The country home of Sen. Godswill Akpabio reportedly turned to the scene of a war movie on Tuesday evening as some gunmen stormed the place and shot sporadically into the area.
The gunmen, who were said to be wielding automatic weapons, stormed the area around 7.30pm as Akpabio was holding a political meeting in his residence.
The senator’s media aide, Anietie Ekong took to Facebook to report on the incident as it was going on.
He wrote: “On-going, sporadic shooting by gunmen at Ukana Ikot Ntuen, Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, country home of former Senate Minority Leader, Senator Akpabio.
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“The Divisional Police Officer, Essien Udim and the Commissioner of Police Akwa Ibom State should please urgently intervene.”
But the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeyemi Ogunyemilusi denied the attack on Akpabio’s residence.
According to him, the gun scare happened at a filling station in the community where some hoodlums robbed the attendants of the day’s sales, but about 200 metres from Akpabio’s home.
He added that Akpabio’s political meeting went on till the early morning of Wednesday, August 22 without interruption.
Ogunyemilusi said, “It was just a mere coincidence that the incident happened about 7.30p.m., August 21, when the meeting was ongoing at Senator Akpabio’s residence.
“Immediately the hoodlums attacked the filling station, somebody at the meeting called me. The Area Commander and other policemen were drafted to the scene and within minutes, security was restored.
“You know how Ikot Ekpene is with these hoodlums on motorcycles. So, it was just a flash incident of petty thieves robbing a filling station near the residence of His Excellency.
“Even our quick response was applauded by His Excellency when he came out of the meeting to see our men on guard around the area. So nobody should overheat the polity because of politics.”