Arms seizure: Otu warns politicians, sponsors against violence in C’River

DSS arrests 2 suspects, hunts fleeing accomplices

 
Cross River Governor, Bassey Otu, has warned politicians and their sponsors against importing arms or financing violence in the state, declaring that no political ambition is worth the loss of innocent lives or disruption of the electoral process.
The warning followed the interception of a cache of weapons by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) along the Bekwarra–Ogoja axis, amid growing security concerns ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Four suspects were reportedly trailed from northern Nigeria through Benue State into Cross River, where two were arrested, while two others allegedly escaped with gunshot w...