15 Killed In 48 Hours In Ongoing War Between Two Criminal Gangs In Calabar South (Photos)

At least 15 people have been killed
in two days in ongoing war
between members of two criminal
gangs, the Baggars Confraternity
and Mafians, a version of the Klans
confraternity in Calabar, according
to CrossRiverWatch.
“The hostility between the Baggars
and Mafians sources say, began last
Tuesday afternoon along Palm
street where a strike team of
Mafians attacked and killed a
member of the Baggars gang along
Palm street with his skull carved
open with a machete and slashes
along his stomach and arms which
infuriated his colleagues who later
carried out a reprisal attack with at
least two mafians gunned down in
Goldie and Yellow Duke street axis
of Calabar South on Wednesday,”
CrossRiverWatch reports.
“The killings continued Thursday,
as 3 more were gunned down at
Mbukpa, with 2 happening close to
the Mbukpa market, 1 at Umo Orok
near New Airport road and
Bedwell, all before noon while a
source said one more was killed at
an undisclosed.
“Another killing occurred later in
the day along Palm Street by Mayne
Avenue and 1 more was gunned
down along Whitehouse street also
known as Dan Archibong street,
close to Nyong Edem street on
Friday morning between 7:30 am
and 8 am.
According to sources, some Baggars
Thursday, converged at the
CRUTECH pavilion to plan an attack
on selected targets in school only
for a combine team of the State
Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) and
Operation Skolombo in about 6
siren blaring vans chased them
away following a distress call from
the school security network as no
fewer than 3 CRUTECH students
have been lost to the ‘wars’.
“One other person was said to have
been killed at Etta-Agbor by Akim.
He was said to have been axed
badly around the chest region and
left to die. Shops in CRUTECH and
around Ekpo Abasi, Yellow Duke,
Atakpa, New Airport, Watt market,
Bedwell, Egerton, Beach market,
Calabar road, Mayne Avenue,
Goldie and other major places in
Calabar South now close earlier
than usual to avert ‘eventualities’.
The fight according to reliable
sources say the rivalry is for
supremacy as to who controls
ticketing for tricycles (keke) in
major points in Calabar South”