Etim Ekpimah, Uyo
Suspected militants have beheaded a Joint Task Force informant during an exchange of gunfire between the JTF and the militants when the security operatives raided the militants’ hideouts in the Etim Ekpo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State.
The incident was said to have occurred on Sunday in Obon Ebot village.
Our correspondent gathered that the JTF had stormed the community to arrest a wanted militant leader, Aboy Ikpor, and his gang members, who reportedly led the Ikot Ekpene Prisons break last month during which no fewer than 40 inmates escaped.
A resident, Akpan Udotim, told PUNCH Metro on Monday that the militants ambushed, captured and beheaded the informant.
He said, “They ambushed the informant who was dressed in military camouflage and captured him. They chopped off his head and dumped his remains at Urua Obo Inyang Market.”
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