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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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…
The killing of one Monday Isaac Uyo, a commercial motorcyclist from Ediba, Abi Local Government Area, Cross River State, has heightened fear among the warring communities in the area that efforts at finding a lasting solution to the brutal communal clash between Ediba, Usumutong, Ebom and Ebijakara communities, may go up in the air. Uyo,…
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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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