Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Ex-senator slaps newspaper vendor inside Government House – PREMIUM TIMES

By Cletus Ukpong
A newspaper vendor in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, has alleged that a former senator from Akwa Ibom State, Anietie Okon, publicly assaulted him, slapping him multiple times.



The incident allegedly took place on Wednesday around the banquet hall of the Akwa Ibom Government House, Uyo, d swearing-in ceremony of the Paramount Ruler of Ibeno Local Government Area, Awong Effiong Achianga as Chairman, Akwa Ibom State Council of Traditional Rulers.
The event attracted a few newspaper vendors who thought they could make quick sales at the venue.
The victim, Ndifreke Etim, claimed he was standing by, hawking newspapers near the entrance door of the banquet hall when Mr. Anietie Okon came out from the hall and walked past him towards his car, and then suddenly stopped midway to beckon on him.
“I ran towards him. I thought he wanted to buy newspapers,” Mr. Etim told PREMIUM TIMES.
When he got to where Mr. Okon was standing, the vendor said what he got instead was a ‘hot slap’ from the former senator. 
He said he was slapped multiple times by Mr. Okon, while three able-bodied young men who were with the former senator stood by to watch.
He said two other vendors who witnessed the incident were begging the former senator to stop molesting him.
“When he finished slapping me, he accused me of stealing his wallet. But God knows I am not a thief, I sell newspapers to take care of myself and my family,” Mr. Etim said, his voice shaking. “He didn’t even search me to see if I had his wallet on me or not.”
The vendor, who said he spent N4,000 to treat himself of bruises sustained from the incident, said he could not figure out why the former senator picked on him.
The Newspaper Distributors Association of Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State chapter, has threatened to sue Mr. Okon if he does not tender public apology to Mr. Etim.
When PREMIUM TIMES contacted Mr. Okon, he refused to comment on the issue, saying “I don’t want to respond to such an issue.”
Culled from PREMIUM TIMES

A’Ibom: Police arrest cop for shooting driver over bribe – Punch newspaper

By Etim Ekpimah
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a policeman, who shot at a driver with the Akwa Ibom Transport Company.



The policeman was said to have opened fire on the driver for refusing to part with bribe at a road block along the Iwukem Road, Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of the state.
The State Police Commissioner, Murtala Mani, who said this during an interview with journalists in Uyo, on Tuesday, explained that the command had begun a full-scale investigation into the matter.
Mani assured the people that the policeman would face the full wrath of the law if found culpable, declaring that the police would not tolerate indiscipline in any form.
The CP said the wounded driver was recuperating at an undisclosed hospital.
He stated that cases of homicide had reduced in the state owing to the proper synergy between the police Homicide Department and state anti-robbery squad.
Mani urged the people of the state not to worry about the increased presence of police patrol vehicles on the streets, stressing that it was a strategy to show the populace of police readiness to ensure crime free yuletide.
“Akwa Ibom is now relatively peaceful, one of the states with the lowest crime rate in the country. To achieve this, we have to strategically deploy our men to ensure adequate security across the state,” he said.
The police boss, however, said the problem of sea pirates was the biggest challenge facing the command, adding that the command had increased security presence along the shores of the state.

Culled from Punch newspaper

Photos: Scenes of car accident near flyover, Abak Road in Uyo

A hit-and- run car, said to have been driven by an auto mechanic, was on top speed when the driver lost control of the vehicle, in one of the highways connecting the flyover in Abak Road. No life was lost. It happened today, Tuesday, 29 September, 2015. See more photos after the cut…















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