SAN FRANCISCO, 06, (THEWILL) – Cross River state police command has arrested four suspected thieves for unlawful possession of 4,555 National Identity cards allegedly given to them by a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The state Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Inuwa, made the development known when he addressed newsmen in Calabar on Tuesday, saying the suspects were arrested by personnel of the Police Command in Cross River on May 19.
He said the suspected identity card thieves were arrested at a location on Eyo-Edem Street in Calabar following a tip-off adding that after a thorough search on the suspects, 4,555 National Identity cards bearing different names were found on them.
“Upon interrogation, the four suspects confessed that one Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff gave the cards to them,” he revealed.
“All the four suspects confessed to the crime and investigation is on-going in order to arrest the alleged INEC staff.”
Inuwa also revealed that the command arrested three suspected armed robbers on May 2, shortly after they allegedly robbed one Solomon Alfred of his N380,000 and three mobile phones.
“On May 2, our men arrested three suspected armed robbers who had robbed Solomon Alfred of his N380,000 and his three mobile phones.
“Also on May 13, our men arrested a student of the University of Calabar for being in possession of fake currencies. During interrogation, the suspect claimed that a friend of his that resides at Uyo gave him the fake currencies.
“Investigation is on-going to unravel the truth of the matter and arrest his accomplices to ascertain the source/distributor of these fake currencies,” he said.
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