Police killed my son while preparing for NDA -Akwa Ibom widow
Patrick Odey, Uyo
A 52-year-old widow from Nnungudu Community in the Ibesikpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Promise Akpan, on Wednesday, told the judicial panel investigating incidences of police brutality in the state that her son, Akaniyere, was killed while preparing for the Nigeria Defence Academy in May 2019.
Akpan, a retired civil servant, explained that her son was shot in the market while trying to buy shoes needed for the school.
She said, “My husband died in 2017. It was on January 13, 2019, my son was preparing to go to Nigeria Defence Academy, I tried as a mother since there was nobody to help. He was to leave for school on Wednesday.