Armed Robbers In Army Uniform Arrested In Calabar, Cross River

A 3-man teenage robbery gang that has been
terrorizing residents of Ikot Omin, 8 Miles and Basin
Development Authority in Calabar, the Cross River
State capital has been nabbed.
The trio, Edem Basey Effiong, 18, Emmanuel Nkalu
19 and Aliyu Umaru 21, who usually adorn
themselves in army camouflage terrorised the
residents of these areas for several months before
they were arrested through sustained intelligence
and undercover efforts during the Christmas Period
last year.
Parading them alongside other suspects, the Cross
River State Police Commissioner Mr Kola Sodipo said
the sum of 350,000.00 and 250,000 naira worth of
recharge after the robbed one Ime Stephen who sell
recharges at Basin Development Authority, Calabar
at gun point.
"They robbed Imeh Stephen of Basin Authority at
gun ;point of recharge card Valued at 250,000.00,
and cash of 350,000.00m naira ; in their possession
during the arrest were a pistol 7 live ammunition,
Army Uniform, recharge cards and handsets".
Mr Kola Sodipo also paraded the duo of Daniel
Sunday, 25, and Prophet Friday, 19 , who were
arrested on the 24th of December 2013, at Ikang,
Bakassi with 800 live AK 47 ammunition, 7.62mm
and 634v rounds of general purpose machine gun ,
GPMG, ammunition, 56 mm and 632 live assault rifle
ammunition at Ikang while planning to cause havoc
in Calabar during the Carnival period. "Their arrest
aborted their plans to unleash havoc in the city
during the annual Calabar Festival".
Mr Kola Sodipo said explosive devices mounted by
another set of militants, Eyo Okokon Nsa and-Peter
Ibe during the period at Atan , at Odukpani in the
outskirts of Calabar would have caused severe havoc
and disruption to the festivities had the police not
uncovered the nefarious plans and carry out
immediate detonation of the devices. "110 pieces of
dynamite fuses, nine bags of ammonium nitrate used
to prepare the explosive devices were recovered and
the suspects arrested and they confessed to the
crime" . Sodipo said
During the period, according to the Police
Commissioner, a total of eleven armed robbery
suspects were arrested by the police in various parts
of the state. The suspects include David Nse Abasi,
Colins Okoh and Aka Jerome who blocked Mkpani /
Ekori road in the Central Senatorial, District and
robbed several persons includi8ng one David Onovo
of 79,000,00 naira.
Other suspects arrested include Simon Michael Agba,
Samson Kalu, Abosi whop robbed Iheme Tochukwu,
the manager of Tolik Filling Station in Ikom of
57,000. 00 . Commissioner Sodipo said the sum of
278,000 00 was recovered from one robbery suspect,
Godwin Samuel who robbed Chijoke Samuel of 2 Oti
Ansa . Mr Sodipo said a total of 48 locally made
pistols were recovered from criminals while 3,893
arrests were made with 955 prosecutions made in
2013. '
With increased visibility, intensive foot and vehicular
patrols, sustained raiding of black spots, and
collaboration with residents of the state the police
would not relent in bringing crime to its barest
minimum".. He reiterated that trani9ng and
retraining is being intensified by the Command to
sharpen the ability of his men adopting proactive
community measures in carrying out surveillance
and community initiatives inoder to comply with
directives from the 'Police High Command to win the
war against crime and terrorism".

Sent From David Aniemeka