Police arrest 269 crime suspects in Akwa Ibom

<p>Both were immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where Adebowale was confirmed dead on arrival.</p>, <p>The State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, disclosed this on Friday, during the second quarter press briefing of the command held at Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital.</p>, <p>The acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations 4 Special Forces Command, Doma, Major Adekunle said the suspects made several attempts to bribe the soldiers with the sum of five million naira to avoid being arrested, saying that the troops of the command declined and carried out their duties diligently by refusing to take bribe as a trained special forces soldiers.</p>, <p>The suspects were arrested in connection with the vandalism of a large number of tracks, loaded in two 12-tyre trucks, adding that during the investigation, prominent citizens within Lafia and Jos, Plateau State, were mentioned as members of the syndicate.</p>, <p>Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has arrested 269 suspects in the state over murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, cultism, rape and theft in the second quarter of 2023.</p>, <p>The tricycle operator was last week reported to have been killed on the order of the AVG commander, and his tricycle was confiscated and sold off to a buyer, from where it was later tracked and recovered.</p>, <p>He added that following the outcome of the investigation, the troops conducted further raids at the residence of one of the kingpins, which led to the arrest of seven other suspects.</p>, <p>“A fatal crash occurred on Friday, June 30 along Abak-Ikot Abasi road by Ekparakwa junction, at about 1540hrs.</p>, <p>“They cannot be fighting crime in Ojoto community and be criminals themselves. The commander has been doing a good work in the community and has been helping to fight crime, so it will be very unfair to brand them criminals and take them away from the job they are doing in the community,” he said.</p>, <p>Olonisaye attributed the crash to recklessness and cautioned drivers against reckles