By Wilson Adekumola
The operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested 269 criminals including one suspected ritualist identified as Edu Udeme Ime, with a human skull, during raids of various locations across the state.
Speaking with newsmen during the parade of the suspects over the weekend at the state Command headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia, near Uyo, the state capital, the Commissioner of Police Olatoye Durosinmi, explained that the breakthrough became necessary following intensified anti-crime raids of some crime-prone areas of the state.
Durosinmi said following intelligence reports, his vigilant team of the Quick Response Squad were able to track down the suspect and eventually picked him up at Urua Ekpa Junction, searched and recovered a concealed human skull in his bag, saying, “the suspect could not give any reasonable explanation why he was in possession of human skull.”
The police chief said within the period under review, a total of 269 Suspects were apprehended for different offences, ranging from murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, rape, stealing, amongst others.
The CP also revealed that the Command arrested one Aniekan James, for murder after shooting his 35years only son, identified as Odudu Aniekan, following an argument, noting the suspect to be a habitual murderer, who had previously committed murders in Lagos and Aba in Abia state.
Others suspects are in Police net, according to the CP, nclude two Airport vandals, five suspected cultists, three kidnapping suspects, among others, and assured that “all the suspects will be charged to court at the completion of Investigations.”
