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TROUBLE BREWS IN NIMBA AGAIN
There are reports hat an inter-tribal conflict is gradually brewing in
Nimba county between the Mandingos on the one hand, and the Manos and
Gios, on the other, which requires the urgent intervention of the NTGL
in order to bring this situation under control.
In a petition presented last Friday at the Capitol Building to the Nimba
Legislative Caucus, the Mandingoes accused their Manos and Gios kingsmen
of preventing them from taking over their properties, including real
estates and lands.
The petition read by Mrs. Madenyen N. Jabateh, spokeperson of the
Mandingo ethnic group, recalled how they were forced to flee their
homeland to escape the civil crisis. Adding, "after years of
seeking safety in other parts of the cuntry and neighboring countries
our brothers and sisters of the Mano and Gio ethnic group refused for us
to reclaim our respective properties in the county". She told
the Lawmakers.
Accrding to the statement, as normalcy returns to the country, they are
making frantuic efforts to return home, alleging that their kinsmen have
refused to relinguish their properties on grounds that they are not the
bonafide owners. As a consequence of this, according to the Mandingoes,
they are encountering difficulties and are therefore calling on the
Nimba County Legislative Caucus to intervine immediately to avert any
civil strife.
The Lawmakers of the county in response, promised to "do something
about this ugly situation", adding, "we will not sit here for
such to put our people against each others."
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