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Ebonyi community boils over land dispute

 

One person has been confirmed dead and hundreds of houses reportedly razed in Amata-Akpoha community, Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi State following a land dispute that ensued between Amata-Akpoha and the neighbouring Ezeke-Amasiri community.

Eight persons have so far sustained serious injuries.

Briefing Journalists in Abakaliki, the chairman Ekpuke Eto traditional ruling council of Amata Akpoha community, Prof. John igidi said, “There are incidents that we never anticipated and have been avoiding over the years. The people we felt are our brothers and neighbours had last month September, killed an innocent man who went to his farm.

“He was rounded up and was gruesomely murdered, the young man was shouting according to eyewitnesses.

“When the matter was reported to the Nigeria police, the DPO and others who came, saw the pool of blood, saw where they dragged him to, but to the glory of God, four days after, the body of the deceased was discovered floating on the other side of Akpoha river.

 

“After killing the young man, they put him inside a cellophane bag and hanged three heavy stones, so that nobody will see his corpse. And we will be saying he is missing. The police that came helped our people to recover the young man’s body from the river.

“The question is what led to this killing? Government directed that nobody should go there, until the determination to resolve the matter. They left the disputed areas and came to where we are farming to threaten the farmers.

“There was a woman who was caught alongside with this deceased, who hails from Amasiri by birth and she is of Akpoha by marriage. They took her to that place for confirmation. And the family confirmed before they released her.

“They threatened the woman that if she gives account of what happened, they will kill her and the entire family. We have told the police to safeguard that woman.

“We request that security personnel be deployed to the area, because since a week now, our people no longer go to farm. The security should secure the lives of our innocent farmers.

 

“We don’t want war, because we are not prepared for war. We don’t have all it takes to fight war. You see this killing that happened, there has been no arrest. The police have discovered the list of those who went to that farm that day.”

 

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