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Many persons have allegedly sustained severe injuries during a clash between youths of Akaba and Ogu communities in Yenagoa Local Government Council of Bayelsa State over the sharing of royalty paid by a company dredging sand along the Ikoli River to the warring communities.
According to Community sources, the dredging company operating close to the boundary between the communities along the Ikoli River was said to have decided to pay royalties to both communities but the Akaba community insisted that the Ogu community should not be given any part of the money.
Our source further explained that Akaba community insisted on the grounds that the company should not pay their neighbours any form of royalty because Ogu community do not have a right of way over the areas the dredging company is operating.