Two Doctors Abducted In Cross Rivers Kidnappers Demand N100M
The Cross Rivers chapter of the
Nigerian Medical Association NMA has raised alarm over the abduction of two of
its members with the kidnappers demanding N100 million as ransom.
The chairman of the NMA in the state Mr. Felix
Archibong confirmed this sad development to a news agency in Nigeria during an
interview on Saturday, November 19 in Calabar the Cross Rivers Capital.
According to the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical
Association in the state Mr. Achibong, the two medical doctors were abducted on
Friday alongside two others at the Ikomita section of the Calabar-Ikom highway.
Dr. Ekpo Etim Egong, a volunteer physician
with the General Hospital has been identified as one of the abducted
physicians.
It was after they were returning to Ogoja from a workshop they were
attending in Calabar that the two doctors became victims of the kidnap.
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Reports revealed that the gunmen blocked
the highway during the operation and shot into the
air to scare away passersby. They immediately zoomed off after they had successfully
abducted seven victims. According to eyewitnesses, three females and four males
were kidnapped.
The reports indicate that the three females
were later released after they were disposed of their valuables such as phones,
watches, and cash. But the four males were taken into the bush.
Sule Balarabe., the state commissioner of
Police confirmed the incident and stated that the command will do everything
within its power to secure their release unhurt.
"We are going to comb
the forest to secure their release. I assure you that the matter will adequately
be dealt with. I am not just sitting in Calabar to give orders, I am also on the
ground with my men," the CP stated.
"We have the
cooperation of the locals and I believe we will have a positive result. I am on
the ground with various units. We are hitting the nails on its head as I speak,
we must make sure we secure the release of the victims unharmed," he
declared.
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