BREAKING: 7 kill, others injured in fresh Benue, Abia, Akwa Ibom boundary clashes

Seven persons have reportedly been killed while many sustained injuries on the outskirts of Makurdi, the Benue State capital following fresh hostilities between two close community over land.

Moreso, a radio station, Radio Nigeria Harvest FM in the area was shut and its staff were sent home for fear of being caught in the tussle.

Houses were set ablaze and other property destroyed, it was learnt. When called, the state police spokesperson, Kate Anene did not respond.

Meanwhile, in another news, two communities on two sides of the Abia and Akwa Ibom border, an unspecified number of persons have also been killed in a land tussle.

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Usaka Ukwu is in the Ikwuano council area of Abia where some accounts claimed that six persons were killed while a larger number of people have been hospitalised in parts of the state.

However, Information Commissioner John Okiyi-Kalu confirmed the incident, denied that many people died, saying one person was killed.

“As a government, we condemn in totality the act of violence. The National Boundary Commission has visited the area and very soon they will delineate the boundaries properly. We are calling on the communities involved to exercise restraint and avoid shedding of blood.”

In a statement issued by  Mallam Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the president said the Presidency condemned the two incidents.

“I totally condemn this latest unprovoked violence and counter-attacks on innocent people that had nothing to do with the cause of the violence.

“If we allow this culture of violence to go unchecked, such mobs would destroy law and order,” he said.