A conservationist in Cross River State, Prince Odey Oyama, has appealed to the federal and state governments to urgently intervene in the daily plundering of the Cross River forests, especially Effi pristine forests.
According to the environmentalist, these crimes have been reported to police and immigration authorities, but they appeared to have paid blind eyes to the offence, which they reportedly witnessed.
Oyama alleged that the unidentified Chinese were using the Okuni community in Ikom LGA of the State as their operational site.
Oyama claimed that the Chinese have been unable to provide information about their permits and/or concession agreements allegedly issued to them by the Forestry Commission authorising the logging of such immature trees
Attempts by DAILY POST to speak to the said Chinese proved abortive, neither would any community leaders in Effi agreed to speak on the matter.
But officials at Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Calabar said they were handling issue of the undocumented Chinese.
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