Akwa Ibom State Police command has paraded one Samuel Sunday, a 13-year-old male Pupil of St. Paul Primary School, Ikot Ibiok in Eket Local government area of the state for wielding a locally made pistol in the school and using same to threaten fellow pupils.
Parading the suspect, his father, alongside other suspects at the Command’s headquarters, Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo, on Wednesday, the Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John said the 13-year-old suspect took the gun from the father’s wardrobe since on November 24, 2024 before he was arrested on January 30, 2025.
She said the police, acting on intelligence, arrested the suspect, his father and recovered the pistol, adding that investigations were ongoing.
The command also paraded one Roseline Maurice ‘f’ and One Eno Udoka ‘f’ for conspiring and stealing a child at Obong Itam village in Itu LGA sometime in the month of June 2024 and sold the victim for the sum of N200,000 (Two hundred thousand Naira) to their regular receiver in Cross River State.
The suspects were said to have used the money to purchase a refrigerator, television, fan, among others.
The police said all the items have been recovered from them.
John also paraded child trafficking syndicates that lure young girls into having affairs with men who eventually get them pregnant and the babies sold.
John said all the suspects would be charged to court upon completion of investigations.
