Cocoa estate row: SAN tackles Cross River Attorney General over court order

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Ntufam Mba Ukweni, has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Cross River State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ededem Ani, to retract and apologise for a connection helium described arsenic defamatory.

The request follows a nationalist announcement issued by the Attorney General connected March 12, 2026, titled ‘Re: Constitution of Illegal Taskforce by Mba Ukweni SAN to Enforce Court Order successful Respect of Etung Cocoa Estate’.

In the notice, Ani reportedly described Ukweni’s enactment arsenic illegal, insisting the elder lawyer lacked the authorization to inaugurate the taskforce.

Reacting during a property briefing successful Calabar, Ukweni rejected the assertion and warned that nonaccomplishment to retreat the connection wrong 7 days would stall immoderate engagement betwixt some parties.

“I americium giving them a seven-day ultimatum to retract the connection and apologise. If that is not done, it calls into question the sincerity of immoderate discussions they mean to person with me,” helium said.

Ukweni explained that the taskforce was constituted by his instrumentality steadfast connected behalf of cocoa farmers nether the level “Team Obey Court Order,” aimed astatine ensuring compliance with an existing tribunal ruling and protecting farmers from recurring attacks.

According to him, the radical was formed arsenic a self-protection measurement pursuing repeated...