Oro-Obolo State move: Ibibio group decries attacks on Ekid Peoples Union President

As a conscious Ibibio leader and patriotic Akwa Ibom son, the Ekid People’s Union President further made the cogent point at the auspicious gathering, that if the Ibibio, the majority ethnic group, keep quiet and allow Oro Nation, to pull through its scheme and game plan of disconnecting the Ibibio from the Atlantic coastline, and making the coastline part and parcel of the proposed Oro-Obolo State, the economy of the rest of Akwa Ibom State and its people (the Ibibio and the Annang) will consequently be totally strangulated and emasculated with the cut-off of the State from the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Guinea.

Samuel Udonsak, who was invited, in his capacity as the Leader of Ekid People’s Union, did say, as part of his remarks to the gathering, that contrary to their renewed claims, Oro Nation is not a littoral community, as it does not have any direct border whatsoever, wheresoever, with the Atlantic shoreline.…Backs Udonsak; Clears air on new state agitation By Soni Daniel The umbrella union for the Ibibio-speaking people of Akwa Ibom State, Akwa Esop Imaisong Ibibio, has criticized the attacks unleashed by their Oron-speaking people on the leader of the Ekid People’s Union, Dr.