The Commissioner of Police, Joseph Eribo, disclosed this at a news conference in Uyo on Monday, adding that the suspect had been apprehended.

He said the command on November 14 received a call from a woman that five of her children had been taken away by an unknown man on a motorcycle.

The command’s operatives immediately swung into action in the company of villagers from Mbiakpan Ikot Idim and Obio Ibiono.

“The suspect was given a hot chase and arrested at Obio Ibiono. The five children were rescued unhurt and reunited with their parents.

“The motorcycle used by the suspect in committing the crime was also recovered,” Eribo said.

In another incident, The CP said that operatives of the command, while on patrol along Ikot Ekpene/Uyo Highway, on November 27 received a distress call from a woman that some armed men attempted to kidnap her husband.

He said that the operatives on patrol swung into action, on getting to the scene, the armed assailants opened fire in a bid to escape, leading to exchange of gunfire between the police and the assailants.

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He added that during the gun duel, one suspect was neutralised and others escaped the scene on a motorcycle.

“The following items were recovered from the scene; one cut-to-size AK-47 rifle, four rounds of ammunition and one empty shell.

“Others are one bag containing substances suspected to be charms and one business card bearing the name of a certain individual,” he said.

Eribo added that the command, based on intelligence report, stormed a gun factory and arrested a notorious gun runner and recovered arms and equipment used in manufacturing guns.

“Based on credible information at the Command’s disposal, operatives stormed a gun-making factory where firearms of various makes were fabricated and sold to criminals.

“During the operation, one male suspect was arrested, while his father and his brothers, who jointly run the business, fled.

“The following items were recovered; seven newly made single-barrel guns, five newly made double-barrel guns, one special steel double-trigger pistol and one broken single-barrel gun,” he said.

The commissioner of police said that all the suspects would be charged to Court as soon as investigations were concluded.

He assured Akwa Ibom residents that the command would continue to intensify its efforts against crime and stand firm in its duty to protect lives and property.

Source: NAN

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ASP Timfon John, the State Police Public Relations Officer disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, in Eket on Tuesday.

John said the incident happened on Saturday at about 10:55p.m in the night at his Hephzibah Shopping Mall in Eket.

She said the gun men abducted the victim after killing his personal driver and  demoralising his police escort before taking him away.

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“The Commissioner of Police, Mr Joseph Eribo, and his tactical commanders have visited the scene of the crime and efforts are in top gear to rescue the victim unhurt,” John said.

The victim’s wife, Mrs Glory Ekerenam, was kidnapped in Eket on October 17, 2019 and  kept at the kidnapper’s den at Ikot Ubo in Nsit Ubium local government area of the state.

A family source who did not want his name mentioned, said the victim came back from work that same day he was abducted.

He said that the police officer was in a critical state in an unknown hospital in the state.

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Mr Joseph Eribo, the Commissioner of Police in the state, who made this known on Wednesday in Jalingo, said that the suspect was arrested by mobile policemen at a check point at Yaggai on Jalingo-Yola bypass.

He said that the 35-year-old suspect, who hails from Mubi, was arrested on Tuesday in a Toyota car with registration number YLA 321 ZY.

According to him, during interrogation, the suspect failed to give satisfactory account of himself and a search of his vehicle revealed the sum of N8,555,000 in cash, seven mobile phones, N3,000 MTN recharge card and seven amulets.

“Immediately police started searching the vehicle, two of the suspects jumped out of the car and ran into the bush.

“The suspect tried to bribe the PMF team, requested them to take the whole money and allow him go but the team refused and arrested him accordingly.

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“During further investigation, we discovered another N4 million in the suspect’s bank account,” he said.

The commissioner of police also announced the arrest of five other suspected kidnappers by the command’s anti-kidnapping unit and local vigilante members.

He gave the names of the suspects as Habibu Ibrahim, alias Rilwanu; Abba Mohammed (a.k.a. Gandari); Aliyassa’u Umar; Abdulaziz Adamu (a.k.a. Dan-Mallam), and Danlami Ibrahim, alias Teacher, all of Jauro Ganah New CBN area of Jalingo.

He said that three AK47 rifles each with five rounds of live ammunition were recovered from them.

Source: NAN

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