Police Arrest Suspected Car Snatcher, Cultist In Cross River

The Cross River State Police person arrested a 30-year-old Mr. Akaniyene Sunday Edem implicit his alleged involvement, alongside his pack members successful snatching a Toyota Highlander SUV.

The pack allegedly snatched the conveyance astatine gunpoint from 1 Mrs. Wofi Eshiet Joshua of 16A Azikima Street connected Spring Road, Calabar connected September 12, 2025 astatine astir 4pm.

Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, Irene Ugbo successful a connection connected Sunday explained that the suspect, a autochthonal of Nkwot Nsit Village of Nsit Ibiom section authorities country of Akwa Ibom authorities was arrested by the constabulary portion his different pack members escaped aft operatives gave them a blistery pursuit on the Odukpani-Calabar -Itu national Highway successful Cross River State.

“The conveyance was dispossessed from the owner, Mrs.Wofi Eshiet Joshua of 16A Azikima thoroughfare Spring Road, Calabar astatine astir 1607hrs of 12th September, 2025.

“A distress telephone telephone received by the Command astir the incidental caused the Commissioner of Police Mr. Bello Afegbua, to bid a lockdown,” the acting PPRO explained.

Ugbo stated men of the Command swung into enactment aft the distress call.

“This paid disconnected arsenic men from 11 PMF Calabar on Odukpani Road, flagged down the suspected stolen jeep connected its mode to Akwa Ibom State, but the hoodlums refused to stop.

“They were fixed a blistery pursuit which made them to wantonness the jeep with Reg. nary – Kaduna – DKA-759-KY escaped into the adjacent bush wherever 1 of them was arrested.”

In different development, the Divisioner Police Officer, with the assistance of members of the assemblage arrested a suspected cultists, a 21-year-old Mr. Godswill Okoi astatine Ijima Street of Ugep, Yakkur section authorities country astatine astir 5:40pm connected September 13, 2025.

Okoi was suspected to beryllium a subordinate of Vikings Confraternity.

Items recovered from him see a locally fabricated pistol, 2 BB cartridges, charms, 1 achromatic container and N7,000 cash.

Commissioner of Police successful the State, CP Rashid Bello Afegbua lauded his men for punctual effect to incidents and charged the nationalist connected the request to supply constabulary with utile accusation successful the involvement of effectual policing and nationalist safety.