I noticed cross river people don't want you to identify them with akwa ibom.

I met with one calabar babe from cross river, the calabar girl refuses to be identified with akwa ibom people. I was like you people are close in similarities and she rejected it.

She said akwa ibom people moved to calabar and populated the town because river state is better that akwa ibom. Also she said akwa ibom people in calabar causes the impression that calabar people like sex. She said because people outside these states cannot differentiate between the two. Also she said akwa ibom people claiming to be from calabar.

They are not Ibibio which you find in Akwa Ibom.

In some cases they are Efik - closely related to Ibibio but not the same.

Cross River has many other tribes of several distinct languages and culture.