April 17, (THEWILL) — Ebonyi State government has expressed displeasure over some citizens of the state who have taken advantage of the crisis and other disturbances in various communities of the state to make money and enrich themselves.
It warned that such individuals to desist forthwith and allow peace a chance.
Addressing journalists recently in Abakaliki, Commissioner for Border, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Professor Awo Nwobasi, said some people deceive gullible members of the troubled communities in the state to contribute money for the crisis, but end up enriching themselves.
He explained that with the rapid civilisation and enlightenment ongoing in the state, the disturbing issue of land grabbing and boundary disputes will soon be a thing of the past
Nwobasi, however, said the ministry’s effort has yielded enormous results in resolving various disputes in communities of the state, including mining communities.
According to the commissioner, when he took over the affairs of the ministry in July 2025, he met catalogues and an avalanche of problems, saying that the ministry had tried to resolve many of them using diplomatic measures.
Enumerating some of the communities where the ministry has brokered peace, Nwaobasi said the ministry has mediated between Nduakparata versus Nduezeoke, Abomege versus Ishinkwo, and Ose Edda Ndukwe versus Okprojo.
He added that other areas visited were Nkalaha, Umuogodoakpu, Nkalaha and Ezza-Nkalaha, and other places where the ministry held strategic meetings with the communities in order to broker peace.
He said, “We have had serious meetings with them, mediations, talks to people, to be able to tell us the truth. It is only when we tell people the truth that we will be able to resolve some of those things”, he said.
The commissioner disclosed further that the Ebonyi State government has been able to resolve land disputes that have lasted up to one hundred years, tracing some of the land matters being handled by the government to 1913.
“We have resolved almost but for lingering ones. Some cases are over 100 years old. The one that we just came back from now has been there for over 90-something years. And we are going to solve it. One of Ishinkwo is there.
“I remember that the Supreme Court judgment is there. That was made in 1912. One of Nkalaha, Umuogodoakpu that has been lingering since 1933”, he recalled.
He further reiterated that most of the crises bedevilling the state were caused by migrations, land grabbing, and the conquest agenda, while calling on the citizens of the state and community leaders to avoid issues that could further plunge the state into crisis.
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