Pandemonium in Akwa Ibom local council as thugs disrupt plenary, sack councillors

There was pandemonium astatine the Legislative Council Complex successful Ini Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Thursday as thugs invaded the chambers, disrupting an ongoing sitting of the councillors.

Some of the lawmakers sustained injuries portion scampering for safety. A pistillate councillor, Ekomobong Isaac, was seen bleeding earlier she was evacuated to the hospital.

Journalists who came to screen the plenary were not spared arsenic 1 of them, Emmanuel Ufon, was assaulted and his cameras confiscated.

Speaking aft the incident, the Leader of the 8th Ini Legislative Council, Donald Usoroh, described the onslaught arsenic unwarranted, alleging that it was sponsored by the Council Chairman, Inibehe Umah.

Usoroh recalled that occupation started erstwhile the legislators wrote to the chairman, inviting him to springiness relationship of the council’s monthly income and expenditure, successful bid to guarantee accountability and bully governance.

He said alternatively than the president responding to the request, helium resorted to intimidation and unit by allegedly sending thugs to disrupt the scheduled plenary.

Usoroh maintained that the legislators were not adjacent readying to impeach the president arsenic they cognize the owed protocols to travel if they privation to bash specified but lone wanted him to springiness relationship of immense funds helium had collected from Governor Umo Eno for the improvement of the local...