Some communities, including Eziagulu Otu community in Anambra State have decried continued invasion of their land by neighbouring communities in Kogi and Enugu States.
The communities, who appeared at the continued public hearing of the Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Commission (ATJPC) on Sunday, blamed the interstate crisis on the scramble for land and natural resources.
Chief Alex Onukwue, former President General of Eziagulu-Otu Aguleri union in Anambra East Local Government Area, said the community had been in an age-long face-off with Gbagyi people of Kogi State over farmland.
He said the communal war had resulted in the death of no fewer than six Eziagulu-Otu Aguleri people with two others missing between 2014 till date.
Onukwue, who told the Commission that the Kogi community had frustrated every effort for an amicable solution to the crisis, called on Anambra and Federal Governments to give adequate attention to the situation and work out a lasting solution in the interest of the people of the area.
Also testifying, Alfred Chukwu-Okafor, the President General of Omasi community in Ayamelum Local Government Area, said they were under serious threat of losing their farmland to their Enugu State neighbours.
Chukwu-Okafor said, they could not go to their farm settlement directly because of a lack of access road but had to go through Enugu State to reach there.
He said the problem became full-blown after the creation of the current Anambra State from the old one as well as the discovery of natural resources.
Prof. Sylvia Ifemeje, the Attorney General of Anambra who is also a member of the Commission, said it was not correct to say the state government abandoned them.
Ifemeje said, her office had to write to the Enugu State government when the attention of the Anambra government was drawn to a case of trespass by the neighbours.
She urged the people in the border communities to always inform the government of such developments for appropriate action.
