25-year-old Ms. Hope Usang, has been
arrested after being linked to arms leased out to robbers in Cross River
State. The female armourer was arrested alongside 21 others by the
Cross River State Police Command, after a robbery victim, Paschal Bisong
of Ekpeyong Effiok street in Calabar Municipality, laid a complaint.
The Cross River State Police Commissioner, Hafiz Inuwa, who spoke to newsmen said
his
men swung into action immediately, arresting Emmanuel Edet-Etim and
Idoreyin Usa, who confessed they got their arms from Usang.
“In
our efforts to build a safe Cross River, we must not tolerate any form
of arms proliferation. On February 24, following a report by one Paschal
Bisong of a robbery attack, my men swung into action, leading to the
arrest of two suspects, Emmanuel Edet-Etim and Idoreyin Usa.
“The
suspects confessed that one Hope Usang supplied them with arms for the
robbery. When my men stormed Usang’s house, they recovered three
revolvers, four rounds of ammunition, one pistol, one locally-made
pistol among others" he said.
Usang, who spoke to a Vanguard
correspondent, claimed the gun belonged to her boyfriend who is a
student; “The guns belong to my boyfriend, a student. I never knew that
he was keeping some guns in my house.” However when asked to name her
boyfriend, she refused.
The
State's Police Commissioner further disclosed that the arrested
suspects will be charged to court for robbery, rape, kidnapping, murder,
cultism, illegal possession of fire arms among others.
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