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FACTS ON THE ATTACK AND CRISIS BETWEEN NKO AND MKPANI

Warfare is inherently destructive of sustainable development. Communities in Yakurr should therefore respect municipal and international laws providing protection for human lives, properties and the environment in times of armed conflict and cooperate in its further development as necessary. Obol Lopon of Mkpani is a man of peace, and has played a fundamental role in the mutual peace and unity of Yakurr nation. But the warmongers of Nko who boast of high rank personnel in the army and in government and claimed to have been well sponsored and equiped do not want the land of Yakurr to remain in peace. 1. On June 2nd 2013, a group of Nko people stopped a timber dealer Mr. James Nkanu from Mkpani, at the Community Secondary School Nko, during the Oyeadama/Inyima crisis of that year. His vehicle was searched and nothing incriminating was found. Notwithstanding the fact that he was asked to go, he was still pursued when they realized that he is from Mkpani. They shot him from behind an