swiftly referred the matter to the National Boundary Commission for
necessary action.
That in compliance with the judgment of the supreme Court, its National
Boundary Commission called all the stake holders meeting involving all the
officials of the two State government representing the Members of the
Communities before constituting a technical Committee to commence the
tracing of the boundary adjustment.
That during the pendency of this matter, it wrote a letter to the National
Boundary Commission in charge of issues relating to boundary dispute
within the various States of the Federation and in response, the National
Boundary Commission disclose its efforts of resolving the dispute between
Enugu and Kogi States. That matters of this nature are to be resolved by the
National Boundary Commission.
That during the crisis, security agencies were deployed for the purpose of
quelling the unrest in the interest of peace, security and the peaceful coexistence of the various groups/individuals in both Kogi and Enugu States
respectively.
The Defendant further averred that the responsibility of ensuring peaceful
co-existence between the various ethnic groups in Kogi and Enugu States is
a collective responsibility of both the government and the governed and
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