The Cross River State Police Command on
Thursday paraded five robbery suspects who allegedly specialised in
stealing money and other items from members of the public.
The command said three, out of the five
paraded suspects, were rescued by the police from being lynched by angry
mobs after they stole N250,000 from a victim along Parliamentary Road
in Calabar.
The state Police Public Relations
Officer, Irene Ugbo, at the command’s headquarters in Calabar, said the
suspects were rescued after a distress call from concerned residents.
Ugbo said the police immediately rushed to the scene to rescue the suspects from being lynched.
She said the three suspects got into trouble after they robbed one Otamba Gabby of N250,000.
She explained that the suspects,
Augustine Ani, John Okonkwo and Jennifer Abel, stood in front of the
First Bank branch on Marian Road to monitor those who came out with
large sums of money.
“On November 23, one Otamba Gabby went to the bank to withdraw the sum of N250,000. He boarded a taxi when he came out.
“However, he did not know that the
occupants of the taxi were fraudsters. While in the taxi, he noticed
that the money with him has been turned into pieces of papers that were
neatly cut to the size of naira notes.
“He subsequently raised the alarm which
attracted members of the public who got hold of them. They were about
being lynched before the intervention of the police patrol team which
rescued them. One blue Volkswagen with number plate, Abia ACH 564LU, and
three bundles of papers cut to the size of naira notes were recovered.
“The suspects will soon be charged to
court. The war against crime and criminality in the state is a
continuous process that requires the collaborative efforts of all.”
Ugbo also said the two other suspects,
identified as Nathaniel Ijabu and James Anika, were arrested on November
21 after they robbed an expatriate on Murtala Muhammed Highway in
Calabar. She said the expatriate was robbed at the Bebobsco area of
Calabar.
“On November 21, an expatriate in
Calabar was attacked by a group of armed boys. The bad boys collected
his Samsung G7 Galaxy phone, a wallet containing one dollar and Nokia
phone. The suspects have confessed to the crime and investigation is
still ongoing,” she said.
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