Four people have been allegedly killed by the police in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibomon Christmas Day.
In
the development of this dramatic event, about 100 youths protested the
killing and eventually dumped the bodies of two of the victims in front
of the police station along Eket Oron Road.
An
indigene of the area, who spoke to newsmen on conditions of anonymity,
said that two other person shot by the police were rushed to the
hospital, but died on the way.
According to Vanguard, the aggrieved youths disrupted activities in some parts of Eket. The protest caused traffic gridlock.
Shopping
activities in the area were stopped as the aggrieved youths, with
cutlasses and other weapons in their hands, matched to the police
station.
However,
Akwa Ibom State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Mr. Etim
Dickson, denied that the victims were killed by the police.
The PPRO added that more security operatives were deployed to calm the situation.
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