CROSS RIVER: Osinbajo condemns killings, orders security reinforcement

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has condemned the persisting communal fight between the Wanikade and Wanihem communities in the Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State and its resultant loss of lives and property.

He has therefore directed the security agencies to take urgent measures to avert a further breakdown of law and order in the affected communities.

This was contained in a statement release and signed by the spokesperson to the acting president, Laolu Akande, and made available to newsmen.

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The statement further revealed that Osinbajo also directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to liaise with the State government with a view to sending relief materials to the affected communities.

“Acting President Osinbajo appealed to the warring communities to give peace a chance in order to enable government find a lasting solution to the crisis,” the statement noted.

Communal crisis in some parts of the country have led to the deaths of thousands, and loss of property worth billions of naira, even as thousands more have been rendered homeless, or abandoned their homes due to fear.

 

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