Nigeria, July 2 -- The Nsit Ibom Local Government Council in Akwa Ibom State has suspended its Supervisor for Internal Security, Idara Okure, following allegations that he stole two mobile phones belonging to a customer inside a bank in Uyo, the state capital.

The council announced the suspension in a statement issued on Tuesday by its Secretary, Iyakndue Unaam, saying the decision would remain in force pending the outcome of a police investigation.

The development followed allegations circulating on social media that Mr Okure was arrested by the police over the alleged theft of two phones inside a Zenith Bank branch along Oron Road in Uyo.

According to the account shared on Facebook by a newspaper publisher, UduakAbasi Ikpat, the inci...