BEVERLY HILLS, March 31, (THEWILL) – The Chairman of Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Israel Idaisin, has cried out for the Federal Government to intervene in the protracted boundary crisis between his Nkari community and Usaka Uko people in Ikwuano LGA of Abia State.
He said the incessant attacks by the Abia community left his subjects with no alternative than to resort to self help and move about with weapons.
In a telephone interview with our correspondent in Uyo, Wednesday, Idaisin lamented that even women and children from the Nkari Community now went to the farm with all manner of weapons.
He called on both the Federal Government and the two state governments to wade into the situation, warning that if not nipped in the bud, it would breed a future generation of bandits that would create problems for Nigeria.
He said: “The daily crisis we have in the Ini Local Government Area is the Nkari crisis. The people there, including women and children, now go about with weapons to protect themselves. Everyone there is either with a long or short knife to protect themselves from the Ikwanno people.
“The people of Ikwanno in Abia State are using guerrilla warfare to ambush, shoot and kill our people.
“That is why we are appealing to the Federal Government to take over the disputed land or do proper demarcation to forestall further loss of lives. Thousands of people have over the years lost their lives to this same crisis.”
Idaisin however suggested that the two state governments should come together to facilitate the demarcation of borders and also seek possible ways to pacify and rehabilitate members of the affected communities.
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