The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Azuoffia Edda Community in the Abakaliki Local Government Area in Ebonyi and Ojuitim Community in Obubra LGA in Cross River has been locked in deadly communal clashes over the years because of land.
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Arising from its emergency meeting on Friday in Enugu, Chairman of the forum, Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state requested the group and other of such groups to articulate their grievances and send to the forum.
The command’s spokesperson, Loveth Odah, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abakaliki that the corpse of the girl had been taken to Mgbo Hospital morgue.
The meeting was as a result of the latest clash between Osopong Community and Ogorude in Ebonyi and Cross River States on 1st September 2017 where seven persons were allegedly killed and two others were wounded.
He condemned in strong terms the derogatory statements credited to Chief Elechi faulting the loan secured by Governor Umahi from Africa Development Bank and Islamic Development Bank for the funding of development projects in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the rally created heavy human and vehicular traffic long Afikpo and old Enugu roads, among others.
Nwifuru spoke in Abakaliki when NULGE members marched to the assembly complex to seek the lawmakers support for local government autonomy, already endorsed by the National Assembly.
Isaac Chukwu, chairman of the interim executive, said the refusal to vacate office had escalated the crisis in the community.
Umahi made the call on Thursday in Abakaliki, when he received a delegation of Ebonyi indigenes residing in Onitsha, Anambra, who visited him over the plight of its indigenes in the town and across the country.
The Ebonyi State APC Chairman, Eze Nwachukwu, and another chieftain of the party in the state, Dr. Paul Okorie, said the President’s position had renewed the hope of Nigerians on the country’s continued existence.
Egwu, who is representing Ebonyi North Senatorial District, made the call in an interview with newsmen at Umuebe, Ezzamgbo, Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Friday.
Umahi speaking in Abakaliki through her Chief Press Secretary, Donatus Owo, said the planned intervention against the culprit was to ensure that the victim gets justice.
He noted that regardless of the propaganda against the PDP by the All Progressives Congress, the party will continue to consolidate ahead of the 2019 general elections.
Dr Sunday Udo, the foundation Chief Executive Officer, made the disclosure when he visited the Minister of State for Health, Dr Ehanire Osagie, in Abuja.
Stella Uchegbu, the Sector Commander of the commission in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria that such negative development was hindering the effective discharge of their duties.
Illuebbey made the call on Tuesday during the visit of the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Suleiman Kazaure, who came to observe 2017 Batch ‘A’, Stream II orientation programme.
Chief Azubuike Okafor, the Chairman of MAN in charge of Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu States, said this at the first Anambra Government-Development Partners summit in Awka on Tuesday.
Uchegbu confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria, noting that the incident happened on the Ezzamgbo axis of the Abakaliki-Enugu Federal Highway.
Addressing newsmen in Abakaliki on Friday, Umahi urged other Nigerians to engage in prayers for the ailing president’s quick recovery.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Jude Madu, said the victim had died before the arrival of the police at the scene of the incident.