Former Cross River’s Lawmaker’s Son, 2 Others Arrested For Armed Robbery

Former Cross Rivers House of Assembly member’s son and two others have been arrested for alleged armed robbery.

Eko Hot Blog understands that the suspects were in a car driven by the son of the former lawmaker of the House of Assembly.

According to an eyewitness, who simply identify himself as Francis, the incident occurred at Chief Obot Street Housing Estate, Calabar Municipal Local Government Area of the state.

The eyewitness alleged that the six robbery gang attempted to attack a policeman at gunpoint while carrying out a robbery attack on Sunday night.

“One of the armed robbers is a son to a former House of Assembly Member in the state. The robbers were chased from State Housing by Chief Obot Street while they were shooting sporadically.

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“During the process of chasing after them by the Operation Akpakwu team, the driver of the vehicle lost control and ran into a deep gutter.

“Three of the armed robbers were arrested, the other three escaped, one of them had bullet wounds. The son of a former House of Assembly member was the person who drove the car the robbers used for the operation,” the witness stated.

There was no police confirmation of the arrest at the press time.