TROOPS ARREST SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER, RECOVER AK-47 RIFLE ALONG BENIN–SAPELE ROAD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 TROOPS ARREST SUSPECTED KIDNAPPER, RECOVER AK-47 RIFLE ALONG BENIN–SAPELE ROAD Troops of 4 Brigade Nigerian Army, Operation WABAIZIGAN, have arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered an AK-47 rifle and ammunition during a targeted operation along the Benin–Sapele Road in Ikpoba-Okha LGA of Edo State. The suspect, identified as Olamide Oyeniyi, was arrested on 12 September 2026 at Obaretin Community by troops conducting operations to disrupt criminal activities and safeguard major transportation routes within the area. Items recovered from the suspect include one AK-47 rifle, one magazine and eight rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition. Other items recovered are one Tecno mobile phone, two bags, one torchlight, one music box and assorted charms. The suspect and recovered items are currently in troops’ custody for further investigation, while efforts are ongoing to establish his links to other criminal elements and determine his possible involvement in kidnapping and related activi...

CROSS RIVER ACCUSES SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS OF FUELLING COMMUNAL CLASHES. (PHOTO).


 CROSS RIVER ACCUSES SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS OF FUELLING COMMUNAL CLASHES


15th August, 2025  


The Cross River State Government has accused social media influencers of fuelling the protracted communal clashes between Iso-Bendeghe and Boje communities in Boki Local Government Area.


The unrest, rooted in a land dispute that has dragged on for more than a decade, has repeatedly flared into violence, leaving many dead, homes destroyed, and families displaced.


Despite peace accords and security deployments, the crisis has defied lasting resolution.


Speaking in Calabar on Thursday ahead of the August 18 Boki New Yam Festival, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Erasmus Ekpang, alleged that exaggerated and misleading online posts had heightened tensions in the troubled communities.


“What you read on social media about the conflict is not 100 per cent true of what is happening in the communities.


“Social media users are the ones escalating this conflict. They are fanning the embers of war,” Ekpang said.


The decades-old dispute, which escalated in 2010, has claimed several lives, destroyed property, and displaced many residents.


Former Governor Liyel Imoke had intervened by seizing the disputed land to stem the violence, but hostilities have persisted.


Ekpang appealed to youths in both communities to sheath their swords and embrace peace, noting that “killing one another and taking lives you cannot create is not ideal.”


He also pledged to work with community leaders and the Ochibe Boki traditional council to ensure a full return to normalcy.

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