Wednesday 30 May 2012

30 die, 4 policemen beheaded in Cross River communal clash


My people see o! all in the name of struggling for a land….now that most of them are dead who will have the land now? Must everything argument turn to violence?
30 people were allegedly killed while four police officers and the village head of Ntan Obu Ukpe in Eniong in Odukpani local government area of Cross River State were beheaded in a communal clash between the Ntan Obu and the Ikpanya in Ibiono local government area of Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday.
 
According to a local newspaper, about 2,000 indigenes of Ntan Obu were forced to take refuges in nearby communities of Odukpani council as many houses including churches were destroyed during the crisis.


The Chairman of Odukpani Local council, Stephen Asuquo, while confirming the incident, told journalists that the people of Ntan Obu were attacked by the Ikpanaya neighboring community of Akwa Ibom State, last week.

“The remote cause, I can say, is the struggle by people from the Ikpanya for the land that belongs to the Ntan Obu. Ikpanya is in Ibiono council of Akwa Ibom State while Ntan Obu is in Odukpani council in Cross River State,” he said.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Shame,shame,its poverty

Anonymous said...

Illiteracy is what is causing this

Anonymous said...

All d innocent people that died as a result of this may their souls rest in peace

Anonymous said...

How was d police man's head cut off naw

Anonymous said...

This is a serious matter

Anonymous said...

Violence is what Africa understand...if u doubt me make a survey

Anonymous said...

Were the 4policemen not with tear gas to scare them off or gun shot in d air, how did their head get chopped off

Anonymous said...

The leaders of these communitties are major the cooperate

Anonymous said...

Nawo! police work no easy o!

Anonymous said...

Communal clash are always bloody most of them have consulted juju and all sorts

Anonymous said...

Its obvious the fight was fetish, they must have made d policemen their scape goat..

Anonymous said...

Poor police men,may their soul rest in peace