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One person has been killed and another injured in a renewed clash between the people of Ochenyim Amagu community in Ikwo local government area of Ebonyi state and their neighbouring Adadama community, Abi local government area of Cross River State.
The two neighbouring communities have been at war for long over boundary matters with over 100 persons killed and properties worth millions of naira destroyed.
In the current clash, the dead victim is Chubueze Azuegu while the injured is Stephen Nworie. Azuegu and Nworie were shot when warlords invaded their Ochenyim community.
Azuegu died at the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki(FETHA) where he was rushed for medical attention.
Confirming the incident yesterday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Jude Madu said the houses and other valuable properties were
destroyed during the invasion.
destroyed during the invasion.
He noted that the incident disrupted business activities at the popular Nwangamgbo market in the area.
Madu disclosed that over 100 policemen have been drafted to the area to prevent further attack and assured that normalcy would soon return to the area.
He said police quelled what would have been a bloody clash between the people Umuchima and Ihenue in Uburu community, Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi state when cassava and other farm crops worth millions of naira were destroyed in the area following land tussle by the two neighbouring communities.
‘’Police were able to avert what would have been a disaster in Uburu in the name of land dispute but police when they received the information, quickly rushed to the place but before arrival, cassava plants have been damaged’’, he said.
