Centre Chakhesang bodies issue Kübüh against Shekho Thuluo

PHEK – Public, youth and village bodies of the Centre Chakhesang area have issued Kübüh, which they describe as their strongest form of traditional condemnation, against Shekho Thuluo, whose press conference questioned the settlement reached in the Vezhoto Hesuh case.

The step followed an emergency meeting of Centre Chakhesang at Sakraba Panchayat Hall at 10 a.m. on Thursday, November 12, according to the handwritten minutes seen by Nagaland.News. The meeting was chaired by Pupohu Lohe, president of the Centre Chakhesang Public Organisation (CCPO).

Why Centre Chakhesang bodies issued Kübüh against Shekho Thuluo

The condemnation was announced in a joint statement by the CCPO, the Centre Chakhesang Youth Organisation (CCYO), the Centre Chakhesang Gaon Buras Union, and the village council chairmen and youth presidents of the area.

According to that report and one by Hub News, the organisations said Thuluo had used the press to reopen a matter already settled within the community, and had directly or indirectly challenged the authority of the CCYO, which they called the area’s apex youth body. They also said his statements undermined the “unity, integrity and peace” of the Centre Chakhesang people and accused him of seeking personal publicity at the community’s expense.

Neither report lists any further action beyond the Kübüh. The full text of the joint statement was not available to Nagaland.News at the time of writing.

What the emergency meeting minutes show

According to the minutes, the meeting opened with words of blessing from the treasurer. CCYO president Dode Nakro was then given time to brief the house on the concerns raised by Thuluo “through press media”.

The minutes record that members present adopted the minutes and “resolved as appended with signatures”. More than 40 people signed the attendance list. They included office-bearers of the CCPO and CCYO, village council chairmen and members, and gaon buras (village heads) from villages including Phola, Porba, Pholami, Sakraba, Gidemi and Upper, Middle and Lower Khomi, along with leaders of the Porbami Youth Organisation and other village youth bodies.

The minutes were signed by Kulupoyi V. Vadeo, general secretary of the CCPO for the 2026-2028 term. The two pages seen by Nagaland.News do not contain the text of the resolution itself.

Thuluo’s press conference and the Vezhoto Hesuh case

At a press conference on November 3, Thuluo expressed dissatisfaction with the police investigation into an alleged demand of Rs 1 lakh from Hesuh by Forest Department personnel, and questioned how the settlement was reached, Hub News reported.

Within days, the Porbami Youth Organisation told the CCYO that Thuluo had no mandate to speak for Hesuh’s family, clan or Porba village. On November 9, Hesuh’s Dzüdotsomi clan disowned Thuluo and opposed his call to withdraw the FIR over the alleged Rs 1 lakh demand, saying the investigation should continue without delay.

Hesuh, a resident of Porba village in Phek district, was summoned by the Wildlife Crime Control Unit in Dimapur in September over wildlife photographs and videos posted on his Facebook page. The case led the CCYO to serve the state government a seven-day ultimatum and later seal forest offices in Phek and Pfutsero. It ended in a joint declaration signed in Kohima on October 14 by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and the CCYO president to settle the matter out of court.

Thuluo has not publicly responded to the Kübüh. Nagaland.News will update this story if he does.