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Akwa Ibom State Police Command has smashed a notorious robbery syndicate terrorising residents in Uyo metropolis and its environs.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, who disclosed this on Friday, October 17, 2025, during a press briefing at the Command Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo said the gang uses tricycles to rob residents of their phones and other valuables.
The CP disclosed that three tricycles and seventy-two assorted mobile phones suspected to have been stolen were recovered from unsuspecting victims.
According to the CP Azare, the Command received a petition from one Mr. Aniekan Dan, aged 41, who reported that on July 3, 2025, he and his wife were robbed at gunpoint by a tricycle gang while returning from Ibesikpo to Uyo.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, who disclosed this on Friday, October 17, 2025, during a press briefing at the Command Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia, Uyo said the gang uses tricycles to rob residents of their phones and other valuables.
The CP disclosed that three tricycles and seventy-two assorted mobile phones suspected to have been stolen were recovered from unsuspecting victims.
According to the CP Azare, the Command received a petition from one Mr. Aniekan Dan, aged 41, who reported that on July 3, 2025, he and his wife were robbed at gunpoint by a tricycle gang while returning from Ibesikpo to Uyo.
