Fired LG Chairman arraigned for allegedly killing his secretary

The sacked chairman of the Ukanafun Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, Abasiono Udomfu, has been arraigned in court for murder, TOPNAIJA.NG can confirm.

Governor Udom Emmanuel had dissolved the Ukanafun local government council few days after the police arrested and detained Udomfu for the alleged murder of the secretary of the local council, Ime Atakpa.

The police spokesperson, Chukwu Ikechukwu, in statement a on Wednesday said, that the sacked council chairman, alongside six other “principal accomplices”, had been arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court Ukanafun for the murder of Atakpa.

The six other suspects are Godknows Udoudo alias Archor Head/Executioner; Godwin Ikpe alias One-Man-Chop; Aniefiok Etukudo alias Barbeach – Archor Head; Saturday Isong alias Saty; Akaninyene Iwok; and Ekere Joseph.

The secretary and his political associate, Akaninyene Aka, were shot dead by hired assassins around 9.30 am on April 16, Easter Sunday, at his poultry farm in his village, Ikot Udo-Obobo, Ukanafun.

He was shot at close range allegedly by Aniefiok Etukudo and he died on the spot. Similarly, Mr. Aka, who was one of his guests was hit by a bullet; he later died in the hospital.

“The secretary was said to have frustrated the intention of the governor of the state to grant amnesty to ice-Land secret cult members in Ukanafun area, which did not go down well with the Transition Chairman and the leadership of ice-Land cult,” the police said.

“Consequently, the chairman allegedly ordered his personal assistant, PA, to organize members of the ice-Land cult to eliminate the secretary, to pave way for the amnesty programme, promising a huge sum of money if the job was successfully executed.