By Deborah Nnamdi
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested 13-year-old Samuel Sunday for carrying his father’s gun and threatening to shoot fellow pupils at the St Paul Primary School, Ikot Ibiok, Eket Local Government Area (LGA).
Commissioner of Police (CP), Akwa Ibom State Police Command, Baba Mohammed Azare, who disclosed this on Wednesday in Uyo, said the teenage suspect’s father has also been arrested.
CP Azare, who was briefing newsmen on his Command’s operations report in the last week, said they witnessed the arrest of suspected criminals for various offenses, recoveries, and ongoing investigations.
He said, “On 30/01/2025 at about 0800hrs, the Command received information that on 28/01/2025 one Samuel, a 13-year-old pupil of St. Paul primary school Ikot Ibiok was going armed (with a gun) in the school, threatening to fire at fellow pupils.
“The Command swung into action, arrested the suspect, and recovered a locally made pistol. The suspect confessed he has been with the said gun since November 2024, that he got it from a wardrobe in his father’s bedroom. The father was later arrested. The investigation is still ongoing.”
