SAN FRANCISCO, December 27, (THEWILL) – The principal suspect in the robbery gang that killed an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Edum Egbe in Calabar three weeks ago, Kingsley Utomobong has died in police custody.
THEWILL gathered that Utomobong and his gang were nabbed about two weeks ago alongside other criminals by a team of policemen from the Police Command in the state
A police source said that the suspect who was known for notoriety within the 8 Miles axis was caught with the late Edum’s belongings alongside his gang.
“The late notorious Utomobong who always had the protection of prominent politicians in the state and his gang did not know that Edum was a police officer and the deputy governor’s nephew”, the source said.
The spokesman of the Cross River State Police Command, Ms Irene Ugbo, denied claims that the suspect was tortured to death, but explained that he died following injuries he sustained during his arrest.
“At least, he disclosed the name of one of the notorious criminal who is behind ACP Edum’s death before giving up the ghost.
“Before he died, he gave us the name of the person who killed the late ACP Edum and we are currently working on the information to enable us to unmask the killer”.
“He died due to injuries sustained during the arrest. He only confessed that he knew the gang that carried out the assassination”, she said.
ACP Edum was hacked to death on Wednesday, December 2, at 8 Miles area, along the Murtala Mohammed Highway in Calabar while waiting for his wife to pick him up after the bus he was travelling in from Borno State broke down.
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