{"id":4366,"date":"2026-01-29T12:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=4366"},"modified":"2026-01-29T12:34:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:34:20","slug":"police-nab-car-snatcher-recover-stolen-vehicle-in-akwa-ibom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/police-nab-car-snatcher-recover-stolen-vehicle-in-akwa-ibom\/","title":{"rendered":"Police nab car snatcher, recover stolen vehicle in Akwa Ibom"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Akwa Ibom State Police Command says it has arrested a car snatcher who robbed a bolt driver of his Toyota Corolla vehicle at gunpoint in Uyo.<br \/><br \/>It added that the vehicle was recovered in Ikono, another local government in the state.<br \/><br \/>The Command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Thursday.<br \/><br \/><br \/>According to the Command\u2019s spokesperson, \u201dOn 20th January, 2026, at about 11:30 pm, operatives of the Command, while on routine night patrol along Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, swiftly responded to a distress call from a man (name withheld) who is a Bolt driver, reporting that he had been robbed of his Toyota Corolla vehicle at gunpoint.<br \/><br \/>\u201dUpon arrival at the scene, it was discovered that the suspects had fled with the vehicle. However, through prompt intelligence gathering, operatives traced the stolen vehicle to Nkwot Ikono Village, Etim Ekpo Local Government Area.<br \/><br \/>\u201dConsequently, one Sunday Okon (male) of Nna Enin Village, Uruan Local Government Area, was arrested in possession of the stolen Toyota Corolla vehicle, with registration number DKA 337 CB. The suspect confessed to the commission of the crime during preliminary interrogation.<br \/><br \/>\u201dThe suspect is currently in police custody, while discreet and intensive investigation is ongoing to apprehend other members of the criminal gang and recover their operational weapons.\u201d<br \/><br \/>The Akwa Ibom Police spokesperson said the Commissioner of Police, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, has commended the swift response and professionalism of the operatives and reassured residents of the Command\u2019s unwavering commitment to combating violent crimes and ensuring the safety of lives and property across the state.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akwa Ibom State Police Command says it has arrested a car snatcher who robbed a bolt driver of his Toyota Corolla vehicle at gunpoint in Uyo. It added that the vehicle was recovered in Ikono, another local government in the state. The Command\u2019s Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police nab car snatcher, recover stolen vehicle in Akwa Ibom - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Police nab car snatcher, recover stolen vehicle in Akwa Ibom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/police-nab-car-snatcher-recover-stolen-vehicle-in-akwa-ibom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police nab car snatcher, recover stolen vehicle in Akwa Ibom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police nab car snatcher, recover stolen vehicle in Akwa Ibom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/01\/29\/police-nab-car-snatcher-recover-stolen-vehicle-in-akwa-ibom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-29T12:34:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/imagesXXX.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"225\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-nab-car-snatcher-recover-stolen-vehicle-in-akwa-ibom\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-nab-car-snatcher-recover-stolen-vehicle-in-akwa-ibom\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d04afd64c43f5a53d7361fcf06efc4fe\"},\"headline\":\"Police nab car snatcher, recover stolen vehicle in Akwa Ibom\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-29T12:34:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-nab-car-snatcher-recover-stolen-vehicle-in-akwa-ibom\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":275,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-nab-car-snatcher-recover-stolen-vehicle-in-akwa-ibom\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/imagesXXX.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-nab-car-snatcher-recover-stolen-vehicle-in-akwa-ibom\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-nab-car-snatcher-recover-stolen-vehicle-in-akwa-ibom\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/29\\\/police-nab-car-snatcher-recover-stolen-vehicle-in-akwa-ibom\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police nab car snatcher, recover stolen vehicle in Akwa Ibom - 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