Communal Clash: Bishop Burnt Alive, Son Beheaded In Cross River

A bishop was burnt alive and his son beheaded in the renewed communal clash in the Biase Local Government Area of Cross River State.

It was gathered that the incident was a result of the intercommunity clash between Abanwan and Urugbam in Erei clan within the LGA.

Baise is the local government of origin of the deputy governor of the state, Professor Ivara Esu.

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Sources from the communities who spoke on strict conditions of anonymity said that the bishop was ambushed alongside his son on a motorbike on their way from Abanwan community to nearby Afikpo in Ebonyi State.

No fewer than six houses and their occupants were set ablaze as the attackers mobilised and invaded Abanwan community.

The Erei communities have over the years been at loggerheads over a piece of land that was established by the defunct Eastern Region before the Nigerian Civil war as Oil Palm Plantation Settlement.

The settlement was handed over to the Cross River State Government shortly after the Nigerian civil war of 1967 to 1970, given that the location is in the state. However, the Erei community also where the oil palm plantation is located, has 10 villages, who now claim ownership a development that has stirred the communal clash that has blighted the peace of Cross River State over a period of time.

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