Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor, Moses Ekpo, has blamed frequent border disputes in the country on persons that created the borders from the comfort of their offices.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Press Secretary to the deputy governor, Ekikere Umoh, and made available to journalists in Uyo yesterday.

He asserted that by sitting in their offices, they draw imaginary lines to separate such communities without taking into consideration the realities of history and issues of common ancestral origins.

According to him, the negative effect is that such boundary demarcation exercises ended up throwing new challenges by forcefully dividing families into separate geographic entities with dire consequences of mutual distrust and in some instances, violent agitations.

He said the only viable solution lies in the re-alignment of the contentious borderlines.

“We left too many grey areas. If a little bit of care and time was taken to physically visit these areas at the border local governments, we would have been spared the current cycle of crises,” he stressed.