The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested the Manager of Mbiokporo Cemetery in Uyo, Elijah Edet, and one Nsikak Effiong, for allegedly exhuming a freshly buried corpse to steal its casket for sale. The spokesperson for the command, Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, August 6, 2026. According to the PPRO,…
The Director General of Good Governance Advocacy International, Barr. Leonard Anyogo, has backed the current effort for the creation of state policing, stressing that funding must be direct to the institutions and not through state governors. Anyogo, a lawyer and member of the Chatham House London, while speaking in an interview said several checks must…
…as DIG Mbu demand release of CSP George Onah Ogar’s widow By Frank Ulom The detention and remand of Mrs Beatrice Ogar, widow of late police officer CSP George Onah Ogar, has sparked controversy, with retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG Joseph Mbu (Rtd), calling on the Inspector General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan…
By Frank Ulom The Cross River State Police Command has arrested two suspects regarding an alleged murder incident reported in Afokang community, Calabar South Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement by ASP Sunday Eitokpah, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, the alleged matter was reported on Tuesday by a Correctional…
By Frank Ulom The Cross River State Police Command has announced plans to conduct a routine shooting range exercise on Friday, 5 June 2026, at Asabanka in Anyanganse Community, Akpabuyo Local Government Area. In a press release issued on Wednesday, the Command said the exercise would commence at 8:00 a.m. and forms part of ongoing…
By Frank Ulom Cross River State Police Command has intervened in what would have resulted in a full-blown communal crisis between Ofatura and Ovonum communities in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State. Converseer learned that the incident which started one day again which was later discovered to be connected to alleged cassava theft…
