Gunmen kill father of three

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Gunmen suspected to be members of a cult on Tuesday shot dead a 50-year-old father of three, Imoh Etuk, in Ikot-Akpaidem village, in the Ukanafun Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

It was learnt that Etuk was killed around 7.48am on his farm.

The victim was said to have gone to his farm to pick some crops in his village, Ikot-Akpa, when the gunmen trailed and opened fire on him.

An indigene, Friday Eyo, told our correspondent in Uyo on Tuesday that the late Etuk returned to the village from Lagos after the restriction on the operation of commercial motorcycles during the administration of former Governor Raji Fashola.

He added that gunmen sacked residents during an attack on the village.

According to him, from January to April 11, many indigenes had been killed in the village.

“Some gunmen killed one Imoh Etuk from Ikot Akpa Edem in the Ukanafun Local Government Area. He ran to Usung Antiak, the neighbouring village, where the wife’s family lives. He went home to pick some food items from his farm. They intercepted and shot him dead. Nobody lives in Ikot Akpa Edem anymore. The village is now desolate,” he said.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Odiko McDon, said he has yet to be informed of the incident