Notorious criminal shot dead by SWAT team in Uyo
According to the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, while attempting to avoid capture, members of the command’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit neutralized one Sunday Wisdom, a known armed robber and serial killer.
In a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, on Thursday, Wisdom who was in the command’s wanted list for robbing and killing innocent people in Ikot Ambang, Ikot Efun, Ikot Inuan, Itak, Ikot Osukpong, Okobo Ibiono all in Ibiono Local Government Area of the State was a remnant of a dreaded armed robbery gang, led by the late Malachi Uwem Friday.
Before being defeated, the statement claimed Wisdom fired at the police officers trying to arrest him.
One of the most dangerous armed robbers on the Akwa Ibom State Police Command’s wanted list, Wisdom Sunday Akpan, who is believed to have killed about thirteen (13) people and shot about twenty-two (22) others while displacing innocent Akwa Ibomites, primarily those who live in Ikot Ambang, Ikot Efun, Ikot Inuan, Itak, Ikot Osukpong, Okobo Ibiono, etc.
“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.”
According to the statement, among the exhibits found on him were ammunition, a Q-link motorcycle, several charms, a mask, and a pump action gun that had been locally rebuilt to resemble an AK-47.
In the meantime, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Olatoye Durosinmi, warned criminal elements in the State to leave the State immediately or get ready to dance to the new song while thanking the Akwa Ibom people for providing helpful intelligence and the brave officers of SWAT and F-Division Ikot Ambang for the giant strides.