state in 2005. The Supreme Court in its judgment directed the Defendant’s
National Boundary Commission to settle the dispute between the two states
amicably.
Based on the said judgment of the Supreme Court, the Boundary
Commission, called several stakeholder’s meeting involving their officials
and officials of the two State governments without including the Ette
Community. A technical Committee was constituted to trace the boundary in
the Community and it was discovered that the Ette Community was in Kogi
State. After the Kogi State government took full and lawful possession of the
Community, some hoodlums came to the Community, harassed and beat up
some of its officials, threatened them to pack their luggage out of the
Community or face disastrous consequences.
The following day, the hoodlums in the company of Police Officers from
Enugu state invaded the Community and attacked the members of the
community including their King and killed his palace guard. They shot
sporadically and destroyed properties. These aggressive attacks led to the
displacement of the Community Members since 29th August, 2014 till date
and the Nigerian Police have failed to take any action.
The members of the community brought this fact to the notice of the
Inspector General of Police, the Commissioner of police, Kogi state, National
Security Council, Chairman of the Police Service Commission, National
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