Obiano, Wada, Move To End Incessant Attacks On Anambra Border Communities

As part of efforts to ensure enduring peace and security at communities bordering Anambra State with other states, the Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano has reached out to his Kogi State counterpart, Idris Wada towards initiating measures to ensure enduring solution to incessant attacks on Anambra border communities.

Governor Obiano stated this Monday evening when he visited victims attacked by gunmen from Kogi State, at a fishing community of Aguleri-Otu, Anambra East Local Government Area. Governor Obiano eassured 'we are working out comprehensive strategy and modalities to entrench lasting peace and check excesses of the miscreants, the attack has nothing to do with the oil producing area as some people claim but an aggression by some misguided persons. '

He enjoined Aguleri people to remain calm and not to take laws into their hands as the government is already on top of the situation.

According to some of the victims who spoke when Governor Obiano visited them at a private hospital, in Onitsha, unknown gunmen invaded the community from Kogi State around half past one in the afternoon and started shooting sporadically at fishermen and farmers who were at work. He confirmed that three persons were killed and eight others sustained various degrees of injuries from the gun shots.

Also the Governor said the Kogi Governor has apologized over the unfortunate incident and warned their youths to desist from such unprovoked aggression and directed immediate transfer of all the victims to Saint Charles Borromeo Hospital Onitsha, for better treatment, assuring that they State government will foot the entire hospital bill.