Note that in Cross River State, the election was between Hon. Alex Egbona and Sen. Liyel Imoke who sworn never to see Alex win any elections in his LGA of Abi. But today, leadership's of the LGA has been redefined as Hon. Alex has demystify Sen. Imoke, daring him all the way, inspirte of all the war chest of the former Governor, including the incumbent governor appointing 40 SA special adviser from the Ekureku ward of Abi in the build up to the re run, Dr Alex Egbuna defeated everyone in Abi.

Remember that the votes of PDP in Abi/Yakurr were all rig votes by the former REC REC Dr Frankland. He should be invited by EFCC ASAP.

Meanwhile rerun voted; APC 11,531 PDP 311

Staro:
Congrats to him.

I understand he's the only APC candidate to ever win
an election in a PDP dominated Cross River state.

It's not an easy task.
He must really be good
.

Very good man. Helped so many people when he was Chief of Staff to Governor Imoke. He doesn't have to know you for him to help you.

Alex egboona, I had stayed in his house in ekereku, Abi LGA. A very outstanding man. We come from the same place

garfield1:
Up honourable obol alex egbona,the most popular politician in cross river.with this,ex governor imoke's political career is over.alex is now the political leader of abi lga and that of apc in cross river central zone.up apc.up alex,up ekureku

You must come from Ekureku

promotervickky:
Alex egboona, I had stayed in his house in ekereku, Abi LGA. A very outstanding man. We come from the same place

Ekureku men them...well done o

noblealuu:



You must come from Ekureku

No

garfield1:

No

All right.

Is not same Cross River a video in circulation online shows INEC officials being taken to hostage, where forced to thump printing for APC? Wonders shall never end!

garfield1:

Am sure that egbona is a corrupted version of ogbonna.most border communities in cross river can speak igbo and most border communities also in ebonyi can speak cross river dialects and some trace their history to cross river/cameroun area.a lot of communities in ebonyi were originally not igbos if you trace their history.years of interactions igbonized them

No, its not a corruption of Ogbonna. Most Igbo's in Ebonyi and Abia bear the surname Egbonna. Some bear Egbonnaji while others shorten it to just Egbo. The name is a corruption of Egbo which means injury and nna which means Father. Fully translates to the injury of the father must be avenged. Ogbonna and Egbonna are different names with different meaning.
But you're right in other aspect. Both the newly elected Rep and former Governor Imoke are kinsmen of the Agbo clan.

Hope Hon. Alex Egbona will look into the unending war in Abi LGA Bahumono in particular, there has been so much blood shed in that region. With the glaring security incompetence from the government elections are still being held in that area as if nothing is going wrong there. Wait did I forget to mention that a particular community known as Ebijakara where killed and sacked out of their ancestral land for the past 15 solid years, these people are now littered everywhere across the state as refugees the government seems to develop a blind eye towards their case, and the perpetrators of this genocide called Ebom community are still roaming freely claiming the fourth columnists. Or is it the recent attacks on Usumutong community due to the fact that they houses some of the refugees from Ebijakara community how can humans be so mean and wicked on their brothers and sisters people who speak the same language yet they are bent on wiping the entire existence of Ebijakara, most persons reading this will feel its a minor issue but as I write more attempts are still ongoing in that area killings beheading and all sorts of demonic and devilish activities from this community. With this little tip I employ interested Investigative journalists to contact my signature let's report this backward and satanic activities in that region to the world.

The PDP is gradually becoming the Northern party. 2023 would be interesting but if you have the resources, don't wait for that year before you find a better clime for yourself and any offsprings.

UdechiHD:
No, its not a corruption of Ogbonna. Most Igbo's in Ebonyi and Abia bear the surname Egbonna. Some bear Egbonnaji while others shorten it to just Egbo. The name is a corruption of Egbo which means injury and nna which means Father. Fully translates to the injury of the father must be avenged. Ogbonna and Egbonna are different names with different meaning.
But you're right in other aspect. Both the newly elected Rep and former Governor Imoke are kinsmen of the Agbo clan.

Thank you for this expose,you remind me of pazienza.you should comment more often

garfield1:

Thank you for this expose,you remind me of pazienza.you should comment more often

Do you by any chance know the meaning of 'ekureku'?
Also, are the Isobos found in Abi LGA? Do they share similarities with the Agbos?

garfield1:

Thank you for this expose,you remind me of pazienza.you should comment more often

You're welcome

isaacprinz:
Hope Hon. Alex Egbona will look into the unending war in Abi LGA Bahumono in particular, there has been so much blood shed in that region. With the glaring security incompetence from the government elections are still being held in that area as if nothing is going wrong there. Wait did I forget to mention that a particular community known as Ebijakara where killed and sacked out of their ancestral land for the past 15 solid years, these people are now littered everywhere across the state as refugees the government seems to develop a blind eye towards their case, and the perpetrators of this genocide called Ebom community are still roaming freely claiming the fourth columnists. Or is it the recent attacks on Usumutong community due to the fact that they houses some of the refugees from Ebijakara community how can humans be so mean and wicked on their brothers and sisters people who speak the same language yet they are bent on wiping the entire existence of Ebijakara, most persons reading this will feel its a minor issue but as I write more attempts are still ongoing in that area killings beheading and all sorts of demonic and devilish activities from this community. With this little tip I employ interested Investigative journalists to contact my signature let's report this backward and satanic activities in that region to the world.

This is serious, so who occupies the Abijakara lands right now?/

Yujin:

Do you by any chance know the meaning of 'ekureku'?
Also, are the Isobos found in Abi LGA? Do they share similarities with the Agbos?

Isobos are in Obubra LGA, they are Igboid with lots of influence from their non Igbo neighbors.

Agbos are not Igboid, they are Ekoid, they don't share boundaries with Isobo, as Agbo( also called Legbo) is in Abi LGA, while Isoko is in Obubra LGA.
Take a look at the appended Map of Cross River below to appreciate that even though Abi is close to Obubra, they are both not contiguous.

See an old nairaland thread about the Isobos :https://www.nairaland.com/3425009/meet-isobos-igbo-speaking-tribe

pazienza:


Isobos are in Obubra LGA, they are Igboid with lots of influence from their non Igbo neighbors.

Agbos are not Igboid, they are Ekoid, they don't share boundaries with Isobo, as Agbo( also called Legbo) is in Abi LGA, while Isoko is in Obubra LGA.
Take a look at the appended Map of Cross River below to appreciate that even though Abi is close to Obubra, they are both not contiguous.

See an old nairaland thread about the Isobos :https://www.nairaland.com/3425009/meet-isobos-igbo-speaking-tribe

Thanks bro. Still on the Agbos, are they strictly Ekoid or is it something similar to the Opobo situation? I ask because even Ogoja has lots of Igbos as recorded in history.

PicLtd:


This is serious, so who occupies the Abijakara lands right now?/

The Ebijakara land now occupied and used as farm lands by the Ebom community after demolishing the entire Ebijakara houses. This is a settlement with over 1000 houses destroyed within weeks this is to tell you how serious this issue is my heart bleeds for those people.

isaacprinz:
The Ebijakara land now occupied and used as farm lands by the Ebom community after demolishing the entire Ebijakara houses. This is a settlement with over 1000 houses destroyed within weeks this is to tell you how serious this issue is my heart bleeds for those people.

I'd really like to be interested in the details. What was the primary cause of the brouhaha between the communities. Are they brothers or were Ebijakara strangers who were given lands to settle many years ago.

Cross river seems to be riddled with intercommunal fights, I remember something of such nature happened in Yahe local government in Ogoja some years ago.

What baffles me is the fact that Elections are being carried out in every corner of Abi LGA Bahumono in particular as if all is well in that Area. they now recruits militias to kill maim and destroy innocent lives and properties. If this issue of Continuous killings is not looked into they will be another Genocide coming in that region.

PicLtd:


I'd really like to be interested in the details. What was the primary cause of the brouhaha between the communities. Are they brothers or were Ebijakara strangers who were given lands to settle many years ago.

Cross river seems to be riddled with intercommunal fights, I remember something of such nature happened in Yahe local government in Ogoja some years ago.

the Bahumono consist of seven brothers that loved themselves namely Ediba, Usumutong,Ebom, Ebijakara, Igonigoni, Bazuhure and Afafanyi these brothers lived close to themselves and shared so many similarities. Now back to the issue at hand, Ebijakara was the initial habitants of the said land back in the days of old Ebom also had their place of settlement called Otumusa which is still there as evidence till this day, the problem all started at the time when wild animals were attacking and killing some Ebom persons in their settlement due to the closeness of their settlement with the forest so they began seeking for refuge in the neighboring communities with the plea that they will live close to other communities that are away from the forest meanwhile using their initial settlement as farm land pending when the attacks from wild animals will reduce. They went to almost all the bahumono brother communities but they turned them down a decision I believe the present offsprings of other bahumono communities will be proud their fore fathers never agreed to such deceitful plea. So at that time the fore fathers Ebijakara were vulnerable with the believe that let's help them we are all brothers so they agreed, a drastic and expensive decision that has rendered hundreds of innocent people dead, children fatherless wives are now widows up till this moment am writing this. So they agreed but the then Ebijakara were wise and knowledgeable enough to still have the documents of their entire settlements and the agreements of inhabitation from Ebom intact. Until Ebom community finally sacked Ebijakara out of their settlements on the 15th of January 2005, I will tell you categorically that Ebom community adhered to that agreement of just settling with Ebijakara then using their initial settlement Otumusa As farm land this practice has been going on with the clear evidence that these people are guests In these settlement because the Ebom community were accommodated in such a way that they never have boundaries with any the neighboring community close to Ebijakara settlement that's to say they were accommodated in the middle, these people are mostly farmers and they will trek miles through Ebijakara to their initial settlement for farming and they also established a sound secondary school called Bahumono grammer school right there at their ancestral land making it very clear that they truly belong there. the problem started when they started growing so largely in number and their population started doubling that of Ebijakara at this point trouble started brewing because the allotted accommodation given them by the Ebijakara was no longer enough. and they can no longer go back to their initial settlement because everything seems comfortable where there are presently so the only way is to forcefully take the entire land away from this small community call Ebijakara, and that was the major reason why Ebijakara agreed to accommodate them. Ebijakara were relatively small in population and the said Ebom are currently the largest in population among the Bahumono communities.
Anyone who has been to this region will be amazed with these facts.
My surprise is the International community and the federal government seems to have abandoned the people of Ebijakara because presently Ebom are influencing the Government. This is 15 years since those people were killed and sent out of their ancestral homes and still counting because they have no voice, for how long will this injustice continue. We don't hear about this serious issue because its not in the North.

PicLtd:


I'd really like to be interested in the details. What was the primary cause of the brouhaha between the communities. Are they brothers or were Ebijakara strangers who were given lands to settle many years ago.

Cross river seems to be riddled with intercommunal fights, I remember something of such nature happened in Yahe local government in Ogoja some years ago.

please can you help me make this go viral how do we post it on front page in this forum.

isaacprinz:
please can you help me make this go viral how do we post it on front page in this forum.

Cool down , create a new and separate thread for this and organize your complaint and story perfectly well, you can as well add few pictures if you have and then tag the mods on the need for it to hit front page.

Osagyefo98:


Cool down , create a new and separate thread for this and organize your complaint and story perfectly well, you can as well add few pictures if you have and then tag the mods on the need for it to hit front page.

Alright thanks a bunch.

isaacprinz:
the Bahumono consist of seven brothers that loved themselves namely Ediba, Usumutong,Ebom, Ebijakara, Igonigoni, Bazuhure and Afafanyi these brothers lived close to themselves and shared so many similarities. Now back to the issue at hand, Ebijakara was the initial habitants of the said land back in the days of old Ebom also had their place of settlement called Otumusa which is still there as evidence till this day, the problem all started at the time when wild animals were attacking and killing some Ebom persons in their settlement due to the closeness of their settlement with the forest so they began seeking for refuge in the neighboring communities with the plea that they will live close to other communities that are away from the forest meanwhile using their initial settlement as farm land pending when the attacks from wild animals will reduce. They went to almost all the bahumono brother communities but they turned them down a decision I believe the present offsprings of other bahumono communities will be proud their fore fathers never agreed to such deceitful plea. So at that time the fore fathers Ebijakara were vulnerable with the believe that let's help them we are all brothers so they agreed, a drastic and expensive decision that has rendered hundreds of innocent people dead, children fatherless wives are now widows up till this moment am writing this. So they agreed but the then Ebijakara were wise and knowledgeable enough to still have the documents of their entire settlements and the agreements of inhabitation from Ebom intact. Until Ebom community finally sacked Ebijakara out of their settlements on the 15th of January 2005, I will tell you categorically that Ebom community adhered to that agreement of just settling with Ebijakara then using their initial settlement Otumusa As farm land this practice has been going on with the clear evidence that these people are guests In these settlement because the Ebom community were accommodated in such a way that they never have boundaries with any the neighboring community close to Ebijakara settlement that's to say they were accommodated in the middle, these people are mostly farmers and they will trek miles through Ebijakara to their initial settlement for farming and they also established a sound secondary school called Bahumono grammer school right there at their ancestral land making it very clear that they truly belong there. the problem started when they started growing so largely in number and their population started doubling that of Ebijakara at this point trouble started brewing because the allotted accommodation given them by the Ebijakara was no longer enough. and they can no longer go back to their initial settlement because everything seems comfortable where there are presently so the only way is to forcefully take the entire land away from this small community call Ebijakara, and that was the major reason why Ebijakara agreed to accommodate them. Ebijakara were relatively small in population and the said Ebom are currently the largest in population among the Bahumono communities.
Anyone who has been to this region will be amazed with these facts.
My surprise is the International community and the federal government seems to have abandoned the people of Ebijakara because presently Ebom are influencing the Government. This is 15 years since those people were killed and sent out of their ancestral homes and still counting because they have no voice, for how long will this injustice continue. We don't hear about this serious issue because its not in the North.

It's a pity really, I think the educated and wealthy ones among the Ebijakara have a lot to do in this regard.

Since this brouhaha started 15 years ago, I'm sure the previous state government and administration must have called a meeting to resolve the problems, it will be interesting to know the outcome of those meeting.

What about the courts, have they gone there to seek redress? What was the outcome?