a
US citizen.]

One of the attackers was arrested by the guards who
later made contacted with one of the kingmakers, Etubom Dr. Ambrose
Akpanika, who invited the police to take the arrested person to the police
station.

Bassey escaped in the ensuing crisis from his
residence, which is just a stone throw from the state police headquarters.

But surprisingly, before the police team could take
the arrested invader away from Bassey's residence, an eye witnesses said
another group of invaders arrived in a bus accompanied by mobile policemen
and dislodged the initial policemen who had been invited to take the
arrested invader to the police station.

The witnesses said the second group of invaders
descended on the house, vandalising whatever they could lay their hands on
and attacking whoever they found in the residence.

The team of mobile policemen also arrested of Akpanika,
Bassey'sOkpene, confirmed the
incident, but he could not get full details from the office handing the
matter and declined to make further comment pending the outcome of
investigations.

A factional Obong of Calabar, Edidem Bassey Ekpo Bassey II narrowly escaped death yesterday morning when a gang suspected to be members of the 'Isakaba' invaded his residence in Calabar.
Sources said the invaders, numbering more than 15 and armed with dangerous weapons, stormed Ekpo-Bassey's residence at No.11 Ikot Esu Square at about 9:00 am and headed for the inner chambers of his house where he usually receives his visitors.

THISDAY learnt that Ekpo-Bassey's guards were able to resist the invaders but received severe injuries.

The invaders, according to sources, also seriously injured Professor Ivor Miller, a Cuban national and renowned cultural historian, who had been in