By; MKPUMA ENYINNA, Abakaliki
Ebonyi State Government has called for peaceful coexistence between Abaomege and Ishinkwo communities, insisting crisis will not attract any development in the area.
The Commissioner for Border Peace and Conflict Resolution, Donatus Chukwuma Ilang made the appeal to the people of Abaomege and Ishinkwo communities in Onicha Local Government Area to embrace peace and not to allow the efforts and resources of the state government invested in their peace process to be a waste.
The commissioner who disclose this on Tuesday during the 2nd phase of the boundary tracing of the land in dispute between Abaomege and Ishinkwo communities by the Peace Committee and some staff of the Ministry, noting that their mission was for facts finding for the confirmation of the two communities’ submissions.
He stated that the committee on the 1st phase of the boundary tracing covered four (4) portions out of the eight (8) portions of the swampy areas acclaimed by the people of Ishinkwo but that today, they have completed the remaining four(4) portions of swampy areas of the Ishinkwo and the six(6) acclaimed portions of Abaomege that are in contention.
Speaking earlier, the chairman of the Peace Committee, HRH Eze Ewah Elechi, represented by Eze Godwin Okpandu Okoro , Ibom Eze 11 of Enu-Uburu emphasized that Government can only foster empirical peace but that the eternal peace depends on the people, therefore he enjoined them to embrace peace so that development can thrive in their communities.
