By Etop Ekanem

WARRI—Chairman, Delta Waterways and Land Security Committee, Chief Boro Opudu, has appealed to warring Aladja and Ogbe-Ijoh communities to sheath their swords and embrace dialogue, saying, “It’s dialogue that ends conflicts not war.”

In a statement, yesterday, Opudu said: “The communal war is over land dispute which did not start today and so it is totally vindictive, malicious, mischievous and defamatory for ethnic champions to spoil my reputation by portraying me as a sponsor of the Aladja-Ogbe-Ijoh communal conflict.

“It bothers me most that the two hitherto friendly communities are currently at war, my resources are always being deployed towards timely cessation of hostilities between the two communities.”