Chief Eyo Okon Edet, the deputy coordinator of the Divine Mandate Campaign Organization in Akwa Ibom State’s Mbo Local Government Area, has been abducted by gunmen.
It was discovered that Chief Edet, also known as Eyo Aswang, was abducted on Monday while visiting his filling station in Marina, Oron.
According to reports, the kidnappers beat him hard before snatching him up in their Sienna car.
According to eyewitness accounts, the kidnappers afterwards transported their prisoner to a speedboat that was waiting offshore before setting fire to the Sienna they had used for the operation.
An eyewitness, who chose to remain anonymous, said, “I was there at his filling station when those boys came. They dragged him into their Sienna and shot sporadically into the air; they took him to a spot and put him into a speed boat and set fire on the vehicle.”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, confirmed the incident, adding that the Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, had ordered an investigation into the matter.
“We received the information, the Commissioner of Police, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, has visited the scene of the incident and gone to the water front.
“Even the Sienna that was burnt has been recovered. Investigations have commenced already and I’m sure the perpetrators will be brought to book in no distant time,” he stated.
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The abductors are yet to contact the family for ransom.
Meanwhile, the police said they averted a looming boundary clash between Iwukem Community in Akwa Ibom State and Azumini Community in Abia State.
The PPRO stated in a press release that but for the intervention of the state Commissioner of Police the looming clash would have led to a bloodbath.
“Only last week, a looming clash that would have led to a bloodbath was averted after the peace meeting, initiated by CP Olatoye Durosinmi and the Commanding Officer of 25 PMF, Azumini, ACP Dashua Abuja.
“Stakeholders at the crucial meeting which held over the weekend included the community leaders, youth leaders, local government chairmen, Area Commanders of Etim Ekpo and Akwete, DPOs from Iwukem and Azumini in Akwa Ibom and Abia states respectively, amongst others.
“The CP noted that there cannot be any meaningful development without peace, and urged both communities to sheathe their swords, embrace peace, see themselves as brothers and allow government to bring the needed development to their communities.
“On their part, leaders of both communities were grateful to the CP for his timely intervention and assured him of peaceful coexistence henceforth,” the statement stated.
The age-long boundary crisis between Iwukem community in Akwa Ibom State and Azumini community in Abia State has been recurring since the 1980s and has led to the loss of lives and destruction of property.
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