One person was reportedly killed in Akwa Ibom  State on Sunday during the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress in the state.

The victim who was identified as Ukeme Efanga, an APC member was reported to have been shot dead in Ifiayong, in Uruan Local Government Area of the state during a disagreement over the distribution of election materials in the area.

As at 8:10 pm on Sunday, the victim’s corpse was still lying where it was dumped at the premises of the state secretariat of the APC which is located along Ikot Ekpene Road.

Two persons, a man and a woman said to be the victim’s relatives were seen wailing uncontrollably near Efanga’s corpse while a few APC members, including a senatorial aspirant, Kufre Etuk stared at the corpse in anguish.

“It is a very unfortunate thing. He was a very loyal and committed member of the party since the days of the Action Congress . He has never gotten anything from the party. And yet they killed him just like that. Who will now take care of his three children?”

While noting that the gubernatorial primary election did not take place in the whole of Uruan Local Government Area where he hails from, Etuk said he was at the APC secretariat to ensure that Efanga’s corpse was taken to the mortuary.