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In 2022, 332 People were Nabbed for these Crimes in this State.

In 2022, 332 people were nabbed for these crimes in this state.

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In 2022, 332 people were nabbed for these crimes in this States.

 

The Nigeria Police Department announced yesterday that 332 suspects were apprehended in Akwa Ibom and Nasarawa States in 2022 for various offenses such as murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, and child theft, among others.

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NewsReport gathered that in the final quarter of 2022, 196 suspects were detained in Akwa Ibom State for a variety of offenses, while 136 armed robbery suspects were apprehended in Nasarawa from January to December 2022.

CP Olatoye Durosinmi, the commissioner of police for Akwa Ibom, and Mr. Maiyaki Baba, the commissioner of police for Nasarawa State, both spoke at separate news conferences yesterday in Uyo and Lafia.

Speaking at the news conference in Uyo, Durosinmi listed the offenses the suspects committed, including murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, child theft, unlawful possession of firearms, pipeline vandalism, cultism, etc. “While some of these suspects have been charged in court, investigations are ongoing for some, while others have been granted police administrative bail. “So far, six kidnapped victims have been rescued.

18 locally made pistols and other firearms have been recovered, while 11 vehicles snatched at different times and places in the state have been recovered. As we remain focused on the Akwa Ibom peace project, I wish to call on the political stakeholders to play the game by its rules and ensure people oriented and issue-based campaigns.

“We are committed to the provision of top-notch security before, during, and after the 2023 general elections,” the commissioner stressed.

He thanked the Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, for his intelligence-led policing strategy, the Akwa Ibom State Government for creating the enabling environment to work, the Sister Security Agencies for their robust synergy, and the good people of the state for the partnership.

Also, at another news conference, the state commissioner of police listed the achievements of the Nasarawa State Police Command, disclosing that his operatives arrested 112 kidnap suspects during their operations in the state last year.

Baba continued that during the year under review, about 138 suspected cultists were also arrested in the state, even as 59 suspected rapists were equally arrested.

The commissioner added that the command also arrested 365 suspects for other sundry offenses, while the sum of N600,000 was recovered from some of the suspects arrested.

He noted that 44 firearms, 704 rounds of live ammunition, five vehicles, and six motorcycles had been recovered by the Nasarawa State Police Command in the past year.

“Further, a total of 374 cases have been charged in court, whereas 23 convictions were gained by the state police command,” Baba disclosed.

 

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