Police confirm EFCC raid in Akwa Ibom

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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has described as misleading media report that armed men raided students’ lodge, abducted 15 students and stole valuable properties in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state

A local tabloid report, titled ”Unknown gunmen raid students lodge,” claiming that the alleged assailants abducted 15 students and carted away valuable properties in Ikot-Ekpene, has generated controversy in Uyo, the state capital.

A statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, in Uyo on Sunday, said there was no incident of abduction as reported in the story

The statement reads in part, “The attention of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command has been drawn to misleading publications in the media that armed men raided students’ lodge, abducted 15 students and carted away valuable properties in Ikot Ekpene. Punch