Police Arrest Man For Illegally Uninstalling
Margaret Ekpo International Airport lighting system
In Calabar
A FORTY year old man, Imeh Udofia Akpan, has
allegedly vandalised the multi-million naira Margaret
Ekpo International Airport lighting system and taken
the lamps and poles for sale as scrap to scrap
dealers.
Margaret Ekpo International Airport lighting system
In Calabar
A FORTY year old man, Imeh Udofia Akpan, has
allegedly vandalised the multi-million naira Margaret
Ekpo International Airport lighting system and taken
the lamps and poles for sale as scrap to scrap
dealers.
The suspect, according to the Cross River State
Commissioner of Police, Mr Jimoh Ozi Obeh, who
paraded him on Wednesday evening at the State
Police Command headquarters in Calabar vandalised
the lighting system recently installed at the airport
to facilitate night landing by aircraft in the airport
which has for many years remained in darkness
making it impossible for aircraft to fly to Calabar
when it was dark.
“These are special lights costing millions of naira
mounted at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport
and work was recently concluded on them by the
contractor only for this man to vandalise them and
take them for sale as scrap”
He said Mr Udofia Akpan was arrested by his men
at Bogobiri where he took the lamps and the poles
holding the lights concealed in a white bag which
raised the suspicion of policemen on patrol leading
to his arrest.
“His action has endangered the lives of those
travelling to Calabar through the airport at night
because they will come with the believe that there
is light on the run way only to be confronted with
darkness”’; Ozi said.
He said the man will soon appear in court and
warned those in the habit of vandalising public
infrastructure to desist as such actions amounts to
economic crime.
The suspect told Mycrossriver.com that the lights
were from the airport as he found them hidden
under a shrub in the bush and had to pick them for
sale as scrap since he is a scrap dealer.
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Photos Below Shows:
1. The Entrance Of the airport.
2. The Suspect.
3. The Stolen Equipments
