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Residents of Igbokofin and Asaga in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State have kicked against alleged encroachment into the communities by government of Benin Republic .
The residents said the encroachment by Benin Republic into communities in Nigeria was wrong.
They said the neighbouring country had been making the attempt for a while without any serious response from Nigerian government.
Our correspondent, who watched a video clip, gathered that Benin Republic graded a road from that country to Nigeria.
A man, who later identified himself simply as Henry to The PUNCH, spoke in the video.
Ebonyi killings: We are not your attackers, says Agila people Ebonyi killings: We are not your attackers, says Agila people
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Chairman of Ado Local Government Area of Benue State, Mr James Oche, said that the government and people of Ebonyi State should stop pointing accusing fingers at Agila people as being responsible for the attack on Ngbo communities of Ebonyi State in the early hours of Monday.
Oche described the purported attack on Ngbo people by Agila people as “peak of falsehood.”
The council chairman said that the reports in a section of the media credited to the Ebonyi State Government alleging that the people of Agila were behind the attack was unfounded especially when the Ngbo people had already identified their attackers as Fulani Herdsmen.
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Governor Samuel Ortom
The Benue State Government has urged community leaders to expose those who carried out an unprovoked attack on Nigerian Army troops, leading to the death of an officer and 10 other soldiers.
In a statement on Friday, Governor Ortom while addressing the recent crisis between communities in Konshisha and Oju Local Government Areas, called for restraint on all sides including the military.
Ortom noted in his communique that he has already directed leaders of the affected areas to ensure that the weapons the “bandits” took away from the military personnel deployed to bring peace between the warring communities are returned without delay.