In a press statement, the Akwa Ibom Police Command has announced the arrest of an alleged notorious kidnapper,Okon Asuquo Udo.
The statement signed by DSP Timfon John, Police Public Relations Officer, reveals that the suspect is linked to several high-profile kidnapping cases in the state.
According to the statement, Investigations reveal that Udo is a principal suspect in the kidnap of a Paramount Ruler (name withheld) in October 2024 and the wife of an Executive Chairman (name withheld) in November 2024. He is also believed to have been a participant in several other kidnapping activities across the Oron, Mbo, and Okobo Local Government Areas.
“Following credible intelligence on August 13, 2025, at approximately 1100 hours, Operatives of the Command apprehended the suspect, one Okon Asuquo Udo, a male resident of Ube village in Okobo Local Government Area. Udo had been on the Command’s wanted list for his alleged involvement in multiple kidnap incidents” the statement reads
The statement further added that
the suspect was sighted and arrested in his home village of Ube, Okobo LGA, after being on the run for several months.
Discreet investigations are currently ongoing to apprehend other members of his gang and recover their operational weapons.
