Nigeria, May 8 -- To avert further bloodshed among warring border communities, the Ekiti and Ondo state governments set machinery in motion on Thursday to resolve all boundary tussles between the two states.

At the meeting held in Akure, the Ondo State capital, the technical committee of each state was mandated to speak with the affected towns on the need to embrace peace before the next meeting of the experts that will midwife the final peace process.

The Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Monisade Afuye, and her Ondo counterpart, Olaide Adelami, led their respective states' delegations to the meeting.

The trouble-shooting parley stemmed from the strained relationships and protracted boundary impasse among some towns at the border posts of ...