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Nigerian army Monday in Calabar arrested four armed robbery suspects at Palm street Calabar, capital of Cross River State.

Addressing journalists at the headquarters of 13 Brigade, Akim Barracks Nigerian Army Calabar, before handing over the suspects to the state Police command, Officer Commanding 13 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Abdullahi, while explaining reasons why the army apprehended the criminal suspects stated that the suspects were arrested by “Operation Akpakwu” (security outfit formed and codenamed by the Governor Ben Ayade’s administration as “Operation Akpakwu”) due to surging rate of kidnapping and outbreak of criminality in the state.