A former senator who represented Akwa Ibom South, Sen. Nelson Effiong, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
The gunmen who were three in number attacked a popular lounge in the state, owned by the former lawmaker, shooting sporadically into the air on Sunday evening.
The senator was quickly seized by the hoodlums and whisked away in a Toyota Camry at about 9pm on Sunday.
Eight people at the lounge sustained injuries as customers scampered to escape amidst a hail of bullets from the hoodlums.
“I have just been shot at along Oron Road,” Erick Ekwere, one of the victims cried out on social media, urging security agencies to rescue the situation.
“The incident occurred at about 9:00 p.m on Sunday night. The armed men stormed the sit-out with a Toyota Camry and started shooting at random, sending the customers and other guests to scamper for safety before they made straight to the former Ssenator” a source said.
Effiong represented Akwa Ibom south between 2015 to 2019 and lost his seat to Mrs Akon Eyakenyi after he defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2017. ##
