Police to arraign five over killing of APC chieftain

 

                               Five suspected murderers arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police in connection with the assassination of former speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Okon Uwah, are to appear in court Wednesday.
Until his death, the late Uwah was the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Assembly candidate for Ukanafun State Constituency.
                         He was murdered last Wednesday by  suspected Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) thugs at Ikot Akpan Nkek in Ukanafun Local Government Area while on a political campaign meeting.
Speaking Tuesday during an exclusive interview with The Nation,
the State’s Commissioner of Police, Gabriel Achong, said aside from the four persons arrested in relation with the killing of the former deputy speaker, his men were able to pick one more suspect on Monday.
Achong said: “Aside from the four people arrested when I addressed press conference on Saturday, we were able to pick up more one person yesterday (Monday). By tomorrow, if you care, go to court, you will see that the people will be charged to court. Justice will take its own path. The police have actually done their own path.
“I thank the people of Akwa Ibom for being patience with the police and assisting the police to get the number of suspects we have gotten so far. I still encourage them to assist the police so that we get remaining suspect so that everybody will be charged to court.
“Whoever commits any offence he is not committing the offence for any political party he is committing the offence for himself and he will be charged to court for himself and he will be handled for himself.
“I am not charging PDP to court. I am not charging APC to court. I am charging the culprits to court. Whoever commits any offence will be charged to court with his name not any political party.”
When asked how prepared the command is for Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly polls, the CP said his men are in high spirit and they are fully ready to protect both the materials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and human beings that are going to cast their votes.
The CP, who kept the number of his men that would be deployed for polls to his chest, said: “That is purely operational. I cannot tell you the number of men I am going to deploy but I am assuring you that I have sufficient men to cover all the polling units in the state.
“We urge the citizenry to come out to cast their votes to the candidates of their choice without fear and intimidation from anybody.”