A herb
seller has been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State police over the theft of a
seven-month old baby boy -Feargod Edemekong. The suspect, Ukat Aran, aka Dr.
Job, was arrested in Afia Nsit Atai, Nsit Ibium Local Government Area of the
state.
The mother
of the baby, Mrs. Mfreke Edemekong, said on Tuesday in Uyo that Aran came to
sell some herbal medicines to her husband’s uncle, Mr. Effiong Akpan, a day
before her child was stolen.
She said
two of the gang members entered their room, while one stood outside with a gun
ready to fire. She added that the last member was the driver. She said the two
members, who went inside the room, snatched Feargod, while pointing guns at her
and her husband.
Mfreke,
who said her eight years marriage to Ekong had been blessed with two children
-Godswill, 7; and the seven-month-old Feargod, explained that the abductors had
accused her husband of selling hemp.
She said
the four abductors told them that they were police officers who came to arrest
them for selling contraband items. The acting Police Public Relations Officer
of the state command, ASP John Patrick, confirmed the incident.
He said
another yet-to-be identified suspect had been arrested, while the case had been
transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further actions.
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