Residents of the Aladja community in the Udu Local Government Area of Delta State were forced to flee for safety after gunshots rented the air following a boundary dispute in the community.
According to Daily Post, the incident which occurred on Friday morning was caused as a result of the expiration of a 7-day deadline given to the State Boundary demarcation committee to rebuild allegedly destroyed houses in the area.
According to an indigene of the Aladja community, Comrade Ighotegwolor Bezi, he revealed that although there are yet to be any recorded casualties, the area is tense.
“We are calling on the relevant security agencies, including the Delta State Government to come to the rescue of the people of the Aladja community before the situation gets out of hand.”
He warned, however, that the Aladja people would not fold their arms and allow the attackers go free.
It would be remembered that the indigenes of the Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Kingdom Interest Defensive Forum had alleged unlawful destruction of their buildings in the process of marking out boundary demarcation lines.
