A safety guard recognized as Edet Obo was shot lifeless Friday night time, whereas others escaped when gunmen launched a violent assault on the Akwa Ibom State Newspaper Company (AKNC), publishers of the Pioneer Newspaper.
The armed hoodlums stormed the premises of the company workplace of the State-owned media firm positioned alongside Data Drive, Uyo, carting away some gadgets amid sporadic gunshots.
Obot, who was among the many safety guards manning the media outfit, was hit by a bullet in the course of the incident, resulting in his loss of life.
Properties carted away, in line with a senior reporter with the newspaper, who wouldn’t need his title talked about, included a generator, flat display screen televisions, electrical cables and different important gadgets.
The journalist expressed deep unhappiness over the loss of life of the safety guard whilst he suspected insider collaboration with the robbers over the incident.
The cellphone calls by our correspondent to the Basic Supervisor of the Pioneer newspaper, Mr Umoette Umoette, on the event weren’t answered.
Police Public Relations Officer within the state, ASP Timfon John, additionally couldn’t be reached to react to the assault as on the time of submitting this report on Monday.
