2019: APC Member Mfon Udeme Shot... Gunmen Attack Him, Wife And Children

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Former Special Assistant to Governor Udom Emmanuel on Electoral Matters, Barr. Mfon Udeme has been shot and he seriously sustained gun wounds as a result.

The attack by unknown gunmen took place at the residence of Barr. Udeme in Uyo, Wednesday night, where he was shot.

Udeme had been Chairman of Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area and defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC) a fortnight ago.  Barr Udeme who is receiving treatment at a hospital in Uyo told newsmen that only God saved his life and that of his wife and children when over fifteen gunmen invaded his home that night. 

Udeme was shot severally on his leg and abandoned  in the pool of his own blood.

He revealed that earlier on the day of the attack, as he was returning home, he noticed that some vehicles were trailing him and he had decided to report the matter to the Police the following morning, unknown to him that his attackers had concluded plans to strike that very night. 
“I had returned to my home at about 9pm, watched the network news and decided to rest. But at about 1am on 11 October, I noticed that some persons had invaded my house with guns. They came after me and shot at me. The curious thing is that they were not interested in taking anything out of the house” he stated.
Barr. Udeme who said the attack had been reported to the Police expressed hope that the Police and other security agencies will unravel the persons behind the attack and why they were after his life. 
In his view, as the election gathers momentum it is becoming clear that some persons were prepared for violence, calling on the government and security agencies to check the ugly trend by making the State more secured.
He said democracy offered people the opportunity to decide on which political platform to support and this inalienable right should not be jeopardized by anybody or group through the use of violence. 
Barr. Udeme insisted that it is absolutely wrong for unscrupulous persons to make politics violent in Akwa Ibom State.
This is the second time in two weeks that violent attacks have been directed at Chieftains of the APC.
Only last week, the APC gubernatorial candidate in Akwa Ibom State, Obong Nsima Ekere came under attack as bullets were shot into his bedroom.
The police is currently investigating that incident. 
Efforts to contact the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Akwa Ibom State Command, Mr. McDon Odiko on Barr. Mfon Udeme's attack proved abortive because he was not picking calls sent to his mobile phone. 

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