From Marginalisation To Statehood: The 1987 Birth Of Akwa Ibom & Its Political Legacy
By JOHN NDIFREKE Akwa Ibom’s 1987 Creation: How Decades of Agitation Produced a New State AKWA Ibom State emerged from Cross River State on 23 September 1987 under the military administration of General Ibrahim Babangida. The decision altered Nigeria’s political map and created a new administrative structure in the southeastern part of the country. The […]
