
Dr. Aniekan Umana, the Commissioner for Information in Akwa Ibom State, has denied claims made in a police press release that a vigilante guard assigned to him was arrested with a toy AK-47 gun. The statement was issued by DSP Timfon John, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Akwa Ibom State Command.
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