- 1980s Wawa Movement — agitation for a "Wawa State" out of the Abakaliki-Nsukka Wawa-Igbo dialect zone; petitions to the 1987 and 1991 State Creation panels denied.
- 1985–1992 Ezza-Ezillo land disputes — first wave of the boundary war; intermittent killings around Eze Aza, Ohaukwu LGA.
- 1995 Pb-Zn pit collapses at Enyigba and Ameka — series of artisanal-mining fatalities; no federal regulatory response.
Ebonyi State · Crisis deep dive
Second & Third Republics — Wawa agitation and pre-state fights (1979–1996)
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged
Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.