**Bid to forcefully cede Ette
community to Enugu State
One person was killed while about
1,200 others were displaced in
Etteh Community in Olamaboro
Local Government Area of Kogi
State, following attack by gunmen
suspected to be from Enugu
State.
Speaking to journalists in Lokoja
yesterday, spokesperson of the
Ette Community Development
Association, (ECDA), Abdullahi
Mohammed Sani, said about 35
houses were burnt down.
He alleged that the attack was
sponsored by a member of Enugu
State House of Assembly, “in his
bid to forcefully cede Ette
community to Enugu State,”
adding: “At least one life was lost
in addition to various degrees of
injuries suffered by several
people.
About 1,200 people have been
displaced while business centers
were either burnt down,
vandalized or looted. Robbery and
arson are still ongoing in the area
as we speak.”
He said the palace of the
traditional ruler of Ette, Chief
Aaron Ako, was burnt down by
the attackers.
“The first step to halting this so-
called Enugu initiative to take
over Ette by any means
necessary, is to cause the re-
opening of the lawfully
established Ette Divisional Police
Station, which was closed down,”
he said.
He averred that despite the
Supreme Court judgement which
mandated the two states to
maintain status-quo until the
issue of land is settled by the
National Boundary Commission,
“the people of Enugu have
continued with their attacks.”
Continuing, he said: “We wish to
crave the Arewa Consultative
Forum, the Middle Belt Forum
and the Northern State Governors
Forum to collaborate with the
Kogi State Government, to
galvanise all our regional
machineries and resources to
resist and abort the plot to move
Ette District from the North to
the South-east.
That is because the exercise will
grievously alter the geo-political,
historical, cultural map and
original territorial boundary of
Northern Nigeria forever.”
When contacted, the Kogi State
Police Public Relations Officer,
Elvis Igiebor, said he would get
back to our correspondent, but he
was yet to do that at the time
this report was filed. Source: http://www.kogireports.com/
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So sad, God help us all.
In case this makes front page pls note d ftc sign boldly written and dont trespass.