By Kelvin Ololo
The sporadic gun shoots as reported earlier has escalated to a bloody exchange of fire between Abonkib community in Obudu urban, Cross River State and Mbezerem in Vandeikya Community of Benue State.
A reliable source told CrossRiverWatch that “the fire exchange began immediately after the military personnel left the scene of the boundary around Girls Secondary School Obudu and Federal College of Education Obudu where the both communities began the clash.”
The boundary is a few kilometers away from the College of Education.
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There have been several villages in the two States that have had these decades long skirmishes, but the rejuvenated clash is between the Abonkib community in Obudu urban and Mbezerem in Vandeikya, Benue.
As CrossRiverWatch reported earlier yesterday, July 18, 2025, of sporadic gun shots, we gathered that three have lost their lives. One from Abonkib and two from Tiv who were killed in Obudu town.
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A third victim was rescued after the Special Adviser on Peace and Security with others stopped his mobbing because of the type of motorcycle he was riding.
It turned out that he hails from Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State.
Our source said there is hysteria in both communities.