The Cross River State Police Command on
Tuesday paraded an eight-man robbery and kidnap gang that had been
terrorising Calabar in recent times.
The state Police Commissioner, Mr. Jimoh
Ozi-Obeh, who paraded the suspects at the command headquarter in
Calabar, said the gang members were arrested at various locations within
the Calabar metropolis.
Ozi-Obeh, who spoke through the
command’s Public Relations Officer, Ms. Irene Ugbo, said on July 18 that
a team of policemen from the Atakpa Police Station in Calabar led by
the Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Rasheed Afegbua, received a distress
call after the kidnap of a businessman identified as Godswill Uduma.
He said the DPO immediately swung into
action with officers from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad which led to
the arrest of three of the suspects identified as Ademola Babajide,
Bassey Effiom and another popularly called Edem Boy.
The police commissioner said during the gun duel between the kidnap gang and police operatives, Edem Boy was killed.
He said the corpse was later found at
the scene and brought to the Criminal Investigation Department where he
was identified by his two accomplices in police custody.
Ozi-Obeh said, “We are still searching
for Eyen Uyo and Kingsley Okon who is the driver of the gang as the
investigation progresses”
He also disclosed that members of the
gang identified as Christian Donatus (19) and Ubong Bassey Essien (20)
were earlier arrested on July 15 after an armed robbery operation.
“On Friday, July 15 at about 2200 hours,
operatives attached to SARS, state police headquarters, Calabar while
on routine patrol arrested some armed robbers who had been terrorising
and robbing various locations in Calabar metropolis.
“On July 16, one Williams Tony (20) was
arrested with locally-made pistol by patrol men attached to the State
Housing Police Station,” he said.
The police commissioner said investigations were ongoing, adding that the suspects would soon be charged to court.
“We will leave no stone un-turned in our
effort to rid the state of the activities of miscreants. I therefore
want to use this medium to warn all criminals and perpetrators of
heinous crime to steer clear as they will not be spared,” he warned.
Source:The Punch
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