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EKET-IBENO CRISIS: SENATOR EKONG SAMPSON SUES FOR PEACE

Against the backdrop of reported hostilities between Eket and Ibeno Local Government Areas in Akwa Ibom State, the Senator representing Akwa Ibom South in the National Assembly, Senator Ekong Sampson has sued for peace between both parties.

In a Press Release, personally signed by Senator Sampson himself, the National Assembly man said that he was concerned and deeply saddened over the flaring tensions between ‘the two sister Local Government Areas’.

Senator Sampson, in his statement, appealed for truce over the issues in contention and urged parties to ‘please, desist from inflammable utterances and posturings that have the tendency to exacerbate the already volatile situation’.

He reiterated that no agitation in Akwa Ibom South was worth the life of any indigene of the Senatorial District, and as such, violence in the area must be discouraged.

The Akwa Ibom South Senator revealed that already, he was reaching out to key stakeholders in the affected areas, towards peaceful resolution, noting that ‘our diversity needs development, not bloodshed’.