THE Ogbe-Ijoh Warri Clan Governing Council has accused a serving colonel with the Nigerian Army of complicity in the impasse between Ogbe-Ijoh and Aladja communities of Delta State.

The council, in a statement by its chairman, Alex Akemotubo, lamented the age-long boundary dispute between both communities and urged the state government to find a lasting solution to the crisis.

According to Akemotubo, “While people of goodwill are making concerted efforts to ensure that the situation does not escalate into a full blown war, a serving military officer who ought to be above board, is circulating arms conveyed in caskets to some youths from one of the communities in dispute.

“We are calling on the military authorities and the Delta State Government to investigate the activities of this military official as his act could lead to a chain of reactions which would go beyond their control.”

Lamenting the injury sustained by the Ogbe-Ijoh zonal chairman, Freewei Makirigbene and a military officer during last Thursday’s incident, the council called for the implementation of the resolution reached by the Justice Frank Nwulu led-Judicial Commission of Inquiry as a way of resolving the dispute amicably.