November 09, (THEWILL) – A Special Tactical Team of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command created to ensure safety of waterways within the state boundaries, have arrested two gunmen, suspected to be sea pirates and some implicating items including firearms and stolen items were recovered.
According to a release by the police command, endorsed by the PPRO CP Odiko MacDon and made available to THEWILL, piqued by complaints about sea pirates in some parts of Akwa Ibom State waterways, the state Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State, CP Andrew Amiengheme, commenced special tactical deployments to make the waterways safer, saying that the deployment has yielded positive results.
It says, relying on a robbery complaint on 6/11/2021 at about 11:45am, Operatives of Mbo Division, led by the DPO, SP John Abua, arrested one Ability Emmanuel Okpet a.k.a “Blacky” ‘m’ at Ibaka in Mbo L.G.A.
“His confessions caused the DPO to lead a joint team of Police Operatives and the Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Ibaka to arrest one Joshua Ezekiel a.k.a “Gogo” m’ of Andoni L.G.A, Rivers State, but residing at Esuk Ewang in Mbo L.G.A.
“The suspects conspired with other members of their gang, now at large, in separate robbery operations on the 3/11/2021 at about 9:00pm, along Point three High Sea, robbed four (4) fishermen of their fishes, 15 horsepower outboard engine, valued at seven hundred and seventy-five thousand naira (N775,000.00).”
Other items recovered according to the release include: two G.S.M phones valued at forty-five thousand naira (N45,000.00). During interrogation, the suspects confessed to the crime and led the Operatives to where one (1) locally made pistol, one (1) locally made double barrel shotgun and two (2) locally made long barrel guns used for the operations were hidden in a shallow pit.
Other exhibits recovered include, three (3) stolen 9.9HP Suzuki Outboard Engines, one (1) 40HP Yamaha Outboard Engine, one (1) itel phone and two (2) bottles of concoction.
It says efforts are ongoing to arrest other fleeing gang members even as the suspects will be charged to court when investigations are completed.
