The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Police Command, Mr. Gabriel Achong, has pointedly told a citizen that he has no business protecting him against those who are threatening his life, the Punch reports.
According to the report, the police commissioner was responding to a message forwarded to him by the state correspondent of Punch Newspapers in Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Etim Ekpimah, over some strange people threatening his life.
According to the report, one Mr. Martin Akpan, had threatened to use force in collaboration with others he did not name, to get the correspondent out of the state.
The threat message from Akpan, which was allegedly sent to a former Saturday PUNCH Editor, Mr. Emeka Madunagu, reads, “Hi Etim. One guy, Martin Akpan, called me today to complain about your story in Sunday PUNCH. He said they will make you leave Akwa Ibom by force. His number is 08163192421.”
It will be recalled that Sunday PUNCH had on March 15, published a story entitled, ‘Akwa Ibom: State where commissioners, others, kneel for Akpabio’s wife.”
In the story, the writer x-rayed how the state Commissioner for Works, Mr. Don Etim, knelt to talk to Akpabio’s wife, Umona, despite the vacant seats beside the governor’s wife, during a Peoples Democratic Party campaign rally.
It also chronicled how other political office holders in the state also knee for the wife of the governor.
However, the Punch correspondent got a verbal bashing from the police commissioner, accusing him of collecting money from opposition parties to write the story.
He added that it was not the journalist’s business if the commissioner knees for the governor’s wife.
The CP said: “You are on your own. I do not have any business protecting you. This is how you people go about causing troubles. You have brought serious embarrassment to the man (Etim) and his family.
“If you want to talk with your madam in your office, do you stand to talk with her? Anybody can kneel down for another as a sign of respect.
“This is none of your business. I do not care about what happens to you. If you have collected money from those who asked you to write the story, why did you not tell them that you cannot write?”
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