Fear gripped residents of the Ata-Idung Afaha community in the Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, following the abduction of one Mrs Uduak Akpan, a businesswoman, by gunmen while attending to her customers.
PUNCH reports that the gunmen had, in 2022, stormed the residence of her husband, Mr Akpan, and carted away cash and personal belongings, including a bus which has yet to be recovered to date.
The latest incident, it was gathered, occurred at James Town Junction around 9 pm on Friday, April 7, 2023. A community source told our correspondent on Sunday that the hoodlums, numbering about five, gained entrance to Umaco Shopping Centre belonging to her husband and shot several times into the air before whisking her away.
According to the source, the victim who is an indigene of the Nsit-Ubium Local Government Area, but residing in the community, was kidnapped while attending to customers in the shop.
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