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OPINION: Synopsis Of Historical Facts, Root Causes And True Context Of The Ebom-Ebijakara Crisis In Abi LGA Of Cross River (Part 4) BY OFEM IREM OKPOKPO

THE JANUARY 2006 INVASION: OFFICIAL FINDINGS OF THE JUDICIAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY Following the outbreak of violence in January 2006, His Excellency Mr. Donald Duke constituted the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Hostilities between Ebom and Ebijakara Communities in Abi Local Government Area, under the Chairmanship of Hon. Justice Sylvester A. Obi (Rtd). The official

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OPINION: Synopsis Of Historical Facts, Root Causes And True Context Of The Ebom-Ebijakara Crisis In Abi LGA Of Cross River (Part 2) BY OFEM IREM OKPOKPO

The True Origin Of Aberiba/Ebijakara: Migrants, Blacksmiths, And Customary Tenants  The name “Abiriba” (or “Aberiba”) in regional history applied exclusively to the blacksmithing and warrior clan located in the Bende cultural division of present-day Abia State. Fleeing inter-tribal warfare under their war leader, *Nkanu Ebi Esu* (from whom they derived their militant banner Ebi Esu

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OPINION: Synopsis Of Historical Facts, Root Causes And True Context Of The Ebom-Ebijakara Crisis In Abi LGA Of Cross River (Part 1) BY OFEM IREM

Background And Preliminary Statement Arising from recent developments wherein the public space has been inundated with calculated distortions of historical and judicial records by persons representing the Ebijakara community (formerly documented in colonial records as Aberiba or Aberiba Ebom), most notably during their street protest in Calabar on Monday, 19th October 2026, it has become

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Despite Government Intervention, Killing, Theft Continues In Cross River’s Warring Communities

By CrossRiverWatch Admin Despite the assurance of peace and the deployment of troops to make the state truly the “Peoples Paradise”, especially in warring communities by the state government, the frequent communal crisis between Alesi, Ekukunela and Agbaragba communities in Ikom and Ochon, Isabang and Odonget communities in Obubra LGAs, respectively have gone unabated. The

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Measures To End Age-Long Disputes In Cross River Communities Unveiled

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent As part of efforts to restore peace in warring communities in Cross River, the State Government has unveiled decisive measures to bring a permanent end to the age-long dispute between the Alesi/Ekukunela/Agbaragba and Ochon/Isabang/Odonget communities in Ikom and Obubra Local Government Areas. The measures are coming after weeks of

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Cross River Government Convenes Peace Meeting To Address Communal Crisis In Ikom, Obubra LGAs

By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has convened a peace security meeting to address the inter communal crisis between the Ekukunela-Alesi communities in Ikom Local Government Area and the Odonget/Ochon/Isabang communities in Obubra Local Government Area. The meeting was convened by the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Peter Odey, with leaders

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Communal Clash: Obudu Traditional Rulers Sue For Peace, Trace Killing To Gang Revenge

By Kelvin Ololo The Obudu Urban one Traditional Rulers Council has called on the Federal Government and the Government of Cross River, Benue State and the National Boundary Commission to swiftly find a lasting solution to the seventy-five (75) years old boundary dispute rocking Abonkib and Mbazerem communities. The Traditional Rulers stated this in a

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Obudu LGA Chairman Sues For Peace In Vandiekya-Abonkib Communal Crisis

By Sylvia Akpan Following the communal crisis between the people of Vandiekya in Benue State and Abonkib community in Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, that has turned bloody, the Chairman of Obudu LGA, Hon. Peter Akonfe Undiandeye, has sued for peace. The two communities age-long communal dispute which surface last week has

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