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.

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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.