Coastal Highway: Tension Brews in Cross River over Alleged Compensation of ‘Wrong Landlords’

Coastal Highway: Tension brews in Cross River over alleged compensation of ‘wrong landlords’

There is rising fear of unrest in parts of Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State over alleged irregularities in the payment of compensation for lands acquired for the Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway project. The Association of Concerned Indigenes of Okoyong Community and a landlords’ body, led by Effiong Ekpo Ekpo, accused unnamed “strange elements” of infiltrating the compensation register, resulting in payments allegedly made to no…

Compensation scandal rocks Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway as Okoyong indigenes cry out over ‘strangers’ list’

By MIKE ABANG, Calabar Tension is brewing in Okoyong community, Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State, following allegations that non-indigenous persons have been inserted into the compensation list for the ongoing Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway project. The President of the Association of Concerned Indigenes of Okoyong Community, Ambassador Eyo The post Compensation scandal rocks Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway as Okoyong indigenes c…

Community Demands Independent Audit Of Lagos‑Calabar Highway Compensation Register

The Association of Concerned Indigenes of Okoyong Community in Cross River State has raised an alarm over alleged fraudulent practices in the compensation process for the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway project. In a petition to state security agencies, Ambassador Effiong Ekpo, president of the association and vice chairman of Eyo Ekpo Family, said the project’s Section 3A had destroyed farmlands, economic trees and ancestral lands belonging to in…