Members of Abia State and Cross River State House of Assembly Joint Border and Security Committee have called on the State Commissioners of police to improve security within Isu community in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State and their neighbours from Utuma and Ukwa in Biase and Odukpani Local Government Areas of Cross River State respectively.
The joint Committee members; the Speaker of the Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eteng Williams Jones, the Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu Rt. Hon. Ogbor Ogbor Udop (Member representing Biase State Constituency, Cross Rivers State), Hon. Dr. Mike Ukoha (Member representing Arochukwu State Constituency, Abia State House of Assembly), Hon. Chukwu Chijioke (Deputy Minority Leader, Abia State House of Assembly), and Hon. Francis E. B. Asuquo (Member, Cross River State House of Assembly) also directed the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to ensure that they properly delineate the affected areas in order to avoid future occurrence.
The committee in a joint communiqué condemned the hostilities between the neighboring communities of the two states, particularly Biase and Odukpani in Cross River and Arochukwu LGA of Abia State.
The joint committee members while urging the respective lawmakers representing the affected state constituencies to engage their people with a view to fostering lasting peace noted that it was important that Abia and Cross River State Commissioners of Police deployed Police Patrol Teams to beef up the security of the affected areas to protect lives and properties of the citizens.
They, however, assured that there would be a visit of members of Cross River and Abia States Houses of Assembly joint committee on security to the affected areas on a date that would be announced later.
At the end of deliberations, members of the joint security committee thanked the Deputy Governor of Cross River State, His Excellency, Prof. Ivara Esu, for receiving them in his office and joining to proffer solutions to the border crisis.
Addressing journalists after the meeting, Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu, the Deputy Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, assured that “With the current concerted efforts of the 7th Abia State House of Assembly ably led by Rt. Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji, and our dear colleagues from Cross River State, the incessant border clashes between people of the disputed areas will soon be a thing of the past.
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“No matter our differences in language and ethnicity, we are all brothers and sisters and we should all learn to put our diversities into productive use rather than destructive ones because war benefits nobody”, he concluded.
