The Chairman of the Abia State Boundary Committee and Deputy Governor of the State, Ikechuckwu Emetu, has advised the National Boundary Commission, NBC,
The lawmaker narrated this on the floor of the Abia State House of Assembly during a plenary session.
He said the boundary clash has brought untold sorrow to his people, and called on the Abia State House of Assembly to immediately intervene while appealing to security agencies to do more in ending the alleged killings.
The lawmaker, who painted a sorry picture of the situation at Ariam Usaka, regretted that farmlands and local markets have become the shadow of themselves.
Responding to the Ikwuano legislator’s outcry, the Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Hon Chinedum Orji urged the Abia State executive arm of government to liaise with its Akwa Ibom counterpart to expedite action towards ending the boundary crises.
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The member representing Ikwuano constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon Stanley Nwabuisi, has cried out over deteriorating clashes between the people of Ariam Usaka Ukwu community and the neighboring Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State over a boundary dispute.
Speaking on Saturday during an interview with newsmen, Nwabuisi lamented that lives have been lost and properties destroyed in Ariam Usaka Ukwu Ikwuano and that people of the area have lost 28 persons to the crisis.
The Abia lawmaker, who noted that people of the area are law-abiding, stated that they have since halted retaliation against the people of Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
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This article attempts to correct the mindboggling lies and half truths canvassed by my brother journalist, and friend, Uche Nwosu in his opinion piece entitled: ‘Rep Sam Onuibo’s Betrayal: Ikwuano/Umuahia Must Avoid Accepting The Wrong Narrative’.
Impunity and negation of the Rule of Law ranks high as some of the reasons the PDP lost the Presidency and power at the federal level in 2015. But sadly, some officials of the party appear to think they can still eat their cake and have it.
Ahead of 2023, it is certain PDP’s control of power in Abia will never remain the same even as the party’s acts of impunity are becoming nauseating even to its members