Insecurity: Hoodlums abduct four month old baby at gun point in Akwa Ibom

By Lovina Anthony, Akwa-ibom

Two unknown gunmen at the weekend abducted a four month old baby in Enen-Atai village, Itu local government Area of Akwa Ibom State.

Narrating his ordeal, the father of the abducted infant, Udeme Eyo told our correspondent in Uyo that their child was abducted at gunpoint in their residence at about 3:00AM.

According to him, ”I was half asleep when I heard the bang on the door, I jumped out of my bed but the door was pulled to the ground with force. Two strange men entered and demanded for my son, as a man I tried to stop them but they brought out guns and machetes, I shrugged.

“They seized the child from my wife who was screaming, kicked her aside and took away the baby. When I rushed out to raise alarm to alert my neighbors, I saw them zoom off in a car that was parked about a pole away.

“As I speak, my wife is completely traumatized. We lost our first child at about the same age and now that she was being consoled by the new baby boy, this has happened. I’m completely confused.” He said.

The village head of the community, Efanga Usua who spoke on the situation, expressed fear and disappointment saying that such occurrence was strange in the area until recently when a mentally deranged woman was dispossessed of her baby by unknown bike men.

He said that plans are underway to call a meeting of the East Itam Northern Traditional Rulers to find a lasting solution to such occurrences.

when contacted, the Decisional Crime Officer (DCO), Ayadehe Police Station, Itu LGA, Bokime Bassey, said that the matter was reported since Saturday and police was not resting as investigation is ongoing to make sure the perpetrators are brought to book.

“Yes, we know about the issue, it was reported. We are on top of the situation. Even this morning we were in that village and we are making progress”. The DCO stated.

All efforts to speak with the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) ASP Timfon John as at the time of filing this report proved abortive as repeated calls to her mobile phone were not attended to.