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The police in Akwa Ibom State have confirmed that a police officer was killed by hoodlums in the state on Sunday.
Besides
Sunday’s attack on a police station in Abak, which was reported by PREMIUM TIMES, another police facility located at Mkpanak in
Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state was attacked too, the police spokesperson in the state, Odiko MacDon, disclosed in a statement on Monday.
Mr MacDon, a superintendent of police, identified the slain officer as Obadia Eli, who was attached to MOPOL 57 Ukana, in Essien Udim.
The officer was on his way to his beat when he was accosted and killed by the hoodlums, according to Mr MacDon.
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The police in Akwa Ibom State have confirmed that a police officer was killed by hoodlums in the state on Sunday.
Besides Sunday’s attack on a police station in Abak, another police facility located at Mkpanak in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state was attacked too.
The police spokesperson in the state, Odiko MacDon, disclosed in a statement on Monday.
He identified the slain officer as Obadia Eli, who was attached to MOPOL 57 Ukana, in Essien Udim. The officer was on his way to his beat when he was accosted and killed by the hoodlums.
Unknown gunmen : Police lost at least 13 officers for southern Nigeria weekend attacks
10 May 2021
Wia dis foto come from, Etini Akpaneyen
Over dis past weekend, about 13 police officers don lose dia lives for unknown gunmen attacks.
Dem die from separate attacks wey happun for Akwa Ibom and Rivers States from Friday 7 May to Sunday 9 May, 2021.
Akwa Ibom State Police Command PRO Odiko Macdon confam dis tori for statement on di attacks wey happun on Sunday.
For di latest attacks gunmen hit two police posts wey no dey in use for Mkpanak in Essien Udim and Ikot Odon for Abak LGAs.
For Ikot Odon , SP Odiko say dem burn down one scrap vehicle wey bin dey parked outside and a motorcycle inside.
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By Chioma Onuegbu
GUNMEN identified as members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Sunday killed two policemen, twelve cows, and razed Mkpatak police post in Essien Udim local government area of Akwa Ibom state.
It was gathered that the burnt police post, the killing of the two officers and twelve cow as well as burning of a Volvo Patrol vehicle were carried out in coordinated attacks launched in different locations in Essien Udim and Abak local government areas.
According to a source from the area, who spoke on the ground of anonymity, the two police officers were killed in Ukana Ikot Ntuen while the cows were killed at Afaha Ikot Ebak all in Essien Udim.