At least 12 persons have been hospitalised and several houses torched in a renewed wave of violence unleashed on the people of Inua Eyet Ikot in Ibeno Local Government Area, allegedly by invaders from neighbouring Eket LGA.
The two neighbouring LGAs have been at loggerheads for years over control of the Stubbs Creek Reserve, a conflict that has led to multiple deaths and destruction of properties estimated at millions of naira.
The latest attack, which occurred in the early hours of Friday last week at about 1:30 am, left several members of the Ibeno community wounded.