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By Ukorebi Ita
As at the early ’80’s, the area known as Uyo was called EFIK UYO.
In fact, the late Uyo Political Jugger nut popularly known as Eyo Uyo,once attested to this fact and that there are many Efik Communities in Akwa Ibom State and for fear of being starved of any Modicum of development, they refuse to identify with their kith and kind like the IKOT OFFIONG’s, hence (the sacking and hunting of same) and ITU OKON ITU resulting to the refusal to allow a motorable road to even reach the ancient missionary settlements in the area.
CALABAR PROVINCE, was a political contraption that was initiated by the Colonial Masters and it covered the entire geographical area known as Akwa Ibom State, up to the area known as BIASE LGA and even at one time the Arochukwu area.
But as political demarcations continued, the area was reduced to the small size of Calabar South,Calabar Municipality, Akpabuyo, Bakassi,and Odukpani LGA’s and further only retained by name by the two first mentioned LGAs above.
Due to the long expansive history of the name, everyone in Akwa Ibom and the 7LGAs in the South of CRS became “A Calabar Person“, outside Calabar.
Today by reason of the CRS Political contraption even the OGOJAs are wrongly called Caleberrians but soon, when Ogoja will ever be created, they might loose the ones popular Ogoja name for people from Abi/Yakurr to Obanliku to just a simple but potent political force name given to them by our Akwa Ibom brothers and The 5alive southern LGAs of CRS as ATAMITE!
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