By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Governor of Cross River State, Sen. Bassey Otu has issued the last warning to those flouting the State Government’s directive on the Obong of Calabar stool, saying it has been settled. The Governor gave the warning at the 12th Utomo Obong Festival (homage to the Obong of Calabar)
By Godwin Otang The recent position of the Government of Cross River State led by Senator Bassey Otu, on the crisis rocking the Obongship of Calabar, has left the Etuboms more divided as the aggrieved faction disagrees with the government’s position on the tenability of the waiver argument. The State Government on November 7, 2023,
By Sylvia Akpan, Government House Correspondent The Cross River State Government has frowned at the seemingly intractable dispute over the Kingship of the Efik Nation and the contention for the Stool of the Obong of Calabar since 2008. Governor Bassey Otu notes that the Stool of the Obong of Calabar is about six centuries old,