An SS2 student who is a notorious armed robber terrorizing Ediba people in Calabar has been arrested by the police.
His name is Christian Donatus, alias
Inyang and he is a Senior Secondary School 2 student of Eastern
Secondary School, Ediba, Calabar.
According to police report, Inyang who
is the leader of the robbery gang that raided Value Mart, the shop owned
by former Cross River State First Lady, Obioma Imoke, two weeks ago,
has been arrested.
Vanguard reports that the 19-year-old
Christian from Akokwa, Imo State, was paraded by police alongside one of
his accomplices, Ubong Bassey Essien, who is from Ikot Ekpene in Akwa
Ibom State, while four other members of the gang are said to be on the
run.
Police Public Relations Officer of Cross
River Police Command’s Ms Irene Ugbo, revealed that Christian and his
gang have been terrorising various parts of the city, raiding homes,
shops and commuters and dispossessing them of their valuables.
According to her, the gang shot a
medical doctor at Akim Qua three weeks ago and also carted away safes at
a shop along Marian Road, containing large sums of money. She said
Christian and one of his members were arrested on July 16 by operatives
of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.
“Efforts have been intensified to
track down those on the run and we hope that very soon they will be
arrested and brought to book, while these ones in our custody will soon
appear in court,” she added.
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