Panic has gripped the residents of the Yache-Ijiegu community in the Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State following the expiration of the deadline given to them by soldiers whose colleague was killed in their community.
The soldiers had asked the residents to produce two youths alleged to have killed a soldier two weeks ago. In an interview, a local youth leader, Augustine Adula, said, 'We've been living in fear. The Army is insisting the community must bring to them the remaining two boys who allegedly killed the soldiers. But we haven't seen them. We have lost several young men since July and 2023, when this clash resurged. Many boys have died of gunshot injuries.
Adula said, 'Today is the deadline for the community of Ijiegu-Yache to produce the two boys or face soldiers' attack. 'We are helplessly awaiting for the soldiers to come and wipe us away,' he lamented. An indigene of the community who is the education commissioner, Senator Stephen Odey, said he has spoken extensively with the Army authorities for the peaceful and amicable resolution of the crisis.
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