Five Killed, Multi-Million Naira Property Destroyed As Yoruba, Native Residents Clash In Akwa Ibom Community

At least five persons have been killed and property worth millions of naira destroyed, in a communal clash between Yoruba residents and the indigenes of Ibeno in the Ibeno Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
 
According to reports, though details are still sketchy, the fracas started as a cult clash before it turned into an ethnic war.
 
Sources said the Ilaje people, mostly fishermen, have started fleeing the community through bush paths, while their houses and tents are being looted and destroyed by the hoodlums.
 
A Yoruba indigene living in Akwa Ibom State, Barr. Oluwajuwon Ogunbiyi, told Daily Post that the situation was unfortunate. He called on the state government to set up a committee to investigate the crisis.
 
He said, “It is quite unfortunate that this crisis has led to the loss of innocent lives and destruction of properties. The Ibeno community had been a good host over the decades to both indigenes and non-indigenes. Everybody has been living there in harmony without rancour.
 
“I’m therefore using this medium to appeal for peace and an end to hostilities from both warring parties. I also want to call on the Governor of Akwa Ibom State as well as the heads of all security agencies in the state to intervene in the matter immediately in order to stem these waves of violence.”

Zonefree:
Ever since Tinubu proclaimed that Yoruba and Fulani are one, Yorubas have been behaving like the Fulanis.

Tobichimezie:
Great job by my brave Ibeno brothers, those people don't take any nonsense and I'm glad they treated those pigsty Yaribanza skull mining and fetish terrorist subhumans in the language they understand, they can take their dirty and ritual practicing useless selfs back to their shitholes in Ogbomosho if they can't respect their host.

Rollsnjaguar:
Yorubas should respect their host and stop constituting nuisance everywhere or they should go back to Ogun.

foryourmindlol:
The skull miners should carry their yoonity begging parasite self and go back to Ogun state the capital of rituals.

Akwa Ibom/Cross Rivers are one of the coolest people on earth. For them to fight you means you're Satan.

They are the only people we will allow into Biafra (if they indicate interest of course).

Nigerialabalaba:

Just imagine OPC unleashing itself on dis minorities. I sabi say u be ipob terrorists and u like evetywhere to dey full of innocent people blood but for dis one, keep kwayet if u no wan join people wey dey call for peace. D ibeno itself no go fit wait if Ilaje do reprisal attack. Dem be minorities o. I no wan hear genocide o

Rollsnjaguar:


If they burn them well, let them try any reprisal in Akwaibom. They will be wiped out.

Did you read the report that they are already running away through bush part

Where was OPC when ordinary herdmen where slaughtering Yorubas in Ogun, they even chase whole community on exile

Akonamasi:
Yoruba don dey run o Who remembers one moniker like that mile12crises

Rollsnjaguar:


If they burn them well, let them try any reprisal in Akwaibom. They will be wiped out.

Did you read the report that they are already running away through bush part

Where was OPC when ordinary herdmen where slaughtering Yorubas in Ogun, they even chase whole community on exile