According to the state’s Police
Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, the move was in response to
the abduction of the wife of the Clan Head of Obong, in Etim Ekpo Local
Government Area on October 22, Mrs. Naomi Tuesday Jumbo.
Elkana said the victim was abducted
by some hoodlums, numbering about eight, while driving to the palace at Ibio
Edem Urua Village from a neighbouring village where they usually spend the
night with the Clan Head.
Elkana further disclosed: “The
Commissioner of Police Akwa Ibom State, CP Zubairu Muazu, visited the Clan Head
in his palace, where he got first-hand information of the incident and ordered
the immediate deployment of a team of Special Anti-kidnapping detectives to the
area. Four suspects, Enobong Friday Nwankwo, Kufre Dick Obot, Teneime Solomon
Udo and Inimeno Nkereuwem Inokon, all of Nkporikpo village and Ibio Edem Urua
villages respectively, were arrested.”
The image maker disclosed that
efforts have been intensified to rescue the victim and apprehend the remaining
suspects.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of
Police has ordered the temporary relocation of the Operation’s Headquarters of
the Command’s Anti-kidnapping Squad to Etim Ekpo, to tackle the menace of
kidnapping and cultism in the area.
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