The figures were compiled using a review of newspaper reports, interviews with victims’ families, and in some cases, confirmation by public and security officials.
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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.
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Governor Udom Emmanuel announced a donation of N60 million to the families of the slain officers.
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The police authorities in Akwa Ibom State said they have so far lost 21 officers due to gun attacks in the state.
The commissioner of police in the state, Amiengheme Andrew, disclosed this on Monday while briefing Governor Udom Emmanuel who visited the police headquarters in the state to condole with the families of the slain officers and the police over the loss.
Mr Andrew also informed the governor that the police in the state lost 11 vehicles and seven firearms in the various attacks.