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Communal Crisis In Calabar, Cross River: Two Beheaded
CALABAR— TWO persons were beheaded, weekend, following the renewed clash between the youths of Ochon in Obubra Local Government Area and their Ofutop counterparts in Ikom Local Government Area, all in Cross River State.
The clash, which occurred inside farmland, saw the shooting to death of two youths said to be from Ochon and their heads removed by their assailants.
A youth in the area, Donald Enang, told Vanguard that peace was restored two weeks ago after fierce fighting between both communities, which led to the death of many youths and destruction of houses and it was thought the peace agreement negotiated by leaders would last but that was not to be as it was broken, weekend, with the shooting and beheading of the two youths.
“Fighting has moved from the towns and along the Ikom-Calabar highway to the farms and forests. A lot of cocoa plantations have been destroyed and plundered and other crops such as rice, cassava and yams set on fire,” Enang stated.
He said the situation has made it difficult for people to go to their farms and called on the authorities to do something before more havoc is wrecked in the area.
“The Army is stationed along the highway while the youths are now committing a lot of destruction in the farms and people are scared to go to their farms because any one who ventures to get to his or farm is shot to death,” he added.
The Ochon community and their Alesi and Ofutop neighbours have in the past few years been engaged in recurring inter-communal warfare, which has led to the death of many persons, including innocent road users along the Ikom-Calabar highway.
The conflict escalated last month and efforts were made to restore peace when leaders intervened and both communities reached a peace agreement but the peace does not seem to be holding.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced Morocco as winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.
The CAF Appeal Board ruled in favour of Morocco, declaring that Senegal forfeited the AFCON final by walking off the field during the game.
Morocco were awarded a 3–0 walkover victory.
This decision upholds Morocco’s appeal following the chaotic events in the match.
DAILY POST recalls that the Senegal team briefly walked off the pitch in protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco late in regulation time.
They were called back to the field by their captain, Sadio Mané, and later won the game 1–0.
CAF determined that this action constituted a violation of Article 84, or the equivalent regulations concerning refusal to play or abandoning the field.
Under AFCON rules, a team that refuses to continue playing or leaves the field without authorization faces elimination and forfeiture of the match.
A total of three operatives of different security agencies in Anambra State collapsed during the inauguration of Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, on Tuesday.
The incident happened during the parade at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.
The three operatives are one male police operative, another male operative of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) and a female operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC.
The police operative collapsed first, followed by the NSCDC operative, who slumped towards the end of the event and was later escorted to an ambulance, after she refused to be moved in a stretcher.
A source said the police operative was later resuscitated, but was still not stable, and was taken in an ambulance to Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku Awka.
The collapse of the service officers was attributed to fatigue and the long period of parade under harsh sunny weather.
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