Tag: Akwa Ibom

INEC office set ablaze in Akwa-Ibom

Aminu Imam

The Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), in Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom State, has been set ablaze. Confirming the development in a press statement,  the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said: “The incident occurred in the early hours of this morning, (yesterday); our security guard on duty escaped unhurt but the destruction to the building and properties therein was extensive. “Items destroyed include 345 ballot boxes, 135 voting cubicles, megaphones, water tanks and office furniture. The police,…

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Gunmen kill CSP, military officers, others in Akwa Ibom

Aminu Imam

Gunmen, numbering about 50, yesterday attacked police operational vehicles and the military who were on patrol at Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom State. The gunmen, who were protesting against the Local Government Chairman, attacked the Police and military men mobilised to the local government for peace-keeping. According to a Police source who spoke to newsmen, one CSP Benedict Okoh Ajide, who led the squad to the troubled local government area, fell to the bullets of the hoodlums while the driver of the Hi-lux van was burnt alongside…

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Akwa-Ibom: Lady kills her mother, chops her body into pieces

Aminu Imam

A girl has allegedly killed her mom and chopped the physique into items in Ikot-Ekpene, Akwa-Ibom State. In response to an eyewitness, Emmanuel Umanah, who posted the photographs from the crime scene, the stunning incident occurred at Umoh Obot Street, off Nto Akpan Inyang Road, in Ikot-Ekpene. A few of the photographs seen reveal the suspect carrying the physique items in a bowl earlier and she was seen tied up and bundled right into a Police van and taken away by the security operatives. As at the time of filing…

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“I used charms to cook in my restaurant to attract customers” – Woman confesses

Aminu Imam

A woman who owns a very big restaurant along Itam Market Road, in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, has confessed that she uses the water he buys from a mortuary to make charms in preparing the food she sells to her customers The woman, Mrs. Gloria Edet, was exposed by a mortuary attendant who claimed the woman was owing him money for three months without paying. According to the man he claims the woman usually comes to him to buy the water he usually used in bathing the dead people in his…

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Akwa Ibom journalists boycott Fani-Kayode’s press conference

Ishaku Yohanna

The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Akwa Ibom state chapter has directed its members to shun a press conference planned for former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode. Fani-Kayode landed in Akwa Ibom State on Thursday and was received by Governor Udom Emmanuel in continuation of his controversial tour of projects in PDP States following a face-off with a journalist in Cross River. In Cross River State, Fani-Kayode had lost his cool and insulted Daily Trust Correspondent, Eyo Charles who asked him a simple question on who was bankrolling his tour. Fani-Kayode fell…

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