THE NATION
Hoodlums at the weekend burnt down the police station at Effium community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State as warring groups resumed hostilities.
The arsonists also attacked security agents deployed to the community as Peacekeeping force.
The Effium and Ezza Effium people in the community have been engaged in a three-year long war, which has left hundreds killed and thousands displaced.
Many houses and properties have been destroyed in the crisis that seemed to have defied all solutions as intermittent clashes usually broke out in spite of the peacekeeping troop ok ground.
The crisis re-ignited at the weekend which led to the burning of the police station.
Police spokesman in Ebonyi State, Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed the incident in a statement yesterday.
She denied reports that the policemen deployed to the area ran out of ammunition to counter the attacks.
Onovwakpoyeya noted that the Ezza warriors attacked the Effium communities but were repelled by the security agencies.
She said: “To set the record straight, there has been ongoing communal crisis between Ezza and Izzi communities for years.
“Consequently, the Army, Mobile Policemen, both visiting and state based, and conventional Policemen have been permanently stationed in the Crisis zone.
“However, for the past three consecutive days, the Ezza Warriors have launched an attack on Effium community and the security forces stationed in the zone.
