By Emmanuel Ntekim
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command, on July 28, 2025, arrested a suspected receiver of stolen items, including electric wires and an iron protector.
The successful arrest and recovery of the stolen items were made possible following an operation based on credible information and a confession from a previously apprehended suspect.
The Command, at approximately 3:45 PM on July 28, 2025, raided a black spot located at No. 56 Aba Road, Ikot Ekpene.
The operation led to the recovery of several items, including electric wires and an iron protector, all suspected to be stolen.
These items are believed to be part of the property vandalized and stolen from an abandoned Chambers of Commerce building located on Etokebe Street, Ikot Ekpene.
In a release by the Command’s PPRO, DSP Timfon John, LLB, Anipr, explained that further investigation extended to a shop and premises also along Aba Road, Ikot Ekpene.
At the premises, one Mr. Elijah Etim Nyah, a male resident of Okonna Street, Ikot Ekpene, was arrested as a suspected receiver of the vandalized and stolen goods.
The recovered items from his possession were assorted cut-to-size PHED electric cables, different sizes of burnt and peeled electric copper wires, and cut-to-size aluminum roofing sheets.
Investigation into the matter is ongoing.
