Senate made the call Wednesday after a debate on the bloody clashes ravaging the boundaries of the two States.
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The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the residents were recently abducted in the renewed land dispute between the community and neighbouring Enyibichiri.
Governor David Umahi announced these developments on Tuesday as part of decisions reached at the State Security Council meeting in Abakaliki.
This was part of resolutions reached during an expanded security council meeting held on Thursday at the State Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Abakaliki, presided over by Governor David Umahi.
The announcement was contained in a statement on Wednesday in Abakiliki by Deputy Governor Kelechi Igwe.
An intelligence source told PRNigeria that a combined team of security forces recorded the huge success in a major sting operation carried out by the Department of State Services in collaboration with the Nigerian Army in the early hours of February 12, 2021.
The Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the state, Uchenna Orji, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Abakaliki on the outcome of Thursday’s State Executive Council meeting.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the police have so far confirmed eight deaths, over 60 persons arrested and burning of over eight houses in the crisis which emanated from a leadership dispute at the area’s motor park.