{
  "id": 18480440,
  "title": "Obono-Obla Dismisses Atiku’s Claim of Insecurity in Calabar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/obono-obla-dismisses-atikus-claim-of-insecurity-in-calabar",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T09:12:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/06/obono-obla-dismisses-atikus-claim-of-insecurity-in-calabar/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has claimed that there is insecurity in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State, but former presidential aide Peter Obono-Obla has dismissed this as gossip. In an interview on a national television station, Obono-Obla stated that Calabar is one of the safest cities in Nigeria. He praised Governor Bassey Otu for his efforts in addressing security, mentioning that he appointed a retired Major General as state security adviser and provided significant security support. Obono-Obla accused Atiku of resorting to petty gossip, as the issue of security in Calabar had been a major concern before Otu's tenure. He also described the incident involving Peter Obi's campaign convoy as an isolated case, noting that stone-throwing during campaigns is not unusual even in advanced democracies like the United States. This incident might have been the result of internal disaffection within Obi's own party.",
  "summary": "*Says Peter Obi incident isolated case A human rights activist and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress has dismissed recent claims of insecurity in Calabar by former Vice President Atiku",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}