At least 15 people have been killed in two days in ongoing war
between members of two criminal gangs, the Baggars Confraternity and
Mafians, a version of the Klans confraternity in Calabar, according to CrossRiverWatch.
"The hostility between the Baggars and Mafians sources say, began last
Tuesday afternoon along Palm street where a strike team of Mafians
attacked and killed a member of the Baggars gang along Palm street with
his skull carved open with a machete and slashes along his stomach and
arms which infuriated his colleagues who later carried out a reprisal
attack with at least two mafians gunned down in Goldie and Yellow Duke
street axis of Calabar South on Wednesday," CrossRiverWatch reports.
"The killings continued Thursday, as 3 more were gunned down at
Mbukpa, with 2 happening close to the Mbukpa market, 1 at Umo Orok near
New Airport road and Bedwell, all before noon while a source said one
more was killed at an undisclosed.
"Another killing occurred later in the day along Palm Street by Mayne
Avenue and 1 more was gunned down along Whitehouse street also known as
Dan Archibong street, close to Nyong Edem street on Friday morning
between 7:30 am and 8 am.
According to sources, some Baggars Thursday, converged at the CRUTECH
pavilion to plan an attack on selected targets in school only for a
combine team of the State Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) and Operation
Skolombo in about 6 siren blaring vans chased them away following a
distress call from the school security network as no fewer than 3
CRUTECH students have been lost to the ‘wars’.
"One other person was said to have been killed at Etta-Agbor by Akim.
He was said to have been axed badly around the chest region and left to
die. Shops in CRUTECH and around Ekpo Abasi, Yellow Duke, Atakpa, New
Airport, Watt market, Bedwell, Egerton, Beach market, Calabar road,
Mayne Avenue, Goldie and other major places in Calabar South now close
earlier than usual to avert ‘eventualities’.The fight according to reliable sources say the rivalry is for
supremacy as to who controls ticketing for tricycles (keke) in major
points in Calabar South"
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