Cross River Gov Otu halts unauthorised clan, village creation exercise

By Ike Uchechukwu, Calabar
CALABAR — Cross River State Governor, Senator Bassey Otu, has ordered the immediate suspension of an ongoing Clan and Village Creation exercise in the state, declaring that the process was neither authorised nor approved by his administration.
The directive was conveyed in a statement by the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ededem Ani, who said the Governor’s attention had been drawn to the exercise being conducted by the office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Chieftaincy Affairs.
Ani said the exercise “was neither authorised nor approved by his office,” stressing that it “does not carry the imprimatur of the State Government, and c...