About three persons are
feared dead in a recurrent inter communal strife between the people of
Adadama and Igbo Amabana, in Abi local government area, a council in the
central part of Cross River State, following two days of gun battles
and machetes.
The
outbreak of hostilities between the two neighbouring communities as
revealed by eye witnesses, started as the two communities sought to
show supremacy over one another following a long standing dispute over
the ownership of a parcel of farm land which is located at the border of
the two communities.
Channels TV correspondent in Calabar gathered that lifeless bodies were still lying at Adadama along the Ugep – Abomege Road which leads to Ebonyi State.
The conflict which is a reoccurring feature of frosty relationships between the neighbouring communities during this time of the year when farming commences, has been described as one too many.
The villages of Adadama and Igbo Amabana, Igbo Ekureku and Afagara have become ghost towns as the villagers have fled for fear of arrest as anti-riot policemen have arrived at the warring communities to restore peace.
Speaking to Journalists, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Cross River State Police Command, DSP John Umoh, said a team of anti-mobile policemen have been dispatched to the warring area stressing that normalcy has since been restored while the police still patrol the two communities.
The
outbreak of hostilities between the two neighbouring communities as
revealed by eye witnesses, started as the two communities sought to
show supremacy over one another following a long standing dispute over
the ownership of a parcel of farm land which is located at the border of
the two communities.Channels TV correspondent in Calabar gathered that lifeless bodies were still lying at Adadama along the Ugep – Abomege Road which leads to Ebonyi State.
The conflict which is a reoccurring feature of frosty relationships between the neighbouring communities during this time of the year when farming commences, has been described as one too many.
The villages of Adadama and Igbo Amabana, Igbo Ekureku and Afagara have become ghost towns as the villagers have fled for fear of arrest as anti-riot policemen have arrived at the warring communities to restore peace.
Speaking to Journalists, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Cross River State Police Command, DSP John Umoh, said a team of anti-mobile policemen have been dispatched to the warring area stressing that normalcy has since been restored while the police still patrol the two communities.
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