Onyebuchi Onwuchekwa
The Akwa lbom Police State Command has arrested a 13-year-old male pupil of St. Paul Primary School, Ikot Ibiok in the Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State
for threatening fellow pupils with a locally made pistol in the school.
Parading the suspect with his father, among other criminal suspects at the State Police headquarters, Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo, the Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, said the suspect was arrested following a distress call by the school authority, as he was seen threatening other pupils with it.
She said the police arrested the suspect and his father and recovered the pistol, adding that investigations were ongoing.
She said, “On interrogation, the suspect confessed that he has been with the said gun since November 2024 and that he got the gun from a wardrobe in his father’s bedroom. The father was later arrested. The investigation is still ongoing.”
The command also paraded one Roseline Maurice and One Eno Udoka for conspiring and stealing a child at Obong Itam village in Itu LGA sometime in June 2024.
They allegedly sold the victim for the sum of N200,000 to their regular receiver in Cross River State.
The suspects were said to have used the money to purchase a refrigerator, television, and fan, among others.
The police said all the items had been recovered from them.
She added that the command led by Commissioner Mohammed Azare, won’t relent in its effort to rid the state of all crimes and criminalities, urging the public to continue to support them with useful information and prayers for them to succeed.