Gun Men Attack Venue Of Akpabio’s Meeting In Akwa-Ibom

Gunmen Attack  Senator Akpabio’s Contry Home

Godswill Akpabio, escaped unhurt as yesterday, gunmen reportedly attacked the country home of the senator around 7.30 p.m., in Akwa Ibom state, where he was holding a political meeting.

The media aide to the former Minority Leader in the Senate, Anietie Ekong, took to Facebook yesterday night to raise the alarm.

See what Ekong wrote below:

While the police is yet to confirm the incident, persons living close to Mr Akpabio’s house in Ukana Ikot Ntuen, Essien Udim, said they observed several police trucks parked in front of the senator’s house in the morning, around 6.30 a.m.

Ekong, also disclosed this morning that the senator is safe. While he noted that he was present during the incident,  he explained that “The senator was at home holding political meeting with some APC groups. A retired deputy inspector-general police, Udom Ekpoudom, was in that meeting. Bishop Samuel Akpan was also there. I was there as an observer. We were in the banquet hall.

“Suddenly, people who were not part of the meeting rushed into the banquet hall, so the senator inquired from them what was going on. Before anybody could explain, we heard gunshots, sporadic shooting, outside.

“The chief detail to the senator put out a radio message to all the policemen and other security men in the compound that they should be alert, that there is an attack.”

Ekong said Mr Akpabio and his guests were held up in the banquet hall, while the senator’s security repelled the attack, thereby preventing the gunmen from having access to the compound.

The shooting lasted for about 15 minutes, Mr Ekong confirmed.

Naija News recalls that after Akabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom State, defected on August 8 from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC), criticisms  and questions have followed.

Senator Akpabio and Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom have also reportedly been at logger heads over the defection and control of politics in the state.