An Emergency Verdict Over The Cross River State Warring Communities
The senate yesterday in Abuja, prevailed in the war between Wanikade and Wanihem communities of North Ukelle, in Yala Local Government Area in Cross River State, As the called on the Nigerian Army to intervene in the case, by containing the security situation until lasting peace is restored.
The state government was urged to reside quickly over the land issue giving appropriate boundaries to the land that is to be shared. National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA had also made commitment to provide the displace persons with food stuff, blankets, mosquito nets and other essential needs of these people
According to senator Oko, in her motion, explained that the warring communities have been in dispute over land ownership at their boundaries in the last couple of years, adding that in 2012, a court ruling ordered both communities to stay away from the disputed territory until a resolution was reached.She said that fresh clashes however, started after one of the communities went into the disputed land to farm resulting in the sacking of several villages with more than 1,000 houses and institutions such as schools razed down, adding that more than 100 persons are feared killed in the conflict with about 14,000 others currently displaced causing serious humanitarian crisis in the area.
The matter was referred to the Senate Committee on State and Local Government, to report back in two weeks.
The state government was urged to reside quickly over the land issue giving appropriate boundaries to the land that is to be shared. National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA had also made commitment to provide the displace persons with food stuff, blankets, mosquito nets and other essential needs of these people
According to senator Oko, in her motion, explained that the warring communities have been in dispute over land ownership at their boundaries in the last couple of years, adding that in 2012, a court ruling ordered both communities to stay away from the disputed territory until a resolution was reached.She said that fresh clashes however, started after one of the communities went into the disputed land to farm resulting in the sacking of several villages with more than 1,000 houses and institutions such as schools razed down, adding that more than 100 persons are feared killed in the conflict with about 14,000 others currently displaced causing serious humanitarian crisis in the area.
The matter was referred to the Senate Committee on State and Local Government, to report back in two weeks.
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