Man threatens to kill Premium Times journalist over reports on poorly executed project

A man who supervised a poorly executed federal project in Akwa Ibom State, south-south Nigeria, has threatened to kill a PREMIUM TIMES journalist over a report on the project.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how a set of rehabilitated market stalls – 30 of them – in Abiakpo community in Obot Akara Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State, became dilapidated eight months after because of substandard materials used.

A senator representing Akwa Ibom North-West District, Christopher Ekpenyong, who is from the community and whose residence is a few metres away from the stalls, facilitated the project.