Anambra State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano, has reached out to his Kogi State counterpart, Capt. Idris Wada, in a bid to put an end to the incessant border skirmishes between both states arising mainly from a dispute over oil deposits.

Speaking yesterday after visiting victims attacked by gunmen from Kogi State in a private hospital in Onitsha, Obiano said the two state governments would no longer tolerate the clashes.

According to him, “We are working out a comprehensive strategy and modalities to entrench lasting peace and check excesses of the miscreants. The attack has nothing to do with the oil producing area as some people claim, but an aggression by some misguided persons.”

The governor urged Aguleri people to remain calm and not take the laws into their hands as the government was on top of the situation.

He also directed the immediate transfer of the victims from where they are being treated to Borromeo Specialist Hospital in Onitsha for better treatment, assuring that the state government would settle the bills.

Obiano said the Kogi State Government has apologised for the attack and promised that it would not be repeated.

Some of the Aguleri-otu victims who spoke when Governor Obiano visited them at the hospital, said that gunmen from Kogi State invaded their community and started shooting sporadically at fishermen and farmers who were at work.

•Photo shows Governor Obiano of Anambra State (middle).