No fewer than seven persons are feared dead in the renewed clash between the people of Oku Iboku community in Itu local government Area of Akwa Ibom state and Ikot Offiong in Odukpani Local government area in Cross River state.
The dispute, it was gathered, was over the ownership of some fishing communities on the bounds of Calabar-Itu river.
Chief Effiong Eneh, a local fish merchant lamented that the war “has defied all known traditional and political solutions even before the creation of Akwa Ibom state out of the old Cross River in 1987”.
Eneh said the incident, which he described as sad, happened late Tuesday night, explaining that “the deceased left for their fishing business at about 10:00am.
According to Ene, those killed are all from Oku Iboku, including three brothers from same parents.
Confirming the incident, the State Police spokesperson, Odiko Macdon, said: “we have already commenced preliminary investigation into the incident”.
“I think politicians should come up with a political solution to the problem”, he said.
