Governor asked to intervene in Delta communities’ land disputes
31 December 2024 |
3:28 am
The Forum of Delta State Stakeholders (FODESS) has called on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, to wade into clashes among communities in Aniocha South Local Council of the state over land disputes before the violence escalates.
The Forum of Delta State Stakeholders (FODESS) has called on Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, to wade into clashes among communities in Aniocha South Local Council of the state over land disputes before the violence escalates.
The group, in a statement, stressed the need for Oborevwori to take special interest in the issue to avert a similar scenario witnessed in March during the Okuama-Okoloba land crisis in Ughelli South Local Council.
Coordinator of the group, Tony Masha, in the statement, said that there had been frequent clashes over land disputes among Isheagu, Ewulu, Uku-Oba, Umute, Abah, and other communities in Aniocha South council, leading to outbreaks of violence.
He noted that these communities are situated along the Asaba-Warri expressway, about 150 to 200 kilometres from Ogwashi-Uku, the headquarters of Aniocha South Local Council.
According to him, the latest clashes in the area occurred on December 9, when a retired Naval officer, Austin Modebe, had, on the advice of the Surveyor-General of the state, gone to survey Isheagu part of the land as had been done by the other communities.
“But the retired Naval personnel and those who accompanied him to carry out the land survey were attacked by some youths suspected to be from UIku-Oba, who vandalised his vehicle and inflicted machete wounds on them in the presence of some persons in police uniforms whose identities are yet to be established.
“As we write, Chief Modebe, who was rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Asaba, has been discharged after lying critically ill for about two weeks but still goes to receive treatment at that hospital,” he said.
Masha, however, commended the combined detachment of security operatives that brought the situation under control but urged security agencies to boost security in the area during the festive period to prevent unforeseen attacks.
The group also praised the police authorities who have commenced an investigation into the crisis to identify those who attacked the ex-Naval officer so that they could be brought to book to check the culture of impunity among the youths in the area.
It emphasised the need for the state government to delineate traditional boundaries among communities in the area and demarcate same so that the idea of seeing the expressway constructed a few years ago as boundaries could stop, stating that the mindset among the youths seemed to be the major source of land disputes among the communities.
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