2 Detained For Robbing, Attempting To Roast Victims


Two armed robbery suspects, who attempted to roast their victims alive, after robbing a household, have been arrested and detained at the detention facilities of the Cross River state police command.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abdulkadir Jimoh, who made the disclosure in Calabar, gave the names of the suspects as 22-year-old Oke Sheriff and Eyo Nsa Etim, 35; adding that during investigation, it was revealed that the suspects jumped into their victims’ compound through the kitchen and injured the children with a knife.


He said the suspects tied their victims down, poured fuel on their bed and their body, threatened to set them ablaze if they raised an alarm; but that they struggled with the robbers and alerted their parents, who came in and overpowered the suspects and then, called the police.

The commissioner disclosed further that the police also rescued, with the assistance of the Anantigha community, a kidnap victim, one Emmanuel Akpan, at Ebuka Ebuka Street in Calabar South local government area while some hoodlums were trying to abduct him and that his assailants escaped when they discovered the police were on their trail.

CP Jimoh said his men were poised to do their job and effectively police the state, adding that within the past few days, five suspects were apprehended for various crimes including armed robbery, illegal possession of firearms, cultism and looting.



“Our creed is not only waging war on criminals as well as detection and prevention of crime but also putting up valiant measures to ensure that relative peace is experienced in all facets of life especially this period of security challenges.

“Let me assure residents that this command’s resolve to conscientiously operate within the principles of justice, fairness and equity as enshrined in the established laws of the state and the federation is of utmost importance.

“Within the period under review, the command in her efforts to rid off and bring crime to its barest minimum, recorded some achievements. They include the arrest of armed robbery suspects, rescue of kidnap victims, arrest of suspects for unlawful possession of firearms and sundry crime.



“At this juncture, the command enjoins all and sundry to be wary, conscious and proactive of the happenings in their respective environments, whether residential or recreational centres at all times,” he said.

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