Five feared dead, houses burnt in fresh A’Ibom communal conflict

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No fewer than five persons have been killed, many others displaced and houses destroyed in a renewed land dispute between the Uko-nteghe Uda and Uko Akpan Enwang communities of the Mbo local Governmen

t Area of Akwa Ibom State.But sources close to the warring communities told our correspondent in Uyo on Wednesday that the victims were killed between Tuesday and Wednesday.

“The communities involved are Uko-nteghe Uda and Uko Akpan Enwang. They have been fighting over farmland and misunderstanding usually occurs during the planting season, just as it is happening now. So far, five people have been confirmed dead, many injured, properties destroyed and so many displaced,” the source said.

He said the Commissioner of Police, Andrew Amiengheme, had deployed some officers and men to restore peace, adding that stakeholders were also busy engaging the factions to embrace peace.

 

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Don’t want to comment about Akwa Ibom state let our conscience judge us from top to bottom.

Hope this woudnt be fulani because this days people commit atrocities and hide behind Fulani

While we're killing ourselves a greater enemy is lurking around the corner to graze the remnants of the land.

fighting over farmland and misunderstanding usually occurs during the planting season,but why? The governor should intervain on these matter of land dispute and stop shedding blood on the soil.

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