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Tension has mounted in Ukam community in Mkpat Enin local government area of Akwa Ibom State following violent clashes involving factional revenue collectors.
The violence claimed the life of one Samuel Monday Toby, with different degrees of injury inflicted on dozens of others, LEADERSHIP learnt yesterday.

It was gathered that armed policemen, who intervened to restore calm, had laid siege to the community, searching for the perpetrators including one Akanimo Bob, one of the personal assistants (PAs), to Governor Umo Eno. Akanimo Bob was reportedly detailed to the LGA, to maintain peace after the clash of two revenue groups at Ikot Akpabong market, which resulted in the death of Samuel Monday Toby, at Ikot Akpabong market.
LEADERSHIP checks revealed that trouble started at the Ikot Akpabong, market when the local government transition chairman, Mrs Mercy Bassey, dissolved the former revenue committee in the area without consulting the host communities laying claim to markets in the area.

An eyewitness Utibe Udo Odiong, recalled that the late Toby was ambushed and killed on Ikot Akpabong market day when his assailants in a mob action attacked him and he died on the spot, while traders scampered for safety.