Gunmen have killed two soldiers
and abducted an expatriate in Ukanafun local government area of Akwa Ibom
state.
The expatriate engineer working
with Al Madal construction company was inspecting the construction of Ikot
Ibritam, Inen Ekeffe and Odoro Ikot to Ukanafun road when the incident occurred
on Wednesday afternoon.
Friday Idiok, a witness, told
reporters that the soldiers were killed along Idim Okpok mini bridge in Inen
Ekeffe the boundary village between Oruk Anam and Ukanafun.
Idiok said after killing the
soldiers, the gunmen whisked the engineer away immediately.
“There was sporadic shootings
here and before you knew what was happening, two soldiers were dead,” he said.
“The gunmen also escaped with the
soldiers’ guns and took the expatriate to their hideout. Everybody here is in
panic, we do not know what the government will do in this matter.”
Johnson Obosi, clan head of Inen,
said the community was organising the burial of one of its sons when gunshots
boomed, sparking tension.
“The next report was that two
soldiers attached to an expatriate working on the road construction project
that links my community with Ukanafun have been killed and the expatriate
abducted,” he said.
Obosi, who could not establish
the nationality of the kidnapped expatriate, said soldiers from Ibagwa barracks
brought an ambulance which they used in carrying the corpse of their colleagues
to the morgue.
Confirming the incident on
Thursday, Odiko Macdon, police public relations officer in Akwa Ibom, said the
command was aware of the incident and was working with the sister security
agencies in the state to arrest those involved in the dastardly act.
“We have received information
about the unfortunate dastardly incident at the road project in Ikot Ibritam,
Inen Ekeffe leading to Ukanafun. We are working with our sister agencies to
identity, arrest and prosecute those involved,” he said.
Macdon appealed to residents of
the community to remain calm and go about their normal duties.
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