Umuahia — THE fragile peace in the war-torn Aguleri and Umuleri communities in Anambra East Council of Anambra State is being threatened as the warring parties are now trading accusations.
Umuleri community recently through Mr. George Obukwesili accused Aguleri of encroaching on land threatening that "if the State and Federal Governments should close their eyes and allow this gun powder to explode, the 1995-1999 crisis would be a child's play."
However, Aguleri community has dismissed the allegation, saying it was Umuleri that had unceremoniously withdrawn from a peace committee set up by the two communities since 2004 to resolve land disputes between the two communities.
In a statement, Chief Ralph Igwa, Chairman of Aguleri Peace Committee denied that there was "palpable tension between the two communities, this is far from the truth. The impression does not reflect the current situation in the area and it is inconsistent with the facts regarding the present state of the relationship between the two communities."
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So these people are going back to their bad old days when they killed, maimed and burnt their own houses. Now that they are calling their people from the North where are they going to settle them......in Bakassi? But Bakassi is no more as Abacha is no more, oh may be in Ota!
pls. aguleri and umuleri let's use the sprit of brotherhood.let's forge3t war over land. remember man die but land remains.so it would be unwise to restart ugly past. the effort we can use to fight a war over land,let's use it to make peace and develop our communities.