We have obtained pictures to show that the Paramount Ruler of Abi LGA, Cross River State, HRM Edward Osim, has lost his official residence and property worth several millions of naira in the conflict that has engulfed his Usumutong community. See pictures:
Just days after the communal conflict in Bahumono Clan, Abi Local Government Area, Cross River Central, erupted for the umpteenth time, several internally displaced persons, fleeing from the conflict, have poured into neighbouring Ugep, Yakurr LGA, most of them taking up shelter at the Palace of the Obol Lopon of Ugep, Obol Ofem Ubana Eteng….
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By Rekpene David Some residents of Calabar Municipality, Cross River State, have expressed concern over the deplorable state of roads in the metropolis, urging the government to declare a state of emergency on some of the roads. Etim Ekpo a resident of Old Marian in the municipality, have complained about the increasing potholes that have…
Houses are believed to have been burnt, several persons injured while seven persons, at the last count, have lost their lives in the renewed communal clash between Ediba and Usumutong communities in Abi Local Government Area, www.calitown.com can report. Hard pressed local sources in the area were unable, at press time, to ascertain the distribution…
I am deeply saddened by the resurgence of hostilities and the barefaced refusal of my brothers and sisters in Abi Local Government Area to give peace a chance. More painful is the fact that again and again, our local people in the warring communities of Ediba, Usumutong and now Ebom, are unaware that while we…
That part of Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State, recently christened, “Cross River’s Theatre of War”, erupted this morning as the Usumutong and Ebom communities clashed in what has become an endless cycle of vicious attacks and killings. The www.calitown.com reporter covering the conflict was unable to point to what triggered the latest round…