See HOW Militants Storm Cross Rivers State office, Hold Deputy Governor Hostage

More than 20 suspected Bakassi militants on Friday attacked the Cross River State Governor's office in Calabar, clearly to express indignation regarding asserted deserting of the Bakassi returnees by the legislature.

The gathering, PREMIUM TIMES learnt, arrived the state's seat of force soon after the Deputy Governor, Ivara Esu, reported for obligations.

A source, who argued not to be named in light of the fact that she is not approved to talk on the matter, said the suspected militants attacked the Government House at around 10am and for a few hours held Mr. Esu and the staff prisoner.

As per the source, the thrill seeker militants intensely advised the general population that they had a place with the Bakassi Volunteer Force.

It's pioneer, who gave his name as "Capon," bragged that his gathering were out to urge the legislature to discharge their month to month absolution stipend, which has been withheld for a while.

He noticed that the choice to arrange the bar was consistently taken by the gathering to attract worldwide regard for the wretched way the Bakassi indigenes had been dealt with by the present organization in the state and nation.

The Capon demanded that Bakassi individuals, who were uprooted when Nigeria gave over their hereditary homes to the Republic of Cameroon, were being dealt with like slaves by government.

He clarified that the gathering had in the past attempted a few endeavors to exchange with the legislature however said the representative demonstrated no enthusiasm for managing the issue confronting them.

"Our kin are biting the dust miserably once a day because of minor illnesses that could have effectively been dealt with. We have made endeavors to exchange with the senator a few times however he would not give us group of onlookers and that is the reason we are here to request our little stipend," he said.

"We are from the Bakassi Volunteer Force, who have been disregarded by government. Our kin are biting the dust yet the administration is not doing anything. We chose to turn out around here today to let the whole world recognize what is going on so when we apply savagery against the administration no one will point the finger at us.

"Before the Bakassi Peninsula was given over to Cameron, both the state and the governments profited from the returns of oil and different business exercises from that spot. After our homes were given over, we are dealt with like outsiders in our own territory.

"In the event that the central government has rejected us, we won't permit our own particular state too to reject us. We will close down the representative's office if nothing is done in the following few days."

Whenever reached, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Christian Ita, affirmed the attack by the militants.

He said the gathering was there to express their situation to government yet did not upset authoritative obligation.

He included that the state Security Adviser, Jude Ngaji, had tended to the distressed gathering while promising to contact the Amnesty office in Abuja.