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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command says it has arrested 2 suspects including the manager of Mbiokporo cemetery for alleged exhumation of a freshly buried corpse and the theft of a casket.
The Police Spokesperson successful the State, DSP Timfon John who disclosed this successful a connection successful Uyo connected Thursday said the incidental happened connected August 3, 2026, astatine astir 11:30 p.m, pursuing a distress telephone from a vigilant member.
She stated that the complainant disclosed that helium noticed suspicious activities astatine the cemetery aft observing 2 men transporting a casket connected an unregistered motorcycle successful the dark.
She said, “Acting connected the suspicion, the complainant confronted the suspects to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the question of the casket astatine specified an antithetic hour. In an effort to evade arrest, 1 of the suspects, identified arsenic Effiong Asuquo, fled the scene, portion his accomplice, Nsikak Effiong, was apprehended and instantly handed implicit to the Police.
“During interrogation, Nsikak Effiong confessed that helium and his accomplice had unlawfully exhumed a freshly buried corpse, removed the corpse from the casket, and stole the casket with the volition of selling it for fiscal gain.
“The Police recovered the bare casket arsenic good arsenic the unregistered motorcy...
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