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| M D Abubakar, Inspector-General of Police |
Culled from The Punch
by Etim
Ekpimah
Two
gunmen in Akwa Ibom State shot a middle-aged woman, Mrs. Elizabeth Obio, and
abducted her two-year-old son.
The
incident occurred around 6:07pm on Thursday along Ikot Obio Nko in
Ibesikpo/Asutan Local Government.
Obo,
who is presently hospitalised in the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, is
seeking the assistance of security operatives and public-spirited individuals
to help rescue her son.
She
told PUNCH Metro on Saturday that the little boy, who was her third child,
would be three years in September.
She
said the men who attacked her came on a motorbike and began dragging the boy
with her and because she refused to let go of the boy, one of the men brought
out a gun and shot her at the back.
She
said, “We came back from the farm on Thursday evening and wanted to go to the
stream with my husband. My third child (the boy) insisted he must come with us.
Initially,
I was reluctant to let her follow us, but because he was crying seriously, the
father said we should take him.
“When
we got to a hilly area where the motorcycle we were riding could not continue,
my husband dropped us and asked us to move towards the stream where he would
meet us.
“While
we were going, two men on a motorbike suddenly blocked us and immediately began
struggling to snatch my child from me.
“I
struggled with them, but one of them brought out a gun and shot me at the back.
I became unconscious.”
Obio
explained that she had no idea of anybody who could have wished her family such
a bad luck because they were peaceful people.
She
stated that the police had come to the hospital to take statement from her,
adding that all hey wish was to have her son back.
Obo
said, “The police came here and took statement from me. I wonder if my son has
not been killed. They should just help bring back him back to me.”
The
state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Etim Dickson, said he had not been
fully briefed on the development.
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