The Police Command in Akwa Ibom State, yesterday, confirmed the abduction of a Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Eyo Edet.
The victim, popularly known as Eyo Aswang, was abducted by gunmen in Oron Local Government Area of the state.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, said the Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, has ordered an investigation into the matter. He added that the commissioner had visited the scene of the incident and the waterfront in Oron, where a Sienna vehicle used for the operation was burnt by the abductors.
“We’ve also seen the Sienna used to perpetuate the act. Investigations have commenced already and I’m sure the perpetrators will be brought to book in no distant time,” Macdon said.
Edet, who was the Deputy Coordinator, Divine Mandate Organisation in Oron, at the last election, was kidnapped at his filling station in Oron, on Monday.
A witness said the kidnappers took the victim into a Sienna vehicle and, subsequently, into a speed boat. The abductors, who set the Sienna vehicle ablaze before speeding off into the creeks, were yet to contact Edet’s family at the time of this report.