The Akwa Ibom Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 40 people suspected to be armed robbers and cultists in the Uyo metropolis.
This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the state police, SP Odiko Macdon in a statement to the press.
The statement reads;
“On Thursday, December 10, 2020, at about 0930hrs, Tactical Teams of the police command in Akwa Ibom, relying on credible information, in a painstaking operation stormed criminal hideouts within Uyo metropolis.
This is believed to be part of the next of some of the hoodlums responsible for Wednesday night’s breach of peace within Uyo.
(Some) forty suspected armed robbers/cultists were arrested; 2 locally-made pistols, 5 cutlasses, a bag of substance suspected to be Indian Hemp were among the exhibits recovered.
On interrogation, suspects claimed to be part of the cult groups responsible for cult-related murder and robberies within Uyo metropolis recently.”
Source: ghgossip.com
