OUTRAGE: Police Kill Four in Akwa Ibom on Christmas Day

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.