According to a report on CrossRiverWatch, five people have been
killed while three are seriously wounded following renewed land dispute
crisis between neighbouring Adadama in Abi LGA of Cross River State and
Amagu in Nko LGA of Ebonyi state, where four persons from Abi were
killed when some Adadama women went to their farms to harvest cassava on
Tuesday, June 21.
"The women were chased and driven from their farms by the Amagu
youths, when they reported their ordeal, the youths of Adadama went on
rescue mission and a fracas ensued that led to the death of four Adadama
youths while four persons were rushed to UCTH with bullet wounds and
one, Mr. Ikor Anali, later died at UCTH on Wednesday. While it was not
yet possible to get information from anyone in Ebonyi state, some of the
Adadama people on the ground allege that, though policemen from Nko
police station who were on ground to maintain peace were still trying to
intervene, before they knew the Amagu youths commenced attack on us."
In a chat with the Cross Rivers State Security Adviser (SSA), Jude
Ngaji disclosed that relative calm has returned to the community.
"Immediately the crisis broke, I called my colleague in Ebonyi
State because we have been talking. There is a joint boundary committee
between Ebonyi and Cross River to resolve that crisis you know. The
Cross River Police Commissioner also called the Ebonyi Police
Commissioner and a detachment of mobile policemen were immediately moved
in there to calm the situation and relative calm has returned and we
intend to keep the police there for some time to ensure that the peace
is not disrupted while the talking is ongoing. But the truth is that the
long term solution to that problem is for the National Boundary
Commission to return there and do the needful," Jude said.
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