Alleged Witchcraft: Extra-judicial Murders In Ndong Nwong

By Stanley Ekpenyong, Calabar

Jungle justice against alleged witches is a reoccurring decimal in some Cross River communities.

For example, extra-judicial murder of alleged witches routinely takes place unchecked in Boki area of the state.

The barbaric and primitive act however, recently reared its ugly head in Ndong Nwong community, Odupkani, local government area of the state.

Odukpani, inhabited majorly by the Efiks and a sprinkling of the Ejagham ethnic stock, is situated in the Southern part of the state. It shares boundary with Akwa Ibom state.

According to a human right activist and an indigene of the state, Citizen Agba Jalingo, one Madam Iquo Edet Eyo was one of the women recently murdered by youths in Ndong Nwong after being accused of witchcraft.

Jalingo writes on his Facebook page: “Madam Iquo Edet Eyo, one of the women murdered by youths in Ndong Nwong community in Odukpani LGA in Southern Cross River.

“She was murdered along with four others, (two males 60years+ and two other females 60years+), and buried in a shallow grave, after the community accused them of witchcraft.

“Four other accused (two males nine years each and two females forty years+) were pardoned”

It not clear yet if the police is aware of the extra-judicial murders in Ndong Nwong.