By CrossRiverWatch Admin Residents of Mammy Market, the civilian settlement tucked inside Eburutu Barracks in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, say soldiers often arrive in the “deadly hours” of midnight, sometimes 1 am – 2 am, banging on doors with sticks and rods, dragging young and old from sleep, and hauling them to the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin At least one storey building in Eburutu Army Barracks, Calabar, was in the evening of Friday 6 January 2023 gutted by fire. The cause of the fire which can not be ascertained burnt block 13, Malabor of the Barracks. An eyewitness told CrossRiverWatch that men of the Fire Service arrived when major
By Jonathan Ugbal There has been an explosion at the Eburutu barracks of the Nigerian Army in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. It is unclear what actually exploded but it is said to have shaken buildings nearby with the window panes and ceilings of houses in the golf view estate shattered. The explosions began