Mudiaga Affe, Calabar
Residents of Ogoja in Ogoja Local Government Area of Cross River State, have put up stiff resistance over an alleged settlement plan of some Fulani migrants that had come from the northern part of the country.
Two trucks loaded with suspected Fulani migrants had on Monday arrived the Garki area of Ogoja with police and soldier escorts on alleged relocation plan.
Southern City News learnt on Friday that residents of the Garki area, along Barracks Road in Ogoja, who are mainly Hausa settlers were the first to reject the Fulani migrants.
An eyewitness, Mr. Ignatius Odey, said the new migrants were rejected by some Hausa settlers in Garki area following their large number.
He said, “They came in on Monday evening in company with two armed escorts, a soldier and a policeman. To their greatest surprise, some Hausa people who have been living in Garki over the years were the first to raise the alarm. They called the attention of the public about the new faces who have come to join them.
Abang said, “The situation is getting worse by the day. From the Igoli market to Ishibori market, the markets in Abakpa and Mbube, Ekajuk as well as emblems and motor park tickets; these are all controlled by agents who are cultists.”
A lawyer, Mr. Baba Isa, who joined the protesters, expressed worry over the ugly development, adding that it was imperative for all the communities in Ogoja to come together in one voice to stop the menace.
He said, “I marched alongside my brothers, my sisters and my friends to protest the rise in cult activities in Cross River State and Ogoja in general and Abakpa in particular which has recently culminated in the cold blooded murder of our brother Dominic Modey.
“The community has expelled some persons from the land and declared them wanted for murder. The community has also briefed me to petition the Inspector General of Police and heads of other security agencies to commence a manhunt for those on this wanted list and a thorough investigation into the issue to bring them to book. Modey cannot just die like a chicken. Justice must be done. Our community must purge itself of this filth. Lift up your voice and join ours, lend a hand, drop a coin, do something to redeem the land before we are all wasted away in the murderous inferno of cultism.
Tell those who killed Modey that justice is coming for them; tell those whose stock in trade is blood, fear, intimidation, bullying and murder to repent; tell them to repent, for the wrath of God is falling already. Ogoja, under God, must prosper.”
Copyright PUNCH.
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