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Views: 535 Stakeholders of Effium Community in Ohaukwu local government area of Ebonyi State has signed an undertaken to be held responsible for any further killings or destruction of property in the lingering communal crisis between the community and the Ezza Effium people. In a Statement signed by the Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Dr. Monday Uzor said that the stakeholders signed the undertaking after their meeting with the Deputy Governor Dr Kelechi Igwe at the Executive Council Chamber , Old Government, House, Abakaliki. There has been killings and destruction of property betwee...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The governor of Ebonyi State David Umahi has threatened to clampdown on stakeholders of Onitsha LGA, the hometown of the acting national vice chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ali Odefa and other communities for their inability to resolve all communal clashes in their areas. Recall that there have been increased hostilities, killings and destruction of valuable properties by warlords in some communities of the state especially in Isinkwo and Abaomege, Ezza/ Effium communities. It was gathered that political leaders/ stakeholders of Isinkwo and Abaomeg...

Punch Newspapers Sections Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Police Command, on Wednesday, arraigned one Ojo Monday and 54 others for murder, arson and destruction of property worth millions of naira in Ebonyi community. The defendants, it was alleged, were responsible for killings, destruction of buildings and illegal possession of firearms, that took place during the crises that erupted between the people of Effium and Ezza Effium, in the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state, recently. Recall that the people of Effium and Ezza Effium community, in the Ohaukwu Council Area of th...

The incident happened on Monday night when Igboho stormed the troubled area in Yewaland. However, the spokesman of the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, yesterday told newsmen in Abeokuta that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the crime. Oyeyemi also disclosed that there have been attacks in the past three days on herdsmen settlements in Yewaland. According to him, the settlements affected have been in existence in the area for many years, in some cases for over 20 years, and inhabited mainly by Nigerian herdsmen of Fulani extraction, some of whom he said were born and brought up ...

People who spoke to Daily Trust said it would require political will and active support of various stakeholders nationwide, devoid of mutual suspicion, ethnic and religious profiling, to surmount the daunting security breaches in almost all the geopolitical zones of the country.   South-West Kidnapping, banditry, communal unrests, farmers/herders clashes and cultism are becoming a norm in the South-Western part of Nigeria. In fact, the six states in the region are witnessing a surge in such criminal activities. As such, many lives and valuables have been lost. Just last week, at least one p...