The renowned armed robber Wisdom Sunday Akpan, who has been on the Akwa Ibom State Police command’s wanted list for some time, has been neutralised, according to the Nigerian police force.
The armed robber murdered by members of the Command’s Special Weapons and Tactics Team while they were trying to apprehend him, according to the police, was a survivor of a notorious armed robbery group that was once led by the late Malachi Uwem Friday.
The command’s public relations officer, Odiko Macdon, said this in a statement headed “Akwa Ibom Police Neutralised Notorious Armed Robber Wisdom Sunday Akpan” on Friday in Uyo.
The statement claims that the deceased armed robber was responsible for the maiming of 22 people in addition to the murder of roughly 13 people who were in his possession.
The statement reads in part, “One of the most deadly armed robbers in the Akwa Ibom State Police Command wanted list, responsible for the murder of about thirteen (13) persons, and shooting of about twenty-two (22) others, who has dispossessed innocent Akwa Ibomites, mostly residents of Ikot Ambang, Ikot Efun, Ikot Inuan, Itak, Ikot Osukpong, Okobo Ibiono, etc in Ibiono LGA and parts of Uyo LGA, one Wisdom Sunday Akpan has been neutralised by Operatives of the Command’s Special Weapons And Tactics Team while he was out for operation.
“The said Wisdom, who shot at Police Operatives while attempting to arrest him, is a remnant of a dreaded armed robbery gang, led by the late Malachi Uwem Friday.
“On 22nd July, he murdered one Nsikan Vincent Udo of Ikot Inua village at Ikot Efun junction and drove away with his new Q-link motorcycle.
“On the 8th of July, he shot and injured one Jesse Johnson and two others in a POS Shop at Ikot Ambang junction. while on the 5th of the same month, he shot and maimed one Augustina Dominic at her Supermarket.
“Many POS Operators, filling Stations, Supermarket Owners, market Men and Women have been dispossessed of millions of naira by Wisdom who succeeded in spreading a lot of fear before meeting his waterloo.
“Exhibits recovered from him are a locally reconstructed pump action with the look of an AK-47, cartridges, a Q-link motorcycle, assorted charms, a mask, etc”.
Meanwhile, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, the Commissioner of Police for the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, praised the state’s residents for their assistance in helping to bring about the armed robber’s death.
However, he issued a warning to the state’s criminal elements, telling them to leave right away or prepare to dance to the new tune.
