Calabar: NSCDC arrests five-man gang specialised in hotel and PoS robberies

A 5-man robbery gang specialised in robbing hotels and Point of Sale (PoS) in Calabar has been arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC).

State Commandant of the NSCDC, Charles Brown, who paraded the suspects in Calabar, confirmed the arrest, saying they were arrested following an intelligence report.

He, however, said the gang leader was being trailed, explaining that the suspects were arrested at various locations with charms, arms and ammunition and other items.

Names of the suspects were given as Gospel Otu, 25; Mohammed Abdulahi, 18; Paul Edem, 19; Miracle Augustine, 15 and Rex Okokon, 22.

Two of the suspects have confessed to committing the crimes.

Brown stressed that they would be handed over to the police after their investigation.

He said, “They recently robbed a hotel in Calabar South LGA where their faces were captured by the CCTV mounted in the hotel.

“We also traced them to a phone they stole in the hotel. We have been on them for some time now and just this morning, we apprehended one of them who took us to round up the four others.

“We are on the trail of the gang leader, and we will get him,” Brown explained.

The Commandant vowed that the NSCDC in collaboration with other sister security agencies in the state would make Cross River uninhabitable for criminals.