By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River command of the Nigerian Police Force on Tuesday paraded 40 suspects arrested from different parts of the State for various offences. The Commissioner of Police, CP Sikiru Akande said the offenses ranged from murder to armed robbery, rape, stealing, malicious damage, unlawful possession of firearms, gangsterism and dealing in
By Ada Wodu, Punch Newspaper Forty-one suspected armed robbers, kidnappers and gangsters have been paraded by the Cross River State Police Command. The suspects were paraded on Wednesday by the State Commissioner of Police, Uche Anozia, at the command headquarters, Calabar. Among the suspects is Francis Jeremiah, who allegedly defiled his nine-year-old step-daughter in Bakassi.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Men of the Anti Cultism and Kidnapping Squad of the Cross River State Command of the Nigerian Police Force on Tuesday, allegedly murdered in cold blood, a staff of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), Mr. Nakanda Edet. Mr. Edet is alleged to have ran upon sighting the squad at the
By Ushang Ewa Two suspects have been arrested over the murder of two policemen in Ugep community of Yakurr local government area police sources say. The two suspects whose names could not be revealed are currently being detained and questioned at the Ugep divisional headquarters of the Nigeria Police. Inspector Ofem Abani Eteng from Ketabebe-Ijom
By Ogar Monday Follow @ogar_monday The police command in Cross River State has confirmed the escape of a murder suspect, Essien Ita from its custody. Mr. Ita was alleged to have been involved in the murder of a traditional ruler, Eyo Eyo Bassey in 2017 and was held in custody at the Bakassi Police Divisional
By CrossRiverWatch Admin A renewed gang war in Iso Bendeghe community of Boki local government area of central Cross River State on Thursday left no fewer than two people dead and one Policeman critically injured. The battle is said to be between two major gangs which though as at press time were still unknown but
By Odey Ojeka and Obeten Godfrey The Police in Yakurr local government area have arrested a suspect believed to be among three assailants who robbed and killed a commercial cyclist’s in Ugep, Yakurr last week. “The suspect in our custody was arrested through the collaboration of the Ekori and Mkpani cyclist union,” a source in
By Odey Ojeka A commercial cyclist was on Sunday, stabbed to death by suspected robbers who also made away with his bike in Yakurr local government area of central Cross River State. The cyclist, unnamed was attacked at the boundary between Nko and Agoi- Ekpo at about 10:00AM on the eve of Christmas while on