Otu Threatens To Deal With Sponsors of Cache of Weapons Intercepted By DSS In Cross River

Cross River State Governor, Bassey  Otu, has threatened to deal decisively with those behind cache of sophisticated weapons  intercepted along the Bekwarra-Ogoja axis by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), warning that his administration will not tolerate any attempt to turn the state into a theatre of violence.




The interception, which has raised fresh concerns over illegal arms movement into the state, saw four suspects trailed from northern Nigeria through Benue State into Cross River, with two arrested and two others escaping with gunshot wounds.

Reacting through the state deputy governor, Dr Peter Odey, at the parade of the suspects and display of the r...