Nsima Ekere Escapes Bullet Attack … His Campaign Billboards Destroyed


By UbongAbasi Ise

Following his recent nomination as the Akwa Ibom State APC gubernatorial candidate for next year’s general elections, Obong Nsima Ekere Wednesday escaped gun bullet said to be targeted at him at his home in Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo.
According to a report, Ekere was away for a meeting with the APC party stakeholders when a bullet, clearly targeted at him, was fired into his upstairs bedroom where his wife and sister were at the time.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeyemi Samuel Ogunjemilusi, later led the team of security personnel to scene of the incident and the place was subsequently cordoned off.
Speaking with newsmen later, Obong Nsima Ekere called on to the Inspector-General of Police and the DSS Director-General to review the security situation in Akwa Ibom State as the incident is coming at the beginning of the electioneering season.
He said the attempt on his life is coming shortly after Governor Udom Emmanuel recruited some notorious retired and serving security personnel to form his security architecture.
Obong Ekere also condemned the destruction of some of his campaign billboards in Uyo and the threat by the State Ministry of Environment to pull down his campaign billboards.

While citing similar attack on the residence of Senator Godswill Akpabio at Ukana Ikot Ntuen in Essien Udim local government area shortly after his defection from PDP to APC, Ekere wondered why Mr. Udom Emmanuel’s government is displaying high level of intolerance, calling on the Federal Government to intervene in restoring democracy in the state.
"We don't understand this level of intolerance for the opposition. Democracy is about allowing people to choose who they want. I call on the Federal Government to cause the State Government to allow democracy to thrive in Akwa Ibom State without or hindrance," he said.
Reacting to the assassination attempt, the former governor of the state, Senator Godswill Akpabio said the attempt was calculated at intimidating the APC which has now become the majority party in the state.
"Now, it is very clear that this is an orchestrated attempt to intimidate the APC. When they say that APC is in opposition, I disagree. If we were in opposition before, now with the influx of Akwa Ibom people into APC in the last one and a half months, I can tell you that the APC is actually the majority party in Akwa Ibom State. What is happening is a panicky measure. I cannot see why a State Government will attempt to introduce violence when it is very clear that they are losing election. This is not from me. It is not from the candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere, that they attempted to eliminate today. It is clearly the decision of the entirety of Akwa Ibom people. Majority of Akwa Ibom citizens today are in APC. Those that we have registered today as members of APC are well over 500,000. The election is as good as won for Mr President, for Obong Nsima Ekere and for the rest of APC family in Akwa Ibom," he said.
The APC State Chairman, Mr. Ini Okopido, expressed shock that Nsima Ekere’s attack came few days after his nomination as the party’s standard flag-bearer. According to him, "We just nominated a candidate two days ago and they came here to kill him today."



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