Unknown gunmen killed at least two policemen in Eastern Obolo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state in the weekend.
Although there was no clue why the gunmen struck, but it was gathered, the hoodlums who stormed the police Station in the area on the fateful day, opened fire and killed a Police Inspector and a Corporal on duty.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Cordelia Nwawe, an Assistant Superintendent of Police who confirmed the incident to this declined giving in details but was polite to say that, “A suspect is in custody, we will not be able to give details until investigation is concluded”.
The identities of the slain police personnel were not ascertained at press time but the PPRO said, they were only one Inspector and a Corporal that were killed adding that, the police would continue to do their work to protect lives and property in the state.
It would be recalled that, Amasaba community in Eastern Obolo Local Government Area had been in a protracted communal tussle with Ikot Akpanudo community in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area last year, where lives and properties were lost, and also recently, the community stakeholders had warned oil firms to stay clear of the area owing to what they described as, marginalization and non-adherence to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) reached between them and the oil companies operating in the area.
But Chief M.W. Ujile, a community leader in the area who expressed shock at the incident could not imagine what may have informed the gruesome killing of the policemen by the arms men.
According to him,” The situation is just as you have said. We don’t know what actually happened,”