How Cross River Bishop Was Burnt Alive, His Son Beheaded In Communal War

  

An unnamed Cross-River bishop and his son have been killed in Ebonyi State by angry youths in a fallout of a communal clash.

The Bishop, whose name is yet to be figured out, was reportedly burnt alive, with his son’s head chopped off were victims of a renewed hostility between the Abanwan and Urugbam community in Erei clan, Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State.

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According to reports, the late Bishop was ambushed alongside his son while on a motorbike on their way from Abanwan community to nearby Afikpo in Ebonyi State.

The communal crisis according to insiders stems from the ownership of an Oil Palm Plantation, with Urugbam and the Abanwan the primary actors in the crisis, with the crisis dating as far back as 2018.

The two communities had over the years been at each other’s throats over the piece of land that was established by the old Eastern Region before the Nigerian Civil War, which later became an Oil Palm Plantation Settlement.

Shortly after the Nigerian Civil war, the settlement was handed over to the Cross River State government but the Erei community where the oil palm plantation has 10 villages under it.

In the renewed hostility, it was reported that not less than six houses and their occupants were set ablaze as the attackers mobilized and invaded the Abanwan community.



Following the latest clash, troops from the 13 Brigade of Nigerian Army have moved into the two communities (Abanwan and Urugbam) to restore order, with the information officer at 13 Brigade Nigerian Army Calabar, Captain Aluko, confirming that they have moved men and materials into the communities yesterday.