₦airaland Forum

The Akwa Ibom State Police command has
arrested the Vice-Chairman of Ukanafun Local
Government Area, Mr. Effiom Abai, following the
killing of the All Progressives Congress candidate
for Ukanafun State Constituency, Mr. Okon
Uwah.
Uwah was a former Deputy Speaker of the state
House of Assembly between 2007 and 2011 and
Chairman of Ukanafun Local Government Area
between 2005 and 2007.
Abai, who is the youth leader in Nkek, the
community where Uwah was killed, was said to
have been arrested in Uyo by a police team led
by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Gabriel
Achong.
A security source told our correspondent that
Abai had been assisting the police in their
investigation.
Uwah was on Wednesday attacked by thugs at
Nkek village when he was on a house-to-house
campaign tour.
Meanwhile, the APC blamed Uwah’s murder on
alleged PDP inciting statement.
The Deputy Director General and Legal
Consultant of the APC state governorship
campaign organisation, Mr. Effiong Okwong,
alleged in Uyo on Thursday that some PDP
chieftains had said that they would not tolerate
opposition party in Akwa Ibom State.
The state Commissioner for Information and
Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, warned
against politicising Uwah’s killing.
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Don't been mince words. Akpabio had said so on so many occasions.

Opposition in Akwa Ibom state is just a kiss of death: the fastest way to die.

The day I read in the papers that Uwah was stampeded to death when sharing money in a campaign rally was the day I understand the extent of which the media can mislead and deliberately undermine the truth.

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Am fed-up with this PDP,that hw they killed 2ppl in ilesha osun state

i want change

sai buhari

psucc:
Don't been mince words. Akpabio had said so on so many occasions.

Opposition in ASK a Ibom state is just a kiss of death: the fastest way to die.

It's PDP kind of politics... they want to win
election at all cost.

POPdecorator:
Am fed-up with this PDP,that hw they killed 2ppl in ilesha osun state

i want change

sai buhari

PDP OR APC.Politics is a strugle for power not
struggle for human life. Whosoever kills in the
name of politics must pay for it.

drtwist:
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Sai SpaceBooker

ITbomb:
The day I read in the papers that Uwah was stampeded to death when sharing money in a campaign rally was the day I understand the extent of which the media can mislead and deliberately undermine the truth.

Produce the link please. You know how it works here.

#change
#GMB
#APC

kahal29:
http://www.punchng.com/news/police-arrest-aibom-lg-boss-over-apc-chief-murder/

Someone was claiming that he read in the news that the man died in a stampede. An apparently unsupported claim.

#change
#GMB
#APC

Change2015:
Produce the link please. You know how it works here.

#change
#GMB
#APC

You dont need to go far, the two versions of the stories were on the frontpage of nairaland.

First by Punch, KILLED : https://www.nairaland.com/2203856/apc-house-assembly-candidate-killed
Then this twisted cover story, SLUMPED : https://www.nairaland.com/2205647/hon-okon-uwah-slumps-dies

ITbomb:
You dont need to go far, the two versions of the stories were on the frontpage of nairaland.

First by Punch, KILLED : https://www.nairaland.com/2203856/apc-house-assembly-candidate-killed
Then this twisted cover story, SLUMPED : https://www.nairaland.com/2205647/hon-okon-uwah-slumps-dies

The story in thecallng.com is very shoddy. Was there a stampede at his relatives residence? It does not appear as credible as the punch write up and I guess the police have better information that is the basis of their arrest. We shall keep watch to see how this develops.

#change
#GMB
#APC