BY VINCENT UJUMADU
AWKA- NO fewer than seven persons were feared dead and 52 houses burnt when the people of Enugu-Otu Aguleri in Anambra EastLocal Government Area of Anambra State and Ashonwo/Odeke inIbaji Local Government Council of Kogi State engaged in a bloody clash over disputed land on their oil –rich borders.
Kogi people have been laying claims to the oil wellsin Aguleri –Otu inAnambra State shortly after PresidentGoodluck Jonathan commissioned the Orient Ptetroleum Refinery in Anambra State last year.
A community leader in Enugu-Otu Aguleri, Chief Anekwe Arinze told reporters Monday that the people of Ashonwo/Odeke allegedly invaded their community at about 1:30am when they had all gone to bed.
He said: “We were sleeping when suddenly we started hearing gunshots everywhere and when some of us came out to know what was happening,we saw our houses on fire.
“Our children and women who tried to escape were shot and many were wounded. We heard them saying the land belongs to them and that we cannot take it. That was when we knew it was Kogi people.
“Some of our men who summoned the courage to pursue them could not get them because when they noticed our prompt response, they ran away. Already we have counted seven corpses. They also kidnapped three men.
“But we cannot fold our hands while they kill our people. They must release them to us hale and hearty.”
However, the Transition Committee Chairman of Anambra East Council area, Comrade Chinedu Obidigwewho could not confirm the number of casualties lamented the level of destruction in the community by the people suspected to be from Kogi State, saying that it was unfortunate that they took laws into their hands by not going to court to prove their case.
Obidigwe further urged both communities to exercise restraints and avoid taking the laws into their hands


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Is like Kogi people are well prepared for war? Onwu na egbu nwankita anaghi ekwe ya kuru ishi nshi

Idiots. One aboki will still own the oil block.
They should continue fighting

[quote author=chiover]Is like Kogi people are well prepared for war? Onwu na egbu nwankita anaghi ekwe ya kuru ishi nshi[/quote
Rather than make empty boast ,just wish for these nonsense to be settled peacefully and amicably.
Do you realise that the bulk of the nigerian armed forces is drawn from the middle belt?do you also realise that that part of the country is used to communal crisis and scores are settled via violence?

Oil is never a blessing in NIGERIA! I keep saying this

Umunne anyi ndi Aguleri, make una no fall our hand ooo. We know what you people can do. Pls visit these Kogi people with what you got. Give them the scare of a lifetime. I do not subscribe to violence, but if you bring it on, I bury you in it.