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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Sunday Oti, the young boy who miraculously escaped death this past Saturday in Ebom, Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State, has told a www.calitown.com reporter in Abi LGA, that he watched the killing of his father and grandfather, from his hideout on that fateful day. Sunday said those who killed his grandfather, Ete…
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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…
Tragedy struck late Thursday evening in Ebom, Abi Local Government Area as an appointee of Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, believed to be the Chairman of the Cross River State Salary and Nominal Roll Board, was matcheted to death, sources in the community have informed www.calitown.com. He was locally known within the community as…
Presided over by the Honourable Justice Eyo Effiom Ita, the High Court sitting in Ugep, Yakurr LGA, Cross River State, has set January 7, 2014, for judgement in a matter brought before it by the sacked Ebijakara community of Abi Local Government Area, seeking in suit HUG/49/2010, among other things, a declaration that the alleged…
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