The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested 22 suspects in connection with the murder of one inspector, Usang Egbe, and for cult-related activities in the state.
Inspector Usang Egbe was murdered in his residence in Afaha Ube, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, by his assailants on Wednesday night.
Odiko Macdon, Akwa Ibom Command’s Public Relations Officer, said in a statement on Saturday that the arrests were made between the 31st of January and the 2nd of February 2024 after credible information and that the command would intensify its onslaught against criminal elements in the state.
The statement read in part, “On 30/01/24, at about 2330hrs, relying on credible intelligence, the Anti-Cultism Unit of the Command arrested one Emem Ime Friday, alias Barracks, a serial murderer from Mbiaso village in Oruk Anam Local Government Area, who masterminded the Inen Clan cult war.
“Similarly, on 23/1/2023, one Happiness Isaiah Ekanem and three others from Ikono Local Government Area, who conspired and killed one Imo Isaiah Ekanem, aged 32 years, of the same address, by beating him to death and secretly burying the corpse, have been arrested, and an investigation is ongoing.”
