Police rescue two ladies from lynching in Akwa Ibom  

Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command person rescued 2 women from being lynched by an aggravated mob successful Uyo, the authorities capital.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, who disclosed this successful a connection connected Tuesday, said the incidental occurred connected Tuesday, May 19, 2026, astatine astir 9:45 a.m. on Ring Road 3, Uyo.

She said the irate mob stripped the 2 women naked, brutally assaulted them, and attempted to taxable them to unlawful execution implicit allegations yet to beryllium verified by lawful authorities.

She said the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ekem Emmanuel John, who witnessed the horrifying country portion connected his mode to the office, alerted the constabulary aft observing that 1 of the women had already sustained terrible injuries and was bleeding profusely.

“Upon receipt of the distress call, operatives of the Command swiftly mobilised to the scene, dispersed the convulsive crowd, rescued the victims from imminent danger, and rushed them to a aesculapian installation wherever they are presently receiving attraction and responding positively to aesculapian care,” the connection added.

She further said that pursuing contiguous intelligence-led operations, 1 fishy identified arsenic Emediong Robert, male, 22, of Ikot Ekwere, Ibesikpo Asutan Local Government Area, was arrested astatine the country for actively inciting the mob and a...