Akwa Ibom State Police command has paraded one Samuel Sunday, a 13-year-old male Pupil of St. Paul Primary School, Ikot Ibiok in Eket Local government area of the state for wielding a locally made pistol in the school and using same to threaten fellow pupils.
Parading the suspect, his father, alongside other suspects at the Command’s headquarters, Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo, on Wednesday, the Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John said the 13-year-old suspect took the gun from the father’s wardrobe since on November 24, 2024 before he was arrested on January 30, 2025.
She said the police, acting on intelligence, arrested the suspect, his father and recovered the pistol, adding that investigations were ongoing.
She said, “On 30/01/2025 at about 0800 hrs based on credible information at the Command’s disposal, that on 28/01/2025 one Samuel Sunday “m” of Ikot Ibiok village in Eket LGA, a 13-year-old pupil of St. Paul Primary School, Ikot Ibiok in Eket LGA was going armed in the school and threatening to fire at his fellow pupils.
“The operatives of the Command immediately swung into action and arrested the suspect and recovered a locally made pistol.
“On interrogation, the suspect confessed that he has been with the said gun since November 2024; that he got the gun from a wardrobe in his father’s bedroom. The father was later arrested. Investigation is still ongoing.”
The command also paraded one Roseline Maurice ‘f’ and One Eno Udoka ‘f’ for conspiring and stealing a child at Obong Itam village in Itu LGA sometime in the month of June 2024 and sold the victim for the sum of N200,000 (Two hundred thousand Naira) to their regular receiver in Cross River State.
The suspects were said to have used the money to purchase a refrigerator, television, fan, among others.
The police said all the items have been recovered from them.
John also paraded child trafficking syndicates that lure young girls into having affairs with men who eventually get them pregnant and the babies sold.
She added, “In another development, on 01/02/2025 at about 0800hr based on a complaint from two young girls 18 yrs of age that one woman attempted to traffic them to Cross River State for them to have affair with men and get pregnant in order to sell the babies and share the money, operatives of the command swung into action and arrested one Gift Essien Tommy ‘f’ and one Peace Ekanem ‘f’.”
The command also paraded a 60-year-old man who defiled a nine-year-old girl in a bush and gave her two hundred Naira afterwards.
John said all the suspects would be charged to court upon completion of investigations.
She added that the Commissioner of Po
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