Lucky Obukohwo, Reporting
The inhabitants of Oke Oroma community in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area and the people of Amagba in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State have engaged themselves in a deadly fight over land ownership, leaving eight persons dead.
According to a source who preferred anonymity, he said the latest hostilities began on October 31, 2024, when some youths in one of the communities violently attacked members of the rival community, resulting in the death of two persons.
And angered by the gruesome murder of two of their own, some youths in the affected community launched a reprisal attack on the aggressor community,, resulting in the death of six more persons in the ensuing bloody fight.
The dispute centered around the ownership claims to land in Oke Oroma,, also known as Age Emokpae, by the two feuding camps.
Citing historical rulings and natural boundary to justify their claim, indigenes of Amagba insisted that the disputed land is wholly theirs, a claim strongly opposed by Oke Oroma people.
The source explained that In the bedlam, several houses including the ancestral house (Oguedion) of one of the communities and cars have been razed to the ground in the renewed hostilities.
However when contacted, the Edo State Police command Public Relations Officer, Mr. Moses Joel Yamu said that he was not aware of the latest outbreak of hostilities between the youths of the two rival communities.