– Vice President Osinbajo Met with Benue Governor and Ebonyi Deputy Governor over boundary dispute
– we had taken far reaching decisions to ensure that we demarcate the boundary between these two states so that we can hold our people responsible.
– Governor Ortom also dismissed insinuations of conflict between Benue and Taraba States
Following the boundary dispute between people of Ngbo in Ohaukwu local Government area of Ebonyi and Agila in Ado local Government area of Benue state, the Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo has met with Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Kelechi Igwe in a bid to end the age-long boundary dispute.
After a closed door meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Governor Ortom spoke to our correspondent, saying that the meeting which included officials of the National Boundary Commission took far reaching decisions on the matter with a view to put an end to the reported killings in the area.
“We are also here with the acting Director General (DG) of National boundary commission and we had taken far reaching decisions to ensure that we demarcate the boundary between these two states so that we can hold our people responsible.
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The Governor also dismissed insinuations of conflict between Benue and Taraba States, saying the untoward development was purely a Taraba affair between indigenes who are aboriginal residents of the area.
“This is largely Tiv and Jukun in Taraba. I have Jukun in Benue state. We are not fighting
“There were issues in the past and I decided to set up a judicial commission of enquiry which is still sitting to look at the remote and immediate causes of this strife so that we will find a lasting solution to it.
“This other one is more of a problem in Taraba, but because there are TIV people in Benue and we are talking about TIV people. So, each time people are displaying some run back to Benue so that’s the spirit of it.”
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