The Etubom Traditional Council of the Palace of the Obong of Calabar, has inaugurated a 7-member independent truth and reconciliation committee to reconcile contending groups that have battled for the throne of the Obong of Calabar in the past 15 years. Headed by a retired chief judge of the state, Justice Michael Edem, the committee is to, among other things, independently look into the immediate and remote causes that trail the dispute, especially over the Supreme Court judgement of Jan 13 2023, which ordered a re-selection of a new Obong of Calabar. The committee is also tasked with the res…