By Ushang Ewa At least 13 people are feared killed following renewed hostilities between Ofonatam in Osopong area of Obubra and the Izzi local government area of Ebonyi state. A source in Obubra told CrossRiverWatch that the Izzi people hired mercenaries and attacked Friday morning with about 8 persons feared dead while a reprisal has
By Jonathan Ugbal; Government House Correspondent In a bid to foster peace in troubled boundary communities in Cross River and Ebonyi states, the governments of both states have met and agreed that the various moribund peace committees at the four flash points of dispute will be resurrected. This among others were the resolutions of a
by crossriverwatch admin Cross River and Ebonyi State have resolved to settle their boundary feuds once and for all with the setting of a 26 man joint Governors’ committee. This was contained in a five point communiqué signed by Cross River-Ebonyi State Joint Boundary Committee at the end of its meeting at Government House, Abakaliki.
by crossriverwatch admin Five persons were reportedly killed following a March 16, 2013 attack on Adadama community in Abi Local Government of Cross River State by hired militants from Ebonyi State making the invasion the sixth in the past three months. The Nigeria Army Brigade Commander in Calabar, Brigadier General O.F. Azinta later led a
by crossriverwatch admin The clan head of Adadama Community in Abi Local Government in Cross River State, Chief Vincent Ekpa has raised alarm that information reaching him from a confidential source in Ebonyi government house indicates that the armed militants who attacked and killed about fifteen people in Adadama are planning another attack on the
by crossriverwatch admin The Cross River State government has said that it is on top of the situation of the ongoing boundary war between the neighbouring communities of Adadama and Amagu in Ebonyi State. He also assured the people that an inch of their land will not be ceded to Ebonyi for any reason whatsoever.
by crossriverwatch admin The representative of Abi/Yakurr Federal Constituency in the House of Representative, Hon. Bassey Ewa, yesterday escaped death by the whiskers from militants in the ongoing communal war between the Adadama people of Abi local government in Cross River State and Amagu Community in Ikwo local government of Ebonyi State. Hon. Ewa who