There were separate attacks on two police facilities in the state on Sunday, according to the police.
The police in Akwa Ibom State have confirmed that a police officer was killed by hoodlums in the state on Sunday.
Besides Sunday's attack on a police station in
The officer was on his way to his beat when he was accosted and killed by the hoodlums, according to
The police spokesperson described the two facilities attacked as "outposts" which he said were non-operational at the time of the incident.
"At Ikot Odon (
"A little part of it was however affected," he said.
He said the police have put up strategies to address the security challenges in the state, and called on residents to continue to support the police.
"This time shall pass," he added.
Gunmen have attacked police facilities at least four times lately in Essien Udim. The deadliest attack in the area occurred in March in which three police officers were killed and four confirmed missing.
A resident of Essien Udim told PREMIUM TIMES that several people in the areas were forced to stay indoors out of panic during Sunday's attack.
"People are just beginning to come out from their houses as we speak," the resident said, around
"I think the Essien Udim attack was staged simultaneously with that of
Essien Udim, which shares a boundary with the neighbouring Abia State, has been notorious for cult-related violence and killings in the past.
Besides the
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