The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested three suspected robbers and cultists alongside the Calabar-Itu Highway axis, close to Uyo, the state capital.

The command said that the arrest was made doable by a reputable intelligence relating to an impending cult conflict alongside the Calabar-Itu Highway because the command swiftly deployed surveillance groups to preempt any violence.

Timfon John, the Command’s spokesperson, stated in an announcement that “the intelligence revealed that two infamous gang leaders, who’ve been terrorizing the Calabar-Itu axis, have been lodging at a visitor home in Ntak Inyang.

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“On Might 1, 2025, at roughly 0500 hours, surveillance groups, performing on exact data, raided the recognized hideout.

“The operation resulted within the arrest of two male suspects recognized as Joseph Ekeng Edet of Akon Itam and Ekon Isaiah of Ibiaku Uruan.

“Each are confirmed members of the Kuklux Klan secret cult. A feminine companion, Esther Otobong Edem, was additionally apprehended on the scene.

“Displays recovered in the course of the operation embrace one domestically made pistol, one battle axe, one hammer, a bottle containing a liquid substance suspected to be a allure, two torchlight, two cellular handsets, and a black bag containing varied objects.”

In response to the assertion, an investigation is at the moment ongoing whereas “5 victims have already recognized the arrested people because the gang that robbed them at Urua Ekpa and College Highway,” promising that additional updates on the case shall be communicated because the investigation progresses.