Police in Cross River State have
paraded 72 suspected criminals arrested for various offences.
Among them was a married man,
Obiugo Nnoli whose lover died in a hotel in the state.
The other offenders include
suspected murderers, kidnappers, armed robbers, internet fraudsters.
Parading the suspects at the
Police headquarters yesterday, the state Commissioner of Police, Hafiz M.
Inuwa, told newsmen that his men also recovered 116 guns including two GPMG
(General purpose machine guns) 537 lives cartridges and cash.
He said: “Eight people were
arrested for murder while 28 others were arrested for armed robbery, four for
kidnapping while 32 others were arrested for sundry crimes.
“We recovered 80 locally made
pistols, two G3 rifles, AK47, 537 live cartridges, 800,000 Naira, a Toyota
Carina among others.
“It is the command’s
determination to squarely surmount the daunting security challenges across the
state which is the tourism hub of the federation especially as we are
approaching the yuletide period.
“There is no doubt that Cross
River police Command has made tremendous achievement in crime fighting, prevention
and control as well as maintenance of law and order within the period under
review.”
One of the suspects, Nnoli, said
his lover died in mysterious circumstance.
He told reporters that he was
only trying to secure a loan and their meeting was only to discuss modalities
for him to get her the loan.
“I have known Elizabeth for about
five years and I only wanted to secure a loan from LAPO Microfinance Bank
before she suddenly collapsed in the hotel room.”
Issues of "dead lover" in a hotel room should not have been put together with other criminal activities. The circumstances leading to death should be well investigated and appropriate measures taken about it
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