House of Assembly moves to resolve Abia, Rivers boundary dispute

Abia State House of Assembly has entertained a petition brought by the people of Ezeogwu village in Owaza, Ukwa West local government area of Abia State against their Umuakali Omuma neighbours of Rivers State on a lingering boundary dispute.

The two communities had been in dispute over the ownership of a boundary area between the two states.

But the Abia State House of Assembly, which took the urgent steps during its plenary, handed it over to the Committee on Security and…