Police parade suspected killers of two cops, boy - Punch Newspapers

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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Friday paraded three suspected robbers linked to the killing of a little boy, a private security officer and two policemen in the state.

The two cops were killed by the hoodlums at Tranquility Hotel, Nung Oku in Uyo Local Government Area of the state during a robbery operation. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, who briefed journalists at the command’s headquarters in Ikot Akpanabia, said the suspects who specialised in destroying Automated Teller Machines were arrested on July 10, 2021 by the operatives of the anti-robbery squad.

The police spokesman said the suspects had confessed to their involvement in the killing of the three persons and ATM bank frauds amounting to N26m. He said, “On July 10, 2021, at 9:53 am, following a tip-off that unknown hoodlums used a welding machine to maliciously destroy an Access Bank ATM at Oliver Twist, along Brook Street, Uyo and carted away N8m, operatives of anti-robbery squad traced the hoodlums to a fast food situated on Abak Road, while attempting to destroy another ATM and arrested them.’’

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