The Cross River State Commissioner of Police, CP Abdulkadir Jimoh is dead.
The late CP died as a result of COVID-19 complications on Friday after he was admitted at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital Isolation (UCTH) centre.
Prof. Ikpeme Ikpeme, Chief Medical Director (CMD) of UCTH, while confirming the death of CP Jimoh, appealed to all who have had contact with the deceased police officer to go to the isolation centre for attention.
The late CP Jimoh resumed at the Cross River State Police Command in July 2020.
Meanwhile, Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has lamented the death of CP Jimoh and condoled with the family of the top police brass.
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The Police Command in Cross River State has denied widely spread rumours that nineteen kidnap and robbery suspects escaped from its custody in Calabar.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo in a statement regretted the alleged fake news in the media, explaining that only seven detainees who were in the custody of the Command escaped on December 13th at about 5am.
There were rumours in the state that about nineteen suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and other criminals escaped from Police custody.
The suspects were said to have been detained in a cell at the Police Headquarters, Diamond Hill in Calabar, waiting to be investigated and subsequently charged to court.
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December 11, 2020
A Federal High Court sitting in Calabar has remanded 8 persons for kidnapping, terrorism and possession of illegal firearms at the Afokang Correctional Service centre.
Five were arraigned by the Nigeria Police Force for kidnapping, terrorism and possession of illegal fire arms on a three count charge in Charge numbers FHC / CA / 94c / 2020 and three others on a two count charge of charges number: FHC /CA/95c / 2020 for three others.
The Presiding Judge, Justice S.M Shaibu ordered that the 8 defendants be remanded at Calabar Correctional facility on a three count charge and two count charge respectively levelled against them by the police .
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Three detainees have been gunned down, while three others succeeded in escaping from police custody in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
The state Police Commissioner, Abdulkadir Jimoh, confirmed the incident on Monday in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo.
Jimoh, however, denied speculations that 19 suspects escaped.
The statement titled, ‘Re: Escape from lawful custody’, said, “On December 13, 2020, around 5am, seven detainees, who were in the custody of one of the command’s outfits for various offences, escaped from the cell. However, three of them died in the process of escaping, while one was re-arrested.
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Three detainees have been gunned down, while three others succeeded in escaping from police custody in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
The state Police Commissioner, Abdulkadir Jimoh, confirmed the incident on Monday in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo.
Jimoh, however, denied speculations that 19 suspects escaped.
The statement titled, ‘Re: Escape from lawful custody’, said, “On December 13, 2020, around 5am, seven detainees, who were in the custody of one of the command’s outfits for various offences, escaped from the cell. However, three of them died in the process of escaping, while one was re-arrested.