One hundred and fifty people have been confirmed dead after a three-day war between two communities in Cross River over land.

The Director-General of the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (CR-SEMA), John Inaku, confirmed the development in an interview in Calabar on Tuesday, Vanguard reports.

“Between June 27 and June 29 the people of Wanikade and Wanihem communities both in Yala Local Government Area of the state were involved in a communal war.

“As a result of the bloody war, 14,000 people have been displaced, 1,233 houses were destroyed, while over 150 persons have lost their lives.

“Victims of the affected communities are now internally displaced and camping in over four camps in Benue State.’’

According to him, over 4,000 victims, who fled as a result of the deadly encounter are now taking refuge in Oju Local Government Area of Benue.

He said that the conflict had crippled farming and other socio-economic activities in the area.

Inaku said, however, that Gov. Ben Ayade had provided food and non-food items to the displaced people.

“CR-SEMA in collaboration with the state’s Food Bank Commission has distributed bags of rice, beans, groundnut and palm oil, beverages, cooking utensils, cartons of Indomie, mosquitoe net, among others to the victims.’’

Inaku, who condemned the conflict, appealed to youth in both communities to lay down their arms and embrace peace.

The Public Relations Officer of the Cross River State Police Command, ASP. Irene Ugbo, also confirmed the development.

She said that additional security operatives had been deployed to the warring communities to restore peace.

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We are the instrument of our own downfall.

Thanks God this was not in South Africa, that is why there so little reports in the media about this violence.

Thanks God these were not xenophobic attacks in South Africa, that is why there so little reports in the media about this violence

Why there is no outrage about this senseless violence just like during xenophobic attacks in South Africa?

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