By Emmanuel Ufon
The family of the abducted citizen of Ndot Ikpe village in Ini Local Government Area, Mr. Clement Edet Umoh has demanded a full investigation by police on the whereabouts of their son.
Umoh, a 38 years old HND holder and staff of Benmoh Polytechnic, according to the petition written by the family Lawyer, Ime Attang of GoldCrest Law Firm was alleged to have been abducted by Policemen from the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo on Monday 28th June, 2021 in the afternoon on his duty post at Mbiaobong Ikot Udofia.
It decried the gestapo tactics employed by the police to whisked his client away after he and the villagers demanded their identity card to ascertain their status.
According to the petition, "the Policemen who were about six in number arrived at the gate of the private Polytechnic in a Sienna car wielded with what appeared to be AK-47 rifles and wore black T-Shirts with the inscription 'Police' on them and claimed to be policemen from State Police Headquarters at Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo yielded to the public pressure from the crowd and brought out their identity cards which showed that they were indeed policemen.
The petition which was also copied to the Inspector General of Police, IGP; Police Service Commission, Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, Zone 6 Command Calabar; National Human Right Commission, Uyo, and the Chairman House Committee on Human Right, National Assembly further alleged despite their denial on Clement Umoh whereabout that the Police team from state command went for an arrest at Ini on 28 June 2021 which they had also stopped over at the Area Command Ikot Ekpene to book before proceeding to Ini LGA.
It pictures the hostility and unprofessional attitude of police officers in Akwa Ibom State which is not in tandem with the global best policing practices on account of the brother Mr. Benjamin Edet Umoh in the petition while searching for the abducted brother.
" The Officers at the control room later made a general announcement on the system radio about the alleged abduction and disappearance of Mr. Clement Umoh and advice Mr. Benjamin Umoh to also visit the Anti-kidnaping Unit at the same Police Headquarters. For further enquiries. Mr. Benjamin Edet Umoh promptly proceeded to the Anti-Kidnaping Unit at the State Police Headquarters. The Policemen at the reception exchanged suspicious glances with each other when Benjamin mentioned the name of the brother. The Policemen then foot-dragged on the issue until Mr. Benjamin ran out of patience and requested to see the O/C Anti - kidnapping but they forcefully prevented him, chased him away from the station, and threatened to arrest and detain him if he ever comes back there to ask for his brother.
"Stories of Citizens being abducted and/or arrested by policemen from Akwa Ibom State Police Headquarters and the " IG's Squad " and subsequently disappearing without a trace in Uyo and the entire Akwa Ibom State. These abducted persons are often suspected to have been extra-judicially executed by trigger-happy, gun-touted policemen who more-often-than-not, get away with such cold-blooded murder and shameless abuse of their official powers and human rights of fellow citizens".
The Police Public Relation Officer in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Odiko Mac-Don when contacted for clarification on the issue said he has no idea on the case.
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