The Cross River State Police Command has arrested three extra suspects in reference to the alleged theft and vandalism of electricity infrastructure in Calabar.
The growth follows the sooner arrest of the prime suspect, Peter Adie, 36, over the alleged vandalism of electricity infrastructure at Agbo Ntoe Layout, Boulevard Road 2, off Parliamentary Extension, Calabar.
The police mentioned operatives, appearing on data obtained throughout Adie’s interrogation, prolonged their operations to Murtala Mohammed Highway, round Pepsi, and a dumpsite within the Harbour space of Calabar.
Five individuals had been initially arrested for questioning over their suspected hyperlinks to the alleged theft and receipt of electricity materials.
However, two of them, Yakubu Musa and Emmanuel Hope, had been launched after preliminary investigations discovered them not culpable.
The police recognized the three extra suspects nonetheless in custody as Tochukwu Nwogwu, Boniface Egede and Mustapha Isa Aliyu. Adie and the three suspects stay in police custody as investigations proceed.
In an announcement on Friday, the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Eitokpah Sunday Akata, mentioned the command was pursuing related results in set up the circumstances surrounding the alleged offence and decide the person roles of the suspects.
The Commissioner of Police, Ajo Geoffrey Ordue, reiterated the command’s dedication to defending public infrastructure and warned in opposition to vandalism and the illegal possession or receipt of stolen electricity materials.
The command urged residents to supply credible data to help the investigation and report suspicious actions to the closest police station.
