Akwa Ibom State police command has arrested an artisan, one Ekike Hector David, for allegedly manufacturing AK-47 rifles and selling them to criminals in the state.
A statement by the state police commissioner, Mr. Amiengheme Andrew, released by the command’s spokesman, Odiko MacDon (SP), said about 1pm on September 13, 2021, a surveillance team of ‘A’ Division, located at Barracks Road, Uyo, while on a routine stop-and-search operation to stem criminal activities along Uyo Village Road and environs, arrested the suspect who hails from Mbiokporo 1, in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area (LGA), with eight locally fabricated AK 47 rifles, one pump action, one pistol, and six Dane guns.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect is a welder who specialised in making and selling locally made rifles and other types of guns to criminal elements, who use same in terrorising innocent members of the public.
“The Commissioner of Police, Amiengheme Andy, has ordered an elaborate investigation aimed at arresting those who enjoy his patronage and other conspirators,” the statement read.