Hoodlums Killed Police Inspector, Made Away With His AK Weapons During Communal Boundary Clashes

By Bimbo Ogunnaike

Akwa-Ibom Police Command has confirmed the killing of police inspector  by hoodlums during a fracas among communities between the  state boundary and that of Cross River State on Wednesday night.

There violent clash between communities from the two states occurred at (Head Bridge)  on Wednesday night at about 9 pm when some communities allegedly clashed with each other, destroyed properties and inflicted injuries on innocent people.

An eyewitness who pleaded for anonymity explained that some of the people who laid the ambush also attacked a police inspector, shot him dead and made away with his AK 47 weapon.

When contacted on Thursday, the Cross River State Commissioner of Police, CP Nkereuwem A. Akpan confirmed the killing of the police inspector during an ambush and stealing of his weapons by the assailants.

Akpan, who lamented on the dastardly act, disclosed  his men have been deployed to the areas affected with a view to maintaining peace and order.

“The incident happened on Wednesday night. It occurred at Akwa Ibom site of the head bridge. Some communities in Akwa Ibom had a communal clash, some persons strayed into the bush, came out and attacked police inspector on duty and shot him dead and made away with his AK 47. The cause of the clash is yet to be determined’’