As tourists from various countries arrive the capital of Cross River
State, Calabar, for the 2013 Carnival, the people of Ofodua in Obubra
LGA have been thrown into mourning and disarray with the killing of
about 20 people by some hoodlums over a chieftaincy tussle.
According
to Leadership, over 20 people were slain and property, including
residential buildings,
motorcycles, assorted cars, refrigerators and
electronics and etc., worth over a billion naira, was destroyed.
The
clash has erupted between Va-Egbe village and Va-Egba, Iva Ibetono, Iva
Awinotogbe, Iva Obeten over who succeeds the late monarch, Chief Oden.
Scores
of the Ofodua indigenes were arrested and detained in police custdy at
the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Diamond Hill,
Calabar, with others escaping to neighbouring communities.
It was
further learnt that the communal clash stemmed from the demise of the
Ofodua Clan Head, Chief Oden who was said to have come from the royal
family of the community.
A youth leader, Mr. Stephen Ovat told the
reporters that the Ofodua Clan Headship was monarchical and they had
already commenced the process of crowning the next chief from Va-Egbe,
the royal household, when some people plotted and invited a Lagos-based
commercial motorcycle operator, Mr. Festus Egbe to return home to be
crowned.
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