A man has been detained for robbing UNICAL students with a fake pistol.

Security personnel at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have apprehended a man named Kinghope Ubi for armed robbery after he threatened students with a pretend pistol and snatched their phones.

After being captured pointing a mock pistol at one Akomaye Ephraim and taking away his Tecno Camon 16 Premium phone, which was worth N108, 000, the suspect and two of his companions were apprehended at the institution’s ICT Centre on Thursday, March 3.

Once being probed, Ubi, who is not a student at the institution, said that he went to the university to visit his girlfriend and then chose to take a few phones from other students after that visit ended. He went on to say that a buddy had given him the dummy gun, which he used to point at pupils and take their phones.

Additionally, a passport image of the suspect, who was dressed in a Nigerian Customs Service costume, was discovered in his possession. When pressed further, he stated that he had been fired from the Customs Service in 2021.

He was taken into custody and sent over to the Anti-Kindapping and Cultism Squad of the Police Department for further investigation.