OMOR AND IGBAKWU COMMUNITIES CLASH OVER LAND DISPUTES

 

About four indigenes of Igbakwu Community in Ayamelum Local Government Area of Anambra State have been allegedly injured by hoodlums said to be from Omor Community.

According to some eye witnesses, some persons alleged to be from Omor community invaded Eriator Village Igbakwu at about seven o’clock Saturday morning and used machete to attack four persons who were uprooting cassava at the farm.

Two of them, Messrs. Harryson and Anthony Edoechi, alleged that the hoodlums also set ablaze some houses.

They appealed to the State Government to urgently look into the boundary dispute between the two communities to avoid further destruction of lives and property.

The President General of Igbakw, Mr. Chike Mike, narrated that the land dispute between Umali Akanator Village Omor and Eriator Village Igbakwu, which started around 1979, had lingered so much.

He alleged the situation had resulted in invasion of their farm lands by Omor people on several occasions.

Mr. Chike therefore appealed to government to find a possible means of resolving the dispute to allow peace reign in the agrarian communities.

In a swift reaction, the President General of Omor Community, Mr. Chike Nebife, alleged that some persons believed to be from Igbakwu shot three farmers from his community who were receiving treatment in a hospital.

He claimed that it was the people of Igbakwu that set a house on fire only to turn around to accuse Omor people of perpetrating the crime.

When Radio Nigeria contacted the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State, Mr. Haruna Mohammed on the telephone, he confirmed the incident but said that only two persons were injured and were currently receiving treatment at the hospital.

Mr. Mohammed noted that the Commissioner of Police in the State had ordered immediate deployment of mobile force to restore normalcy to the area while investigation had commenced to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident.

UCHE NDEKE

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