Police smash phone robbery syndicate, recover 34 stolen phones in A’Ibom

…secure conviction of influencer who spread fake news on social media
By Uko Etim
UYO—The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has dismantled a phone robbery syndicate and recovered 34 assorted phones in Uyo, while also securing the prosecution of a social media influencer for spreading false security information capable of causing panic.
Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Azare, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Command Headquarters, Ikot Akpan Abia on Wednesday in Uyo.
The CP said operatives acting on credible intelligence arrested one Musa Idris, a suspected receiver and distributor of stolen mobile phones linked to an armed robbery syndicate operating along the Calabar–Itu ...