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Two CR Council Chairmen May Be Dragged To Court Soon

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Abuja based lawyer and human rights activist, Efa Oka, has written to the local council administrations in Abi and Yakurr local government areas, demanding information and record of the monthly allocation separately received by both councils from the State Local Government Joint allocation Committee, from June 2020 till May 2021. Additionally, the lawyer also wants,…

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REVEALED: Communal Conflict In CR Displaced 7000

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Chairman, Abi Local Government Council, Cross River State, Faratoh Robinson has used the occasion of the 2020 United Nations World Peace Day to reveal that the 14 year long communal conflict between the Ediba and Usumutong communities in the LGA, displaced 7000 people, destroyed 1753 houses while a sizable number of persons lost their lives…

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Abi Council Chair Makes History, Returns Peace To Bahumono Communities

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Chairman of Abi Local Government Area, Cross River Central, Faratoh Robinson, yesterday, June 27, 2020, secured his date with history as his efforts, alongside the efforts of several well-meaning indigenes, finally brought peace to the Bahumono communities in his LGA who have been engaged in a long running fratricidal conflict that has taken a heavy…

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Bhahumuno Youths Turn Back On Communal Conflict, Push For Peace

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Dozens of Bhahumuno youths in Abi Local Government, Cross River Central, yesterday showed what is perhaps the clearest indication that they have turned their backs on the intractable communal conflicts that have been the bane of the area, with a carnival-like coming together of youths from Usumutong, Ebom, Igonigoni and Bhazohure communities, to once again…

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CR Community Parades Pastor Scamming People In The Name Of God

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Itigidi, headquarters of Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State, has been upbeat since yesterday, following the arrest and public parade of Paul Abam, founder and pastor of Word Base Prophetic and Deliverance Ministry, for putting together and executing a scam that would have gravely threatened the peace of the community. Sources in the community…

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Tension As Usumutong, Ebom Communities Lay Claims To Beheaded Bodies

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By Emmanuel Unah There is palpable tension in Abi Local Government Area of cross River State following threats and counter threats between the warring communities of Ebom and Usumutong who are both laying claim to the bodies of father and son beheaded over the weekend in the area. The Clan head of Usumutong community, Chief…

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