Police hunt for killers of Akwa Ibom PDP chieftain Bassey Emah

By Sunday Bassey

Police operatives in Akwa Ibom have begin the hunt for killers of Chief Bassey Emah, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.

SP Odiko Macdon, Akwa Ibom Police Public Relations Officer said this while confirming the murder of Emah who was shot dead on Sunday.

Macdon said that investigation into the killing had begun while giving assurance that the perpetrators would be fished out to face justice.

“We received report that gunmen killed Emah,’’ SP Odiko Macdon, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Uyo.

“Investigation is ongoing; in no distance time, I believe that the perpetrators will be brought to book,’’ Macdon said.

Reacting, Sen. Bassey Akpan (Akwa Ibom North East) in a statement urged the security agencies to arrest the perpetrators.

Akpan, who is the Chairman of Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, described the killing of Emah as “one killing too many.’’

“Without leaning on any conspiracy theory, I hereby charge the security agencies to, as a matter of urgency, do all within their powers to unravel the circumstances surrounding the needless killing,’’ he said.

The senator regretted that the killing of Emah would deprive his family of sustainable means of livelihood.