The government said it would not hesitate to clamp down on warring communities in the event of any further aggression.
The Director General, Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Mr. Vincent Aquah, who dropped the warning while delivering relief materials to victims of the war-torn Usumutong and Ediba villages at the weekend, said violence and social disturbances in any society were the bane of meaningful development.
Aqua said: “Governor Liyel Imoke as an ardent advocate of peace has warned that any further aggression will attract the wrath of government. Violence in any form was retrogressive and the sustenance of peace at all cost was necessary to enable the society realise its human potentials and galvanise such towards growth and development.
The director general, who was represented by the Deputy Director of Relief, Mr. Andy Akpotu, however, commended the peaceful disposition of the communities and urged them to maintain the spirit.
Aqua said the relief materials to the two warring communities of Usumutong and Ediba, was in fulfilment of the state government’s promise to cushion the effect of the crisis, adding that items donated included rice, noodles, canned fish and salt.
Receiving the materials on behalf of the Abi Local Government Council Chairman, Mrs. Edith Amadi, the council Secretary, Mr. Bassey Ekponta, said the state government’s magnanimity was apt and that it would provide the needed succour to the victims of the skirmishes.
Amadi promised that the council would do everything possible to sustain the peace between Usumutong and Ediba communities.
Commending the government gestures, the clan head of Usumutong, Evai Edward, assured that his people would remain peaceful no matter the level of provocation.
Also, the clan head of Ediba, Ovai, Ubi William, assured that peace would return to the two communities.
One of the beneficiaries, Chief Bassey Okpor, commended the state government for the generosity and prayed for peaceful resolution between the two communities.
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