Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, angered by the submissions made by stakeholders of the People Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekureku I I council Ward, Abi Local Govetnment Area, lashed out at the stakeholders and directed that they be walked out of the venue of his statewide engagement with stakeholders of the party. The stakeholders…
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By Iwara U. Iwara While reports have certainly been in the press about the internecine conflict in parts of Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State, there always will be that invisible personal urge to get ‘in there’ and see things for yourself. Propelled by this urge, I made careful contacts some weeks ago about…
A pastor, simply identified as George Lifted and his unidentified friend, are the latest victims in what is gradually becoming an unending cycle of violence as the communal conflict in Bahumono, Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State takes a more sinister dimension. The pastor and his friend are believed to have been killed…
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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…
In what appears to be a direct fallout from the just concluded internal political selection processes of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, several party men and women in Ediba, Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State, have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in a move that is currently giving the PDP food for…