Owerri — Controversy surrounds the agitation for the creation of the proposed Njaba State from the present Imo State.
The Owerri and Okigwe zones areinsisting that Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area must remain in the present Imo State, while the Orlu zone is doing every thing possible to drag the Local Government into the proposed new state.
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