Senator Nelson Effiong, who represented Akwa Ibom South Constituency in the 8th assembly has been abducted by gunmen on Monday.
It was also reported that at least eight persons were injured in a stampede that followed the sporadic shooting by the gunmen.
It was gathered the Oron-born Senator was abducted by three gunmen at his lounge, a popular sit-out along Oron Road, Uyo, the state capital late Sunday night.
Eight of the customers, it was learnt, were injured in a resulting stampede as the patrons scampered for safety amid hails of bullets randomly fired by the hoodlums.
“I have just been shot been shot along Oron Road,” Erick Ekwere, one of the victims cried out on social media, urging security agencies to rescue the situation.
“The incident occurred at about 9:00 p.m on Sunday night. The armed men stormed the sit-out with a Toyota Camry car and started shooting sporadically at random, sending the customers and other guests to scamper for safety before they made straight to the former Senator” a source said.
Effiong, former Speaker of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly was later whisked away in a Toyota Camry to an unknown destination for ransom cash to be negotiated.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Odiko Macdon, a Police Superintendent (SP) could neither pick calls to his phone or respond to text messages, but the Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Amiengheme Andrew, assured that “there will be a statement on the matter.”
