-judicial officer attempts to free suspects

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A once serene community, Ikot Eko Ibon Village in ONNA Local Government of Akwa Ibom State has been enveloped with fear and tension as a result of crisis not unrelated with chieftaincy tussle.

An eye witness from the Village who pleaded anonymity, for fear of being attacked, confirms that scores of people have been hospitalized with various degrees of injuries and some are feared dead.

The perpetrators have been arrested and remanded in correctional center but it is alleged that a particular judicial officer from the Village is boasting to use his position to set them free, having failed to compromise the police who have stood their ground to ensure that justice is done.

A youth leader in the community has called on the Director Public Prosecution, DPP, not to allow the said judicial officer to have his way in perverting justice.

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