAPER on Monday 13th October 2025.
Firstly, we wish to seize this medium to express our profound gratitude to Your EXCELLENCY DISTINGUISHED SENATOR HOPE UZODIMMA , THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF IMO STATE for executing such a developmental project in our community and-urge you to disregard the open letter written on the subject matter as the few persons who ganged up to make this request have zero record of any meaningful contribution to our society.
Their request does not represent the interest of the genuine and progressive people of Eziama Ulorji autonomous community in Okwu/Ugirike/Eziama ward who have embraced this gesture as part of the dividends of the overwhelming number of votes produced by our ward in the last general and gubernatorial elections. This group of persons are not aware that Your Excellency don’t just site or embark on projects, you site and embark on valuable and people oriented projects. They are also unaware of your vision to take development to the nooks and crannies of Imo State.
Secondly, their claim that the community was not involved and consulted is a proof that the association is completely disconnected from home and shamelessly displaying their ignorance in a print media instead of toeing the part of wisdom which is calling on the leaders of the community at home for fact-finding.
As a matter of fact, the leadership of the community was well informed and letter written to the President General of the community by the Ministry of Works in the state has its soft copy in the public domain and the community’s vigilante group is in charge of securing the equipment deployed to the site.
They are ignorant of the fact that this unique project of your 3R administration to us is one of those best gifts from you to us; as it will not only provide unique recreational space for the residents of Eziama Autonomous Community, Ikeduru LGA and Imo State at large, but will also:
Promote conservation and education about wildlife and their habitat
Promote infrastructural development in our community
It will support local economic growth through job creation and tourism
Enhance community engagement and social cohesion.
Conclusively, we would have ordinarily ignored their loud display of ignorance and focused on our usual business of developing the community but to ensure that these unpopular elements do not deceive the unsuspecting public which is apparently their target, we have decided to bend backwards so-as to set the record straight and perhaps lecture them on how impactful this project and others that are currently ongoing and some completed ones such as:
Advanced skill Acquisition center
Federal medical center
Road projects
Installation of street lights
Connecting our electricity to line 33
to mention a few will be to the development of our dear community and erase in their heads the archaic perception they had before the left the shores of the country many years ago with no plans of investing at-home.
We advise them to consider a carrier in comedy since their thoughts do not showcase any form of seriousness.
We thank you for not only siting this project in our community but also for mobilizing the contractors to site and we assure you of the full support of the leaders and entire good people of our community in realizing this dream within the shortest time, and urge you to disregard the said letter as it’s a product of men who are barely known in their kindred and have neither attracted nor invested in Eziama Ikeduru.
We wish the shared prosperity government of your administration well.

God bless Eziama Ulorji
God bless Imo State

Signed:
Prince Charls Amadi
(Leader)

Ezinwa Chuks Metu
(Stakeholder)

Chief Peter Mbagwu_
(President-General Eziama Ulorji Autonomous Community).

Mrs Joy Ibe
(President Eziama Ulorji Women Association; Home)

Comr Placidius Onuruka
(President Eziama Youth Organization)

Chief Magnus Melariri
(Ohamadike 1 of Eziama)

Ezinwa Maxwell Okedu Ozurumba
(Former President General Eziama Ulorji Autonomous Community)

Chief Ifeanyi Ojor
(Ezege 1 Billion)

Chief Wince Nnodim
(Stakeholder)

Chief Chukwuma Igbo Nnaji
(Akunaebiokwu)

Chief Goddy Ibeawuchi (Oluoha)
Mrs. Victoria Melariri (Women PG Home & Abroad Ezeiama Ulorji Autonomous Community)