Anambra Government speaks on communal clashes

Anambra State Government has expressed worry over clashes among communities in the state over landed properties, boundaries and others.

The State Deputy Governor, Dr Nkem Okeke stated this during a meeting with stakeholders and an administrative panel of inquiry on Abagana, Ukpo, Enugwu-Ukwu, Nawfia, Enugwu-Agidi and Abba Community crises at the Government House, Awka.

Dr Okeke said there was need for peace to reign in the state, adding that the present administration would continue to strengthen peace and harmony.

He said the state would ensure an end to inter-communal clashes through an administrative panel on conflict resolution, which has been commissioned to embarked on measures to guarantee peaceful co-existence among communities in the state.

The Deputy Governor said he was optimistic that the panel would entrench peaceful co-existence among communities in the state and condemned some peoplde who he described as bad leaders, who engage in actions that help to undermine peace and progress in the state.

“I know that this government does not like where top government officials, use their powers to influence judgment in the state.

The governor condemned such atrocities, irrespective of the persons involved,’’ he said.

Okeke described boundary demarcation as a very difficult task, saying that people tended not to speak the truth on matters concerning land, pointing out that there were many outstanding boundary both within the state and even between the state and other states.

He urged the people to emulate the Ogidi-Nkpor peaceful boundary resolution earlier achieved by the two communities themselves without outside intervention.

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