Police foil robbery attack in Uyo, arrest suspect

Operatives of Akwa Ibom State Police Command over the weekend foiled a robbery cognition astatine Ikot Okubo colony successful Uyo Local Government Area, arrested 1 fishy and recovered locally fabricated firearm.

Spokesperson of the Command, DSP Timfon John, successful a connection successful Uyo connected Monday said the involution was made pursuing a distress telephone from a acrophobic nonmigratory of the area.

“On Saturday, June 27, 2026, astatine astir 10:30 p.m., operatives of the Command deployed connected stop-and-search work on Mayflower axis of Oron Road, Uyo, swiftly responded to a distress telephone from a acrophobic nonmigratory of Ikot Okubo Village, Uyo Local Government Area, reporting that suspected equipped robbers were actively operating wrong the community.

“Acting promptly connected the information, the constabulary operatives mobilized to the country wherever they collaborated with vigilant members of the assemblage younker to cordon disconnected and comb the affected area.

“The coordinated cognition led to the apprehension of 1 fishy identified arsenic Edidiong Udoeyen, portion a medium-sized locally fabricated firearm was recovered from his possession,” the constabulary spokesperson said.

John stated that different members of the transgression gang...