Sources on the ground in Abi Local Government Area, Cross River Central, have just informed www.calitown.com that the intractable communal conflict between Ediba and Usumutong communities has erupted again, Saturday afternoon. It was further revealed that the early morning attack on a commercial motorcyclist of Ediba extraction by unknown gunmen, suspected to be from Usumutong,…
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On a courtesy call to the Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Youths of Ediba community, Abi Local Government Area under the aegis of Ediba Youths Association, Calabar chapter have passed a vote of confidence on the Speaker, John Gaul Lebo, for his leadership role in the development of their community Abi Loval Government…
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The Cross River State Government, CRSG, will henceforth adopt very stringent measures to stem further degeneration of peace at the age long land dispute between Usumutong and Ediba communities of Bahumono Clan, Abi Local Government Area. Deputy Governor, Ivara Esu, made government’s position known at a meeting with chiefs, clan heads and leaders of thought…
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On the ground sources in Ediba, Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State have in the course of the week informed www.calitown.com that a rocket was fired into the community from the waterfront axis of the town in an attack that led to pandemonium in the area as several persons ran for cover. The attackers…
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By Our Correspondent While Cross Riverians prepare for the long Christmas holiday, www.calitown.com sources on the ground say what apears to have been a lull in hostilities between the Usumutong and Ediba communities in Abi Local Government Area, was broken this past Monday as a group of persons suspected to be from Usumutong staged a…
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Chief Medical Director of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Calabar, Joseph Okegbe, is unhappy that the Usumutong and Ediba communities have thrown away age long relationships and commonalities, opting instead for hostilities that have resulted in the recent loss of lives over a piece of land he describes as “not fertile, (and one) that has been…
