In Akwa Ibom state, no fewer than 10 persons, including the Etim Ekpo Local Government Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Mr. Iniobong Akan, were beaten up by aggrieved youths.

The youths allegedly blocked the gates of the state secretariat, along Atiku Abubakar Avenue in Uyo, where the exercise held, preventing party members from entering the premises.