The police in Akwa Ibom have arrested a 13-year-old pupil suspected to have threatened the schoolmates with a pistol in St. Paul Primary School Ikot Ibiok in Eket LGA.
Police commissioner Baba Azare disclosed this in a press briefing in Uyo on Wednesday.
Mr Azare said the operatives of the command acted on credible information on January 30 at about 8:00 a.m. that the boy was going about with a pistol in the school, threatening to shoot other pupils.
“The operatives of the command immediately swung into action and arrested the suspect and recovered a locally made pistol,” said the police boss. “On interrogation, the suspect confessed that he has been with the said gun since Nov. 2024 and that he got it from a wardrobe in his father’s bedroom.’’
The police commissioner added that the suspect’s father had been arrested, and an investigation had commenced.
Mr Azare also disclosed that the command arrested two young girls who conspired and stole a child in Obong Itam, Itu LGA, in June 2024 and sold it for N200,000 to someone in Cross River.
He said the suspects confessed to the crime and used the proceeds to purchase a refrigerator, television and fan. He explained that the items had been recovered from them and an investigation was ongoing to arrest the buyer of the child.
