Operatives from the Akwa Ibom State Police Command’s Quick Intervention Squad, or QIS, have detained Gabriel Okon Ekpiri of Ekit Itam Akpan Obong in the Itu Local Government Area for selling his nine-year-old kid for N400,000.
This information was revealed in a statement provided to news reporters in Uyo by the state’s police public relations officer, Mr. Odiko MacDon.
MacDon also said that the state’s police chief, Mr. Olatoye Durosinmi, honored two of the Command’s Deputy Commissioners of Police on Monday.
In his own words, “The two Deputy Commissioners of Police are DCP Lawal Isa Mani of the Department of Operations and DCP Baba Lawan Audu, Area Commander, Eket Area Command.
“The CP, while conveying the hearty congratulations of the Inspector General of Police, Acting IGP Olukayode Egbetokun to the Officers, charged them to double their productivity capacity while playing their deputising roles.
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“The elated Senior Officers thanked the Police Service Commission, the Inspector General of Police for finding them worthy of being promoted. They appreciated the CP for his hard work and fatherly disposition towards them and the Officers and Men of the Command.
“Meanwhile, the CP has condemned the action of one Gabriel Okon Ekpiri of Ekit Itam Akpan Obong in Itu Local Government Area who sold his nine (9) year old son for four hundred thousand (400,000) naira.
“The CP noted that the act was barbaric and totally unacceptable. The Suspect who was arrested by the Quick Intervention Squad of the Command has confessed to the crime while blaming the devil and economic hardship for his actions”
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