The Cross River State Police Command apprehended a three-man robbery gang and recovered a 2018 Corolla Toyota worth more than N8 million in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
The operation which was spearheaded by Anti-Kidnapping/Cultism Team, AKCT, tracked the gang from Calabar to Uyo where they were apprehended after robbing their victim in his house before taking his car.
It was discovered that they had already put up the car which is currently being sold between N7.5 million to N8 million for sale for N1 million at a car stand in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state before the crack team apprehended them.
Speaking with newsmen on Tuesday in Calabar, Abdulkadir Jimoh, Cross River State Commissioner of Police said they will never relent in giving criminals a run for their money as the police was determined to rid the state of all forms of crime and criminality.
Jimoh said “In line with our open door policy at it concerns information sharing by giving the people feed back as well as carrying the people of Cross River State along in our progress and achievement, we have just apprehended a notorious robbery gang who specializes in robbing filling stations and snatching cars.”
After robbing their victim in Calabar, they took his 2018 Toyota Corolla which cost over N8 million to a car stand at Uyo without knowing that we were tracking them .”
They were intercepted at about 12: 00 midnight, Tuesday in synergy with our people in Akwa Ibom, we arrested them and brought them back to Calabar and they all confessed to the crime and will be charged to court immediately investigation is concluded,” he said.
One of the suspects, a 28-year-old Francis Archibong said he didn’t know the value of the car that was why they wanted to sell the car for N1 million.
”I used to be a carpenter before going into driving but I didn’t know the value of the car, but we needed cash urgently, I used to be a carpenter but I became driver to make quick cash.”
The car was handed over to me by Etete, so I drove it to Akwa Ibom to sell it there, but to tell you the truth I didn’t know the car is up to N8 million, if I knew I won’t place it at N1 million,” he said.
Others arrested include Etim James Etim aged 35, Peter aged 32, China Justice aged 44 and Obaseoyi Ibor aged 38 years of age, they will be charged to court immediately after investigations.
