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Unyenge, a community in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, states that it is closely monitoring the ongoing negotiations between the Ekid Union and Ibeno over the ownership of the Stubbs Creek Forest.

The controversy, according to community leaders, was reignited by the Ekid Union’s renewed push to assert dominance and control over the forest, which spans four local government areas: Mbo, Ibeno, Esit Eket and Eket.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, on Tuesday arraigned Sarumi Samusudeen Babafemi before the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, over an alleged N206 million fraud.

Babafemi was arraigned alongside his companies—606 Autos Limited, 606 Music Limited, and Splash Off Entertainment Limited—before Justice Rahman Oshodi on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, concealment and transfer of proceeds of crime, contrary to Section 332(1) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011, and punishable under Section 332(3) of the same law.

The Ibeno Clan Council has dismissed claims made by the Ekid People’s Union (EPU) before the Akwa Ibom State Land Use Allocation Committee, describing them as distorted, misleading and capable of threatening peace, lawful governance and investor confidence in the state.

Speaking through its spokesman, Chief Udofia Okon Udofia, the council said the EPU’s presentation at the committee’s sitting in Uyo on January 16, 2025, was founded on what it termed historical revisionism, misinterpretation of the law and inflammatory threats against government authorities and legitimate investors.