Indigenes of Kasuk Qua I and II in Calabar Municipality LGA of Cross River State have described as a threat to their existence, the continued encroachment on their ancestral land by the state government without proper acquisition and due process.
The angry natives recently invoked their deity and traditional injunction (Mbiam) to halt work on the vast stretch of their community land along the Goodluck Jonathan By-pass allegedly taken over by the state government for the proposed Virgin City project.
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