Akwa Ibom state has denied reports of Cameroonian gendarmes killing of 40 Nigerians



Akwa Ibom state has denied reports of Cameroonian gendarmes killing of 40 Nigerians, describing It as capable of causing diplomatic crisis.

The state government said gendarmes did not kill any of Nigerian indigenes at Idiaabatu Fishing Settlement in Cameroon.

This Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Mr Ekikere Umoh, said in a statement in Uyo on Wednesday that the killings and burning of Akwa Ibom property was masterminded and executed by a local militia known as Asanawana, operating in the Shell Creek Area.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BNCameroon/permalink/697415930692012/
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