One Kinghope Ubi, has been arrested for armed robbery by security operatives in the University of Calabar, (UNICAL) for using a dummy gun to threaten students and snatching their phones.

The suspect was arrested alongside two of his friends at the institution's ICT Centre on Thursday, March 3, after being caught pointing the dummy gun at one Akomaye Ephraim and collecting his Tecno Camon 16 Premium phone valued at N108,000.

When interrogated, Ubi who is neither a student of the school, confessed that he went into the university to visit his girlfriend and thereafter, decided to snatch some phones from students. He explained that a friend gave him the dummy gun to point at students and collect their phones.

A passport photograph of the suspect wearing a uniform of the Nigeria Customs Service was also found in his possession. When questioned, he said he was dismissed from the Customs Service in 2021.

He was handed over to the Anti-Kindapping and Cultism Squad of the Police for further action.