A Three man teenage robbery gang that has been terrorizing residents of Ikot Omin, 8 Miles and Basin   Development Authority in Calabar, the Cross River State capital has been nabbed.

*Daniel Sunday And Prophet Friday 

The trio, Edem Basey Effiong, 18, Emmanuel Nkalu   19 and Aliyu Umaru   21,  who     usually  adorn themselves   in   army  camouflage terrorised   the residents of these areas for several months   before they were arrested through sustained intelligence and undercover efforts during the Christmas Period last year.

Parading them alongside other suspects, the Cross River State Police Commissioner Mr Kola   Sodipo said the sum of 350,000.00   and 250,000 naira worth of recharge after the robbed one Ime Stephen who sell recharges at Basin Development Authority, Calabar at gun point.


”They robbed Imeh Stephen of Basin Authority at gun ;point of recharge card Valued at 250,000.00, and cash of 350,000.00m naira ; in their possession   during the arrest   were    a pistol 7 live ammunition, Army Uniform, recharge cards and handsets”.

Mr Kola Sodipo   also paraded   the duo of   Daniel Sunday, 25, and Prophet Friday, 19 , who were arrested on the 24th of December 2013, at Ikang, Bakassi with 800 live   AK 47 ammunition, 7.62mm   and 634v   rounds of general purpose machine gun , GPMG, ammunition, 56 mm and 632 live assault rifle ammunition at Ikang while planning to cause havoc in Calabar during the Carnival period.  “Their arrest aborted their plans to unleash   havoc   in the city   during the annual Calabar Festival”.