The Akwa Ibom Police Command on
Thursday said it had foiled an attempt by two ex-
militants to blow up Calabar/Itu bridge on Oct. 5.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr
Gabriel Achong, disclosed this at a press
conference in Uyo.
Achong said on Sept. 20, the command received
intelligence report that a group of aggrieved
militants were planning to blow up the bridge.
He said the police, in collaboration with the State
Security Service and the Army, traced the
suspects from Odukpani in Cross River to Itu
bridge where they were arrested.
“On Sept. 20, the command received information
that a group of aggrieved militants planned to
blow up the Calabar/Itu Bridge.
“Upon thorough and intensive surveillance, on Oct.
5, the two suspects were arrested.
“The suspects are Mr Samuel Coleman Yaw, a
Ghanaian resident in Bakassi Local Government
and Mr Monday Anthony of Ikang village also in
Bakassi,’’ he said.
He, however, said that the mastermind, Mr
Boronyefa Olorogun alias General Bofa, who
escaped, was traced to Yenagoa in Bayelsa and
arrested by a combined team of police and DSS
on October 17.
Achong said 6 (Super power 90) explosives, 5
blasting laps, 3 rolls of detonating cords and 1
Honda Accord 1997 model were recovered from
the suspects.
The police commissioner said the command also
arrested two sea pirates, Mr Victor Godbless and
Umjiejong Jonah, natives of Ngo town in Andoni
Local Government Area of Rivers on Sept. 30.
He said the pirates were arrested through a tip
off by residents of Ndito Eka Iba village, a coastal
town in Mbo LGA in Akwa Ibom.
He listed the items recovered from them to
include 2 engines (one 200HP and one 75H); 2
live 7.65mm ammunition and dismantled parts of
a pump action gun.
The commissioner appealed to the public to be
vigilant and volunteer information to the police to
enable them rid the society of criminals. (NAN)
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