ABAKALIKI– –Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has summoned meeting stakeholders where he threatened to take over the disputed land at Elueke in Ivo Local Government Area of the state.
The lingering land crisis between the people of Umuobor, Akaeze, and Ogwor, Ishiagu has claimed many lives including road users in the recent time.
Recently, six person were killed while two decomposing bodies were recoveredat the disputed land.
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But before then there have been killings along Ishiagu-Afikpo highway where a truck driver was killed recently by the war lords.
Governor Nwifuru during a meeting he summoned with the stakeholders of both communities warned that State Government will take over the disputed land if the parties fail to reconcile within the next two weeks.
The Governor urged the communities to sheathe swords and embrace peace even as he declared that the disputed Elueke land remains a buffer Zone.
The Governor constituted a committee to visit the boundary and work out modalities for peaceful resolution of the crisis.
The committee comprises two Village Heads,; one youth leader from each of the communities; five Elders each; the Council Chairman, two Development Centre Coordinators; Executive Council Members from the Council as well as Security Agencies.
“I called for this meeting to reconcile the aggrieved brothers of Akaeze and Ishiagu Communities in Ivo Local Government Area. Peace is all about give and take. We are all here to make sacrifices and submit to the will of the people. What the people want is peace, law and order and that is the mandate they gave me.”
“It is very shameful that the people of Umobor and Ogwor have allowed wars to tear them apart. Ordinarily, you should not have allowed third parties to come in between your problems.
“You may not know the meaning of the peace you enjoy until you lose it that is when you will know the meaning of absence of peace” the governor warned.