The Cross
River State Police Command have recovered more than 12 car batteries from the
apartment of some suspected criminals in Calabar. The suspects were paraded
alongside the stolen batteries and the tools they used in carrying out their
criminal acts.
According to
Calabar Reporters, car batteries which was sold between N28, 000 to N30,000 are
being stolen and sold by these criminals for as low as N5,000 to N10,000 just
to get money to smoke and drink.
"They
are hunting for Car batteries in Calabar like gold. Some even go ahead to steal
in a broad day light, a situation where many have been burnt to death by mob,
including a 9, 10 and a 12-year-old boy at Mayne Avenue. To this teenagers, a
N1000 note is so as big as a million. For these reasons, car owners in Calabar
now uses padlock for their batteries due to theft"
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