kidnapping. PHOTO: shutterstockCross River State security outfit, Operation Akpakwu, has arrested no fewer than 25 kidnappers, armed robbers, and other suspects in Calabar, that tried to escape from a joint military/police squad.
The Guardian learned that one of the suspects, popularly known as Danny, who deals in Indian hemp was equally arrested. x
Also, a six-man robbery gang attacked a policeman at gunpoint during a robbery attack.
A source said during the incident, which occurred at the weekend on Chief Obot Street, State Housing Estate in Calabar Municipal Council, men of Operation Akpakwu confronted the gang and arrested three members after a gun duel.
Robbery Kingpin Utomobong Arrested For Killing Assistant Police Commissioner Dies In Custody
Known for freely extorting money from residents of the state and inflicting pains on anyone standing in his way, Utomobong was said to be untouchable because of his closeness to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 22, 2020
A dreaded gang leader in Cross River State, Kingsley Utomobong, who was arrested for the murder of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Egbe Edum, is dead.
SaharaReporters had reported how Edum was hacked to death by gunmen on Wednesday, December 2, at 8 Miles area, along the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar.
Police arrest suspected killers of Assistant Commissioner of Police in Calabar
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By Emma Una, Calabar
The Police have arrested the leader of the robbery gang that killed Assistant Commissioner of Police, Edum Egbe in Calabar three weeks ago
The notorious gang leader named Kingsley Utomobong, and his gang members were nabbed by a team of policemen from the State Police Command
Edum was hacked to death by gunmen on Wednesday, December 2, at 8 Miles area, along the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar. It was gathered that he was attacked while waiting for his wife to pick him up after the bus he was travelling in, broke down.
How Robbery Kingpin Utomobong Was Arrested After Killing Assistant Police Commissioner In Cross River
Utomobong, who is notorious for freely extorting money from residents of the state and inflicting pains on anyone standing in his way, was said to be untouchable because of his closeness to Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 17, 2020
A dreaded gang leader in Cross River State, Kingsley Utomobong, and his gang members have been arrested for the murder of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Egbe Edum.
Edum was hacked to death by gunmen on Wednesday, December 2, at 8 Miles area, along the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar.
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Three hundred suspected criminals have been arrested barely two weeks after Cross River State launched its special security outfit, Operation Akpakwu, to reduce the rate of crime in Calabar and its environs.
This development was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to Governor Ben Ayade, Mr Christian Ita.
He noted that the statement was targeted at some social media platforms attempting to politicise the arrest of a suspected notorious criminal, Kingsley Utomobong, by operation Akpakwu, adding that that was the height of reckless and irresponsible journalism.
“So far, close to 300 suspected criminals have been arrested in just a matter of days. The crackdown on criminals in the state is on and no jaundiced write-up will deter the governor from fulfilling his promise to return Calabar in particular to the paradise it once was,” Ita stated.